The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-26
NO PARADE TN HOBOKEN.
Teachers and Children Vote
Against Making an Exhi-
bition of Themselves.

The Sunday school children OF Hobo
ken will not have their usual SUNDAY
school parade this year, that 1, unless
they change their minds. The parade on
| Memorial Day has been q feature OF the
Sunday schools for years back, and IL is
a source of wonder that this year there
should be an exception, but The scholars
themselves have so decided, and so the
matter stands at present. The directors
to the parade are the older scholars. d
(would you believe it!) greab many oi
the Young ladies who teach.
As has been customary for many years
the superintendents of all the Protestant
Sunday Schools in the city met q few
| SUNDAYS ago, and organized for the pur-
,ose of carrying out the parade by select
ing superintendent Kerr of the Baptist
Sunday School as chairman. the super
inteudents talked of the parade as a GER
tainty. and devoted their time to con-
sidering the details.
AS they were about to adjourn it was
suggested by one Superintendent that the
scholars aud teachers be consulted In
the matter and see what they
thought Of it. They were con-
Most OF them voted to have no parade.
Palmer Campbells Sunday School. the
First Presbyterian Mission, wouldn't.
that was all, and the Methodist children
wouldn't either. and likewise the Bap-
fists. sThe Superintendents met after the
Sunday school classes were dismissed.
and on comparing notes were surprised
to find that Il majority or the schools had
voted sno parade"
TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT.
They were in a quanday. This was q
terrible state of affairs. and what would
kthe public Think Yet what was to be
done2 The young ladies seemed y unit In
opposition, and as all the young ladies IN
HoDoKen who are Sunday schoolteachers
are ENTHUSIASTICALLY ~pretty-and viva
cious too, the Superintendents deter
mined that there would be no use in OPP
posing them, so began looking around TO
effect a compromise.
Last year the parade on Decoration
Day was a grand success till the line was
formed and the parade started. Every
sunday school was we'll represented. But
Just as the line began to move, Il large
dark cloud rolled in from she northwest
and hid the sun. and in a moment after
wards the children were running here.
there and everywhere seeking shelter
from a heavy do wnfall of rain. The rain
lasted some then or fifteen minutes. aud
just long enough for over half OF the
children disappeared. This is one ex-
cuse the opponents of the parade give for
not desiring to parade this year, that
they cau'u be assured it won't rain.
REASONS o H PARADE.
I had the extreme pleasure ofsmeering
one OF the young lady teachers of the
methodist Sunday School. last hight. She
is also a teacher in the public schools.sl
broached the subject of parade to her,
and she greeted my question with a -
well, with one of those tantaliztng laughs
that one delights to hear.
"Parade?n she asked; why Pm sur
prised that a reporter should be inter-
ested in a Sunday School parade. hut.
then, I'll tell you all about 1t, but 'don't
say. You see Decoration Day is a holt.
day, and naturally we like to take ad-
vantage of the day, aud, with onr friends,
| pass a pleasant time ava from home.
| out in the country, or on the river. Well.
if a parade is to take place we will have
to stay at home. We amt going
to do 1t. What good is pa
and are pleased to do it. There is s0me
benefit in that. but this parading-m ak
ing a holy show of ones self, as my
| H%ibernian friend would remark, why it's
| all farce. No, the young ladies don't
like this idea of paraues. It looks like
placing ones self on public exhibition.
| The Superintendents can talk as they
| ladies of every Sunday school of the one
| opinion-opposed to the p~arade.o
This pretty miss meant every word she
| said.
The Superinteudents are very anxious
| to have the parade, and If a respectable
number can be gotten together will
have 1t. II not. they will try 70 nave the
parade on Friday, ] une 8. The superin-
tendents will consider the matter next
| Sunday.