July 1, 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



DO/ 



HOOD RUBBER CO. OUTING. 



•"pilKKK were thousands of sad faces in and about Water- 

 A town early Thursday morning, June 17. which is the date 

 of the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, ami a legal 

 holiday. The Hood Rubber Co. had 

 made extensive preparations t" cele 

 brate that day by giving an outing 

 to its employees. Riverside Recrea- 

 tion Grounds had been pre-empted, 

 special trains arranged for, bands 

 hired, a program of sports ami 

 contests prepared, hundreds of prizes 

 bought, and so many tickets distrib- 

 uted that the committee lost count. 

 And then it rained ! 



How it rained ! It looked that 

 morning as though the six inches of 

 rain, which Boston is shy, would be 



made up in that one half day. But the shower was not of long 

 duration, and the clearing skies brought out a large attendance. 

 Four thousand persons, each wearing a liig blue tag. passed 

 the turnstile There were old men and children, young men 



diamond, the tennis courts, tin- i gymnasium, the 



swimming bay, the race track, the river race course, the bowling 

 alleys and the dance hall were all in constant use. 



And from one o'clock till dark things were humming. Out 

 in the baseball eld 1 nines, tin- "Red Sox" and the "Braves" 



FOOTBAI I I I \M. 



— the former with i lored hosiery to deserve the name; 



the latter with war paint, leather head-dresses and tomahawks — 

 played ball. The score, according t > i tin- grandstand fans, was 

 10 to 2 in favor of the "Red Sox." 



Girls' Foot-raq 



Foot-race. 



and maidens, for the invitations included the whole family of 

 each employee. 



They came prepared to have a good time. There were sports 

 uid games galore— contests, with prizes ranging from a gold 



Tug-of-W \K. 



watch to articles for comfort and adornment. To tell all that 

 was going on would have necessitated your reporter's presence 

 in three or four places at once, for the football field, the base- 



Then there was a Gaelic football game between the calender 

 day team and the calender night team, which was won by the 

 latter. The single men and the married men had a try at base- 

 ball, but the scores got away while your correspondent was 

 watching a lively tug-of-war, partici- 

 pated in by Millwrights, Carpenters, 

 Makers and State, which resulted in 

 a victory for the States, the five 

 happy men winning gold fobs hear- 

 ing tin Massachusetts State seal, 

 surrounded by the name of the com- 

 1 an) 



Everywhere, all over the big lot 

 (lie seemed to be ubiquitous), was 

 Torn Keating, the clown, with 

 whitened face and yellow costume. 

 He was funny, but besides he was a 

 line athlete, and his comedy stunts 

 were as marvelous a- the \ were 

 laughable. 



I here were gymnastic contests, 

 too, and Punch and Judy for the 

 children — a real English Punch and 

 Judy, with the genuine Cockney accent. 



Speaking of accents, there were several, as notice the names 

 of contestants— English, Irish. Scotch, French, German. Italian, 



