The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-27
MOOSE ENTERTAIN A
BIG CROWD FRIDAY
Second Annual Picnic Held
at Blue Water Holes

II was play day all day for the
Loyal Order of Moose of this city
and several hundred guests at Blue
Water Friday the 2lst. II was the
second annual l.. o. o. NJ. picnic and.
to say those in attendance had real
picnic is putting it mildly. Even
the old folks enjoyed il didn't they
Pap? The young folks coupled out
under the mammoth old Alamogor-
dos by the waters edge and con-
versed in tones of superlative conf
dence, while the little boys and girls
rolled on the sward until echos from
the shady banks answered them
back. There wasn't a ripple Of dis
cord as the hum of voices drifted
out from the assembled Moosers like
wave of wireless---it was a good
day, and everybody seemed to realize
it., and to fall into that inviable mood
of relation that builds red blood.
There was an old fashioned coun-
try lemonade stand and the real
Swain was there TO hoist the bever-
age from the big tubs in its thirst
stacking coolness---and, Tom did it
in esprit de Oliver Goldsmith's or
anybody elses Swain---and don't you
forget il.
There was a large pavilion plat
form and thirty or forty couples
could follow the music of piano and
drum and have room to spare. At
lunch time, noon and evening, par
ties spread good things to eat under
the trees in many places---the unaf-
fected ha! ha! was heard in the wide
open and its naturalness was as re-
freshing as a midday August shower.
Nature is kind in the shady hooks of
Blue Water---there was ease of man.
ner and conversation that is unknown
in our city. The people were happy
and they showed it.
After supper c. G Reum, national
director, told the story of Moose
heart, outlining the plans of the
school, home and farm of which all
Moosedom is so justly proud. Moose
heart is an asylum, a place of refuge
for the aged who are no longer able
to fight life's battles in the competi-
tive trades---a home for the boys and
girls who are left without the coun-
sci and guidance of parents. They
are educated there; they spend one
half of the school day with books and
the other half in learning the differ
ent avocations that fit them for life
when the time comes to leave tne
school and home.
This institution is maintained at
cost of one dollar year per member
of the Moose Order, above what the
farm produces, and is the most sue
cessful institution of its kind in
America. Some of the most promi-
nent men of the nation are deeply
interested in Mooseheart and are
offering it both their time and money
whenever needed. When present
plans are completed Mooseheart will
accommodate five thousand children.
S. M. Wharton followed Mr.. Reum
and said something alb out what the
local order is doing and showed that
il was an asset To the business of the
community---spending som ething
over two thousand and five hundred
dollars a year among the business
men of the city,
The committees and everybody
concerned in making this days out
ing of the Moose a success desevre
worthy mention.
The committees in charge were as
follows:
Refreshments; Tom Swain. w. b.
Hunter, Ben McCamish and Emil
Anderson.
Dancing and Entertainment; w.
A. Savage, C. +. Lakeland and F. T.
Wofford.
Conveyances; +. A. Corbin and j.
l.. Shifflette.
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