The San Francisco call., 1908-05-02
CHILDREN HAVE
MAYDAY FROLIC
At THE PARK
Graceful Girls Join in Dance
around Gay COI0red Pole
in Playground
Parade of Infants With Goats
and DOnkeys a Feature
of Festivities
After the Fun a Lunch Is Served
to Hundreds of Little
Ones

The merry go round was silent and
-suu and the swings hung motionless
yesterday morning IN the children's
fairgrounds in Golden Gate park It
was the hrst OF May and more enticing
attractions were on the program for the
day. Nearly every one and her baby
or babies were there 10 take part IN
the exercises The sun only was con
splcuous by his absence. but the chill
dren didn't care. They had plenty OF
sunshine IN their joyous little hearts.
and they were too intent upon cele-
b-ati1g Nayday according 70. the cal
endz- 70 mind what the weather clerk
hsd 20 say about It Ard such prepara-
tons as they had madei Happy faces
were shiny from contact with muck
soap and hard scrubbing.. and many a
little girls head had tossed restlessly
o. her pillow the night before. seek
Ing the comfort that hard bunches Of
curl papers do not bring One. would
have 70 see then to believe that there
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the whole world Talk about E big
bag or assorted animal crackers!
They're al alike compared 10 the COS
nopoiItanisn q San Francisco's school
shilo-eu-
Ten O'Clock VAS the hour set but
long before thzt the ground was. COW
sred WITH children and their mothers
around the big platform that had been
built and decorated for the occasion
Under the direction OF Joseph CIeary,
surveyor and craftsman for the park
commissioners. while Miss Mary Car
penter was assembling the children OF
the Jackson primary and Dudley Stone
schools upon the platform. the Mare
island band. that had donated its serv-
Ices At The suggestion Of Daniel Nc
Henry manager OF the chiidren's QUAR-
.ers. struck uP some popular airs. to
EhIch small feet kept time
HsEPOLE DANCE
After the singing OF patriotic songs
BY. the pupils OF the two schools the
st-earers from the tau rnaypole were
unwoun6 and l.. children danced the
uaytole dance 10 the tune Of Yankee
Doodle. They were annie McArdle.
Eileen Horgen. Helen connely. Edna
woo5s.' Ethel Jordan. Lottie Collins.
May 3Eorrison- Lillian Vail Johanna
Lynch. Phoebe Drown. Cecile Roger
son and Delete NcGIynE-:
Wee Scotch lassfes. n costume danced
The sailors hornpipe. Eileen. Horgzn
Kenneth NcCrae. May Morrison.
Frances Keith. Ethel Jordan and Delcie
Acclyrn were those. who DANCED 80
the bagDipe music.
. Neatly twenty Youngsters. dressed IN
the bright green OF old ireland. danced
a lively break down. amid much ap-
pIause from. the crowd. around the plat
FORM Grace AlTen. Frances keith.
sLzrz Sweeney. Rose Sweerey. Phyllis
Kotterman. Edna woods. Ceciie.R Roger
son. Alice Fleming. Nay Cox. Lillian
van- Johanna Lynch. Nora Hurley.
Anita Hurley. Helen. conneIy. Helen
Eorgan. De Eta Dc Hart James Hor-
gan and little Genevieve schaefer were
the little ones. who participated il Ire
Lands athletic dance
A TOT OF THREE
Tiny Mss schaefer. ali Of three years
q age. added q frF extra steps that
we're not IN the regulation dance. but
then. Is il Is not long since she played
the amusing game. Of this little pig
went 70 market perhaps there. is some
excuse Tor. her misztepz-
Then there was a. parade But you
had 10: look very close 70 see II In
faet ore Of Captain Andersons burly
policemen got in the way and .obscured
the whole show before ne realized what
he was doing The. procession con-
sisted Of the small donkeys and goats
OF the children's playground. driven BY
tots OF tender age in flower decked
wagons. the size OF 90 carts.
And after the performances for the
morning were over there was a free
lunch for all provided by the park CON-
srnissioners. out OF the money that had
BEEN collected the past year in the
children's playground
IN the afternoon Punch and Judy and
Al kinds OF games kept the youngsters
merry until It was time 70 Chamber on
the cars again and 90 home 70 dinner