Evening star., 1925-08-14
ORPHANS ON OUTING
TO GET REAL TREAT
"Tons" of Ice Cream, Cake
and Other Goodies Donated
for Annual Picnic.

Ice cream and cake, seemingly tons
of it. today were arranged for as the
dessert" on the annual children's out
ing of The Evening Star-Mount Yer
non & Marshall Hall Steamboat Co
to Marshall Hall Monday. In addi
ton, hundreds of big lollipops or "all-
day suckers" were contracted for and
will be distributed to the crowd on the
boat returning home.
Bearing in mind that every child's
interest is centered about what is TO
follow a lunch or meal rather than
what the main course contains, the
committee made special efforts to see
that there would be ample to go
around.
Consequently more than ! 900 bricks
of the Velvet Kind ice cream were
contributed by Chapin-Saks Ice Cream
Co. and many pounds of cake were
donated by the Corby Baking Co.
Both firms assured the committee
more could be obtained if necessary.
These two features have been the
malnstays of the luncheon in the past,
and children who have been guests be-
fore we'll remember how the cream
and cake hit the spot
Dessert in Majority.
The dessert VIII be served 10 the
half thousand children after they have
had their fill of sandwiches two
aplece), soft drinks two apiece, ice
cold, because the American Ice Co.
viii send along enough ice to trans
Ter the resort into an Arctic scene,
and fruit (alSo two apiece) AS they
march up in line to the mess tent"
each will present a red ticket bearing
the words Good For One Lunch,
Evening Star Marshall Hall Steam
boat Co. Outing, August II, 1925"
For the ice cream and cake they viii
have white tickets with the word
dessert" substituted for lunch" 4"
This system was adopted to assure
each child at least one meal and to
prevent the more enthusiastic from
doubling" and preventing an unfed
child from getting his share. After
the lines have gone around for the
lunch and dessert the commisary will
be thrown open to all whose appetiteS
are equal to the task.
Plans We're completed today for
transporting the boys and girls scat
tered throughout the District and on
the borders of Maryland and Virginia
Owing to their proximity to street car
lines, special cars We're arranged for
st. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum, 924
II street; St. Vincent's Female Or
phan Asylum. Fourth and Claiming
streets northeast, and the Industrial
Street Cars Donated.
The traffic department of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Co will
ingly agreed to bring these cars vir-
tually to the doors of the institutions,
route them through the city direct to
the wharf and pick up the children
when the boat returns at 6:15 O'Clock
Monday evening.
To obviate the difficulty in handling
large groups of children on street
cars where transfers are necessary,
busses were secured. The Royal Blue
Line, through its manager, +. w.
Niles, had only one bus available
Monday morning and this Mr.. Niles
unhesitatingly gave The Star He
regretted he was unable to furnish
more. This bus will be employed to
pick up the children of st. Johns
Episcopal Orphanage in Summer
quarters at Radio, Va. convey them
to the wharf and return them to their
home in the evening.
The Rotary Club also came in for
share in the happiness of seeing the
children happy. The club has ar
ranged to send its bus out to POI Rit-
tenhouse street, pick up the Swartzell
Methodist Home delegation and, ep
route to the wharf. stop off at the
Central Union Missions Children's
avenue and take that group.
The final answer to the problem
of transportation was solved by p
s. Ballou, manager of the Red Star
Line, Inc, who viii furnish five
busses by a special arrangement with
The Star and pick up the children in
many sections of the District. The
biggest job Mr.. Ballou contracted to
undertake was to get the Baptist
Home representation in Summer
quarters on Cedar lane, about miles
beyond Bethesda. Red Star busses
also will take care of the Jewish
Foster Home, at 3213 Q street; the
Washington Home for Children, at
Ills Fifteenth street; Washington
City Orphan Asylum, 1889 Four
teenth street, and the girls at the
Baptist Home, at 904 Newton street
northeast. During the snow and ice
of the first week in January, when
street car traffic in Brookland was
paralyzed, a powerful Red Star Line
car plunged through the Winter bar
riers to the Baptist Home and
brought large group of children
down town to see Peter Pan" as
guests of The Star. 1t is doubtful
If the children would have been able
TO get into the city without the aid
of the vehicle.