Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
COOL DAYSENLNENF
ACTV|T|ESAT REED
Varied Amusements Offered
Patients-Labor Day to
Be Observed.

A period OF cool weather the past
week added snap to the recreational
and amusement program provided for
the soldier patients. nurses. corps men
and the workers of the Red Cross,
Jewish Welfare. Y. NJ. c. A. and K. of
c. activities. catering to the comfort
and pleasure of the big family at the
Walter Reed Army General Hospital.
The regular weekly excursions to
Mount Vernon, Chesapeake Beach,
Glen Echo. Great Falls and Roclt
! Creek Park and the rides by
automobiles through the city and
suburbs were popular. The usual
party of twenty weekly guests
to the Colonial Beach home of the
The Rea swimming pool continues to
be the drawing magnet, with hun
dreds of boys in the water at all
! times.
There is a wide field of amusement
offered each day in the way of NOV
parties to Keith's, the Shubert-Gar-
rick and other theaters, where the
boys are guests of the arrangements
Watermelon Feast Big Event
| One of the big events Of the past
week, Monday night last, was a water
melon feast provided by Saks & Co.
1t was one of the high lights Of a
real good time in the history OF the
hospital. The outdoor sports. base
ball-there was a game between the
soldier fans of the hospital and
Fort Myer, at the latter post-tennis.
hand ball. athletics and other physical
| culture, continue to be largely patron
ICED. There have been during the
past week a number of dances at the
post by the several activities there
for the patients. the nurses, aids, Of
| ficers and enlisted men and workers
| in the reconstruction and Red Cross
workers. Keith's circuit sent out its
headliners as usual. and the manage
ment of Polls Theater favored the
post with Mickey" showing at Polls.
Thursday and again last night. Many
of the patients were guests OF down
| town theaters during the week, under
| the auspices of the War Camp Com
munity Service and the Red Cross, be-
ing entertained at supper downtowH.
]. w. Thompson of the Keith circuit
entertained the boys of the post
| Thursday evening with his company
of trained dogs and was given re-
ception of enthusiastic appreciation
Will Observe Labor Day.
Labor day at the post will be OBJ
\ served with a program similar to that
carried out national Independence day
/ with a series of athletic games in the
mornin, in which the able-bodied and
crippled soldiers will be participants.
! The afternoon will be taken UP with
q ball game and swimming matches
in the Rea swimming pool with pro-
gram scheduling fancy swimming and
aquatic contests. for which there will
be prizes offered. However. many OF
the patients are planning to make
trips out of the city. while others have
accepted invitations to be the guests
of automobile parties or to spend the
day with friends at their homes.
The Knights of Columbus is plan
ming the construction OF an electric
scoreboard to be erected on the main
grounds of the post, from which VIII
be shown the world base ball series.
Announcement is made by this or
ganization that it will erect in
front of the downtown hut on Penn
sylvania avenue near 9Th street
northwest, grandstand that VIII
accommodate more than five hundred,
from which the grand parade OF the
/ overseas heroes, headed by Gen. Perish
ing, will be reviewed by 400 OF the
soldier-patients from Walter Reed.
the Naval Hospital and the she'll
shocked boys from ST. Elisabeth Hos
pital. A number of the distinguished
oficials of the Knights of Columbus
who served overseas will be among
those on that stand
The usual religious services OF the
Catholic and Protestant churches VIII
be observed at the post tomorrow.