New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01
THE TRIBUTE or CHILDHOOD
ADMIRAL DEWEY TOUCHED BY THE
LITTLE ONES SONGS.
TWO THOUSAND SCHOOL CHILDREN 50
ARRANGED AS TO SPELL THE

HERO'S NAME.

Chidhood's tribute Of song 20 Dewey yesterday
at Seventy second-st. and Central Park West
should always be treasured by the great Admiral.
and doubtless Will be. When Dewey arose in his
carriage and dotted hi hat 10 the children num-
oering more than two thousand who singing
his praises and welcoming him. he appeared the
surrounding thousands Of spectators to be deeply
impressed and highly grauHcd
on an inclined stand facing Seventy-second-st..
into which the parade turned to Central Park
West. and thence to Fifty-ninth-st.. appeared in
strong relief the name Of Dewey I'm large letters
OF white picked out a blue ground The letter
Ing formed by the blue and white lawn in
which $3.50 boys and girls of the public schools of
New-York were dressed. They had been carefully
chosen by Frank Damrosch. Twelve hundred came
from schools IN Manhattan and The Bronx. so from
Brooklyn, 80 from Richmond and 100 from Queens.
The children assembled at Grammar Schools No.
81, Sixty-eighth-st. and Amsterdam-ave.. and No
81. Seventy eighth-st. and Amsterdam-ave in the
morning. and were marched by their teachers 10
the stand. and there they dressed out IN blue
or white attire according to the part each was 10
play in forming the name Of Dewey
There tremendous crush IN the neighbor
hood OF the childrens stand long before the parade
came in view. The Hotel Majestic and the Dakota
fats were crowded at every vantage point. and
the closely packed thousands of spectators gave
the police p.enty to do In keeping the way clear
for the procession. Sergeant Petty, Roundsman
DOugherty and six policemen were busy looking
after the ChlldrenS Stand, ana across the street
seventy more policemen. who were continu-
ally on the alert keep the pushing and persistent
multitude in check
The children watched intently the Incidents in
the street There must have been fifteen twenty
thousand spectators in the immediate neghbor-
hood who could read the word Dewey personihed
by the children in blue and white and who cheered
and waved flags and handkerchiefs whenever a
song sung. They happy. merry lot Of
youngsters. who entered enthusiastically into the
spirit OF the occasion.
The head Of the parade turned into Seventy
second-st. about 1880 o'clock Frank Damrosch
waved his baton and the children rose and sang
My Country IT'S Of Thee" with clear. fresh
voices that commanded silence first and then en-
thusiastic applause. Tho mounted police had
passed, and the sailors from the Olympia were ex-
citing the children into irrepressible cheers when
Mr. Damrosch. through a megaphone. told them
TO keep quiet for moment Dewey. in car
r!age with the Mayor. approachipg and as
his carriage stopped and the cheering thousands
tried to force the police lines get their
hero. the children sang See. the Conquering Hero
Comes"
DEWEYS FACE a STUDY.
The sweet young voices harmonzed well and
the earnestness Of the singers gave them special
interest. Dewey's face was a study to those who
could see him while the children were singing His
carriage came nearer the children's stand, and
stopped opposite IT, Then he arose from his seat.
and with great impressveness and dignity. as II he
appreciated and valued in all seriousness the
tribute OF childhood. he doffed his hat. Mr.. Dam
rosch had hardly time call for three cheers for
Dewey before boys and girls broke out in shrill
but hearty cheering. that was caught up and con-
tinued for several minutes by delighted listeners.
AS Dewey passed by before this particular demon
stration had spent itself. the children sang the
Welcome Song to Admiral Dewey" The air 10
which It was sung is that Of what the
han TIav
nation. The new words which sung yesterday
are by ". II. Frost.