Evening star., 1919-11-27
\. v. c. A. IS HOST
AT OUTDOOR FEAST
Breakfast in. Potomac Park
Successful and May Be
Annual Fixture.

Those who attended the first annual
outdoor breakfast staged by the y. w
G. A. in Potomac Park. from 9 until
10 o'clock this morning. are finding
the interval between the first meal OF
the day and Thanksgiving dinner nc
matter whether the latter be sched-
uled for noon or night, easy to bridge
Amy one inclined to deprecate out
door cookery in general. or this state
ment in particular, is asked to cast an
eye over the following carte du
jour:
Bacon crisp and bacon medium, hot
rolls. buttered toast, French fried
potatoes. wienerwursts. frankfurters
fried eggs, toasted marshmaliows. cof-
Zee with sugar, coffee without sugar
Sparkling skies, just enough breeze
to put pep into both the fire and nu-
merous cooks, the mouth-watering
odor of wood smoke and the aroma
of toothsome "eats" formed the at
mosphere in which more than hun
dred people, mostly girls, availed
themselves Of the "Y's" new scheme
for a holiday breakfast. The asso-
citation confidently expects this to be
yearly event and that the attend
ance each season will be at least dou-
bic that of the year before.
Contributed to Success.
The ~ furnished the coffee. Henry
B. +. Macfarland made a brief address
on 'Thanksgiving Barber & Ross
contributed six barrels of the resin
Gus kindling. Dormitory men from
the Y. NJ. c. A: built the big fire at a
spot about halfway between the Mon
ument and Lincoln Memorial.
Heaven help any one who might
have started anything" for no fewer
than eleven strapping park policemen
were on hand to see the doings. Prob
ably nothing so Interesting had hap
pened in their bailiwick for a Ions
time. And instead of being aloof and
superior, as officers of the law SO often
are, they were as helpful and as clever
as Boy Scouts. Were the cpotches
that held up the big camp coffee pots
not strong enough? Off into the dense
forests of Potomac Park rushed a
platoon wearing ~. S. p" in silver
on their collars, and cut a new set
regular humdingers that would have
Eeld roasted OK. Was another
smaller fire needed for the sizzling
hen fruit? 1t was built in twink
ling and surrounded with large sec
tions of curbstone on which pans and
kettles might rest securely Did a
young lady need marshmallow
stick? Out came policeman's knife
Would the officers care to have a cur
Of hot coffee? The officers would carl
to. all right, but regulations forbade
thelr drinking anything while or
duty Why. the party wouldn't have
been anywhere near as good as IT was
without the cops.
Labor Delegates Attend.
Among visitors to the fireside was
group Of French men and women
delegates to the international labor
conference. who were meeting in tlD
munitions building nearby. They
learned of what was going on, ad.
journed. came over to the bonfire ant
watched proceedings with interest.
Nine. Helmar, member of the upper
house of parliament of Denmark, 6
delegate to the international women,
trade conference, was there and prom
ised to take the idea back to her owr
country to help in the celebration q
st. Ole's day, or whatever the ma
tional feasting occasion is in Scan
dinavia.
Miss Florence NJ. Brown, genera
secretary of the Y. w. c. A. was or
hand; so were most of the secretarie.
and officials of the organization. Sc
were number Of people unconnectet
with the ''Y,,' but every conner was of.
fered viands and hot coffee as long az
they held out, and that was a goot
long time. The reporter had two cups