The Washington herald., 1907-07-10
Eat ALL IN SIGHT
Orphans Have joyful Day at
Marshall Hall.
ICE CREAM PYRAMIDS MELT
Home Remedies Restore Castro
monte Ravages, and then 1t Is Done
Gives Annual Treat to ParentIess
BOys-They Embrace Opportunity.

Ice cream ad iBfnituni, frosted cakes.
ad bustum, lemonade, until paregoric
and spirits Of peppermint were a neces-
sity, deportable quantities of oranges and
bananas. and a great mass of other
luxures were laid before the orphans Of
st. Joseph's Academy, at Marshall Hall,
yesterday. The fifty boys Of the orphan
age were the guests of Carroll Institute
on its annual outing.
Twice were pine picnic tables heaped
until they groaned twice were the tocsin
sounded and the pleasure haunts depop-
ulated. and an equal number of times did
complete annihilation follow. Not q
crumb was left. even though it caused q
spontaneous Ioosening OF belts and a
unanimous and Irresistible desire to sit
down awhile
Red, white, and blue ice cream, cut in
large bricks and formed into towering
pyramids. seemed OF a sudden TO melt
into nothingness; sandwiches disappeared
into the same cavities with alarming fire.
quency; knives and forks were piled with
the careful correctness Of long instruction.
II. n
sympathetic sister said that travelling
gives one an appetite. especially on the
water.
And everybody was glad of It yester-
DAY. No matter how we'll the little fell
lows managed to drain their clanklng tin
cups or remove ali vestiges Of 'eatins'
/ from their plates they were smiled on
and encouraged by their guardians. the
sisters, who enjoyed the process better
/ than their charges.
Emergency Remedies Piled.
But mere eating did not consume more
/ than hair the day. Recuperation demand
ed its portion, and home remedies, dOled
out il large spoonsfuls. claimed their
quota. while helpful exercise and unre-
/ strained amusement also took some time.
/ The carrousel bore Q continual burden of
blue-shirted. knicl1erbockered boys as II
/ creaked its accustomed round; the fish
pond gave from its tin bottom enormous
/ prizes Of cologne and hand-painted cups
and saucers; big bowling balls strained
small arms; rifles caused quivers of ex-
element. and the sluggish river cooled
many a little body heated by games Of
pull-away and baseball. AS Little Or
phan Annie and her sisters were not
/ present there was no dancing. but the
! cornmeal-strewn floor offered grand op-
portunities for skating and sliding.
/ It was 10 o'clock n the morning when
/ the big. white steamer Manchester, catch>
/ ing the spirit OF charity, hurried its fast
/ est down the Potomac, carrying a happy
/ cargo, whose spirits rose as the tall spire
/ OF the monument vanished IN the back
/ ground, and whose reverence was evil
/ denced as they stood. hat in hand. when
/ Mount Vernon was passed It was after
/ 5 p. m. when the froliCkers were cor
rallied for the return trip, tired. and. il
must be confessed, dirty. but conscious
/ OF having embraced an opportunity. How
many stories Of adventures the good
/ Sisters heard last night, how many words
of gratitude, it would be hard TO say, but
/ they saw enough 10 realize with joy that
/ the boys had enjoyed themselves.
Evening Kept for Grown-ups.
/ The Carroll Institute excursion did not
/ assume great proportions until the even
ing, when almost 1000 persons sailed down
/ the river. 1t was then that the dancing
| began in earnest, and the children were
! relegated to the background.
| Sister Bercbman and Sister Mary Law
renee took charge Of the boys yesterday,
while the following committee assisted
with the excursion; II. Ambrose Narsden.
/ Francis J. Cleary. Harry Merritt, William
/ Leply, Phil Warren, Dennis Cornell, John
| Allen, John Fuller. Martin Mckee. W. c.
| Sullivan and Cornelius Desmond.
The Orphans defeated St. PauTs Sanctu-
| airy Boys in a baseball game.