New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-04
PASTIMES OF THE FOURTH.
PLEASURE PROVIDED FOR HOLIDAY:
MAKERS.
sECoNp-pRoGRAMME OF THE DAY.


SECoND-PRoGRAMME OF THE DAY.
The immense variety Of pleasures and pastimes
Of which The Tribune Thursday gave a long list,
will be enjoyed under fair sky, If the Signal Service
Bureaus weather prediction, prove correct Railroad
and steamboat companies have made arrangements for
pleasant excursions to many beautiful spots within
easy distance Of NewYork and with fine weather tho
accommodations provided will surely be taxed to the
utmost. because 1t is becoming more popular each
year TO spend Independence Day out OF town. The
excursion Of the Knox Presbyterian Church and Sun
day school to ldlewild Grove may be added to the
number Of pleasant outings already mentioned So
many Of these social trips will be made that it seems
as If every barge every steamboat and every tug
the North and East rivers would have to be pressed
into the service. The crowds who will go to Man
haitian Beach TO Vera Cruz fall in blaze Of fire.
works and to hear Gilmores band play have been
provided for in the extra time table Of the Iron steam
boat Company, whose fine steamers will be busiy
plying between Coney Island and Ncw-lork all day
long The Iron steamers will also make trips to
Long Branch. At Brighton Beach Sedrs orchestra
will give two concerts.
OF all the different ways Of passing the day in
enjoyable and patriotic manner. sport is the king.
Young Americans will engage enthusiastically in ath.
letcs, and prove that they have the Drawn well
as the brain Of their hardy ancestors whose achieve
ments gave them the day they celebrate. Baseball
matches will be played In every field and every vacant
lot where diamond can be outlined. There are no
big matches on as nearly all the clubs in tho
West but hosts OF amateurs will be out with bat ana
ball Admirers Of lacrosse will be attracted to Wash
ingtor<A ark Brooklyn. by the game between the
Brook" and Staten Island teams Cricket matches
will asO have their throngs Of onlookers Yachting
regsttas. among them that OF the Larchmont Yacht
Club, will give heathful and exciting recreation on
the water 10 hundreds Of lovers Of the sea. Race
goers will flock to the big track at Monmouth
Park. which will open its racing season with an
attractive card"
Permits 10 parade to-day have been issued 10 tho
following organizations:
Camp Garfield, United Veteran Army Association:
Children Of the shccrlng Guardian society. tho
Night owls Association, Ellsworth Post Fife AND
Drum Corps, German Maennerchor, Cadets Of ST. Paul.
Women's Drum and Fife Corps, Of Harlem: Canton
Washington. No. II Adolph schottcr Coaching Club.
John Knoblock Clam Chowder Association and th0
Patrick G. Murray Association.
With such abundance and such a diversity q
holiday occupations to choose from. and with the
ins prting hrecracker to enlven them all, the man
who finds the glorious Fourth a dull day will have
himself to blame.
one OF the attractive features Of the DAY will be
the display. for the first time, OF tine new United
flag with it, blue field OF for'ytwo stars. on
all the vessels and all the stations OF the Navy.
and the Army and Navy Department buildings 40
Washington. and also ut all the military posts and
forts Of the Army. The forty-two white stars are in
six rows, seven in a row. When It became
settled thing that the Dakoas (North and South.
with Montana and Washington Territories. were to be
taken in:o the United states. order issued by
the Chief of the Bureau Of Navigation at Washing
ment department at the Navy Yard direct
ing the making Of new ensgnS and Jacks
with fortytw instead Of thirty eight stars. 1t VIII
be necessary now 10 make another alteration in tho
flag. President Harrison has signed the bill pro-
vlding for the admission Of Idaho II h also signs
the bill admit Wyoming. II viii he necessary To
add two stars Ia the union on the ensgn>. The ount
INK used is the best obtanabe, and IS made at Lowell.
Mas.
The flags TO he hostcd on the Navy vessels and at
the Navy stations today have been made in the new
mostly wOmcn-wdOws and daughters Of veteran
sailors. In odcn times difficult design. such as
appear in the British Royal standard the Chinese.
japanese and Turkish flags. had TO be painted on and
later they stamped on 6n for the sst twenty s MY
aid Of flexible metal plates to cnt accurately fit and
the he most mo- e to nag e ab dme HaT
arn onIy i've different sizes Of ensigns for ordinary
use ranging from 30 feet long on tho ny and 10 feet
hoist to . "a feet long and l-6 feet broad Tho
stars and stripes were first hoiSted as Nauonal nag
on August g. 1777 over Fort Schuyler. II then had
thirteen stars in the field. Then. when Vermont and
Kentucky we're admitted int the Union the number
Untii IsIs' when captain SanineI G. Reid Of the
pryateer Armstrong devised flag w ir star FOR
The Public Works Commissioners directions for the
prbc baths to-day are that women and girls NAV
use them from a. m TO p. m. ara men ana boys
By Nayor Grants order the flags will be displayed
The Barge ONCE employees will celebrate the day BY
working Ike beavers several ships loaded with I'm
fhe scottish American Athletic Club games. to take
place at Caledonia Park. Jersey CITY Heights viii 10
tod maj mi
among them some Of the best athletes I'm the neghbor:
hood The contests will be looyard run. 44o-yard
the benefit Of runners the track will be divided In
lanes that no touling can occur good attendance
Is expected.
STEAMSHIP MEN To CELEBRATE
To-day the Cunard Line owners and employees win
celebrate not because is the anniversary OF the Dec-
aration Of American Independence or the invention Of
fireworks but because it is the teth anniversary Of
the beginning Of the line. 1t was on Friday. July =
$40 that the Britannia. the first transatlantic steamer
Of the Cunard Line. started on her voyage to this
country The britannia hardly one half as largo
a, the modern ocean steamship She was side
wheeler 2O7 feet long 81 feet inches broad and IL
took her fourteen days and eight hours 10 make tho
trip over twice 5 long the Cunad Line steamers
now make il in she was n wooden vessel Of 1.l04
tons and horse power Of FAC. The most Of the celc
bratinc OF the anniversary will lie done in England
and on board the steamers OF the line which happen
10 be aaoat away from Land. licre the Offices and
piers of the company Will be literally trimmed WIN
flags and bunting while the vmbria OF that line, will
sprcad many wards Of bunting from her masts.
The Britannia was followed by the CaedoniH
Acadia Columbus IIbcrna. Cambria Europa. JIra,
NIAGARA America. Canada, ASIA Africa, Arabia.
Persia scotia. China, cuba, Java Olympus. Palmyra,
Andes, Parhia samaria Etna, siberia, scytha, cara
rosss Kedar Morocco Malta Sdon Austgalasian,
Demcrara Nance. Cherbourg, Balbec, Beta Brest.
British Queen Delta, Russia, Tripoh. AbySslnis, Al
geria. Atlas. Alcppo Batavia. Bothnia. Calsbris.
Galla. servia. Aurana Pavonia, Catalonia, Ccpha-
lonia Oregon, Umbria. Etruria
The first Cunard steamer to sail direct for New York
was the Cambria which sailed from Liverpool on
January l. l54o.
The time OF the passages has gradually diminished
until the Errria In 1850 reduced the record TO days
hour % minutes, making an average speed OF 10 Clio
knots, equal 10 % 40 statute miles an hour AS an