Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31
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b Cleveland Park Reused by AW-
full Holocaust.
LATE DINERS DISTURBED
Young Rover" Upsets Lamp and
Clubhouse" Is Burned.
DRESS SUIT BRIGADE ON HAND
Inspiring Sight When Three Engine
Companies Come Tearing to
the Scene.
LATE DINERS DISTURBED
DRESS SUIT BRIGADE ON HAND

Cleveland Park added to it's record
for being picturesque again last night
when the home of the Robin Hood Club
burned down The fire occurred about
s o'clock, when all Cleveland Park was
slipping it's cafe noir (the men being
attired correctly in evening clothes
with hand-tied neckwear). Every
man, woman and child who could get
to the scene was there, and Q power
ful lot of conversation resulted. 1t is
understood that at a late hour last
night Cleveland Park was still talking
about the Robin Hood Club hret
The club Is . select band Of young
rovers, who chose for their Sherwood
forest the woods In Klingle Ford val
ley They pitched their shack on
spot directly in the rear Of w. l. Poets
house, 3314 Newark street These
merry men who don the Lincoln green
(speaking In the vernacular) have
: reached the advanced age Of eleven
years in some instances and. II not
splendid English archers. they are just
that romantic in spirit.
Were Roasting venison.
It seems that the merry men In jerkin.
buskin and with well brawned arms
(still speaking in the vernacular) went
: down into Sherwood forest last night to
roast venison (stin speaking in the
yernacular) All would have gone well
had not some one of them upset lamp
The Cleveland Park correspondent. VINO
: rushed to the telephone and hurled the
= facts into The Star office last night
latter having changed his dress clothes
= for working clothes). said he could not
ascertain whether it was Friar Tuck,
Alan-a-DaIe. John Little John or Maid
Marian who upset the lamp but rather
suspects 1t was a spy of the sherin OF
Nottingham. at any rate, there was
serious five minutes in that little club
2 house. as there was considerable Danger
of some of the boys being smothered.
One Of the merry men rushed up the
f, steep declivity on which the house was
situated and jerked the alarm at SSd
ard Newark streets:
run, and Cleveland Park Is not going
soon to forget the sight OF engine COM
pany No. from M street. Georgetown.
G That outfit came blowing down Newark
one leading horse ridden by a fireman
In a fire hat.
Mighty Cheer Goes Up.
It was a most effective sight. said
the Cleveland Park correspondent.
However, No. 20 engine from Tenley-
town had arrived and was doing the
work. The flames Of the burning club
house lit up the woods for consider
able distance. AS the trees grow
: thickly in that neighborhood 1t APP
peared that Sherwood forest was
doomed. but Cleveland Park had not
counted on No. 20 It squirted: and
squirted. and squirted until after
while all the fire was out and a
mighty cheer went up from the sur
rounding populace in dress suits. No.
q engine company deserves a men
ton too and so does No. truck COM
pany. 1t had no ladders short enough
TO work with. the clubhouse being
one-story affair. Also the hills and
valleys Of the place got the four COM
panies in a pocket and they had some
difficulty In getting out Of the neighor-
hood.
The park has now lost two clubs by
Are, the Cleveland Park Athletic Club
having been destroyed several weeks ago.
Several other clubs remain. but none with
houses Among them Is the Thirty fourth
Place Sidewalk Improvement Association.