Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-06-02

as Queen. Whatever the taste Of adding
thpSto'her title; llOubtisss it pleases her by
facing b on srank WITH any sovereign of
fHE cHn,pEEss DAY.
On the shores of the last River the day
wore another ssgnihcanee Twas what is
Known as Children,s Dayin Brooklyn, she
yearly May festival of all Sunday-schools,
numbering $1,000 scholars. The turn out
this year was brighter than ever, the pres
ence of the General Assembly in Brooklyn
adding zest, if that were possible, to the
occasion. Truth to say, the children did
not feel it half as much acompliment that
a grave and reverend body Of elergymen
should formally or Informally suspend its
business to-see- their celebration, as The
ministers did to, be, asked to attend their
gay parade. There is little in the process
sion to suggest that it has amy relation to
religious work, for the thousands Of highly
dressed children, with banners, emblems,
allegorieal representations, looked as much
like Transformation scene from the Black
Crook, as like schools for the study of devO-
tion and morality. There is great strife
and expense among the schools to see who
win make the greatest show, and have the
newest devices at the parode; and thought
less rich men are too ready to crafty the
demand of the children for the show. One
Sunday-sehool division turned out its
scholars as the Centennial srmy--7O0 chil-
dren, marching thirteen abreast, dressed in
white spangled with stars, with red sashes
and blue hats; another school had thirteen
little girls dressed IN red, white and blue
for the old thirteen States, while others
had children 70 represent George and Mar
tha Washington, the Goddess of Liberty,
ETC., drawn in tTiumphalca cars by the hands
Of their mates.
iii "A WORD OF eRTfIcISM. 81.
tss 1t may be all right for Christian church
es to borrow the theatrical parades of the
inade French republic, and it may be a
good lesson in humility and unobtrusive-
ness for the children who are made the cen
ire of attention in the most public manner.
But that is not the way it looks to q man
Of the world. The way to make our chill
dren simple, sincere. modest and Persever-
ing, is not to train them to shows and pa
rades as part of their earliest experiences.
Thanks to overload parents and foolish
teachers, the children Of the time are ready
enough,t to think the world was made for
their convenience, without having the
church and newspapers full Of their dOings.
If they are brought up to crave potOriety
and sensation, they viii make wild work Of
the world when they take it into their own
hands u.a.i -lgode so ss4 .
-. -.o UNCLE ToN's CABIN, ..Jr
The old play Of this name is now run
ming at the Park Theatre, with Mr., and
Mrs. Howsrdas Topgy and St. Clair, which
they made their oFn, thirty years ago, and
have played nothing since. The play IS
fresh as paint, it is so long since anybody
here has seen it, and it is quite the fashion.
The steamboat scenes have the panorama Of
the Mississippi sliding behind them. which
make pretty illusion Of moving banks,
and troupe of colored jubilee singers fill
the slave parts with negro melodies and re-
JviEal songs in beautiful voice. Mrs. How
ards Topsy eackles, hoots' dances break
downs, and gabbles in smooth negro voice,
the greatest piece Of fun, by the large, on
the boards EDsl -e,H PIETRo.
New York, May 30, 1876. .j.i1 - 1.