Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-28
.EGG-R0[[ERS' DAY
More Than $4,000 Children
on White House Lawn.
ALL HUES WERE NOTICED
Annual Event Unusually Enjoyable
Owing to Fine Weather.
PRESIDENT WITNESSES SPORT
Many Little Ones Also Amuse Them
selves at the Zoo and at Ran
die Highlands.
PRESIDENT WITNESSES SPORT

This is Easter Monday. but a practical
Washington business man today gave it
a more modern designation. He termed it
Egg Monday. --.
The custom of egg-rollng. which is as
old as the hills. was INDUCED in today by
many thousands Of children of Washing
ton. The rear lawns of the White House
were the principal center of attraction,
and a pretty picture Of motion and color
was presented to President Taft and the
members Of his family. who viewed the
animated scene from the rear portico OF
the mansion,
According to an estimate made by Capt
Dan Sullivan commanding the third police
precinct. between 1900 and 1900 young
sters visited the rear lawns of the White
House today and engaged in egg-rolling.
There were white and colored.s children,
fat and slim ones. tall and short, rich and
poor. all mingling in the fun. And the
eggs. There were red eggs and blue ones.
yellow and green, purple and scarlet, and
speckled eggs by the thousands.
The children who enjoyed the sport were
attired generally in their new Easter
clothes. The gay colors, with the fresh
green grass, the big fountain with its
myriad streams playing toward the center
of the pool and forming a canopy of
spray anu water IN the cfOuO-NlleFeQ sun
light, combined to form picturesque pic
ture. The entrance to the White House
lawns on Executive avenue presented the
appearance ofsthe outside of a circus lot
There were peanut sellers. vendors of
"banans,'' candy and fruit The balloon
man with his red rubber bags inflated
with gas was very much in evidence. The
deviled-crab man hawled out his wares
and old colored "aunties'' sold ginger
cakes and lemonade.
Weather Favorable.
The weather conditions were ideal. The
skies were covered with curtain of mist,
| which filtered the sunshine and prevented
the direct rays from making the romping,
gladstone youngsters uncomfortable from
| the heat. The temperature was balmy.
| A strengthening man. who evidently
came from the far west got into the IN
| closure by annexing lad of the newsboy
| type who was standing outside waiting
| for an opportunity to get in.
Please take me in there, mister the
boy pleaded
| Whats going on there?" the western
er asked
Easter fun; egg rolling. =
The western visitor thereupon seized
| the urchin by the hand and led him in
past the police guard stationed at the
gate. After a while the man from the
land of the setting sun came back to the
| gate with curious, contemplative ex-
preston on his face. Approaching a stall
wart policeman he asked:
| What in thunder fun can those pap
pooses see in rolling yellow and red eggs
down a slope and then running after
| them"
"You may search me-" the policeman
replied with shake of his head But
1t is a custom of long standing
Stream of People.
| There was a constant stream of people
going in the gates to the White House
lawns during the forenoon. No grown
| folks were admitted unless accompanied
by children, and there were small boys
who hired themselves in relays to in
quisitive men and women who were anx-
ious to view the quaint and time-honored
custom of Easter Monday in Washington.
The little ones carried baskets of eggs
imitation chicks and stuffed rabbits. They
were admitted to the grounds immedi-
ately after 8 o'clock this morning
| Capt. Daniel Sullivan. with a detail OF
thirty policemen, had charge of the lawns
and maintained splendid order through
out. There weresno accidents of any con-
sequence. and but few lost children were
brought to the southeast gate to be- held
for their parents OF guardians. The frs,
case of lost" was a bareheaded lad from
South Washington. who evidently had
stolen away from his home without his
Il hat to witness the sport.
i Out at the Zoo also there was a large
crowd OF youngsters. who rolled eggs
down the picturesque slopes and after
they were tired Of that form of anuse.
ment they made the rounds Of the parh
II and had more fun watching the antics Of
the monkeys, gazing at the gay-plumagei
birds in the great outside cage or OBJ,
serving the animals as they. enjoyed tn