The Washington times., 1912-06-22
ORPHANS DAY IS
OBSERVED THURSDAY
BY AUTOMOB|L|STS
Several Hundred Parentless
Children Will Be Given
Ride to Glen Echo.
BY HARRY WARD.

BY HARRY WARD.
Plans are nearly completed for the
annual celebration of Orphans Day by
the Automobile Club of Washington.
Next Thursday, June q, at 2 o'clock,
nearly one hundred machines, carrying
several hundred happy children from
the various institutions, will leave the
Municipal Building for Glen Echo.
where the "kiddies'' will be the guests
of the club. L. B. Schloss, manager of
Glen Echo, has generously rendered the
use of the grounds and amusements for
the occasion, and will assist in making
the celebration a memorable one.
The children will be gathered from
the different institutions and brought
in motor cars to the Municipal Build
ing, where the parade will be formed.
Each car will carry flags and every
child will be furnished with the ma
tional colors. The route will be out
Pennsylvania avenue, through George
town to the Conduit road. AS each
children, donors of cars have been
asked to refrain from racing while on
the Conduit road.
To "Joy Riding"
II trust no one who donates a car
for Orphans Day will permit 1t to run
over fifteen miles an hour while car
rying the children" said Harrington
Mills, president of the Automobile Club.
I'VE want to give the little unfortu-
mates a fine, big time, and with so many
cars in a line a tendency to hit It up
would be rather dangerous"
The committee in charge of the cele-
bration consists Of the automobile edi-
tor of The Times, Harry Duckstein.
IIlImQn Howard
Rudolph Jose, captain of the club. Will
be the marshal Of the parade. Motor
lists desiring to donate the use of their
cars are requested to notify Captain
Jose or the automobile editors of the
Washington newspapers. Car owners
are expected to report to the marshal
at the Municipal Building not later than
! o'clock, in order that they may have
ample time to get the children from the
various institutions and bring them to
the starting point by o'clock. Get
aboard and help give the orphans the
The idea Of Orphans Day originated
with Senator" w. J. Morgan. a New
York newspaper man. Here Is his story
OF how it originated:
How It Originated.
The origin of the Orphans Automo-
bile Day is credited to New York. with
Savannah, Ga, a close second. Some
kind evangel suggested the idea to me
one day eight years ago at Fifty y-sixth
street and Broadway.
"The particular thing that caused the
thought was one Of those kind women
walking down town with two little for
lorn children one in each hand. Then
came the thought, which may have been
produced by what Lincoln on the field
Of Gettysburg called the mystic chord
of memory which touches the better
angels of our natures.
"'rhe suggestion was, Why not give
the childt en- a days outing in auto
great boon the the !ittle ones. who
ncvAr otherwise may have the oppor-
tunity OF riding in an automobile. The
reXt thought was that it ray also
not exist solely for the pleasure OF
running over them, and thus disarn
that which at the time was a strong
objection to automobilists and auto
nobilinS.
The American Automobile Associa-
tiun ALWAYS to the front IN good work
for motoring. saw thai the thing was
good, and the secretary Of the orGaniza
appeal to A. a. A. clubs all over the
country asking them to acknowledge
the good work and make Orphans Az
temobile Day - 9a,ionai institution,
is known. was the SscoEd citv to give
an Orphans Automobile Day.
Buffalo through its great automobile
club and tho uig hearted Dai u. Lewis,
its secretary, took uD the :dca with
force: so jill Washington. Boston. Chi
cago, Pittsburgh. Cincinnati. Tetroit.
Cleveland, n'nrer, and san Francisco,
ss we'll as MANY othsr towns. so you
was followed by the country generally.
No one can assume what good II has
done, but many believe that when 1t
cumes to checking up with st. Peter
Io boil Ia HNP 0Gi a ~
pl!cant for Il seat in the hereafter.
some ragged little boy or girl will be
there ar an advocate for the seating
Of the delegate. Ther" VII be many
credits to the ledger of life for. the
lnotorist who takes part In Orphans
Automobile Day by either sending his
ear, donating money, or giving personal
help on those most glorious OF occa-
Eions"
E. r. Benson. sales manager of the
Studebaker Corporation, makers OF E.
M-F and Flanders cars, was In Wash
with w, c. Long, Of the Commercial
Automobile and Supply Company; we
are having a splendid season." said Mr..
Benson.
Rob Roy Mackey. accompanied by
DOC" Armstrong, left yesterday In the
formers Regal roadster for a tour
through Maryland and Pennsylvania.
]. NJ. Stoddard, OF the Cook Stod-
,dard Company, returned Thursday from
a flying trip to Buffalo, Cleveland and
Detroit, where he visited the Pierce
Arrow. Baker. and Cadillac factories.
George H. Kelly. manager of the
Commercial car department of the Bak-
er Motor Vehicle Company, was in
Washington yesterday visiting the
Cook & Stoddard Company.
r. H. Martin, of the Buick Motor
Company. spent the great part of the
week touring through Maryland in Il
Buick "2S'' roadster. He visited Buick
dealers in a number of Maryland towns
The Cook & Stoddard Company re-
ports the sale of Cadillac touring cars
to F. H. Mackenzie, p. Smyth, and j
Branson, and a Cadillac phaeton to
Rowland Evans