The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-06
Sunday School Pupils Have
Their Annual Par
ade.
AN ATTRACTIVE SPECTACLE
Entertaining Services in the
Churches Before the
Walk.


Under clear sky and hundreds of wav-
ing flags thousands of children set out
at o'clock this afternoon for the forty
seventh annual parade around the city.
The schools all gathered in their re-
spective churches shortly before the hour
of march in order to give sufficient time
to form in line, get in step and look
pretty.
At O'Clock the city was one moving
mass of children in the parade sections of
the city, from Van Worst Park to Ham
ilton Park. down town, and all along the
Boulevard, from Sip to Boyd avenues, on
the Heights as well as from Bowers
street to Summit avenue, in the Hudson
City section. 1t was a beautiful, fairy
like mass of black and white.
Sunday school anniversary is the day
that every good little Sunday school girl
looks forward to as the time for the de-
but of new dress, usually of white.
Then, too, all the good little boys are
dressed in new dark suits. and the very
best of them are allowed to carry the big
banners. 1t would be hard to find hap
pier, prouder set than these same good
little boys and girls, who made a fine
showing on parade today, broolAing delays
in the line of march with wonderful
patience, utterly ignoring the taunts of
their ungodly playmates who didn't at
tend Sunday school, but were allowed to
watch the parade from the curbing.
1t was all great fun for the children.
Tt was fully their day and they were al
lowed to tire themselves to their hearts
content. Before starting on the line OF
march, perhaps to give the youngsters a
chance to work off extra energy and in
sure marching order, entertainments of
recitation and song were held in all the
churches. Then they all started out
these thousands of good little boys and
girls, with flying colors. Not only did the
big Sunday school banner accompany
each school, but the attendance banneis
and in many cases the pupils carried
small flags tied with the class celors
There were bands galore and in many in
stances the different schools were escort
ed by their own cadets as in the case of
the First Congregational Church, escorted
by the Roosevelt Cadets in their new UNI
forms.
Each school left its respective church
on schedule time, so as TO join the par
ade al the right time and place, and
everything went without a hitch. The
downtown Sunday schools were reviewed
from stand in Van Worst Park, Oh
which sat the city officials. The Hudson
City section was reviewed from the resi-
dence of DR. J. Lawrence Nevin on Bow
ers street, and the South Bergen section
division was reviewed from the residence
Of Mr.. James V. Forster, No. S5 Bentley
avenue.
A special feature of the parade was the
Tl.1lI
sion. Whenever a new infant arrives in
any of the families of the First Congrega-
tional Sunday School it is duly registered
in what is known as the Cradle Roll, and
on Anniversary Day these Cradle Poll
members. all in the best of humor, in
carriages, head the Congregational pro-
cession. This year they were escorted
by the Roosevelt Cadets and followed by
the kindergarten. There were nearly
seven hundred enrolled in the First Con-
gregational parade the largest parading
number of the Hill churches.
Before starting the Congregational Sum
day School had very short programme
Mr.. Scudder addressed the children and
there was some singing by the school, but
the pupils were excited and restless for
the march. So the programme was wisely
cut down Ice cream and cake will be
lavishly served in this as we'll as all the
schools upon the return from the march.
Hedding NJ. E. Church did not have to
Join the parade till nearly four o'clock,
and therefore had time for more elab-.
crate programme beforehand This con-
sisted of prayer by the Rev. Mr. Boyd of
Trinity Church, entertained by Hedding,
singing by the infant class, recitations
Clarence Smith. Then there was song,
"Pretty Little Daisies by Gladys Back
us, Alice Johnson, Edna Pagan and Doro-
thea Miller, and a pretty drill by sixteen
little girls in white frocks