San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-19
K|DD|ES HAVE
BIC TINE At
ELKs' PICNIC
About $50 Spend Day at
Park as Guests Of
B.P.O.E. /.
GAMES AND EATS"
Children "Run Wild" at
Great Outing in
Koehler Park.
GAMES AND "EATS"

lies enjoyed the biggest and best az
4 LAY picnic in the history of the local
lodge Saturday at Koehler Park.
Never before in the history of the
lodge have the members taken sucn
an active interest in the yearly picnic
for the orphans of the city, and never
before have we had such successful
picnic as We had today" said Exalted
Ruier Jack X. Burke after all chill
. dren had been returned to their homes.
Il would like to take this opportunity
! Of thanking in behalf Of the lodge all
Elks and their families and every out
, slder who took part in the picnic for
their assistance i'll making 1t the big
7, gest and best picnic we have ever
. had,' he continued.
All officers of the lodge are tickled
TO death with the results of the day
and the interest manifested by all
: the bills" who acted big brother"
to the youngsters. Each yearly plcIdc
has been bigger and better than the
s preceding one but far more than twice
the number of Elks participated in
:. the cutting this year than last"
Z Ran Wild" For Good Time.
The youngsters began arriving at .
f, O'clock Saturday morning and came
; in a steady stream until 9:30. They
/ were taken to the park in street cars,
furnished by the San Antonio Public
Service Company through the courtesy
. of T.. H. Kher. The children came
TO the park accompanied by members
4 of the transportation committee.
y Following their arrival the young
/, sters were allowed to run wild" The
faithful donkeys of the park were
{ turned over to them and a merry go
i rcuId, erected specially for the occa-
4 sion, was kept going from the ume
i the orphans arrived until all had de-
5 parted at 5 o'clock. Another thing
i which pleased the youngsters consid-
erably was the small automobile of
!: Fritz Reuter- Jr. Besides the driver,
f. the car was capable of seating one
j other occupant while two more could
z be seated in trailer. Fritz and his
AGAR were kept busy ali day giving The
3hiidren rides.
All those who did not care to take
advantage of the donkey rides and
games OF the morning were entertain
81 with u band concert under the di-
rection of lido Haarman.
81 Eats, Eats, Eats" For All.
All stunts and games were held un-
der the direction of the Elks Patrol.
Contests of all kinds including PIE
/, eating contests, three-legged races, po-
stato races, dashes and jumping con-
tests were held and prizes awarded.
There were about 80 prizes given, &C.
cording to Mr.. Burke. The prizes con-
sisted of books and other things the
girls like, and all kind Of baseball
Pplraphernalia for the boys.
Mess call was blown by a bugler
at noon and the children swarmed TO
the many tables to eat. And did they
eat? With all the good things to eat
provided by the Elks and outsiders,
who wouldn't eat? The meal consl><-
ed of barbecued beef, roast ham, DO
tato chips, potato salad, pickles, lem
onade, iced tea, bread, cake and pie.
Z After the lunch was finished the
children resorted to games and other
entertainments and then were treated
fwitb chocolate coated ice cream bars,
Cracker Jack popcorn and all-day
suckers.
+ Only four casualties were reported
during the day, and all of these were
the direct results of what might be
called over-eating. These four lots
Were laid out on the tables and their
4" dummies" given a good rub.
= Had The Time OF Their Lives.
A tug-of-war and a baseball game
featured the afternoon. The tug
war was between the girls and boys.
Quite Unexpectedly the girls scored an
Overwhelming victory. The baseball
game, likewise, was played between
The girls and boys, the st. Peters Or
ksre the boys managed to come out on
'Sthe long side of an S-to-j score.
That the children were anticipating
zone of the best times they ever had
was quite evident by the fact that
members of the transportation COM
smittee were told at the various or
:phanages that many of the children
had ehdeavored to rise at 4 o'clock in
the morning to prepare for the outing.
And that they were not disappointed
was vouched for by a unanimous ac-
sclaim from 40 young Threats at
O'Clock that they had all had "the
time of their lives"
When o'clock came nearly every
one of the youngsters was completely
tired out, and they presented a most
wonderful sight when boarding the
cars for their respective homes, load
ed down with prizes, caps and SOU
yenirs and just able to climb on the
cars.
Pies and Cakes BY the Hundreds.
Two hundred men and two hundred
women were required 10 serve the kid
dies, but needless to say they all de-
clared that they enjoyed the picnic as
much as the youngsters, all being over
joyed at the happiness radiated from
every child's face.
Every youngster was given a paper
cap and some kind of a noise maker,
from the smallest tot that was barely
able to wobble around to the largest
one Athletic goods used during the
day were given to the various homes.
distributed as to the number of chill
dren in the home. Likewise all food
left over was distributed among the
various homes. All left over over
leafs" were sent to the homes in
trucks. About GOO or 200 cakes and
many pies were distributed.
The fires to barbecue the meat for
The picnic. were started at 3 o'clock
sersturday morning. Six hundred
pounds of beef were barbecued by Al
Hanson.
In response to the circular letter
sent all members Of the club by Mr..