Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-21
OUTDOOR PARTY
ACREAT SUCCESS
Hundreds Of People Help
Along the Public Play
grounds Movement.

With a gentle shower OF June rain
the first civic party on the Columbia
park lawn last night closed amid the
singing of the choir and the hearty
sale of ice cream cones. The response
on every hand had made the affair one
of unusual pleasantness and good cheer
Ice cream cones could not be sold
fast enough. Five dippers were at
work filling cones and even with the
speedy aid of Kelly the ice cream man,
many went away without a taste of
the CONNECTIONS.
The crowds were large and scattered
over the entire park while a line of au-
tomobiles fringed the walk. Even at
o'clock they had begun to gather
The play ground was massed with
children and the line behind the. slide
was the largest in the history of the
park
The program opened with several
numbers by the Columbia band which
had obtained permission from the mu-
steal union to play in appreciation of
the retaining of the park. Twenty
little girls and boys dressed in sham
rock costume had been collected by
Miss Farr, principal of Lincoln school.
and danced one of the pretty folk
dances in which they had been trained.
On the close shaven greensward with
the faint notes of the piano sounding
in the distance and in quaint costumes
they looked like the real elves and
fairies that inhabit the Irish woods.
Following this was the concert by
Thalia choir of the First Methodist
church. Their voices floated in un-
usual sweetness upon the evening air
and the crowds hung close about the
grand stand to catch the words. The
Eilers piano house furnished the piano,
readily responding to the request of
the committee although it meant a Sat
urday night excursion for their dray.
Playground Supervision.
At a quiet point in the program an
nouncement was made of the play
ground supervision which will begin
Monday morning at $50. Miss Van
Hook will be at the park every morning
with the exception of Saturday when
there will be volunteer work. and teach
the children and tell them stories. The
first of the open forums will be the
following Wednesday.
All but few items were donated
freely almost making the total receipts
of $55 clear. Cream was given by the
ice cream companies and dealers.
When 1t became known that 1t was
wished to treat all the children in, town
who really could not afford cones, sew
eral were the donations which poured
in to the committee The Pacific Ma
tional bank wished to give to every
needy waif. and through their gener-
osity no child had to leave the park
without a cone. Others giving were
Mrs. Eoff and Mrs. Fraser. Mrs. Dock
cry, who was looking after the children,
was assisted by Misses Essecl<, Karkeek
and Koehler with Mrs. J. NJ. Haines
who distributed the nickles among
| them.
At the ice cream counter serving
We're Mesdames Eagleson, Tinker
Shurtz, Eastman, Cary, Moore and
Southwell. Many young girls and boys
helped in distributing the cones who
worked diligently all evening and sc
great was the rush that they them
selves saw the last drop 60. and went
happily home in the gentle rain. know
ing that they had assisted in making
Columbia park a summer playground