Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
CELEBRATION OF
ROMPER DAY TO
EXCEED OTHERS
Band Concerts, Folk Dancing,
Exhibits and Sports Few
of the Features

Plans for one of the biggest rom.
per day celebration in the history OF
the city playground department were
completed to-day by Playground Su-
pervisor Earl c. Ford with his corps
of instructors.
Band concerts in the afternoon
and evening by the Eighth Regiment
musicians; a folk dancing pageant
showing the dances of various coun-
tries now allied in war against Ger
many, and scores of games and con-
tests will feature the program.
Special cars will leave the various
Fairgrounds at s o'clock in the morn
ing. Immediately upon the arrival
of the thousands of youngsters at
Reservoir Park the events of the day
will start. A feature of the morning
will be the sewing exhibit. More
than 500 pieces will be shown, all
made by girls enrolled in classes this
year.
A rehearsal of the folk dancing
parts was held this afternoon in the
Board of Trade building. To-mor-
row tetherball preliminaries will be
played off in the morning and the
interplayground track meet will be
held in the afternoon. Wednesday
morning the quot match prelimi-
naries will staged and in the after
noon a dress rehearsal of folk dane
ing.
The complete romper day program
follows:
Morning Sports
Mornings, Cars leave various
Fairgrounds for Reservoir Park; 8,
championship girls volleyball game,
teams from Twelfth street, Reservoir
and Emerald; boys. final tennis tour
nament teams from Sycamore, En-
erald, Twelfth street; finals, junior
and senior quot matches; $50,
championship volleyball games. En-
erald, Twelfth street, Sycamore;
finals, tetherball for junior and
senior girls; 10, group ring games,
kite contest; 1880, longball, Harris
clay VS.. Sycamore; II, girls relay
race; 11.S0, sewing and cooking
school exhibit: - to 1.30, lunch.
Pageant in Afternoon
Afternoon-1.3O three-legged race
for boys, two from each playground;
sack race for girls, two from each
playground; wheelbarrow race for
boys; obstacle race for girls; relay
race for boys; peanut race for boys
under fourteen; shoe race, Calder VS..
Twelfth tug-of-war Boas VS.. SYca-
more; 2.30, pageant; 3, presentation
of prizes; 4, cars leave park for play
grounds.
Dancing Program
The program for the folk dane
ing pageant has been arranged as
follows: France-represent by
girls from Emerald and Paxton play
grounds; Russia, by girls from Penn
and Twelfth street; England, by the
small girls from all Fairgrounds;
Scotland, by girls from Sycamore
and Nerbeke; Ireand, by girls from
Hamilto nand Reilly; Italy, by girls
from Harris and Stevens; United
States, by girls from Lincoln, Reser-
voir, Maclay and Boas.
Music will be furnished by Up
degrove's orchestra.
Girls Who Get Certificates
The following girls will be given
certificates on Romper Day for regu-
lar attendance at the SEEMING classes
during the entire season: Reilly
Anna Schampan, Sara Cohen, Mil
dred Schmapan; Hamilton, Helen
Sparver, Mary Grow; Emerald, Re
becca Fornwalt, Naomi Bell; Maclay.
Thelma Stipe, Anna Yaple, Ethel
Minnick; Calder, Pauline Miller,
Rose Miller, Matilda Henson; Pax
tang, Ruth Shannon, Julia Baker,
Mildred Baker, Jennie Rogers; Penn,
Sara Zarkin, Goldie Hollam, Anna
Hollam, Rebecca Abramson. Rachel
Abramson, Dora Harrison, Alice
Cohn; Boas, Edith Marcus Jennie
Marcus, Beatrice Cohn, Elizabeth
Fickes; Reservoir, Dorothy Shultz,
Gertrude Smith, Agnes Orr, Dorothy
Reeves; Harris, Caroline Sitter.
Violet McCurdy, Zena Rogers, Mil
dred Fisher, Dorothy Abrams. Katie
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