New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-11

schools. which formed the head OF the procession.
marched with tie oven ranks and steady carrlasc
Of veterans Solae regiments wore outtonhoie
bouquets, and s had flowing white neck scarle
neatly tied by careful mothers The universal
derby hat and knickerbocker trousers gave uni
formity to the long, close marching column.
The Division Of the Long EIsand City Schools
was headed by a drum-major with an enormous
bearskin shake. Each boy carried little
American flag, and these hundreds OF pieces OF
bunting huttering in the breeze over the column
Of marching youngsters produced curious enect
upon the eye, like the crimson leaves OF maple
grove shivering In the first frosty oreath OF
autumn. The jersey City boys. resplendent In
gold lace on cap and belt. came next. lhe
Catholic schools made a particularly fine show
ing. Rank after rank came down tho avenue I'M
I'll 1t seemed as though the Protestant faith must
have gone out of fashion among school boys.
Many of the schools were in military uniforms and
formed a veritable miniature army. Could the
spectator have closed his eyes to the familiar
surroundings and shut out the graceful tower of
the Madison Square Garden from view he might
easily have imagined himself at a corps review
of the Lilputian army There were the whlte
helmets cross belts and leggings of the St. Johp
College boys; the blue uniforms and erect bearing
Of the De La Sale Institute boys; the glittering
gold lace and high cavalry leggings Of St. Francis
Xavier; the gray uniforms and white helmets OF
the diminutive colored men and brethren OF ST.
Benedicts Colored Home; the striking white and
blue sack coats of the Cathedral School boys,
who marched In the form Of a cross, and the
sailor suited st. Patrick boys. There were fiery
zouave costumes, and every variety OF distinctive
habiments from the plain derby hats and ll2ht
overcoats of the Manhattan College boys up
through the various kinds OF rel and white sasles
TO the perfect little soldier with his toy muslSet
and cleaning bayonet.
PICTURES OF THE DISCOvERER.
The first company that sported picture OF
Columbus was the St james School, OF BROOKLYN
After that the familiar features OF the early
transatlantic traveller beamed upon the crowds
from a dozen waving banners, until The college
Of the City of New-iork blossomed out with a
completc set of illustrations of Columbuss ships
and castles, and the portraits OF Ferdinand ana
Isabella.
MANY of the schools had full military bands COM
posed entirely of schoolbOys and some OF these az
that of the Ncw-York Catholic Protectory, for IN
stance played better than their full-2rown rivals
But the one that caught the crowd was the indian
band that headed the delegation from Carlisle
With the smoothest harmony and In the most
perfect time, this band Of forty or ffty pieces
played marching anthem as it swept past ahe
reviewing stand. Both the melody and the
spectacle were so unusual that the people rose
TO their feet and cheered again and again II
Misunderstanding could have seen Uncas working
a slide trombone lie must have concluded that
r,nance WAS dead and fled TO the uttermost parts
of the earth The Indian boys marched WIN per
feet step, and as thcy came opposite the Pres-
dent't stand every head Of still black hair was
Al Inca and WI m lfAfV
precision that no pale-aced organization equaIled
The hero of the day was little tot about
two feet high. who marched at the head OF the
lEoprw Orphan Asylum cadets. Eyes nsnt'
looms and thumbs OUT, he pushed bravey forward
with six-inch strides. while men cheered and
threw their bouquets to him. little drum
major of the same organization. and only about
tbr,,, inelc, taller, twired his baton and threw
il into hc air WiIh all the the deNterity OF most De-
The New-Yorl University sported a kazoo bard
in mortar boards that filled in the pauses be-
tween the college yes. and the College Of Ply
siciars and Surgeons contributed to the hilarty
of the occasion by turning out several hum
drcd men in line with grinning white skeletons
on their hats The procession was two hours and
fifteen minutes in passing given point ana the
display was in every way most satisfactory
and crnditablc one.
FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING.
In the evening tho East River was on fire with
the twnkling lights of hundred steamboats,
laden with people who wanted 10 sec the hre-
works on the brooklyn Bridge For an hour
the heavens were bombarded and every color
that pyrotechnic art can produce was displayed
before the waiting il,et
At Carnegie Music Hall great audience
assembled TO listen to chorus of 500 voices
singing tho cantata. The Triumph Of Columbus
Thu, ended the first day of the spectacular dis
plays incident u the great celebration.
THE COLUMBIAN CANTATA.