The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-18
an OUTING FOR EAST SIDE LADS.
Several Hundred Members OF the Boys
Club SseAA the Day Up the Sound.

Club Spena the Day Up the Souno.
Yesterday was great day for the young
barbarians Of the east side, ana they enjoyed
their excursion to Idlewild. under Tho auspices
oil the Boys Club, In q very hilarious fashion.
Tho Boys Club OF 1876 st. Marks place has n
membership Of 2.700 lads. ranging in age from
seven to twenty-five or three. but. this being
the first excursion ever given BY the club. and
consequently a good deal OF an experiment.
only those boys included between The ages OF
ten and fifteen years were invited.
They numbered 400. and made no'se enough
to compensate Tor tho absence OF their com.
rades The age regulation however. was not
strictly adhered to. for thorc wero several
small boys In the party. tho youngest cXcnr-
sionist being Thomas Washington Mont
gomery. nged Z. Several Of no older bows were
taken along 10 aci ms Euerdians oil The teace.
Tho excursion was advertised to start rom
the foot of Eish,h rect at S:1G o'clock but
, tH before that The bar6arans HAD ir,adsl
craft. BY o'clock ever, thing wa. really Tor
from the dock with the. barge in tow. The
Gicnie was in charge q Me-srs., liam Carey,
Rivoi,a. and Dr. Samuel Lambert ESrsrlsncs
has taught those gentlemen how to entertain
boys aud the ., barge wa well suppIied with
dozen bottles Of soda water, sar aialilia a. and
Cents % glass hs 'n W"s S"ns'dsrca b. best
to- m 9sss n b0Ys E Tor .ss a rnks
were given frsv. AS soon as they found that
there was something to drink there was such
crush that It took all the muscular energy OF
the managers to line them up and deal out the
g!nrer ~ NJ, AID the ., demand was so much zen
Eesrs hs ss sns ss arnH was not Hs
After ibis first onslaught the boys repairsd
to the UPPER deck, where three Italians di.-
tsie BAND but they play s eoos And then 'hes
the Boys Club. They never seemsd TO tire Of
H. Ss aa NE hrS hse
i,lg shores and the crews OF ASSN: vessels Of
ths eGmnF q Annie and Jo
Commodore" Game in for their share in the
concert. but the whole heart Of tn. !arbaric
After u sail OF three hours up the i asst River
the barge was made las, to he pier OF the Idle;
wild p.cnic grounds. and the hnys spread all
over tho surrounding country. They ran down
the shore. aud it wns not ,ong before u hundred
mink bodies we're splashing, ahoutin the waters
orchard, each camp returning ron over. the
lence laden with cen apples: they visited the
sura whsh Sss in rss
As soon as order could be restored a series
OF athletic games was arranged. There WIS u
l00-yards dash. which Wa. won by George
Uhl in - l-5 seconds; several 800. yards
dashes: n quGrter-mile handicap. taken by
Patsy Barnes. and . race Tor the little ones
Viii was won by Hugo sporn with Moses
athletics here was n baseball game. and then
the crowd was driven on board the barge for
the homeward trip The same scenes were
enacted again in the rush for i.oI and drink
the same songs were sung, and the older boys
danced the past side waltz with an imper ,ir la
BILE gravity which called forth tho adm ration OF
tho youngsters
prizes was made, 10 the winning niue was
given a league ball and bat npd to the defeat
ed team . bat and ball OF lesser value. The
boys who took first in the races received silver
scarf pins ami those who came in second got
badges inscribed "Roys' Club" The rest OF
the trip was taken up IN iueinG Annie Roo
ney," peltnR ono another aud passing soops
with creen apples. and in countless scuffles on
the deck.
At half rast G o'clock tho gangplank was
thrown out at Eighth street again. and the
until cd. happy. ami lusty horde rushed ash
to scatter in all directions iowa their homes.
They had had a good time an outing which
they will not forget for many long day,
Boys Club had give" great pleasure to many
children of the streets. who owe no small
thanks to the anonymous donor OF q largo part
Of the funds which furnished Thorn yesterday 4