Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-04

Lemonade and cake. The exhibition of Are
works will occur on Prospect Hill In al
dition many of the inmates Will witness .he
fireworks from the various buildings Inc
hospital authorities selected the list or nre-
works with great care. and it includes ex-
plosives from the small firecracker TO the
fiery balloon.
Suburban street car lines entering Ana
costa and leading to the highlands con-
tiguous to that town took many picnic
parties to the parks and groves In that sec
ton today. The shaded grounds at Con-
gress Heights and Twining City We're nlled
with pleasure seekers. There were no spe-
cial attractions provided. In Anacostia
many hcuseholders displayed large flags. "A
force of policemen. assigned TO the streets
last night prevented the early discharge
of explosives and in some instances car
ried offending children to their parents to
be warned to desist.
Oratory and Athletics.
The lawn fete in progress in the Sherman
Barber tract under the auspices of COM
bined patriotic and fraternal societies, at
tracted a number of holiday seekers through
out the day. DIR. Van Schaick read the
Declaration of Independence at 2:30 o'clock.
and several addresses followed. Maj. F. s.
HOdgsOn had charge of a program of ath-
letlc sports. for which prizes were given
by a local dealer in sporting goods. Foot
and sack races were feature of the day.
together with a blind target game, in which
those who partiCipat ted blindfolded.
turned around twice. and given an arrow
to fit as best they could, into the targets
bulrs-eye The fete will continue tonight
and tomorrow.
Exodus to River Resorts.
Fourth of July and Christmas are the two
holidays of the year that are generally OBJ
served by the shipping firms along the river
front Accordingly not stroke of work of
any kind has been done at the wholesale
lumber and wood wharves, and all the
men that could be spared have been given
a holiday from the ice-handling houses
at the foot of nth street and at 9th and
10th streets.
All the vessels lying in the harbor are
decorated with their signal flags in honor
Endeavor and the yacht Cleolia, belonging
to MIR Gus Forsberg. being covered with
bunting from masthead to decks.
The popularity of water trips for the
Fourth of July holiday was as large this
year it has ever been and it is esti-
mated that over 5000 persons left the
wharves today for the various river and
bay resorts The exodus commenced last
night when the steamer of the Norfolk and
Washington line left for the jamestown ex-
position with throng aboard that filled
her to her capacity. The big steamer St.
Johns last night carried big crowd to
day at the resort This morning the
steamer jamestown carried several hun
dred persons to the exposition, and the st.
Johns had over 1,JOO persons booked for
Colonial Beach.
During the day over $500 persons have
gone 10 MI. vernon and Marshall Hall
aboard the steamer Charles Manchester,
and the steamer Harry Randall had good
crowd on each trip to River View. Both
these steamers will be heavily laden when
they leave here this evening on their last
trip OF the day to the resorts named.
Steamboat inspectors from Headquarters
OF this district, at Baltimore were in the
city bright and early this morning and
looked the excursion boats over to see that
they were ready to carry the crowds trav-
cling on them The inspectors also stood
at the gang plank of the steamers and
Kept check on the number of passengers
going aboard, so that there could be no
overcrowding of the vessels had the crowds
been persistent to the point Of danger in
demands for space.
OF the fleet Of hundred or more pleas
ure craft which were swinging at anchor
IN the harbor yesterday evening not a
dozen were left at noon today. With
pleasure parties aboard they have gone to
various points on the river on picnics. and
will return home this evening. The event
OF the day in boating circles is the race
between the sailing yachts Margaret B.
and the Nenemoosha, which will take place
over the Capital Yacht Club course, of
Marshall Hall. this afternoon. Much In
terest is taken in the event and a large
throng of the members of the Capital and
Corinthian Yacht clubs have gone down
the river to see the race.
The Old-Time Way. r-
1t was remarked by an old inhabitant
today that in the 40s firecrackers were
not in vogue. and the boys, instead, i'm
provised mines of powder. VOLCANOES which
were a mixture of powder and sand,
snakes, etc, and built bonfires The BRASS
barrel pistols could be bought for so
cents and they were the universal favor
lite in tiring salutes by the boys. In al
most every neighborhood boys from
nearly every house could be seen coming
out as early as or o'clock. Those who
feared that they would oversleep them
selves had planned with their l:.ates to
be awakened in time by the pulling of a
string tied to the big toe, let out the
window. Generally about breakfast time
the big hubbub of fireworks and bonfires
was over and many were off down the
river or to the woods.
Then celebrations by societies took place
fired from the city hall lot by Bucking-
hams Columbian Artillery. There were
few parades of the military. excepting late
In the afternoon. We read that twenty
years before great dinners were given,
sometimes on the open commons.
Along about the SOS 1t became customary
for the Sunday schools to hold picnics
and celebrations in the nearby woods.
Among those recalled are Gales, now Eek
ington; Berry's, Smiths. now the base ball
grounds; Bumford. or Kalorama; Panoff' g.
Stickfoot near the insane asylum; Roach's
Springs and Gusts Springs, or Arlington
Most of these were basket picnics and the
celebration was of the same type-patri-
otto songs, reading the Declaration and
an Grafton.
BY Shanks' mare was the usual mode of
travel for all able to walk. furniture
wagons being provided for those unable to
journey.
By Chinese Colony.
The members of Washington.s Chinese
colony are said to be preparing to celebrate
the Mclean mans Fourth of July tonight
with the usual lavish expenditure of real
Chinese frecrackers. on each recurring
July the oriental denizens of the local
Chinatown assemble at the establishments
OF their countrymen on the 'Bowery.' on
Pennsylvania avenue between Sd and ~,
streets, and explode all their surplus stock
OF hrecrackers. Laundryn1en from all see
lions OF the city congregate in that vicinity
and indulge in the Chinese ,astime of
shooting off the crackers by the whole
sale. AS result the atmosphere there
abouts is filled with smoke and the noise
OF the exploding fireworks
1t is not SO much due to their patriotism
that they shoot off the thousands of crack
ha ipbt ~ he.