New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-22
EIETY THOUSAND IN LINE.

THE BROOKLYN CHlLDREN'S GALA DAY.
ANNUAL MAY WALK OF TIE soNDAi oO"ool'
CITY.
A cIoudless sllv with warmth of the sun tenn
nercd by pleasant breeze, made yesterday nearly
Psrfcct dav Tor the Sunday School parade in Brook
I'm. The 1872 Sunday Schools OF the city lnot III
cudng the six Eastern District Wards) were repre-
senfed by about 50 600 children aud teachers, WHO
,narchcd in eight divisions. The largest, numbering
about L.. 900. assembled On the Long Meadow IN
Prospect Park, where the gay dresses oil INC Gtts
and their paraSos OF all cOcrs contTasted brilliantly
with the green turf, and the waving banners ahi
flags thrown in strong relief against inc Iori
noe &C tree and shrub. Lines of ropes and eu'dons
Showed where lie children were to march, and a
viewing stand was erected in the middle on tle
green. Early in the day the various sch3ols oesa t
10 assemble at their churches, whence they went
70 tho Park in street cars and picnickcd in the
groves Ii was estimated that about 10000 persons
reviewed the parade IN .o ana pdFS Sye cy ayaa6e
point for sightseeing being occupied. Upon ny re-
Viewing stand were Mayor Low. INC G hoV; II 1o ii
Nelson. Grand Marshal l. ~ Barker George a. pau I
and others The children assembled III thr S sec
tons and sang the anniversary hymns. ADDRESSES
were made bV CORPORAL James Tanner ana otnels,
and then the march began occupying more than an
hour iii passing given point; After the parau99
was dismissed some of the schools ate ice cream and
cake in the Park before returning home, ana others
went TO their churches for refreshments.
The Heights Division, numbering 5000 IN me-
streets ON the Heights. Flags were dlSplaye9 on
the public buildings in City Hall Square, ana on
many houses in the line of march IN inns DIVISION
were the schools of Plymouth church ana IFS TWO
missions The schools met in seven sections III as
many different churches, at $50 p. NJ, ana sang
their HYMNS and listened to addresses BY number
Of ministers. lie parade was reviewed by Mr..
Beechcr the Rev. T. A. H. GcsSlcr, the Kew a. >;
Hutton and others from stand at linton on ana
Montague-stS. From the streets the children re-
turned TO the churches to eat what MI. Beecher
cllead sacred cake" and to indulge III ice cream
any Tb % CLINTON Avenue Division paraded in the
street for which ii was named. 1t included nlhc-
teen schools. There were the usual exercises IN
f RNy N fnis' r Eddy w. T. Scares John
IIumpstonc J. ID. Fulton, j. Pullman and [: x;
Paker Tie parade was headed by Eben's sd
Regiment band aud the speakers and Others re-
viewed the line from a stand at Clinton and laiay-
cite aves. Tie number IN line was about I'1Oo
4 division of equal size was tile one meeting
near Carroll Park. whence ii took IFS name III
marched in Cinton-st., from iimuSon-st. 10
Carroll st. The schools forming THIS DIVISION met
for the preliminary exercises IN SIX chHFch1S Wnrc
the Rev Mcssrs.W L. Phillips, III. ~ Powell, W. II.
Ford aud James Chambers were among the
speakers Many young children were IN the lhes'
Which we're reviewed at Clinton and Union sts.
The Bedford Division. with about G,Oop III me
paradcd in Gates and ClasOn ayes, from Franklin
ave TO Madison-st The exercises in four of the
principal churches near the place OF parade III
Guided addresses b. the Rev. AlcsSrS J.. l. thaii-
berlain W. r. Griffin, c. L. Buck and ). II, W.
Hagcman. feature of the parade was platoon
of fifty yOnng women from the Central Congiega-
tional Church, dressed III the costume oi inc Gou,
dcss of liberty The Bedford Baptist school had
thirteen banners. each with the name OF one OF thc
stopping places of the ldrcn OF Israel Oh their
march to The Promised Land.
Twelve schools, viii, 1000 in line, pargded in
Tompkns Sanarc after exercises in SIX churches
in that part of the city. Among the speakers after
The anniversary hymns were the Rev. MesNrs >.
Hyatt Smith. g. W. Pack ana T., J.. lhgerN"ll,
MANY spectators in the Park and the adjacent
streets watched the moving line. a reviewing
stand occupied the centre OF the PARK.
The New-Yor!l-aye. Division paraded in Pacific
st. and New York ave- near their intersection. The
nine schools mustered about 1900 for the parade,
after exercises in three churches. Among the
sneakers were the Rev Mcssrs. H. o. Penteco,t, j.
G. Roberts G. L. Taylor y. G. Cheney, and John
Evans Tie houses in the streets through which
The children marched were gayly decorated
The Eastern Division about 1000 strong
paraded for the first ne with the rest OF the sun
day school Union. The schools included in II met
for the anniversary exercises IN eight churches,
whence they marched 10 Lafaycttc-ave., between
Stuyvcsant-avc. and broadway, for the parade.
The speakers included the Rev Mcssrs. X. ". Jones,
r. +. Montgomery, o. Z. Cox, George ID. hnlst ana
others.