The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22
ENJOYED I
BY THOUSANDS.
5Westhampton Park Is Throhged.
With Street CAT Employees \
and Their Families
EAU HUNDREDS Of MELONS


SSN hHt Hf@N liz f48H#iEg
II ID drink and be merry was thu
IA motto OF SSsEthe four Thousand holiday
makers at Northampton Park all yester.
day and they lived Up to II In the fullcst
sense Of tho words. The, day had beentlook.
ed forward To for w~eekH--nay, for mont tls
Then why should itSnot be enjoyed as ar
OCCASION f testivity@ and general rejoic'
Ing vas the thought 3upperinost In the
minds OF MI, though 1T remained tnex.
pressed, except through the ut1falllns
signs writ large upon tho happy visagct
Of all, ss8
Fortunately Pro,vid cnce seemed to favor
the y,3forGt there was no rain, as might
have been expected from the general
weather signs, Ind, though, perhaps. old
sol. shed forth more than the necessary
amount OF warmth, the day was very YER
fair. The grass was green, the air WAS wa
fragrant with the scent of tho recent
rains, the woods were filled with the
sw,eet natural odors OF the earth. and,
altogether the day was passing fine.
Had there been another Byron present,
nc might have added 3n stanzn to
the great epic SSEof Cmlde Harold,
where the gentle knight speaks OF the.
4plcaastulrr4e OF the pathless woods" or
/ another Wordsworth might have written
lines jul 10 IIuGUc VII ssSERi
5 Made Day Of %. 4
As for the throng. II could have met
ten OF e. eaar's legions, man for man,
and have had a9reserye force OF as many
women and babes @
long nfter the sun had oneSdOwn#to to tho
Tlysian fields the crowds were coming
and going, and there was never asscnr
that did moth its full quota Of the
human burden. Nor wills there hn55ege
ulnnrepprresented There wera those who
had passed tho allotted time Of 4#' three
score and ten md yet who seemed y
enjoy themaelves with all the ex~uhernnce
Of returned youth; there were the middle
sred. there were maids and boys ,andi
there were babes IN arms. All threw threw
Themselves into&the pleasure Of the hour 1o
with u%neauaIled 4zest, and there WAS no
effort spared Blythe vnrious&co1nnMtteesl
10 add to the general enjoyment
8SsS#I II the committee receives no HexIreH-
zion !of thanks, they may feel that their
reward 5swasB not forgotten. nor unde-i
served; for In all the $thonsands' 4 e
was not heart unsrnteful Or one Sthat
IN not show the keenest pleasure.
no relieve the day OF the monotony- OF
n, rely lpicnicklng there was on the
nrogramnc a varied list OF sports and
Games: all8 OF which were entered into
With the Heartbeat enjoyment. ~
women we're Yer not forgotten, and they.
too had their share Of games. The. The
lonely bachelor. who. ifSh was ¬Rac-
%5companled lby the q esire 81 N his heart
might appear tho least bit woebegonc
amonpst 80 many of the weaker and
falrcr sex. had his comforts and neces-
sites well looked after, and the nttle
d who have yet no care or oug
wero allowed ali the privileges sof the
.rarI. 8,$Ii.a 81 !, -
The played and tumbled IN the grass.
or sought other pleasure In the merry !,
go.round. which was In. operation az
Ethe8day through The men had. TOO ne
aides the other games and sports. inc
hnwI,nr alleys. and great crowds Of
them congreguted together TO try Il their
skill with the heavy spheres.
Well-Filled Baskets.
There was no lack Of refreshments:gIhe
wives and mothers brought with them ha,m
well filled baskets and hampers. ana .lne
oompany supplied q ocean q ienlonaao
and a carload Of Waterr,elons ne
rveraR was kept on tap In a movable
car. and thither the women flocked 70
IN their pitchers and the children e
drink as many times as they wanted. me
imelons we're all that could be desired
MANY OF them were loft over for the
people became sat!ated long before they
came TO the last OF the fruit{of the creep
ing vine st
The sports began In the early morning
and lasted until after tea, and the NSa-
riety furnished an ample source 81 anluse-
ment, both to the participants q 70
the onlookers. They proceeded merrilY
from the first until the last, the games
being varied from n8girls three-foot race
d w,orrlan'sS peanut race, to- the mems
az war and baseball game. All the
winners were rewarded with prizes, many
OF them both handsome and OF ~doupt
utility.
There was only.on thing that occurred
which might have marred the serene
enjoyment of the day; but, fortunately,
It came and passed without accident OF
hurt to a single body.
Car NO, 1872 gon its return trip In the
afternoon from the park, was derailed q
short distance from the terminus OF
tia WesthamptonJll line. In. some unnc-@l
manner thn rails spread, and
the forward truck left the8&trnck. TIE
ear was stoppolM immediately Is, the
uuIck-witted motorman,8 and 1T came 70
d halt before the seyenty-flvo passengers
we're aware OF what had happened.
wrecking crow was quickly s%.lipnloned.
and the car was quickly righted. There
no hurt to- anybody, the only re.
suit being that traffic was dalaych for
an$hour or so. Indeed, the Passen-
ger and Power Company is8to be &cnn-
graduated and compltmgl!ed for the Manr-
nor in which It's employas SO s%plcndidly
handled the heavy traffic
The outing lasted until half-pnst nino
and then the last lingering ones ram
Ia linger still, began their homewara
tourney, to dream over this picnic .ands1
to begin anticipating the next,
List Of Prize Winners,
The list OF the pri.stWinnrrs 2is as fol-
Iows. 9s S4 845tgH 49, -