Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-10
BIG DAY FOR BOYS
Carriers of The Star Enjoy
Outing at River View.
QUEEN ANNE TAKES $50
Shores of Virginia and Maryland
Echo With the Revelry.
CARROUSEL ALLOWED NO REST
Miniature Railroad Taxed to Utmost
and Swimming Hole Also Proves
Popular Place.
A boat-load Of boys!

A boat-load Of boys!
A bagful Of monkeys is not more fun.
If $50 young Americans had pushed out
the sides Of the good ship Queen Anne
before she got back to her dock in
Washington this afternoon from her trip
to River View It would have been ca
trosphe, but not altogether an unexpected
ending Of today's river voyage.
Did The Star carriers bring along i'm
pedimenta, in the shape of parents. as
they were privileged to do by the in
vitation extended by their hosts. the
Evening Star Newspaper Company? About
Ave mothers, all told. there were to ex-
ercise a restraining influence on the ju-
venile breadwinners.
The word was not passed along to the
elders. generally. by the youngsters.
They wanted Joy to be unconfined-and
parents are kill-joys more often than
not wanting boys to behave. have man
ners, to be gentle. speak softly, avoid
fisticuffs. sit still. bark and heed and
speak when spoken to. Mono Of that on
this trip.
Helpers, smaller brothers and cron1es
who are not members Of the favored
company which delivers the family news
paper Of Washington at every home in
the city were rung in on the merry
cruise. and were welcome additions to
the passenger list of the Potomac liner.
There were also a few small sisters.
All the route agents were on hand to
serve as monitors and az a police corps.
| They might as well have stayed at home,
| as far as the exercise Of these duties
| was permitted to them. They were run
| of their feet.
Big Supply Of Eatables.
With loud. shouts. OF uncurbed en-
thusiasm and waving Of hats and
hands from the boys on her decks. the
Quen Anne at S:45 o'clock this morn
| ing left her dock loaded with her
freight Of Juvenile humanity and wag-
onloads Of eatables, and started down
stream The shores of Virginia and
Maryland echoed all the way to the
| river resort with the sounds OF
revelry.
| An hour brought the steamer to tho
| wharf at River View. The bridge was
| laid from deck to shore, and a rush OF
youngsters spread all over the confines
| OF the park. All the amusements were
| at their disposal gratis. through the
| courtesy of the resort proprietors.
| Talk Of riding q free horse to death!
The carrousel steeds had no rest The
circular revolving platform was barely
allowed to come to a standsttn. Long
time riders were pulled from their
| mounts by companions whose patience
| was exhausted in waiting more than
one round for a chance to ride. The
| music kept time to the merry-go-
round
And did the boys beat the railroad!
1t is only a miniature transportation
| corporation-and not soulless. for the
| boys were not assessed for fares. But
the line was patronized till the little
| locomotive wheezed and checked.
| straining at the tremendous load Of
| humanity. which exceeded its capacity
and taxed the rolling stock facilities.
Many Enjoy Swimming.
Then there was the swimming hole.
Bathing suits. wrapped up in copies Of
| The Star. were the only packages carried
| by any OF the boys. and a third OF them
! were 80 equipped. Others did not come
| provided because-are there any police
men at River View to see whether they
are clad In their birthday suits when
| they 60 overheard?
Then there were the eats! My eye!
| But the destructiveness OF Star carriers
| in the food line is unbelievable. There
| was wagonload of pie. and that melted
| like snowhakes in sunshine. How many
| thousand sandwiches disappeared down
red lanes no one dared count or esti-
mate Lemonade. buckets and tubs OF 1t
| there were. and every bucket and tub was
drained until only the lemon seeds left
| In the bottom Of them told Of their
evaporated contents Ice cream and cake,
| The acme Of gastronomic blissi But how
brief q Joy. when you cannot have your
| ice cream and cake and also eat It!
Games and athletics were not omitted
| from the enjoyments. Follow-my- leader
| is a pastime that. when The Star carriers
play at it. spells stunts" with capital