The Washington herald., 1907-06-01
Sixth School Division Goes
to River View.
EMPTY FRUITFUL BASKETS
Madison school Wins Ball Game
from the Pierce Nine-The Girls
Provide Additional Entertainment
with Songs and Dances-Winners
in the Athletic Contests.


and flags flying, and churned her way to-
ward River View. she carried on her
broad decks a light-hearted cargo-the
children Of the Sixth division Of the public
schools. their teachers. and their guar
dians.
More than a thousand handkerchlefs
waved from the rail as the boats PROV
headed down the Potomac and sent hun
dreds of farewell ripDles to the shores;
moro than a thousand voices Joined In the
shouts Of expectation that were volleyed
to the crew Of the Firefghter and the
boatmen who were left behind.
From stem to stern the steamer was a
vision Of starched skirts, which stood out
stifIly with a dressed-up air, shining faces
that told OF extraordinary scrubbing. pol
ished shoes destined 70 be dusty before
night, and carefully curled hair which de-
noted the torments Of curl papers the
night before,
Everybody Is Happy.
Little girls who had tugged cheerfully
at luncheon baskets and hamm0cks de-
posted them in piles and scampered OF
to get electric shocks and 10 hear
graphophones, little boys. with bulglng
pockets, struggled manfully under a bur
den OF baseball bats and other athletic
appurtcnances, while smiling but anx-
ious elders stationed themselves at adj
vantageous points and kept a watchful
eye on the ships rail
Three times during the day the steamer
made its way TO the excursion ground
heavily laden with children. and it was
estimated that 100 little ones and 500
adults passed over the gaugway during
the day
once landed and released from the
cramped quarters on the ship, a wild
scamper was made for the grecnest grass
The children went r0mping 20 the various
amusemants and the Maryland hills soon
revcrbcrated with the echoes Of laughing
voices. Shrill screams told the adjoining
woods that nervous girls had been tempt
ed by the shoot the Cautes." and were
b0bhing II UuWieldy boats on the shallow
pool. discuEdaut strains of Annie Rooney
announced that the rTy-E0-r0uud was
wLiriing lis riders in a sickeulng circle.
the rumbles Of the base horn indicated
that there was lots of dancing in the pa
yili9n and the clatter OF knives and the
bursting of paper bags gave the welcome
tidiHgs that food was at hand
Entertained by Girls,
When the Tin dishes and the fruitful
baskets had been emp,ied. and while the
elders began an aftermath Strengthening
things up" an entertainment by the
schoolgirls was given. Louora Baker and
Ruth Felter showed their talent on the
piano. JOY Colwcll. 2cr1 Byrne. and NcIIlc
WarncIl sang pretty solos. and Edna VIII
cox. EieanOre Cratiu. Fl0rine White. Hen
rIetta West. Elmer Dom, Irwin Cosgrove,
Beatrice Cosgr0ve. Adele Robinson. and
Mabel Kirby displayed great nimbleuess
and grace I'm going through the intricacies
of the Spanish dance, the sailors horn
pipe. and other tcrpsichoreau figures. The
entertainment over. an hurried % the
athletic field, where s. +. Kramer. the
supervising principal Of the division. had
begun the events. Although the ground
was damp and the footing not firm, the
baseball gamo between tho Madison and
the Pierce schools was exciting. and was
only won by the former after q hard COu-
tcst.
Following the baseball game. fourteen
trim girls, with great grace and determi-
nation played a fast game Of basketball
I'm which the team from the Blair School
defeated their rivals from Ludlow by Ii
H..-4 n.E.-
victory rushed of 90 eat ice cream and
ride hobby horses.
other Athletic Events,
The winners IN tho other events were:
s)-yarl dash-EdvarI NcCar'cn.
Coyard dash-Jlms Kelley.
elyarI dash; fifth grade boys-Ravmo1d Bischaf
PiCrrp school
sack rlca; g yards; fourth grade bors-P1ul
LinFebach
Egg and spoon race; fifth grade gir's-Narv Smith
Peanut race; fourth grade Girls-Iua Bentley
Urau-e Uc5: third grade Crlg-Emma SrlmiI-
Baseball game between tho Blair and the Madison
scio1.s-WUu tv Madison
Baseball game between the Hamilton and The
Tayler schools-W0n by the TAYLOR School
With the programme ended. the chill
dren again turned their attention % the
amusemeuts and when the whistle Of the
st. Johns was heard for the second
time. a scramble was made for points Of
vantage on tho wharf where late friends
might bo greeted. and their eagerncss in
creased by glowing tales of the pleasures.
Imbued with new enthusiasm. the crowd
wended its way back 20 the grounds and
until 1879. when the last boat left, there
was Il continual round Of sport At 6
o'clock the steamer brought down a large
party Of adults, who danced and treated
the children. who had begun 10 be lmpov-
erished and disCOnsolate. When the last
boat steamed slowly up the river the
sward al River View was strewn with
paper bags and remnants of sandwiches,
and the holiday was a sad but sweet
memory.
q To Mr.. Kramer, who took charge Of the
whole affair, great credit fell He was
ably assisted by Miss Goodwin, Miss
Dyer. Miss Silvers, Miss Austen, and Miss
Pierce. Tomorrow the First division will
take its annual romp and another day Of
froliC is expected