Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-18
CITY CLUB PICNIC
ONE GRAND FROL|C
FOR 500 MEMBERS
"Jazz" Band, AirpIanes
Chicken Dinner and Friend
Iy Fish Help.

Fatigued. dust covered. but happy.
more than 300 members of the City
Club returned to Washington last
night from their first annual outing
on the picturesque SOO-acre farm Of
Foster NJ Reeder, West Hatton, Md
on the Wicomico river after literally
burning" the roads of southern
Maryland for fifty-six miles in a feet
of 100 automobiles. Their initial out
ing, unique in some forms, was unani-
mousIy voted gigantic success"
From the arrival of the first party
of excursionists to the departure of
the last, near dusk, there was not a
dull moment. In fact. the affair was
described as circus without a
ring. There was everything imag-
Unable in the way of food and amuse-
ment for the proverbial tired bust
ness man. and thirtypiece' jazz
band was so ''jazzy" it attracted large
schools of fish, At least, that is what
several members of the club reported
who devoted the afternoon to angling.
Famous Maryland Dinner.
Soon after the arrival of the eX-
cursionists at the scene of the out
ing dinner was served on the banks
of the Wicomico river The menu
included the famous Maryland fried
chicken. corn on the cob. steamed
and raw oysters. potato salad, crabs.
fish and watermelonS. There were all
kinds of drinks. The long jaunt over
the Maryland roads worked up a keen
appetite for the excursionists. as evil
denced by rapid disappearance of the
enormous supply of food and drinks
During the afternoon the boys"
fguratively speaking, of course,
amused themselves by trapshooting,
hydro-aeroplaning, fishing. boating,
swimming and other games. Before
they babe good-by to Mr. Reeder and his
farm they were served with ice cream
and cakes.
There always are some minor ac-
cidents on an outing of this kind
which furnish amusement to the eye
witnesses. 1t was up to Z. l.. Stock
to do this Mr.. Stock. as skipper of
rowboat, took a party out on the
river on sightseeing" trip. Near
the swimming hole the boat shipped
water and sank. drenching the entire
party. Luckily, it sank in shallow
water.
Danehower Is Injured.
There was. however, one accident
which threatened to mar the outing.
While en- route to the Reeder farm,
an automobile carrying E. B. Danen-
hover, manager of the club. in at
tempting to avoid a collision with an
other machine swerved to the side of
the road, throwing him out. Mr..
Danenhower was bruised about the
face and arms. but this did not pre-
vent him from enjoying the outing.
cident claimed the club manager
narrowly escaped DEATH as both ma
chimes were going at high speed.
Two Army aeroplanes from Boiling
field, piloted by Capts. w. S. w. Fits
gerald and NJ. +. Scanlon, landed on
the Reeder farm shortly after noon,
entertaining the excursioIists with
stunts before landing. The ma
chimes returned to Washington late
In the afternoon.
DR.. Mark c. Bulls, a life member
of the club. arrived at the outing
scene in hydro-aeroplane, piloted by
H. c. Downey of the capital flyers.
Frank Taylor Mitchell returned in
the flying boat, having won this privi-
lege in a rattle. The flying boat with
DIR. Bulls as the passenger, left
Washington at 12:45 pm. and arrived
at the Reeder farm about 1:30 o'clock.
"HOney Boy" Evans There"
Honey Boy" Evans. the official an
nouncer, and ]. E. Keilher. took the
role of comedians and kept the ex-
tire afternoon. Honey Boy" used
his repertoire of wit, while Keilher
played FRANKS on his fellow members
while remping around in a bathing
suit.
Isaac Cans was called down" for
trespassing on bed of mint. Will
liam F. GUIDE spent large portion of
the afternoon around the soft drink
stand W. W. Trehella, District man
oger of Armour & Co, set the pss 80
the outing scene in his flying SKY
The outing committee was composed
of Fulton Brylawski. H. Seymour
Walcott, H. w. Cutler, Mr.. Esder,
Oscar A. Thorup, Charles j. waters,
George Pitt and Raphael SsQnes.