New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-25
SIXTY THOUSAND IN LINE.
cgrLDREN's DAY IN BROOKLYN.


-pEuGHTvuL WEATHER AND GENERAL ENJOY
MEST.
M finer tIay could have been desired than yester-
day for the Brooklyn Sunday-Scho9l children.
There was n cool breeze, and both for the thousanus
of children who paraded and the thousands 9l spec
tators who watched them nothing better coulu 1aEo
been asked for in the way OF outdoor coior..
sequently the streets III whlchsix DIVISIONS
and P;osrect Park where the seventh was receL'eu,
were thronged as never before The May Walk On
"st. ChidIen's Day." Mr.. Beecher terms IT, Is
confined to the schools in the Brooklyn include
thcte in the Eastern District, where
tn, parade is held on, june l., nor nor
Greenpoint schools for which June Is the day
selected But in nearly every Protestant housenola
W mere there are children yesterday was uay VI
excitement and interest. For days annlVeIsaIIy
bats dresses shoes aud sashes had been eagerly
nrocured while quantities of ce-cream ana cake
had been secured Tor the churches where tne Snii
dren were to meet. 1t the old-fashioned sun sum
day-school picnic big scale. and many lahilee
made it day for plcnickpg In the PARK, -.;.o,
This ffty-third anniversary included exercises
by 1913 Sunday-schOols OF all Protestant uehoiii1
tions and ii was estimated that 10000 pupils ana
Teachers of the Sunday marched In the seven
divisions Under the direction OF Grand MARSHA a
Teale the programme had been careluly IT,
| and nothing nerfered with the arrangements; INC
CITY nut on a gala appearance. Flag were lying
on the public buildings from the lagstais III 'iS
parks on many business houses ann and small aSs
nearly covered the fronts Of many buildings AZ
II a. IN the bell in the tower OF the CITY nan
md
shortly after noon the schools began TO assemble III
| the vaTions churches to which thy had been as
signed and those the Park DIVISION went 20 los
meet Park At $50 p m. the anniversary ~ iln9
Voc SING and addresses were made in the churches
| and then the schools paraded III the sIreets sei
apart for them, each walking about nan lilc ahu
nassIng reviewing stand before returning 10 tne
cchurcIes for reires6ments Several bands Of music
were placed at intervals in each line: upon lhe re-
viewing stands were the pastors oil inc cnurcnes 70
which the schools belonged, and others. ne ponce
arrangements were under the direction OF INC cap
tans IN tue various precincts, ana nearly ooo nioH
| preserved order. .1 of +bo
following schools: Sands Street Methodist, Centen.
| NAL Methodist, Washington street Methodist, flst
Reformed Union Congregational, Bridge street
Methodist Church of the Pilgrims, Pilgrim Chapel'
German Evangelical, Plymouth, Bethei, Maynow
York Street Methodist, Sloan Presoy oeoon
Presbyterian johnson street Mctloaist' So i
Street Baptst Reformed on the Helghts, d. Many
First Baptist First Presbyterian, Central baptist,
| City Park Chapel and Morauan. lucy nJs
| in six churches, and the twenty-tOur schoOis
included over 1000 children. Ilo thIee scuooiS
in Plymouth Church did not sing the regular ami
versary hymns, but selected tner own, Ie re-
| sion paraded IN Clinton and kemsen-sts. Inc io
viewing stand was at the head OF Kemseh-ot., anu
the division, led by FIRE Marshal Ihom' eouh Der
marched past it, On tho stand were tne heV;
Messrs Henry Ward Beecher, L. y. X. Gessier. ana
| ). b. Halliday aud City Works Commissioner
Ripley hopes. Mr. Botcher WAS salqted Win Sneeis
by the boys and the waving OF nandAerchIeS W '0
| gIrls OF many OF the schools. nj, D;;;
MANY OF the schools in the Prospect PARK DIVISION
went 20 the Park early IN the day ana ate IneiI UNI
ner i'm the groves. AS the SCHOOLS began 70 gamer
| on the Long Meadow in the afternoon the green
| tnrf was gay with many coloIed banners, Ollsut
dresses and sashes, and the anlIa,gu % snno
| of thousands of happy boys and girls. Inc SCHOOLS
which vent TO the Park numbered twenty-thTee,
with 9. 500 scholars and officers. They were the
| Twelfth street Reformed. Tabernacle, Clinton
Street Presbyterian Eighteenth Street Methodist,
! Greenwood Baptist, Lafayette Avenue IresDy-
terlan. Hanson Place Methodist, Park Consre.
pationaI. Second United Presbyterian, OlVeu
| Chapel Sixth Avenue Baptist Memorial fresDy-
terrain Bethlehem Mission, First Bap lst Mission,
Covenant Congregational oTeas Ht,ee MtoHtiiSSdst,
| First Church oil Christ, Grace Methodist, ourth
| Methodist Protestant, FIRST ldent ty and Windsor
Terrace schools The line OF marrn was asa I'd ken up
| at D. IN. On the reviewing stand were Mayor
| Low the Rev. /. De witt Iaimage. amin X.
| Bayiiss and Grand Marshal Z. i. leale he parade
| was led by l.. X. BuTkett. AFTER Ihe parade
refreshments were given to the children II is esti-
mated that &c, 600 persons were III the Park.
| The schools OF the churches on the mn marched
on the sidewalks in ClintOn-ave IRON Oatcs-aye. to
| Wiloughby-aye. The middle OF the Street was
filled with Spectators In this dlylsoi We're twenty
one schools. They met III seven CHURCHES to listen
to addresses and 10 sing. The estimated number in
| fine line was $ 900. James 3 Case acted as Marshal
the children from twelve schools gathered in Tomp-
| kins Park and marched over the walks and past a
| reviewing stand. The number was about $500.
They entered the Park from Iompkinsaye
in divisions OF SIX Sf ineSa1 each She IHe
| Brooklyn twenty schools, with $500
in line marched ana Contaminated IN CllntOn-St,
| from President st. to HaTrlSOn-st. The line OF
| march was lea by George Is. Forester rhe Bed
ford Division paraded III Gate5-aye: between Frank
lin-aye anu Downlng-st., and III Classon-aye. from
| (Iatcs-avc to Monroe-st. The reviewing stand was
| AT the intersection OF Gates and Cla,sOn-aves
| Twelve schools with 6,5UO children We're mar
| ehaled i'll tour sections. They were led by William
| j. Bennett. In Aiacon-st. between InrOOp and
| Marcy-ayes., and in Tompkins-age., be-
tween llcDonough and Hasey-sts, the
schools OF the New-York Avenue Division
| marched They fourteen in number
with 900 persons in line. Milton c. Johnson was
| the Marshal and the line of march was reviewed at
| IompkIns-aVe. aud AlacOn-st. In all the parades
| the banners and flags were almost num0erleSS. In
! some schools the lines were kept by the children
| taAIug hold Oi sticks fastened Together b. ropes
| Among those who addressed the children III the
church were Mas or Low, the Rev. Drs }. :. Chad
| WICK, IL VI. Scuoder ana }. ID. Fulton, and the Rev
| Messrs W. +. Gratis, W. l.. Philips ~ McCullagh
| and A. f.. Dickinson.
| The annual cport of the Kings County Sunday
| School Union shows that the whole number OF
scholars and cacncrs in the Protestant schools last
| year was 90 $50 III the Roman CatnoIe schools,
- 500; aud IN the jewish schools 800 The w!Oie
| number of children between the years OI i've and
| Lwenty-One III tbs county Is lSl,059