New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
c,,,rpru,s nav IN PROoKLYN.


A CHARMING SPECTACLE IN PROSPECT PARA-"o"
1pp LITTLE FOLKS LOOKED AND ACTRD-sER-
VICES IN CHURCHES
The public buildings and private houses IN Brook
ayn were decked ont in holiday array Yesterday n
honor of the ttyrst annual ceeo d n UI me me
streets were filled with people IN nght,
sIry costumes whose first purpose seemed to be 10
Park where the parade of the SundayschoOl schol-
ars took place on the croquet ground: Ueo
spite the intense heat thousands OF I PGoPh PIE
the middle of the afternoon there were
hundreds of red-fsced half sick babies present.
whose mothers had fooshly brought them out ;n oI
doors for breath of fresh air. The gentle W an,
that blew from the South causing the iiags 10 LAP
idly against the poles, afforded them nte te
On tho bIllsides hundreds of swelterlng specta!ul
soncht the welcome shade of the trees ana wa',Ho
ms patiently as they could for the formation Oh no
me and an for dp SS undane space as the
aSss SS little from when coli Of
0rgS geTOk kept the crowd from encroaching
on this space. At the southeast 9P bd
Htcr s Stand. Here we're grouped the thousands
Of Sunday school scholars Of an ages i bTies
was almost no order observed uuLi,ug 'n ae the
exercises of singing and praying, as tiIo
Children were in no mood TO listen to anybody ex-
cent the man with the water pail, VINO was sur;
r1is In front of the stand was Werngs bandwhi
from time to time gave lively music me Inc sGGhG Oh
the hillside was picturesque Que. 1no otIar one
seemed to have a flag or silk banner on when when
some motto worked The exercises at the sahG
t 95eand direction e a'' Of ii. B. Grfang. Several
songs. including Praise the LORD" Chlidrens
Day5 son Our Way Rejoicing" and " Marching
ToSesthern were sung by the children, the band ac-
donnanvino them. Anew verses of Scripture were
also read after which the band played lively ar
and the children began to prepare for the paraue
az" WToftwithstanding the extreme heat it was esti-
mated that over 10000 scholars formed IN UnS
lines This represented twcnty-nlne churcneSS, anu
,rers divided into four sections. The marshal was
Granville Perrin and the assistant marsnals were
Rnrckell A. s. BOdine, William y. osborne, ana
- p w. Merrill. The schools formed in two dlVIs-
ions. each of which marched up one OF the OUTSIDE
lanes between the flags. Two bands were stationed
I'm the centre of the field and furnished marcnng
,nusc The lines were not very orderly, but it was
pretty sight. There were several cOlOreu ounHd i
schools in which were enthusiastic
The Marshal threw the responsibility OF taxing tn9
children into the sun upon the superlntehdentsaH anu
nnder The shade of the trees The little folks did
not seem to mind tue heat as much as tuelr t pis
sisters and parents did ana GapeTS %o or three
Glasses of little boys under the charge OF two OK
tremey pretty young ladies insisted upon cnee[ n
r Morris. the secretary, and other gentlemen who
viewed the parade from the stand IN the centre oI
After marching the length Of the field the schools
came down the centre lane in three lines the SCHOOLS
Of All Saints Episcopal uo 1no T Prcsn
Svterjan Churches leading the lines. The
banners looked very handsome as tine children car
ried them proudly around the Park HaVhR
marched up and down the field the SCHOOLS sep
arated some returning home headed by drums
and flies and the bands and Others returning 10 the
shade of the woods where REFRESHMENTS creams anu
and lemonade were served. number OF the GULF
dren were taken sick on account OF the heat. :,
The other divisions of the union held services IN
churches all over the CITY. On account OF the neat
there was no formal parade on the Helgnts. Inc Inc
Academy of music was filled Win tine nlsI
section of the Heights Division and the other
SECTIONS held exercises in the Church of the PHI
qrIms Plymouth Church. the First Presbyterian
Church in Henry-st the Presbyterian Church at
Remsen and ClintOn-sts., and st. AIMS. ! l ne eA-
ercses consisted Of music ana actresses shc
marshalship of George b. Forester, and included
twenty-five OF the South Brooklyn Sunday-sch9ols,
Services were held in seven churches, a1ter WHICH
the procession marched to the park
The Bedford Division, under the marshalshlp Oh
Henry J. Redfied, was divided into live sections
The division turned out in large numbers
marching up Gates-ave from o6 ETank HhI9Nen
formed in the New-York Avenue Division, OF
which Edwin r. Ide was the marshal Ih(
schools held services in -four churches James .
Case was marshal of the ClintOn-avc. division
which is composed of twenty-one schools on o.
near the Hill" The TOmpkins Park divlsoi
was under George S. Bishop. The schools heI'
When the ranks of the Union are full it numbers
$500, the largest division being tho Prospec
PARK 1 g 600, and the Heights, $4,000. The Bed
ford division is set down at 1000; the Carol
Park at $500; the Clinton-ave. at $500; tn
New-York-ave. at 5000. aud the TompkIns Park a
$500.