The Washington herald., 1915-05-29
ALEXANDRIA KIDDIES
CELEBRATE MAY DAY
Graves of Union Soldiers in National
Cemetery There Will Be Dec
GRATED on Monday.

Alexandria. Va. May 2S-The May Day
celebration OF the children of the primary
department of the public schools was held
this afternoon on the new high school lot
at Cameron and West streets. Nearly
900 children took part in the exercises
and a large crowd of spectators attended.
Music was furnished by the American
Indian Guard Band. The children were
| bedecked in various colored dresses and
uniforms adding to the picturesqueness
of the scene. Funds from the celebra-
| ton will he used for the visiting nurse
| to the schools
| The program given was as follows:
| Grand march and open chorus. Dixie" i"
scenes from Indian life. fourth grade
boys. Misses Grigg and Beattie; carnival
| of the months. first grade. Miss Davis;
| Maryland" chorus; Virginia reel. first
grade, Miss Davis: drill. boys. selected;
dance of flowers and butterflies. fourth
grade. Miss Grenan; chorus. virginia.
| May queen. second grade, Miss Demaine:
| minuet, third grade. Miss Bruce: maize
drill. second grade. Miss Bashford;
Columbia. Gem of the Ocean," chorus: ::
rainbow dance. second grade, Miss Payne;
May pole. second grade, Miss Johnson.
| Part 2-"AmeriCa.' chorus: bag race.
| third grade Miss Roxbury: medicine ball
| relay and field relay. fourth garde, Miss
Watson: games. first grade. Miss Faw-
cett; potato race. second grade, Miss
Glasgow: three-legged race, third grade.
i Miss Marks; flag pyramid. fourth grade.
Miss GrigG; Star Spangled Banner"
finale. chorus.
Several members of the Parent Teach
ers' Association sold refreshments during
the progress of the festivities.
Graves of Union soldiers in the United
! States National Cemetery will be deco
rated Monday. At o'clock in the after
noon memorial services will be held.
Those who will make addresses are Prof.
b. w. Murch. Junior Vice Department
Commander Stanton Viewer. and Rev.
DIR. John Lee Allison, pastor OF the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church of this city.
The program follows: Assembly, with
bugle call by Miss Dora Narney: call to
order Past Commander B. T. Janney.
who will preside: music How Firm
Foundation Children's chorus. conduct
ed by Miss Blanche Rotchford; reading
of Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Com
mander Janney: music, duet, Miss
Blanche Rotchford and Mr.. Solomon:
music, Nearer. My God TO Thee by
children's chorus: salute. fired by Alex
andria Light Infantry under command
of Capt. w. NJ. King; music, abide
With Me-" by children's chorus: express
slOH OI tndHhs, pTtSlulnS tdpS,
bugle. Miss Dora Narney; invocation and
benediction by Rev. Edgar Carpenter,
rector of Grace T. f. Church
Judge j. B. T. Thornton. will entertain
the members of the Bar Association of
the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit at his home
at Manassas on June 16. Many members
of the association from this city will
attend. That afternoon the visitors will
60 to Bull Run battlefield.
Prof. Robert G. Wall. district superin-
tendent of the Sheldon School. tonight
delivered an address before the members
of the chamber of commerce taking for
his subject The Science of Building Any
Business"
The concert given recently in the audi
torium of the Elks' Home for the bene-
ht Of the Children's Home netted So