Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1922, Page 78

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JULY 2, 1922, THE ONCE GLORIOUS FOURTH By W. E. HILL Copyright 1922, By The Chicago Tribune. It Was A Terrible Strcke Of Fate For Everybody When Arthur's Dear Little Baby Brcther Elected To Be Born On July Fourth, 1898 Arthur Couldn’t Have So Much As A Single Terpedo Or A Cap Pistol. And When Aunt Myrtle Schlotts- hauser_Tiptced Out To Tell The Glad Tidings. She Added. ““We Must All Of Us Be JUST As Quiet As Little Mice. And Baby Brother Was Named Schley Dewey Schlcttshauser In Honor Of The Herces Of Santiago And Manila. Just A Dear Little 1898 Girl With A Box Of Torpedoes. .-"" An Independence Day Parade. Arcund 1898, Showing The Glass Of Fashion And Mould Of Fcrm Cheicely Represented On The Side Lines. When The Excelsior Hose Com- pany Comes Alcngside The Young Lady In White Will Rush Out And Hand Her Favorite Fireman The Bunch Of Flowers KT R At The Feurth Of July Picnic"Over At The Lake” Ycu Hired A Boat--Unless You Owned A Cance--And You And The Dearest Little Girl In The World Went Rowing. (And If The Dearest Little Girl Who Was Looking As Near Like One Of Mr. Christy’s Young Ladies As Possible That Day) Owned A Brownie Camera She Brough It Along. And There Were Many A Fcurth Cf July Outing In The Good Cld Days Before Henry Ferd Had Come Into ries Of “Oh. Gertrude. You Didn't Snap His Own. Daisy Belonged To A Bicycle Club They Had Club Colors- Pink And ~ 1t'. Why I Was Making A HORRIBLE Orange -And It Was Awfully Dressy. (Daisy’s Wearing The Very Latest Thing Face! Oh. You DIDN'T Take It? In Sgcrt Clothes For The Summer Of 1899) Fourth Of July Fancy Dress Parties Aren’'t What They Were In The Good Old Days No Evening Was Complete Without At Least Two Janice Merediths And One Or More Ladies In_ The Guise Of Columbia The Gem Of The Ocean. The Fourth Of July Porch Party. With Ice Cream And Fireworks On_The Side. About Nine-Thirty The Young People Crowded Into The Hammock. It Gave Way About Nine- Forty-Five. Then There Was A Good Old-Fashioned Sing. “Mamie.” *Just One Girl"" And '‘Good-Bye. Dolly, 1 Must Leave You."” Being The Prime Favorites “My Land! 1l Be Glad Pop. Enroute To The When THIS Day Is Over!™ Back Yard. Just To There Was Always A Lady Make Sure The Chil- Next Door Who Failed To dren Didn’t Harm Enter Into The Spirit Of The Themselves With The Glorious Fourth. And If She Firecrackers. Pop Had A Dog Or A Cat The Usually Wanted To Dog Or Cat Felt Just As She Shoot Off A"Few Him- Did. self. S The Giant Cracker That Failed To Live Up To Expectations.