New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-28
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
MILE OF MARCHING CHILDREN
suNpAY-scuooLs CELEBRATE THEIR ANN
vERsARY WITH PARADES.


vERsARY WITH PARADEs.
A mile of marching children. with 13'ooo IN inc
ranks watched by twice many spectators hied the
-, x,aadou, ~ prospect Park and the adjacent poi'
lions OF that great pleasure ground yesterday aer
noon This was one Of the eleven DIVISIONS oi .ne
1877 schools in the Brooklyn Sundayschoo umon' WIN
g. 600 scholars officers and teachers. who celeDateu
yesterday the anniversary Oh the es'ao
ushment of sunday schools in Brooklyn.
The signal for holding the exercises was gwen pS
singing the City Hall and church bells at ii O'CLOCK
80 ore disnlayed I'm many public places and In the
treets where the children TO parade houserohS
uera ahundantly decorated. Early in the afternoon
vrouns OF cayly dressed children began 10 appear III
the streets and at the appointed tme anniversary ga
ercses were held In half hundred churehes' se'er"'
schools uniting in each for the purpose Besloes 'ne
many Brooklyn ministers who spoke, Dr. Henry NJ.
Sanders, of York; the Rev. John L. eeudder' 0.
Jersey CITY Colonel A. S. Bacon and silaS 81 Dutcher
were among the speakers. After the church eAeroe
the parades were held In ten different places
The pospect Park division. with thiry-one schooiS
and 10 900 children. assembled in the Park carry III '
afternoon and held the customary exercises III '"o
sections and then marched about the green meaoo"
over routes marked out by guidons ana past Two IT,
,iavinp stonds whereon were Mayor Chaplin James D
Gaze Grand Marshal Silas NJ. Giddings benjamin hdS
lss. the Rev. Lindsay Parker. Park Commissioners
Brewer and Luscomb, the Rev. Dr. H. b num- IN
G.. W. Brush and others. A pretty s'eht was pre-
scented by the thousands of children In brght costumes
and carving gayy wrought banners. On the milsdeS
overlooking the scene gathered thousands OF III
sterested spectators The display was tegaucd a. le
finest ever given in the Park and the arrangements
for seeing II better than usual
There were nearly 5000 in the Heghts uiVlsion'
which paraded under the leadership of Dwight SUD
we'll in Clinton, Henry and Pierepont sts., ana was
reviewed by pastors and Others. Owing to the deaIn
Of Dr. Van Dyke, the exercises in his church "eie
omitted and the school did not Join the parade.
The Clinton-sve. division, with twenty-five Schools
numbering 10000, marched up aud down Clinton
ave-. between wiroughby and Gates aves., after the
exercises In nine churches Owing to the roughness
OF the pavement the children marched on the side
walks Another large division, with twenty schools
and 5000 pupils, paraded in Bushwick-ave, from
Lafayette ave. to Ivy-st. The Tompkins PARK divi,
sion was led by Philo W. Schoeld and there were ten
schools with 67OO In the ranks, who assembled and
paraded In TOmpkinS Park. The Bedford division
Rad 5000 pupils from thirteen schools, and tic parade
was held in Gates and Grand in various other
parts OF the city the Ocean HILL Stuyvcsanave South
Erookiyn and Cario Park divisions paraded. After
The marching, all the schools returned TO their re-
spectIve churches and secured refreshments