Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-05
IDEAL DAY ENJOYED BY oMAHANs
Lakes, Parks and Suburban Clubs
Visited by Thousands.

Lakes, Parks and Suburban Clubs
Visited by Thousands.
THE rockets red glare. bombs bursting
in air." and all the rest OF II was meas
urably duplicated by the sleepless patriots
OF Omaha who enjoy seeing money burn
| and blaze and burst into useless atoms via
the fireworks route. All Sunday night the
racket was continued, internationally and
was heartily renewed Monday morning, and
still the solid clouds held their way without
letting down rain.
So the cool morning of the Fourth ush-
cred in a day of ideal characteristics
From the atmospheric standpoint Omaha
would have furnished a prize spot for the
big fight in the open air that was pulled
off at Reno, New. Breezes full OF GOODNESS
and blessing gently agitated the air, while
the sun held a modest sway overhead, with
out becoming too promiscous and insistent
And that battle of giants, white and
black. was in the mind Of most men and
boys, and a good many women, while the
small and large local noises were going on
all about. Even the small boys on the
sidewalk had something to say concerning
the Reno contest, and few II any had failed
to plan an early arrival in the vicinity of
The Bee bulletin board, to hear the news
from the ringside.
Omaha would not have shown up very
we'll had a census of population been taken
yesterday. On every edge of the city, at
the lakes, and in all the parks and sylvan
places families, groups and brigades Of
picknickers, pleasure seekers and athlet-
| ically inclined people were to be found.
| All the clubs having grounds and club
houses were the gathering places for crowds
| of members and their friends, and all Of
| fored sport and entertainment of some sort.
for adults and children. Golf, tennis, shoot
| ing, swimming, rowing, running-every-
| thing to inculcate good humor and interest
| the physical prowess-was offered all
! around the line, even cricket having an
! opening on the green sward at Miller park.
| The bicycles, with the fireworks behind,
| were scooted out to Fifty-ninth and Dodge
| by their owners and riders at an early
| hour, and they made the dust fly in a
series of races. Automobiles also got an
| early start for country rendezvous, or for
more distant points, like Tekamah, which
was tine chosen place for the knights of
| Ak-Sar-Ben. Those of the kings cohorts
who did not go in automobiles hied them
| selves to the Webster street station of the
| Northwestern and rode away in style on
McKeen motors. The Burt county burg
| had men on the Jop VINO saw W IL eha'
every round of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
was properly displayed for the edification
of the city folks in their midst.
The comfortable and thoroughly demo-
cratic German Home on South Thirteenth
street was thronged by music lovers and
their families by 10 o'clock, when the re-
hearsals of the Maennerchor singers began
Songs in preparation for the national Sang
erfest in July were gone over, with many a
| tuneful faYor1te thrown in to delight the
hearts ef the folk from the Fathefland.
1 "Old Glory" was flung to the breeze on
porch, pole and everywhere else the flag
could be fastened; and red, white and blue
ribbons decorated buttonholes, hats, canes,
corsage; parasols. trt.
Nervous, horses had a tough day of it, but
the small citizen thEilled in every fiber OF
his being every. minute of. the day., And
the, colored citizens ALSO experienced some
joyful thrills.- 49, - 'r.--,.: o.. 49,. -