The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-10-04

sands had gone before. crowdinc
this beautiful spot. | have already
described the Fairgrounds: the
PARK is lovely, big stream, not &
] canal, but a lake on which swar
and ducks were swimming, Will
japanese bridges which are curvec
way up high over the water, Gun
ningly planted with reeds and vii,
lows which make it very pic.
turesque.
The rose gardens are wonderful
eveyiety of the queen of flowers
and oh such gorgeous hues. The
walks wind around the lake with
different picnicing grounds, for
the convenience of the public and
the forum had chosen a beautiful
pepper grove, for the assembly
and besides some fine speeches
and splendid singing, we had the
pleasure of hearing an Alaska
man give fine poems from Robert
w. Service of Canada, which were
like Kippling's.
After the program we went on
out to Exposition Park where the
soldiers were entertained with a
barbecue and watermelon feast.
Bands were playing, tennis and
other game contests were going on
and when we heard strains of oh!
Boys where do we 60 from here"
and Hail the Gangs All Here'
which are the favorite marches
here, we chased across the park,
which is twice as big as the Nor
NAL grounds including the pine
woods and found the Marine Band
leading and the marines marching
back to entralne for San Diego
where their ships are. The band
wore the blue sailor suits, but the
hundreds of marines, nattv white
uniforms with blue ties and leg
gings and carried their guns and
were singing, and talk about in
spring They stopped and drilled
a DIT and stacked their arms and
got aboard tho their train didn't
eave for an hour after. Kenneth
kept edging toward the car and
when one of the sailors called,
Hey Brother marine. salute your
iuperiors" and his hand shot up
o his forehead and he saluted and
waved bis flag, they just cheered .
nd cheered and swung him up
nd he had the SWEETEST time a
mall boy could possibly have,
vas loaded down with souvenirs
nd swamped with peanuts and
,opcora and when other onlookers
altered outside the cars and the
ackies started chatting the girls
re heard some funny expressions,
God college singing too these
,ere,nt recruits but trained jack
IS. After a bit we went over to
he Armory, pushing our way
hru the immense Gro vds up a big
,arble stairway thru a corridor
nd found ourselves in a big con-
rete court, with the huge armory
uildings they call them Go. A.
arlor Co. B. etc, around on all
our sides. 1t was about as big as
ne Normal Auditorium, but of
purse unroofed with galleries all
'ound the top. There was a piano
the center and some rockies
anding ON a table giving imita-
ons of any and every thing until
was positively killing. I,
At big tables presided over by Y
Ie most prominent women in
wn the ''hostesses" were serving =
e cold orangeade, grape juice,
c. in the handsomest of cut-glass, Il
ssed around by the Boy.Scouts, ii
ID there were hugh mounds OF ii
It tamales for those who wanted d
EN-. Then the orchestra arrived Il
d the dance began, and when the II
eat big full moon came up and s|
one over the palms, l tell you il | Re
used queer sensation, the dane iI
: beneath the California moon in Iz
, beautiful night with soldier, l=
d sailors all ready for the grim aI
ty before them. /.