Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-28
ROMPER DAY TO
INCLUDESEWING
WORK EXHIBITS
Cooking School Glasses Also
Will Have Tasty Food Regu-
lation Dishes on Display

Sewed, knitted and crocheted ar
ticles to the number of 200. includ-
ing everything from articles for the
boudoir of Milady to sweaters to
keep the Yanks warm during the
winter campaign in northern
France and probably Belgium, the
handiwork of playground children
registered in the sewing classes, will
form interesting exhibits on to-
morrow's Romper Day program. the
biggest annual children's festival
since its institution in 1909. They
will be on exhibition at the pavilion
at Reservoir Park, where the big
event will be held.
But the followers of Epicurus will
find that which interests them more,
even If it does no more than make
their mouths water, at the domestic
science pavilion. Dishes of food,
both dainties and substantial artil
cles of diet, numbering 800, fused
over and prepared by the 200 pupils
IN the Reservoir Park cooking
school, will be there. They are all
prepared with strict regard to food
regulations. incidentally, fifteen
girls will be graduated from this
school this year
Expect More Than 5000
The 5000 tickets printed to admit
the children to to-morrow's festive
occasion are not expected to last
longer than this evening. More than
$500 of them had been distributed
until this morning, and big demands
were on hand for others. Only a
broken leg or fractured skull, some
other serious injury, or employment
Tor many young people are this
year aiding to bridge the great gap
in the labor supply - will pre-
vent the playground boys and girls
from going to Reservoir Park for
the day.
Until early this morning, the Res
ervoir playground had utilized the
greatest number of admission tick
cts, a total of 415 pasteboards hav-
ing been issued to the instructors
for distribution there. Emerald had
taken 220; Boas, 230; Maclay, 275;
Twelfth Street, 345; Hamilton, lis;
Penn, $50; PaXtang. 100; Sycamore,
225; Calder, IFS; Harris, 120; Reilly,
140.
500 to Participate
The various games and contests
tomorrow will have. approximately
500 playground boys and girls as
participants, j. K. Staples, city su-
pervisor of Fairgrounds, said to-day.
The reduced number of contestants
will not affect the quality of the
contests. Mr.. Staples affirms. The
diminished number he attributes to
the fewer city Fairgrounds, the less
ened number of instructors and to
the fact that many boys and girls
who in ordinary times are frequent
ers of the Fairgrounds are working
this year.
The prospective contestants are
hard at work in preparation for to-
morrow's games. Last night on
many of the Fairgrounds instructors
were busy drilling the boys and girls
until long after the sun had set.
Sycamore youths did not leave the
grounds under 9.45 o'clock.
That the Liberty Orchestra. under
the leadership of Harry Hammond,
will furnish music tomorrow was
made known to-day by Supervisor
Staples. Final practice in prepara-
tion for the event was held by the
organization last evening.
The big outing is scheduled to
start promptly at s o'clock, when
the Harrisburg Railways will have
plenty of cars to transport the
youngsters from the Fairgrounds to
the park. All children have been
asked to meet at the Fairgrounds
nearest their homes. ready to start
at that time. The days program will
end promptly at 4.30 o'clock and the
cars are scheduled to start on their
Teturn trip a few minutes ater.