The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-06
CHILDREN ON PARADE.
The Sunday School Walk
Was Picturesque and
Pleasing.

| me bulTty -SiAbu anniversary Va euO vSA-
sey City Sunday schools was celebrated
yesterday with the customary parade.
! There are few days in the year which
| possess more attractions for Sunday
school scholars than Anniversary Day,
and it brought them out in force. 1t was
delightful day, and. although exceed
ingly warm, the route of the procession
lay along streets SO thickly shaded that
| but little leinconvenience was felt by either
teachers or pupils
| In order that the children might not be
Obliged to march too great distance in
! the heat, the parade was divided few
| years ago into two sections, one of which
marched around Van Worst Park and the
| other around Hamilton Eark
COLOR AND LIFE.
| A stranger who passed iii the vicinity
of Van Worst square in the afternoon
could have seen at glance that some
thing unusual was about to take place.
| On all four sides OF the square the houses
! were decorated with bunting. Governor
| Albeit and Ex-Governor Bedle displayed
| the national cOlors. Flayel McGee and
Lawyer Lewis on the Barrow street side
| hung out their flags. and from the resi-
dence of George w. Clerihew on York
street there fioated in graceful folds a
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Mr.. Metzler and several other residents
along the line also displayed flags Early
| in the afternoon the square became be-
! sieged with a throng of women and chill
| dren, and it cost Sergeant Joe Carroll and
a squad of policemen from the Sussex
street station great deal of trouble and
| perspiration to keep the park clear.
Previous to the parade there was q
pleasant incident at the Grove Street
| Baptist Church. The Sunday school of
| that church won the handsome silk flag
which was presented to the most popular
school by Gustav Metzler, of the Boston
| Clothing House. A delegation from the
school, headed by Cappa's s Seventh Regi-
ment Band, of New York, escorted Mr..
| Metzler and the flag around to the
school. There Mr. Metzler formally pre-
| sented the flag to the Sunday school IN q
! fitting speech, and it was proudly borne
at the head of the school during the
| parade.
After the exercises in their respective
churches, the various schools, headed by
detachments of the Fourth Regiment
Drum Corps, marched over the prescribed
routes to the park.
THE PARADE.
The division was under command of
Mr.. Henry j. Grouse, of the Hedding
Methodist Sunday Sunday School. The
first section was in charge of lMarshals 8
Aid William j. Machin, and consisted of
the Free Reform and Trinity NJ. Z. Sun
day Schools. In the ranks OF Trinity was
miniature courtier of the Middle Ages,
arrayed all in white and bearing. aloft q
white banner, upon which was the fear
full message -'Iremble, King Alcohol;
we'll soon grow up"
He was followed by troop Of temper
ance soldiers no larger than himself, but
dressed in uniform more like that of
| modern times. Not far from these came
pretty girl carrying q May pole, The
streamers of which were held by troop
| OF charming children.
The second section was led by Marshal's
| Aid Robert Anderson, and consisted of
| the Second Reformed and First German
| Sunday schools. The Hedding Methodist
| school made up the third section, which
was in charge Of Mr.. J. W. Purner, aid to
the marshal. The Baptist school. headed
| by the Metzler flag and Cappa's band,
| come next, and composed the fourth sec
| tion, under Marshal's Aid William M.
| Rouse.
In the fifth section under George
| S. Ogg was the Scotch Presby-
terian school The Tabernacle headed
by their own band, which
during the last year, brought up the the
rear as section r, In charge Of Marshals
| Aid Frank E. Blake. The large infant
| class was headed by the infantile drum
| corps, the members of which, not much
| bigger than the drums bney carried, DeaC
the sheepskin with the energy of veter-
| ans.
| THE MARCH AND THE REVIEW.
| While The schools were massing in the
park Mr.. Metzler distributed ice water to
| the thirsty. The schools left the park by
| the Barrow street gate, marched to York
street, to Jersey avenue, to Wayne
street. There they crossed the street and
came down on the west side of the ave-
nue.
| At the residence of Mr.. Washington
| Belt No. 465 Jersey avenue, they passed
| in review. The house was beautifully
| decorated with flags and on the stoop
stood Grand Marshal Elijah S. Cowles,
! ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins. Police Commfs-
sioner Benson, the Rev. Drs. Parmley
and Imbrie, and several other clergymen.
The Fourth Regiment Drum Corps was
stationed in front of the house and
played q lively march as the children
filed past.
After passing in review the parade was
dismissed.
Several of the schools passed down
York street and saluted as they marched
by Mr.. George W. Cierihew, who stood
upon his porch. The schools then dis
persed to their various churches, where
they were given refreshments, and be-
came the envy of the hoodlum, who only
regrets he is not a Sunday school scholar
on Christmas and anniversary DAYS