Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-03
POLICE AND FlREMEN READY
Old-Time Basket Picnics, With Pa
triotic Accessories.
SMALL BOY TO CREATE NOISE
General Display Of "old Glory.
Some Of the Programs-At
Camp Good Will

with fair skies and a temperature that
fred J. Henry. official forecaster of the
weather bureau He added that there Is
no probability OF falling weather tomor-
row. as the maps indicate that there is no
rain In sight. Conditions In other parts
OF the country are said to be normal
The foregoing will be good news to Young
America and Old America as well. as tho
day promises to be an ideal Fourth OF
July with weather conditions just suit
able for outings and field sports.
The official temperature at o'clock this
afternoon was only "A degrees. The down.
town temperature, recorded at Affiecks
at the same hour, was 81 degrees.
The indications today are that the glori-
Gus Fourth. with Its traditions Its patri-
otto memories and its explosives will be
celebrated with the usual eclat tomorrow
by the citizens of the District In common
with those Of the remainder of the en-
larged United States. The making of prep
aratiOns for 1.-The day We celebrate was
observable on all sides. Especially busy
In preparing for the occasion were the
SUI 6SoHS a. LIE emergency ana casually
hospitals. who usually reap a harvest of
accident cases as result of the gunpowder
feature of the day. The blue-coated po-
hcemen and firemen were not the least
busy in preparing for the work that is only
a few hours ahead. All the reserve police
have been ordered to be In readiness for
emergencies, and the fire ladies are ex-
pectlng to make the usual number of
Fourth of July runs with their apparatus
orators will relate the stories Of the val
orous Minute Men at Lexington. the VIC
tories Of John Paul Jones and other fea-
lures OF the war OF the revolution, and the
Declaration of Independence will be
read at several gatherings. There is
so o 6s'u abs F. the
that were in vogue in the days OF our
grandfathers and grandmothers, at which
the reading of the Declaration is regarded
as the most important feature. The same
tendency Is noticeable as to the outings
at least three old-ttme basket picnics. with
patriotic accessories. being announced by
local societies
Small Boy Impatient.
The small boy impatient to begin the
'fzzle -em- bomb Of noise, smoke and fire.
started in to celebrate last night in many
localities, and the air was split by the re-
ports of firecrackers. bombs and other
racket making contrivances. As result
OF these premature celebrations the police
are said to have made several arrests of
lads and grown folks charged with violating
the fireworks regulations
That the day may never grow less, II is
the expressed hope Of the several patriotic
societies that there be q general display OF
Old Glory tomorrow from business houses
and residences, and that where 1t Is possible
structures be decorated with the tri-color
Of the republic. ~
There should be a generous display of
the national colors July T." Department
Command NpwtOn EarrQo 0f the
said land the people should enter into the
celebration of the day in the true patriotic
spirit. as the occasion means very much.
not only to the citizens Of this great re-
public. but to the peoples OF the world as
WE'LL"
The celebrations tomorrow will take
wide range. There will be sessions by pa
triotic associations. excursions down the
Potomac, outings into the picturesque sub
urbs of Washington. lawn fetes and family
trips to the green fields and forests In the
Of celebrations and celebrants.
BY Soldier Societies.
The soldier societies Of the District and
their ladies' auxiliaries have been invited
to attend several events. One of these is
the Fourth Of July outing to Bally Nc
Elroy over in Virginia. on the banks of the
pretty OccoQuan. Another Is the lawn fete
in progress on the Barber estate, l4th street
and Florida avenue, and still another Is
the proposed gathering on the lawn of the
Juvenile Court, 1915 F street. beginning at
o'clock tomorrow evening. The latter
affair will be under the auspices of the
Army and Navy Union, and the COMMITTEES
in charge consists Of Messrs. William A.
Hickey, Robert Alton, DR.. Thacker Lee
and Frank Coalman; There VIII be sew
Andrew 8. Burt, United States Army, who
will be nominated for national commander
of that organization. and Commander
Mitchell of the Department of the District
Of Columbia. United Spanish War Veterans.
The program at Bally McElroy will be
patriotic throughout, and will embrace sew
eral innovations, speechmaking and
basket picnic feature.
Announcement was made today that to-
morrow Camp Good VIII Is to be thrown
open public picnic ground, and the
summer outings committee has invited all
persons who desire to do so to take lunches
and spend the day there. The purpose is
to enable a great many citizens to be-
come acquainted with Camp Good VIII
and the work of the summer outings COM
mittee. AS the first fifty-seven children
and mothers were taken to the camp last
Monday the work will be seen in opera
ton. Hee-Haw Maud in a little donkey cart
will be seen entertaining the children The
cows, horses and chickens kept at the
farm will make an attractive country
scene 1t is stated that there Is a great
deal of shade many attractive grass plots
and some of the most beautiful walks and
by-paths around Camp Good VIII to be
found in the vicinity Of Washington.
afford shelter.
At Smithsonian Institution
The following statement was posted to-
day by the authorities Of the Smithsonian
Institution:
1.-THE exhibition halls of the Smithsonian
Institution and the National Museum will
be open to visitors during the usual hours,
8 to 4:3O, Independence day, July A."
The Keystone Republican Club of Silver
Hill, Prince George county. Md. has ar
ranged a mass meeting for tomorrow Clubs
from Bladensburg. Hyattsville and Marl-
boro will attend. The officers are r. HI.
Linney. president: Walter Quarles secre-
tary; Robert Herbert, treasurer; Col Rob-
ert Fl. Key. general organizer and manager:
executive committee. William H. Smith, ].
w. Tyler John i.ose, William H. Bailey
d. P. Syphax. J. H. Matthews and J. III.
Henson.
The following speakers have been Sc
lected: James w. Poe of Washington.
Harry E. Cummings of Baltimore. Md.
and John w. Patterson of Washington
A committee on resolutions will be an
on the opening of the meeting,
which will prepare an address to the coll
ored voters Of Maryland.