Evening star., 1925-08-18
CHILDREN GET PLENTY, WHICH is
ULTIMATE OF FUN, ON STAR TRIP
Not Another Brick of Ice Cream Would They Take
After Big Feed on Outing as Guest of
Paper and Boat Company.

| enthusiasm. those who were in charge
| OF the outing to Marshall Hall. given
| yesterday by The Star for boys and
! girls in Washington children'S insti-
| tutions, believe ii so completely sur
passed the greatest expectations held
| for the day that an attempt to arrive
! at positive statements setting forth
| exact results would he impossible.
! Previous outings to the Potomac
| River resort given by The Star and
the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall
! Steamboat Co. are the only ones on
record with which yesterdays trip can
| he compared And as they were so
! completely overwhelmed in every de
| gree, by the success of Yesterdays af.
| fair, they only can be contrasted.
Government Co-operated.
The Government of the United
| States, through the United States
Army Band and the United States
Naval Air Station: business. organiZa-
tlons, manufacturing companies and
transportation lines. all co-operated
with The Star AND the Steamboat Com
| pany in bringing happiness and cheer
To the children; and as is customary
in instances of this kind, those grown.
| ups received for their expenditure of
time, worry and money, greater re-
turns than such an investment ever
could have produced otherwise
Looking back over that tumultuous
and momentous August II, The Star
cannot see where ii could have i'm
proved on the day. BY way of proof,
II offers the statement that when you
cannot even force a good healthy kid
to take just another brick OF ice
| cream; Just another slice of lucious
chocolate cake and just another bottle
of ice cold beautiful-Colored soft drink
when the pleadinss are rebuffed
with the declaration My gosh, ! can't
eat any more"-then the trick has
been turned: the boy is satisfied. he is
at peace with the world. CToday how
ever. he may have a stomach-ache)
Plane on Trip.
The only satisfactory way the story
of the outing can be told is 10 begin
at the beginning and follow the pro-
gram through TO the end. After the
veteran pilot of the Charles Macalas-
ter. Capt. !. Fl. Turner, had swung
the old faithful out into Washington
Channel and pointed its nose down
the river. while the Army Band, un-
der the personal direction of Capt. w.
J. Stannard. was playing The Eve
ming Star March" composed by, him,
the children began to settle down for
the onehour and forty-fve minute
trip. AS they passed the Army War
College they did not notice huge sea
plane sitting on the beach at the
naval air station: they did not see sew
eral men running for ii as the vessel
was sighted from that side of the
river. But few moments later they
were crowded at the rails hailing the
approach Of the big bimotored air
craft as it thundered closer and closer
and few feet above the mater. The
plane, an HIS, piloted by Naval Avi-
alton Pilot II. b. Griggs and carrying
several enlisted men, shot by the boat
waving greetings to the children
Then 1t began series of circles about
the boat while the children ran from
side TO side almost frantic. It's a
seaplane" shouted one lad. NO. 1t
! ain IT, cried another. Its an air.
plane" Another rushed up exclaim-
ing It's the first airplane I've ever
seem" and from the actions of most
of the party aboard ii was believed
few ever had seen a plane at such
close range in flight If at all
Below Alexandria the plane disap-
| peared down. the river. The Children
went back to their chairs. only to be
called to the rails again as the His
T flying a few feet above the water.
I headed right for the bow of the boat
Then Pilot Griggs throttled his mo-
tors. pushed down the nose and sunk
the big hull in the water, throwing
the engines wide open again as he
landed and skimming along the water
close to the side of the boat. With
final wave from the crew the plane
took the air again and returned to it's
station after acting as escort for more
than an hour. This was the surprise
feature arranged by The Star with
Lieut.. George T. Cuddihy. executive
officer of the Naval Air Station. Lieut.
/ Cuddihy had planned TO fly the plane
himself but other duties prevented. so
he assigned Aviation Pilot Griggs to
the pleasant and beneficial task.
When the boat landed at Marshall
Hall. each child. in possession of a
handful of tickets for the concessions
owned by Royce Noakes: the dip, -
owned by the Horton Co. OF Phila-
delphia and the merry -go-round. owned
by the management of the park, made
mad rush for the amusement de-
vices They rushed from one to an
OTHER. finding satisfaction in the whip,
the airplaneS, the kissing bug, the
Venetian swings and other thrill-pro-
ducers. And while they were laughing
and screaming and running and were
excited beyond control. wagon-loads OF
Velvet Kind ice cream" donated by
the Cha pin -Sac cks Manufacturing Co:
of Corby cake. contributed by the Cor
by Baking Co. and ice sent by the
American Ice Co.. were being hauled
up from the boat, along with 1,20O
sandwiches. prepared by The Evening
Star Lunchroom. boxes and barrels of
delicious pears and 1.200 bottles OF
soft drinks, purchased by The Star.
The playground department delega-
ton. loaned for the day by Mrs.
Susie Root Rhodes. supervisor, all of