The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-15
orT WITH THE BOYS CLUB.
,r ryIOUE ROUT or A UNIQUE
2bb ORGANIZA TION.

-x...apd SrlEsupporttnT, SeN-rcttSnt
yo,rg.ter- Go A-junkeunr ON the sound
whole Day of Music, Dancing. swim.
R,.ebaiL and Uniiu,ited "Chuck."
80, wash your hands and face often
,h :, keep them clean. and are eligible
epo"s you can Join the Boys Club. That
~. iritin,ion fee clean hands and face
w - tho daily dues. too. That lie the rea-
snu tbe thousand boys who went on the
tou ,, ,nirJ annual excursion Yesterday were
c'us y clean looking lot OF youngsters
~ ara remarkable In number OF other
Us also because when you find a thousand
w. most Of them between tho ages Of u
va 70 nearly every one earning his own
SUI o,l. TO take n day of for recreation.
,,Ith snare cash for soda water and
ID instead OF having to search for
tov worth remark you must look
,,,v srry 10 find one who is not Mem
,.,shn in the boys club usually begins
s,,he nre OF I. but as the club Is seventeen
,oars Old there are members who have voted
a. President OF the United States: some Of
,bs older members caring TOO much for the
s,nh TO abandon 1t even after they rslin1uish
newspaper selling Tor employment III stores'
shops and factories"
So the boys who gathered at tho club rooms.
,os St Marks place. early In the morning. and
.,so'clock marched behind an American flag.
An. Climb flag, and band OF music to the foot
=, East Twelfth street. ranged in age from q
EARS TO noarly four times that age, agrcat
ro;orty OF them being under II. They were
u.rshalled by four OF the club directors. Mr..
william Carey. Mr.. Frederick A. Stokes. Mr..
warren \. Goddard. and Mr.. Evert J. Wendell
Al the East Twelfth street pier double deck
barge was waiting. aud four big police
man were ON hand to SEQ that the
hovs embarked in an orderly manner.
7, an orderly manner meant by the gang
nlsnk. that was where the police were fooled.
There was the long pier and there was the
ione barge. the tide bringing her main deck
lust on the level with the pier. so Of course the
boys scrambled over the rails as being. in
lheir estimation. q dead easy" manner OF
Iembarkation. Anyway 1t saved time. and the
ihors were i'm patient to be of up the Sound.
land as for tho danger. why the most timid boy
There boards flying broadway cars a hundred
ltimes q day for the disposal OF extras" and
Us otherwise accustomed to take care OF HIM
I'll Hundreds IN i Of tho boys carried lunches in
lpaper bags. and when they learned, as they
tserved free on board. they promptly to g boy.
then and there. although 1t was but hall past
Is O'CLOCK consumed their home lunches as
Way Of disposing Of unnecessary baggage.
Then there was the start There was q tre-
Dictated what a tremendous event that e4cur
,sion was in those boys lives. 1t may aid in an
OF h o hsse bes. tna
is their only whole holiday in the year.
for there arc papers to be sold every day.
those who have Joined since the last. ex-
curslon. 1t was the first outing Of their lives;
Shs snd Silent red ts snd
ss es that @hss
] At the end Of tho pier was another barge. on
(which number Of well-dressed Sunday school
ischolars, boys and girls. were embarking. As
,Riyer the boys shrieked good-by to the amazed
scholars as il they were of for the North Pole
TURING ming and were glad Of It. Then the band
played and the boys sang and danced. There
was something curious about that singing.
be BALI wow Now svssySods IN New York knows
4 line or two OF the chorus OF that song: many
"a .h Se s sS. the hsrg gsa is ss
there are an interminable number Of lines,
every one Of which every boy sang with an &C.
chorus girl in hundredth nightlperformance.
Where 90 the boys learn those words?
asSt TIE tSs So. snS q VISIT a sss
boys DO not go to the concert halls where that
song is sung. SO how in the deuce" -,
the excursion. and Black wells island is near
interest 1or the boys Inc elders knew what
interest that silenced them. and com manded
their strict attention. II one should begin
club EXCURSION. the O story Of the day would
never be told. but the most unobservAnt could
not help wondering at the manner OF those
bows as the prison walls were passed. and
Eharfs. or in some Kind Of liberty on the lawns:
mental analysis 4 By sa southuI club memser
whose gaze had been fixed with the concentra-
tho1 Of o. Al hunters on an Island scene which
he announced it in this cheerful m amer:
.h huily gee! Patsy get on de bloke cettin'
And truly. in n group Of prisoners, TRUSTEES.
another
Dancing and singing were the popular
Amusements on the trip. There was some
tSs sy graceful dancing oy boy couples. In which
feet in untaught unison: and there was some
lsborionsly learned Jig and clog dancing. and
Spt tremendonsly enieyed BY The S parie ipants.
ab nsIe Eis some GH;m6ing s some .ough spoEl
to let the beys enjoys iaS
tned BY the decent and orderly association in
inc club rooms, and the result was, with the
thh srsp Of urtvs H at craps here and
Nere lew amusements which the directors
could not approve or assist
,,,Ihe older boys did most OF the policing re.
Who wee e Snd the oI Of the finest
agreement but because the older boys evi-
IDENTITY had a pride in the orderlness OF the OK
cursioh, and knew best how to handle the
youngsters IRON whose ranks they had been
Ktaduated, One instance OF this will explain.
lhree OF the older boys were discussing tho
saSsp OF the club baseball nine. when one
sdlacent youngster. minus his hat. Apr cached
aea!oTtherand said slowly, with great conviction:
81 amt
You liem
BIZ!
They were instantly at 1t. in very good form,
s spu feadly in earnest One OF the baseball
sslarps. without for n second intermitting his
tSscusslon. reached for the fighters. caught
snem oy mo backs Of their necks. pulled them
s9att as TWO chestnut burrs might bs separat-
~, gave them shoves In opposite drec-
Sohs, aud continued his discussion. to which
mao psnions had never ceased to give their
SSnadifided attention. To them such fight as
n nau peen interrupted was casual matter, of
cHhse. yet 1t detracted from the dignity Of a
SluHHe1cursion and might annoy the directors.
sbpm was stopped: as an ohligng friend might
S ~. ny away from your wine glass. 1t was
eltement
RasiIal