Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-08
Chilly Air Fails to Dampen
Spirits of Children.
PRESIDENT TAFT LOOKS ON
Observes Easter Monday 'Rites"
From White House Portico.
MARINE BAND GIVES CONCERT
Rock Greek Park, Zoo and Great
Falls Also Popular With
Little Jewellers.

Eggs, product Of the barnyard. in vast
Quantity lie scattered and crushed on the
White House grounds. AS many more
are in motion, rolling down hill, being
pitched and hurled, clashing in the game
of picking" prime sport Of certain juve-
niles being eaten-all in the process Of
destruction.
sThe children of Washington are hav-
ing their annual good time. Easter Mon
day egg rolling. on the White House
grounds. Saturated with Easter rain,
chill atmosphere and high wind delayed
the crowding of the Executive Mansion
lawns. The assembly all through the
day hardly was so dense as in past years,
but from $50 o'clock the opening hour,
up to IL o'clock il was notably small
After that time, however, the stream OF
Juveniles and guardians began to thicken.
The little folks were of all degrees and
fashions, of all sizes and ages of ex-
panding youth and OF color, white and
black and shades between.
President Taft Looks On.
The off-wind side of hillocks provided
sheltered spots awaited Of by the many
who found fighting the gale difficulty
and a menace to health. The stretches
of level earth and the exposed sides of
the elevations were generally avoided by
the little jewellers and their guardians.
Around the south front of the White
House was a gathering of the curious,
anxious to see some members OF the presi-
Dental family. Some guests of the
executive mansion took posts on the
benches on the portico and watched the
scene. The President came out on the
portico in the early afternoon and saluted
the cheering crowd. Mrs. Taft also was
in evidence at the same time for few
moments.
The day was a frolic. The music Of
childish laughter and prattle was evidence
that the little folks were having a happy
time. Little baskets containing colored
eggs of the hen, of the candied and of
the indestructible variety, bags Of roasted
peanuts. packages of sugared popcorn
they had brought with them as means to
gifts of little stuffed chickens: rabbits,
wooden and furry, and at least one live
one. some of the children found conven-
lent to have with them for the occasion.
Then the man who sells miniature captive
balloons did a good business along the
approaches to the grounds.
Marine Band Gives Concert.
1t was not long before the soft, rain
soaked turf was well dug up by the heels
Of the invaders. Parti-colored eggshells
were well ground into the earth every
where about. white Of egg and yellow
yolkes lending bright color and variety.
At $50 o'clock this afternoon the
scene will shift and vary with the COM
ing of the Marine Band to the north side
of the White House ellipse. musical
concert will be given until $50 o'clock
Lieut.. Santelmann will conduct the band.
The following is the program:
March, ''Call of America" Won der
Mehden; overture, Tampa" Herold;
scene Espagnol, "Sevillana." Elgar;
waltz. Echoes of the Past" Saenger;
selection. The Pink Lady," Caryll;
"reminiscences of Havana, "A Night on
the Prada" Lake; American tone poem.
'Breezes of the South" MIDDLETON; (a)
Lamentation. OBJ The Return of Happy
Days. (c) finale. A Joyous Meeting;
march. "Stanch and True" Teike.
Many Visit the Zoo.
The regulation prohibiting the admis-
sion to the White House grounds of all
adults except those actually in charge
of children was rigidly enforced. The
proportion of children to elders was con-
seauently greater than usual. Also there
were fewer lost children.
The rule, however. served to send
crowds of pleasure seekers to the Zoo
and to Rock Creek Park. The reserva-
tons were thrown open to children. and
egg rolling contests were engaged in by