And then on to the ball game at the Race Course, where the Amateurs beat the Marines, 12-9, after a practically hopeless case at the fourth inning, It was a typical Fourth of July picture; with cheering fans, all the accessories of a baseball crowd—bottles of pop (not tossed. however, broke all Mbnicipsl regulations by firing off a few crackers to brighten proceedings, least—were sented among the guests who supped under the stars on the terrace and danced unti) the eerly hours of il map psp ig Though we don't picnic in Shanghai—try to find a shady nook, a babbling brook or any other essential to a well-regulated day in the open—we still remember with keen pleasure that homespun July event. From the crack o'dawn firecrackers to the last sparkler waved in the velvet dusk bya sleepy, happy child.
In California—where so many Shanghailanders are making. a temporary home—the passion for state picnics always seemed to us a survival of the July 4 picnics beloved of children in Iowa, Kansas and Kentucky.
There is a unique comradeship about a shared picnic lunch; the long table stacked with ritual food sandwiches of a dozen varieties; Cakes all the way from angel to clevis food; crisp, green pickles; mounds of salad in exotic shapes: cold fried chicken, ham, veal loaf
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