Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-07
5(0DSTARCARR|ERS
FROL|C ON OUTING
Happy Boys, With 800
Guests, Are Presented Key
to Marshall Hall.

To the strains of Garry Me Back
to Old Virginny." 200 city and sub
urban Star carrier boys. with more
than 800 guests, sailed down the Pc
tomac last night aboard the Charles
Manchester for Marshall Hall to enjoy
an evening plentifully besprfnkleo
with singing and dancing, ice cream
and orange beverage, JOY joshers and
Venetian swings, fun and laughter.
To be exact, just S07 persons walked
over the gangplank to the decks OF
the excursion steamer for the out
ing, which was rendered to the boys
by The Star as a testimonial of the
faithful and efficient service rendered
by them during the last year.
AS the boat pulled into the wharf
at Alexandria to take aboard the car
riers of that city the band again
struck uR Garry Me Back to Old
Virginny," which was greeted with
cheers from the waiting crowd on the
wharf.
Bring Own Guests.
The boys brought their own guests,
and special arrangements were made
for younger boys to take with them
their older brothers or sisters. In
many cases the parents accompanied
There were scores of gallons of
orange beverage on tap shortly after
the boat left the pier. and 10-piece
orchestra furnished music.
AS the boat drifted down the river
the orchestra struck up popular tunes
and William T. Pierson. former pro-
gram director of Station WCAP, led
community singing.
Arriving at Marshall Hail. the boys
got busy on the envelopes furnished
them by Gait Burns, circulation man.
ager of The Star, which contained
strings of tickets for the various
amusements-the joy iosher. Venetian
swings, aeroplanes. whip, kissing bug,
shooter and the rest. There was a
season pass for the evening for
orange beverage among the rest of
the tickets. as many "repeaters" as
the boys could stand being permitted.
There was another ticket for ice
cream, and, finally. q car token for
transportation home.
George Waters Does Charleston.
Down at the dancing pavilion
George Waters, n Star copy boy,
gave an exhibition of the Charleston
which brought Several encores
The, general scheme of things was
to allow the boys to have most Of
the fun themselves. Mr.. Burns. who
arranged the outing. reckoning main.
ly on the recognized ability of young
sterS to create their own amusements
when ''out with the crowd" in much
better style than when such recrea.
ton is planned for them by some
grown-up.
Sos only q limited number of pro-
gram features were scheduled and the
boys settled down and proceeded to
extract the happiness out Of the eve
ming that only boys can.
Route Agents Happy, Too.
1mbued with the spirit Of the &C.
casion, the route agents who meet
the boys every afternoon and Sunday
morning with the papers on the final
leg of the journey from the press to
the home, sat back and had the times
OF their lives watching the antics OF
their charges Outstanding among the
features of the excursion was the
community singing led by Mr.. Pierson.
Last night when the Charles Mac
alester swung slowly into it's berth
the only thing the boys had left to use
of all that had come out. of the en-
velopes, was one street car token.
All the rest had been transmitted into
pleasant memories