The Washington times., 1910-05-16
Ranch 1O1" Here With Its
Plethora of Sights and
Wonders.
TIMES" ENTERTAINS
HOST OF CHILDREN
Thousands of Little Ones Awed
and Delighted By Turns
In Big Tent.
By SELENA ARMSTRONG.


One thousand children, Wild with Joy.
all the patron saints Of childhood smil-
ing as they looked on; teachers. parents.
old men and women young again, and
sunshine an5 laughter and happiness TO
60 all around
This was the Wild West Show. Ranch
Io1, this afternoon, when. without -
single note OF discord 70 mar the success
Of the occasion, The Washington Times
and Miller Brothers & Arlington. own
eTs OF the show, entertained party Of
100 small boys and girls Emmeiine,
and David and Tom, who had written
wonderful SCraWlS 10 The Times, and
had Diped childish requests over the tele-
phone Tor stories and more stories about
the Wild West Show, were there, their
chubby little faces glowing with excite
nent.
See Real Indians.
The merry boys and girls Of the settle
ments, who IN their Nay festivals have
but recently impersonated the Indians
and cowboys, went 10 see Indian child
ren IN their quaint smOCks, papOoses
strapped TO their boards, and chiefs and
sQuaws in all the picturesqueness Of
holiday dress The mOLherless and
Tatherless children Who having no
homes OF their own, live IN those that
the hands Of love have built for them,
came rom the orphan aSylunS OF the
city IN hundreds. 10 look upon The Won
ders Of lariat-thrOwing, daring riding,
and skillful shooting
Children from the ChIldren's Hospital,
attended by their nurses, saw the
strOng-limbed, brawny men ana women
OF the West perform feats Of almost
incredible physical bravery. And men
and women who had gone by hundreds
10 see the Wild West Show. divided
their attention between the wonders Of
the West and the host Of small, uptUrn-
ed faces Of children who were having
the most wonderful time OF their lives
Tn IS Task Difficult.
II you think giving q party for a
thousand chi ren is q simple matter.
Just Try it. For days past. The Times
Office, assisted by the management Of
the Rrauch 101 Wild West. has been in
a merry whirl Of preparation
Invitations were sent by The Times
20 me thousand children who made up
the guest list Hundreds Of questions
were answered over the telephone and
by mail for eaEer children who found il
hard 70 wait until the paper was of the
press with its daily story for the little
folks about the life OF the West
Principals Of various public schools
~ the city cO-operated with The Times,
cheerrully giving the boys ard girls
leave III order that they might see the
distinctive phase Of American life rep
resented by the people and animals OF
Ranch 1ol Wild West
Arrive at White City.
Finally, when arrangements, with
their myriad details. had been com
pleted- letters were sent 10 the settle
yaents, hospitals, and homes of the or
rhan children giving instructions which
would preclude any friction, or posi-
bility Of Misunderstanding
At rs o'clocz. the children, with
the srowu-Ups IN whose char
49, DSSe-Li ~ L-t.--lz al Lile ClIE OF
White Tents Fifteenth and n streets,
where the show performances take
place. The cars which brought these
small boys and girls were unCt by rep
reSentatives OF The Times, and - Ed
ward Arlington. and Mr. and Mrs
show management With the regularity
Of well-drilled army the squads
Of children poured into the Dig arena
while the cowboy band, in full enjoy
ment Of the occasion, played its most
spirited marches
Institutions Represented
The following institutions accepted the
invita- ton Of The Tines
Episcopal Home for Children.
Industrial Home School
NeighbOrhOOd House
Friendship House
Noel House
Chndren's Hospital
BTuen Home
Washington City Orphans Home
The Foster Home
German Orphans Home
St Johns Orphanage-
Working Boys Home
81 JOSeph's Orphauage-
American Salvation Army Home.
In the Big Tent
once within the big tent, how won
6orfuI il all vvasl
The 1njU1 childTenS viii be in here
torectly." explained one small girl TO
the boy who sat by her
go, we've had all about the Injuns
read TO US, and / know bout the
bunaiOeS, and all the other animals, /
toe And about Jennie Scared Wolf.
She IS the belle or the indian camp,
a. added with crushing superiority
5EAaTe was just time for these
--oLSS No blessed children to get
tnOrcUGhly imbUed with the Wild
~ est spirit and 20 begin 10 feel that
Mexicans and Indians and Cossacks
were the only real people after all.
before cowboys and COWEiTlS raced
dreGs of Indians swaTmed into the
arena Then out came the robbers
with masks on their faces, and be
fore the children had time to realize
81 rat vas happening. William Pick
EFT was ready, too, FOR a second com
bat with a Nd steer
Indians All There.
Teddy Bear, the young Indian brave.
and Little Shooting Girl his playmate
and Laura Green Grass. Minnie White
Fox. NeverElOre Sharp Blade. and other
CapDer-cOlOred Indian children. with
bead-Iike eyes and long black hair, were
there And the swarthy chiefs and
Saus rs. who ioCxed so Wrinkled and so
weather beaten that they were quite
terrifying. were in their warpaint and
feathers in order to impress the .iteis
on it was all very wonderful. T as
sure You, and the children were hun
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