Evening star., 1918-06-06
WANT PARK MUSIC
NEARER SUND0WN
Oldest Inhabitants Urge Hour
/ Later for Marine Band
Concerts.

Marine Band concerts in the parks
will not start until an hour and q
half before sundown II tho Associa.
ton OF Oldest Inhabitants Of the
District Of Columbia can induce q
change In the hour. The present
plan Of beginning the concerts at {
o'clock 10 considered too early for
Thousands OF government clerks who
would attend the concerts II they
began an hour later.
Benjamin. W. Reiss brought the
matter before the association at its
June meeting last night in the old
Union engine house at 18th and Fl
streets. He said that for more than
sixty years It had been the custom of
the Marine Band to start its concerts
an hour and a half before sundown.
Q resolution urging q return to the
CORNER schedule.
ecorched Oysters Came First.
Who invented steamed oyHers was
to have been the principal subject
for discussion at the meeting. After
+ 1<alCoHiuC Sdia Ho iIdu SotNiA
scorched oysters near the 7th street
wharf when a boy. the association
agreed to recognize them as the fore
fathers OF the steamed oyster with
out debate. Mr.. Larcombe attributed
to Dick Eaton the discovery of the
The washington Chapter of the AS
sociation of Collegiate Alumnae
wrote to the association fora his
tory Of the house at 2506 X street.
which 1t has rented for use by col
.ss fnssmbers a ws1e asked
to communicate to the corresponding
secretary any knowledge they may
hive Of the early history OF the prop
The association decided to held its
usual patriotic exercises July 4. In
etructions were given to its enter
tainment committee to arrange pro-
Original poems were read by Dr..
Thomas Calver and John Clasett
Proctor. the former entitled Our
aWashington." MI. Proctor also pre-
the late Daniel O'C Callaghan. a
member of the association.
William e. Luckett was admitted
to membership. Applications Tor
Lewis Callisher, John NJ. Young and
Robert r. Jonscher, and will be
voted ON at the next meeting.
Our Boys Are Calling.
pn calver's poem. dedicated to. the
bows who are fghting freedoms bat
ties. follows:
NJ boy is in the Amy and that does not alarm
Hes fighting for his people and the right.
iris not Of that I'm thinking, while tears my
.r,. ~ ths s,s crsz1 Huns that made him f,ghs.
Fhs Huns were madly killing. the blood OF
babies spilling.
And helpless women by the thousand score.
He would not be contented until they had re-
And he could hear our guns in triumph rear.
4 Hun with madness smitten. . nation must
have bitten,
TIL It was mad and murderous q ne.
The crimes they were committing. the maddest
The Work Of human hands could never BE-.
And % ny boy enlisted-for front lines he IN
He did not want to t.rry in the rear.
sris at the front he's Aghting-soms baby's
wrongs he's righting,
And never knowing selfish thought or fear.
We surely are an giving our best to help the
OF boys vine face our savage. maddensd foes.
And Ne must do some praying. while mad dogs
they are haying.
while with our prayers our msney fresiy
goes.
On. don't you hear them calling. n at the
front they're falling.
Baptixing freedoms banners with their blood
BE with Us. friends and brothers, for rights
And help rs bring tho werld-redeeming
nood!'