Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-01
NO BREAK IN PROGRAM
Egg-RoI|ing at White House and
in the Parks.
DESPITE THE CONDITIONS
Weather Cool and Ground Damp From
Recent Rains.
VIEWED BY MANY TOURISTS
Confident Belief That the President
Was to Make a Speech
Days Incidents. 90
VIEWED BY MANY TOURISTS

When the gates to the White House
grounds were opened for the children this
morning the wind was. raw and the green
hills exhibited the beautiful freshness of
wet grass after a rain.
You don't suppose the children will think
of coming on day like this. do your asked
one Of a batch of tourists to the policeman
who stood between them and the grounds.
The policeman was wise man. He looked
UP at the sky where the rumpled gray
clouds were giving way to a sweep of
serenest OF blue:
Sure, they'll come" he said
And they came.
The first flock of youngsters was of boys
each with his pocket bullying with eggs
and not basket among them. AS soon as
they were inside the gate they began a
fve-cornered game OF tossing, the eggs fly
ing through the air in streaks of scarlet.
blue and green.
BY l o'clock the sun was shining and the
green hills of the White House were abloom
hearts content, regardless of the damp
ground. Almost every flock of merry
makers included one or more grown per
sons. who were spontaneously interested
In the dOings of the children of their espe-
cial crowd and the incidents that mark
every Easter Monday outing happened every
minute in the day.
One pretty picture was made up of a
policeman with kindly face, who held by
the hand tiny girl that had lost her sis
ter and was crying as if her heart would
break. Another was made formed of a
gentleman and scrap of a lad who came
down one of the paths followed by "A large
tan dog. The dog had a butterfly bow of
blue satin on its collar, and trotted sedate-
ly in the track of his master in his mouth
carrying the handle of d basket heaped
with colored eggs.
Wins Every Time.
One of the most picturesque mideets in a
crowd of neatly dressed children was a
coffee colored boy with shiny eyes and
teeth. who picked eggs. right and left, win
ming every time. He accounted for his
prodigious luck by explaining that he boiled
his eggs in hard water" And the rich
unstudied music of his laughter at his own
wit was pleasing thing to hear.
One little girl seemed too shy to avail
herself OF her right to roll eggs on a hill
already pre-empted by others
You can come on. Emmy" coaxed an
other tot You do like you see me- 1 been
comm here dozens an dozens Of years
haven't l, mamma?''
Mamma smiled indorsement-what e,se
could mamma do?
An over-dressed little creature. who had
invaded the grounds in all the pomn and
glory OF pink silk frock and big flower
hat, was openly ridiculed by a flock of
feminine critics Of her own age.
Look at Miss Stuck-up, won't Won,
Amt got no more sense n to roll eggs in
her best clothes. Yah, yah; I'm going to
hit that hat with an egg
But the miss that had threatened didn't
throw the egg. She just scampered off with
her crowd, laughing. and forgot all about
the unfortunate fine one. The child showed
that she resented the attack, for her face
famed and she drew her small brother
after her down the path
The children, generally. were dressed
comfortably and acted sensibly. A person
who passed through the grounds at noon
saw but four persons sitting the grass.
One was a man and the other three were
women. Each child carried basket of
eggs. and many Teddy bears were In EVIL