The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-03
FLOWERS OF Hope.
Parks and Streets Bright
With Happy Sunday
School Cohorts.
BANNERS AND BRIGHT FACES.
Governor Albeit and Mayor Wan
ser Review the Parade
School Celebrations.

The annual June parade of the Sunday
schools of lower Jersey City took place
yesterday Afternoon. Nearly eight thou
sand children participated. Jersey avenue
presented one of the brightest scenes in
its history. Almost every citizen of
prominence along lower Jersey City's
chief residential thoroughfare decorated
his home with stars and stripes in honor
of the occasion. From Van Worst Park
TO Hamilton Park the brown stone and
BRICK fronts were in gala array. Every
opening through the green branches of
the early summer trees revealed a glimpse
of the national colors; every stoop was
crowded with men and women in holiday
garb, while On both sides of the pave
ments the eight thousand we'll dressed.
lright-eyed and happy faced children.
bearing aloft hundreds of banners with
piou5 inscriptions, moved along like a
beautiful Kaleidoscope panorama.
Governor Albeit aud Mayor Wanser
sat side by side on the grand stand ut the
northwest corner of Van Worst Park and
acknowledged the salutes of the children
who dipped their banners as they passed
in review. Grand Marshal Elijah II.
Cowles, through with his pressing duties
of successfully organizing the parade. re-
viewed it from the grand stand with the
Governor, the Mayor, the Rev. Edwin
McMinn, George W. Corfleld, Marshal
Will NJ A. Malliet, of the north division;
Marshal Frank e. Blake of The south di-
vision, and a number of invited guests.
BLAZoNs ON THE BANNERS.
These al e some of The Inscriptions en-
blaZoned in gilt upon tn. silk banners
that caught tue eye: "Christiap Sol
diers. Light Bearers" Little Giants"
NO Cross. no Crown" Hero of the
Flowers of Hope" "Jesus is our Cap
tain, "Christ. the Rising STAR" Golden
Links, may they Never be Broken"
'.Faith," Ellis Banner Over Us in Love"
''Tewels of the Lord" Holders OF the
Cross" young Soldiers of the Cross"
Stalwart, Quaker-lLke Jacob Ringle.
one of the most successful Of Jersey
City's business men, marched at the head
OF the German scholars of the First Evan
gelical Sunday School of Monmouth
street, each of whom carried the national
colors.
TWO DIVISIONS.
The parade was organized into two
divisions. The Sunday Schools north of
the Pennsylvania railroad were mar
shalled by William A. Malliet. with G..
Il. Martin, @. NJ. Van Aiken, A. Turen-
tine, b. l.. Inwright. G. b. Ludlum. Roo
ert Fiemrning and &. H. Deliere as aids.
Those south of the Pennsylvania railroad
were marshalled by Frank K. Blake, with
William j. Miller, Robert Anderson. B.
b. Murray, George H. Kuprrian. w. NJ.
Rouse. Sanford e. Smith aud c.. Andsr-
son as aids.
The two divisions passed each other,
one on the east side aud the other on the
west side of Jersey avenue. Each division
marched around the fountains in the cen
tire of Van Worst and Hamilton Parks.
The pretty headgear of the little ones and
their vari colored banners, as they filled
up the curved walks of both parks CAV
the parks the appearance of immense
floral beds.
The Tabernacle Sunday School was
headtd by Tabernacle Brass Band, and
Railroad Cernst Band. The Free Re-
formed Sunday School was headed by its
own fife and drum corps.
In the vicinity of Van Worst Park the
residences of William a. Burke, DR.. Pc
trie and others were especially noticeable
for elaborate decorations. The hudson
County Democratic Society also threw a
national bannert to tho breeze.
SCHOOL ROOM CELEBRATIONS.
Trinity Nj. E. School joined with the
Hedding NJ. e in celebrating the thirty
eighth anniversary prior TO the parade.
TRINITY was presented Win u banner
by MIR. Lepbeus B. Ward. who
was a scholar of that school
many years ago. The singing was led by
William Machiu, the tenor singer of
Trinity choir. Superintendent ). V.
Forster, of Hedding. presided, and adj
dresses were made by Pastors krantz of
Trinity. Snodgrass, ex-pastor of nedding,
end jackson, present pastor of Hcdding.
Miss Jessie Thompson gave u humorous
recitation.
At the Tabernacle the exercises pre-
ceding the parade were OF more than
usual interest. The Peoples Palace
Brass Band gave a corc.rt, Pastor Scud-
der told what he knew of anniversaries,
Assistant Pastor Wells read a paper en-
titled Keep Step" the children of the
Home OF the Homeless q II hymn and
Prof. Willard Decker entertaiuea the au-
dience with clever feats OF legerdeniain
and illusions.
Every school in the lower section of the
city was entertained by some suca pro-
ami and ice cream and cake were
served in abundance. 1t was II great fes-
tival for the children.