Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-05
ILLINOISANS TO
HOLD BIG PICNIC
EVERYTHING READY FOR OUT
ING AT DEL REY
PROMOTERS OF BABY SHOW MEET
WITH DISAPPOINTMENT
Arrange All Details and Then Find
None Willing to Act as Judges.
Athletics and Vaudeville
Planned

Only one dim speck of disappolnt-
ment has appeared to mar the progress
of the program of amusement for the
Illinoisans at their picnic at Playa Del
Rey September 8 to celebrate CalitoT-
MAS birthday anniversary. The dis
appointment is in the ranks Of the men
and women members of the Illinois so
ciety who sought to promote papy
show The promoters worked secretly
for several weeks and had arranged
for prizes for California-born baples,
native sons and native daughters, tor
babies born in Illinois, for those snow
ing the greatest increase IN Welght
since making Los Angeles their nome
and other novel features They en-
countered obstacles here and there, put
were not compelled to abandon their
program until they sought men for the
judgeships.
The bachelor members of the society
balked and stared aghast. No, indeed
they would not be "roped" into pass
ing on the winning points of native
sons and daughters Of either Illinois
or California. The married men simply
refused absolutely to consider the bapy
show office "Weve babies at home;
that sufTices for me- was the SUD
stance of each declination. The ex-
ecutiye committee, appealed to as the
declared it had troubles, too. The pro-
moters were advised to drop the baby
show feature and to pitch in and as
sist the women members of the recep-
ton committee who are engaged IN a
contest for the largest county enroll
ment with a banner as the prize.
Aside from this disappointment the
plans for the celebration of California
birthday by Illinoisans has been com
pleted. There will be other picnlcs at
the beach resorts Admission day, but
Manager Cooper of the Del Rey resort
and the management of the Los An
geles-P Pacific Railway company nave
assured the Illinoisans there VIII pe
cars a plenty. Major d, M. Belt or
the free watermelon committee and Z.
D. Magee of the free lemonade COM
mittee have completed their plans. At
torney Frank Fay Pratt, clubman, Ju-
venile court worker and doer OF thlnSs
charitable, himself an adopted son OF
California, will be the only speaker;
His topic will be "Californias Adopted
Sons and Daughters"
Vaudeville Show Arranged
OF the vaudeville features the Illi-
noisans will be treated to a touch OF
color, locaizing in part the days cele-
bration. This will be a scene taken
from the pueblo days before California
was admitted to the United States, and
will picture the charming Yorba cous-
ms. Viola and Ernest, of Casa YER
dugo in typical Spanish dances.
Those enjoying plantation melodies
will be entertained BY Cooksey's ne
groes Also there may be a program
of Japanese jiu-jitsu. One of the en-
tertaining events ]. r. Korlnrek, chair
man of the athletic committee, is pre-
pairing is race for 100 yards by young
women bathers. The last event on the
program will be the awarding of the
societys banner to the Illinois county
displaying the largest enrolment.
County societies entered in the con-
test are Peoria, Adams, Fulton, Nc
Lean, Whiteside, Carroll, Kankakee,
Cook, Champaign, Kane, stephenson,
Marshall, Morgan, Vermillion and the
city societies of Decatur, Rockford,
Freeport and Cairo Among the women
who are engaged in the county mem
bership contest are Mesdames Dollie
Estelle Chase. +. W. Blair, G. NJ
Harker, Ruth e. snively, Emma "
McBroom, w. w, Dennis, William
Blake, Thomas La Touche, Stella b.
Morgan, Florence Pearce, w. t. Oster-
holt, Sarah Earl C. d. Magee, Mary
Morgan, j. A. Meade. c. f. Prickett
and Misses La Touche. O'Dell, sails
giver, Burt, Paine and Warden.
The athletic features will consist of
a ball game in the forenoon between
two picked mines, a 100-yard dash for
young men, a seyenty-flve-yard dash
for boys under IA years, a 1oo-yard
dash for married men, a fifty-yard
dash for fat men, fifty-yard dash for
girls under 16 years, a 100-yard race
for young women bathers fifty-yard
dash for married women, sack and po-
tato races and a boat race. Suitable
prizes have been offered for these
events by the business men of Los An
geles.