The Washington herald., 1914-07-04
JOYS A-PLENTY
At GLEN echo
Holiday Crowds Won't Have
Any Trouble Celebrating
the Fourth"
DANCING DAY AND NIGHT
Home Celebration" Expected to B,
Biggest in History of Popular
Amusement Park.

A safe and sane substitute for the old
order Of noisy and dangerous celebration
nof Independence Day has been a problem
to Americans, young and old. but Wash
lngtonlans have discovered that a solu'
ton Is really at hand.
Out in the Capitals playground which
nestles among the trees, on q blnff high
Up above the Potomac. the holiday today
will be observed as a Home Celebra-
ton"
Mothers can pack up a lunch basket
and take the whole family for an out
ing that will bring them home whole
somely tired, but happy. over a pleasant
day. Sweethearts and beaux win find
there just the shady hooks that appeal
TO lovers and all sorts OF diversions
should the ''two's company" theory be-
gin to pale.
All Kinds of Fun.
Dyspeptic indeed and hard to please
must be the Individual who fails to ex.
tract days enjoyment from the widely
diversified forms OF amusement that Glen
Echo Park will offer today to those who
avail themselves OF the Home Celebra-
tion."
Early today the basket parties will
begin to arrive and all day until midnight
there Will be something doing. No trou-
blesome restrictions are placed on visi-
tors, and while an excellent restaurant
Is ready to serve meals at all hours, II
is for the convenience OF those who do
not care about bringing lunch.
Easy OF access, being only about forty
minutes from the heart OF the city, the
resort can be reached without change
OF cars and special arrangements have
been made to provide a schedule today
that will enable the thousands expected
to come and go without any delays.
Today, as always, the admission will
be free and all OF the usual free features
will be in evidence. In the evening Il
splendid free bill will be offered In the
open-air moving picture stadium. With
the canal and river right at hand for
boating, canoeing and swimming. Glen
Echo offers all the heart can desire for
an outing.
In addition. the resort has wide
range OF attractions with its half hun
dred amusements. There is the coaster.
the gyroplane, and a new carrousel the
best south Of New York, with safety
devices that make II safe for the tired
mother to leave the youngsters to their
own devices. Then there is the midway
with It's distorting mirrors and its score
Of dips and chutes and roulette wheels
on which the kiddies can enjoy them
selves. and the Ferris wheel from the
top Of which one can see down the river
almost to Washington. But this is only
a partial list.
Dancing All tho Time.
For the special benefit Of those upon
whom the modern dance craze has left
its touch, the management has made two
concessions. One of these Is an aug
mented orchestra, twice as large as the
one that nightly plays for the dancers
in the big pavilion. The other is the
matinee session. starting at o'clock.
which will make the dancing continuous
from afternoon until just before the
stroke of midnight
Eight hours of dancing. What an op-
portunity for a record-breaking dance
Marathon. With the best Of music and
a floor that is ideal, with numbers that
range from the classic waltz to the
fshwalk. what is there left TO be desired
by those to whom the modern dance is
the ideal diversion?
All arrangements have been made to
handle a record crowd in the history Of
the resort. and the home celebration"
is expected to prove the most successful
Glen Echo has ever had An extra car
service will play an important part in
the successful outcome of the observ-
ance OF the day.