Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-20
CITY OFFICIALS ENJOY
OUTING At IDLE HOUR
Chicken Dinner. Swimming and
Baseball Feature Delight
full Afternoon.

Members of City Council and several
other city officials yesterday afternoon
and last evening Knocked of" from
the mcnotony OF the daily grind Incl
dent to the transaction Of municipal
business. and enjoyed a most delight
ful outing at the home OF the Idle
Hour club along tho Delaware river
~ Gruhb's Landing. The day was
ideal for the outing for despite the
heat " the city, there was N cool n
refreshing breeze sweeping the
grounds AZ the club and during the
Afternoon the city fathers disported
themselves playing baseball and SWIM
ming n in other amusernents.
The big feature OF the occasion.
however was the fried chicken din
ner. Thi. proved n feast III Tor a
king and Il rejected great credit
upon Ernest Fisher. the steward NJ
the cluh who prepared IL and upon
Homer 4. simmons. clerk OF COUNCIL
who had engineered the arrangements
Tor the trip and the details 'ncioeh'
10 the entertainment OF those VINO
were IL the party.
Tn. officials left City Hall shortly
after noon I'm automobiles n reacheu
th. Idle Hour about / O'Clock. for-
mali,y was cast 10 the winds ana
o,,o With, tho, grounds every one
proceeded 10 make himself comfort
ahle Collars and ties. coats. vests ano'
a. fac, nil excess clothing. was dis
cardcd and every one seemed 10 revert
., the DAYS of their youth when theN
wc., care free n full Of the pep
,n,, such energy in tho
small boy. for they participated IN
tho various amuscmrnts with all tho
io, and ahandon of boys Just ont or
:, hool for their summer vacations.
The remarkable thing about tho
whole affair was tho agility and pep
disnlaycd Ivy all Of them. especially inc
.oid men" IN the party. They ganboled
ahout tho lawn like thTCc-Near-oids'
evidently utterly careless of tho re-
suits such activities would have on
muscles and joints long out OF prac-
tee Tor such physical efforts.
Abouo . O'Clock the dinner bell
sounded and the guests sat down L"
n table tina had hcen on
tho long porch at the club n whlch
WAS fairly groaning under us hurueh
ot good things 60 eat. The piece de
resistance was the fried spring
chicken and It was real. according L"
the unanimous decision ar the party
There were all the side dishes. every
one excellcntly prepared. and for an
hour or more every one "feNl To- and
I'm the words Of the u reporter did
ample Justice to the repast. Inc
menu terminated with PIE and ice
cream. .
Baseball and swimming ollow"d
during the remaluder Vt the afternoon.
In the game the features were the
PLAYING W Superintendent ~ Police
George Black at third base. the field
.ng ~ Councilman Arthur Johnson
Who nearly ran his legs of. the pitch
sng Of city AUDITOR charlie Shep-
Iu.rd. and the batting Of Councilmen
James Il. McManus and Alexander X.
ANrahame. col. W. T.. slower was
umpire bat as such he showed he IS
"a good member OK the Board OF As
sessment.
Councilmen John J. Mulvena and
Herman II. Faulkner disported them
selves IN the Delaware river n a way
10 make Annette kellerman Jealous
ami their appearance in bathing suits
would have made an don turn green
McNabh was there and everyone knew
with envy. Councilman John Edward
81. lie drove up in HIS new n!VNer.
but 81 Vac reported he came alone, for
no one cared 20 take the risk OF max
ing the trip with Ned AZ the wheel
Street Commissioner Frank W. Pier
son made "a good substitute fielder frr
the hall teams and CITY TREASURED
sam" White carried OF all the medal.
for l-lns able 20 stow away the mos
~ the chicken at the dinner table
Doc Handy. president Of the Boar
% Health, helped 10 add 20 the gen
erA gaiety OF the occasion and "a,
sam" a close secon when - came u
= display OF his eastronomic abilities
City Solicitor Reuben Satterthwa3te. Jr.
and his assistant. i. Warren Green
forgot for the afternoon that Their
ever was uCh a thing as a law bool
and proved among the biggest Kids
in the party.
II was voted by AL a grand and slori
Gus occasion and so thoroughly en-
3oy~d was i by everyone that ther