The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-29

THE MAY PARADE.
Sunday Schools of the City
March With Ban
ners Flying.
ENTERTAINMENTS IN THE CHURCHES
Mayor Heos Reviews the Park Di-
vision-The Line Of
March.

satisfactory day in every respect for the
Sunday School parade than yesterday.
In spite of the fact that it was held in
May instead of June, the clerk of the
weather for once forgot his ancient
grudge. The day was neither too cool
Tor white dresses nor to warm Tor
marching. Not a cloud could be made
to look like rain. The thousands OF
children all oyer the city, who rushed to
their windows the first thing in the
morning, were rewarded by a clear sky
and bright sunseeSoon flags We're flying
from houses along the line of march.
h schools closed at noon and pupils
hurried home to don new dresses in hon
or of the~coeeasion. Lon before the
shourssfor. the entertainments in the
churches zthegstfeeIs were flied with hit
tie maidens siHs white frocks, Fastening
eagerly ito their. respective Sunday
Seheels.6q se gafsA
Exercises swereuheld in all the Sunday
Schools Some of them were purely re-
ligiquss The majority of them We're en-
tertainments interesting to the children
i'm gwhiehs thebipupils themselves took
part: eAfter their exercises. the schools
formed in line and, left the churches to
join in the parade. ID
There wereF thee divisions of the
parade,s the55Pagk, or down town; the
Bergen and the Sherman place. The
grand marshal was Mr.. ]. V. Forster
Superintendent of Hedding Sunday
School The aides were F. E.. Blake, G.
H. McArty, J.. B. Apologize and H.. A.
Chamberlain. The. division marshats
were H. H.. Farier. Park Hunter, Will
lam T. Hunter, Bergen Division, and j.
C. Meharg, Sherman Place Division.
The downtown schools had the easiest
march. The line of march was changed
from that of previous years so as to take
advantage of the asphaited streets. For
merfy they have paraded on the side
walks until they reached Jersey and
Newark avenues. and then taken to the
cobble stones and marched to Hamilton
Park. Yesterday the school, in the
southeastern section. Column A, marched
up York street to Henderson, to Mercer.
to Coles. to Eighth, and to and through
Hamilton Park. The other section. Col
umn B. marched down Coles street to
Second street. where it formed alongside
of Column A, and marched back to
Hamilton Park and past the reviewing
stand with Column A. Mayor Hoos re-
viewed the parade.
l. Was q very pretty SlSi GfSiy Pu-
pill in the parade wore the badge of his
of her Sunday School. School, class and
society banners were seen at short inter-
walls along h line of march. Every
member of the Tabernacle school carried
a white flag and bows of gay ribbons on
the sticks. There were a number of
May poles with gay streamers among the
schools. In many cases children wore
fbo fapfocfio 5oncf1,~noc fhou had MORN
when taking part in the entertainment.
The schools were massed together more
than in previous years. They were able
to march four abreast because the streets
were used instead of the sidewalks. The
schools in the Park Division were:-Col-
umn A, Holy Trinity Evangelical Luth-
eran. German Methodist. Trinity Metho-
dist, Parmly Memorial Baptist, Scoth
Presbyterian. John knox Presbyterian,
Tabernacle. Bethesda Baptist, Wayne
Street Reformed and Free Reformed.
Column B. Second Presbyterian, German
Reformed. Hedding Methodist, North Bap-
tist, Centenary Methodist, Park Reformed
and Zion Methodist.
The schools marched back to the
churches after passing the reviewing
stand, and they were served with ice
cream and cake. Mayor Hoos returned
with the Hedding school and ate his ice
cream and cake with them.
The reviewing stand of the Bergen Di-
vision was erected at the Boulevard and
Tonnele venue The schools in the
march w-ere:-Simpson Methodist, En-
deavor Baptist, Grace Methodist, Band
of Hope Mission, Swedish Lutheran,
Summit Ave United Presbyterian, En-
cry Methodist, Westminster Presbyte-
rian and Gospel Temperance Mission.
marches. The schools sang while march
ing,s"Onward, Christian Soldiers"
viewed al. the residence of the Hon.
Henry Brautigam, Summit avenue and
Sherman place. The schools in the di-
byterian Chapel Mission, Central Ave
nue. Reformed, Trinity Baptist, James
Methodist, Pilgrim Baptist, Waverly