Evening star., 1933-04-17

Trade Before leaving the microphone
Mrs. Roosevelt lifted her granddaughter,
and this youngster, too, greeted Amer
lea: Hello. everybody, I wish you
happy Easter"
During the presence Of the First Lady
and her daughter and granddaughter,
the ordinary play and froncking Of the
many assembled children was consider
ably interferred with-at least to the
extent that most Of the children wanted
to stand around and look at the great
personages. Many Of the smaller ones
ran up and greeted little Sistie, and the
latter always appeared at ease and was
most friendly and always had a ready
answer. The children also were greatly
interested in the two White House dogs
as they followed the group about the
grounds.
Gates Opened at $50.
The egg rolling was scheduled for
$50 O'Clock, but q little in advance of
that hour the skies were so threatening
that there was some prospect Of the
whole affair being called Oh. AT Mrs.
Roosevelt's suggestion the gates were
not opened until $50 o'clock and by
that time 1t commenced to clear and
the prospects Of q bright day were
promising. The children and adults
accompanying them began to appear
gates had been opened at least 1000
had gone through the several gates.
It was q colorful sight. Thousands
Of children In varicolored dresses with
baskets of brightly colored eggs, little
yellow fuzzy chickens and rabbits pre-
sented a real picture. More color was
added to the scene by the persons OF
the boys band attired in scarlet coats
and light blue trousers and half . hun
dred young women Of the Y. w. G. A.
attired in white, who were assigned to
look out for the care and comfort OF
the children and assist them In play.
sister activities by Camp Fire Girls and
Girl Scouts.
The May pole dancing and folk
dances introduced several years ago by
Mrs. Hoover as q feature OF the egg
rolling fete was abandoned, the organ
lied play included such games as Lon
don Bridge Is Falling Down." Ring
Around the Rosie" and Marching
Around the Levee."
The coveted spots for the egg-rolling
were the various knolls about the
The Roosevelt grandchildren will be
hosts C01S 61CcIuOO0 ~ uttic PoA " u
their own inside the White House. A
score or more Of small friends have been
invited to join them In a treasure hunt
and to play any other games.
Emergency Tent Erected.
There was an emergency tent erected
on the grounds, with nurses and doc
tors in attendance to attend any Of the
children In case they were hurt or
became Ill.
The. customary rule Of no admittance
to adults unless they were accompanied
by children held good today. Al $3.50
o'clock, when the youngsters are ex-
pected to- have had their I'LL Of egg
rolling and egg-eating and ready 10 cali
IL q day, the gates will be thrown open
to the general public. At that time
the Marine Band. will enter upon
concert which win rlast until 5 O'Clock.
At noon more than 5000 children
and their grown-up companions were
assembled In the grounds, with clear
skies 1t II expected that three times
this number will present itself during
the afternoon. Because Of the growing
interest in this washington Easter ira
dttion 1t was confidently. expected II the
weather was good. thS record attend
ance Of. 1880, when more than 1900
participated n the ,ssts rolling. would
be broken.