St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-04-29

" HSIS Dug uC didyd HUNS Ike SOUle
fair dream,
And beauty in her fairest garb
appears.
To-day We dedicate this park SO
green,
Named for the well-loved water by
it's shore,
May here prosperity be ever seen,
And greater grow this town for
evermore.
The majestic forests rise and bloom
around,
While spring her piping notes
throws on the air,
To summon bud and blossom from
the ground,
And drive away with smiles all
fear or care.
And here shall lovers stroll beside
the stream,
While wandering there shady
walks along,
Where sunlight through the whis-
p'ring trees will CLEAN,
And fill their hearts with some
enamores song.
RIXFORD j. LINCOLN.
New Orleans, April %, 1911.
Miss Lucy Carter Mrs. Golden, of
Vaudeville, and some others took
turns at the piano during the differ
ent songs and drills.
After the performance the chairs
We're removed and dancing was en-
joyed for the rest of the evening.
The monster cake that was adver-
tised as twelve feet in diameter,
while it might not have been quite
that large, was still large enough to
satisfy the six hundred children pres
ent that they did not sacrifice their
opportunity of getting piece of it
by not being the first to get share.
The cake was the work of Mr.. Frank
Boudousquie' and was very prettily
decorated with natural flowers. 1t
stood in the center OF the pavilion,
and between it and the seats there
was left sufficient space for the
maneuvres of the one hundred school
children who took part in the drill
that preceded 1t cutting. The idea
originated with Mr.. Whitaker Riggs,
who is only happy when he has some
scheme in view The cutting of the
cake was the individual task of Clerk
of Court H. R. Warren, him pref
erably because he is a big man and
the cake-cutting big job, and-well,
you know it's near election time and
there was no chance that Uncle
Harry" would miss giving piece of
cake to any child in that six hundred.
The cake was unique in construction.
In fact, it was not the huge iced
cake that it appeared to be, but simp-.
ly canvas shell of separate compart-
ments, arranged in huge slices that
could be drawn out separately and ii
which were numerous slices of real
cake wrapped in paper souvenir nap
kins, which told of the occasion in
the following words: lone hundredth
anniversary of St. Tammany Parish,
Bogue Falaya Park, Covington, La,
April "a, 1911. 1811-1911."
The one hundred school chill
dren of the Covington public school
had been carefully prepared in their
drill by Mrs. v. z. Young and Miss
Alma Pemble, which consisted of
three circles, the outer and inner
circle moving to the right and Ehe
center circle to the left: The chill
drne We're dressed in white with
sashes of red, white and blue, and
as they revolved around the huge
cake encireled with one hundred
lighted candles, the extinction OF
which was to mark the colse of the
expiring century, a panorama OF
Kaleidoscope appearance was pre-
sented that made an attractive end
ing to the celebration that will long
be remembered, and as each child
blew out a candle in the position
! assigned to it in the drill, in
the curling smoke of the shoulder
ing wick could be traced the stor;
passing of centuries.
The Women's Progressive Union
! were active workers in making the
affair success, and notwithstanding
the CROWD was SO dense that onl,
those OH the outskirts could make
their way to the refreshmeat stands
they turned in about $103 in gros.
receipts for the park fund.
Another grand success was scored
in the evening, when the comedy
"All Tangled Up" was reproduced
and a record-breaker audience tha
/, left none of the 500 chairs vacan
! greeted the talented little troupe o
home actors. All Tangled Up is on'
of the best comedies that has beer
put on in Covington, and the actin:
was good all around. The situation
is. humorous from start to finish AMI
the audience were kept in 4 :soct
humor from the time the cnrtai,
rose until the tangl, became un
tangled. The stage. wh;,h Was huil
under the supervision If Mr.. Hnebl
is roomy and meets all the require
ments of our home talent, and it Il
h,ped that an interest iii theatrical
; may be awakened that will fr1uent
ly eI.e the 6aVinyto ID rublic an OPP
portunity OF enjoying such perform
ances.
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