New-York tribune., 1902-07-25
COL0RED TROLLEY PARTY
SIXTY-ONE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS
THE GUESTS OF THE TRIBUNE
SUNSHINE SOCIETY
"Goodby, Dolly, must leave you.
Tho IL breaks my heart to 60"

Tho it breaks my heart to go''
So sang sixty-one little colored boys and girls
waving their hands to the mothers left behind. as
The Tribune Sunshine started away from Sixty
happy day at Fort George as the guests OF the
society. and each little brown face wreathed
in smiles OF anticipation. Sixty-one pairs of feet
had hdgeted restlessy for hour before the start
ing time, and sixty-one pairs Of black eyes had
travelled up and down Amsterdam-ave. in search
OF the chartered for the trip And when It
finally appeared. with the inspector aboard, and
drew up at Sxty-frst-st with flourish. there was
break for that car that covered the cobblestones
with a sudden cloud of black and white.
The sixty-one had been neatly arranged in a line.
two By two; but the way in which that line dis
solved into its individual atoms and got itself
aboard the quicker than Marconi signal
Everybody was happy the car sped away. The
conductor rang up sixtyone fares, and then he had
nothing more to do but stand the footboard and
listen TO the music. And It good music:
melodious and sweet, carried in parts, and
charming from its spontaneity. No carload Of
white children would have done well, undirected
and without a leader They made the welkn ring
as they reached the rural portions OF Amsterdam
ave-. round about Columbia University and beyond,
with song after song. which all seemed to know
perfectly
They began with America and 'Iurrah for
the Red White and Blue" Then they switched
of into Good Morning Carrie and go Way
Back and Sit Down. Then they sang by, the
and whenever colored person or group on the
idswalk gave them passing salute, they would
break into "Goodby, Dolly; must leave you.
They good gold, as well hammered as
little Lord Fauntleroys, and as happy as only
little colored children be- SeVenty-four had
been invited all from the neighborhood OF Sixtieth
and Sixty-first SITS, but il seems that whooping
cough is raging in that section and Kept thirteen
at home. Those that neat as pins,
in their nice little fresh laundered frocks
1he boys brave in smart ties and collars They
were IN all shades and sizes, and some of them
were as pretty as pictures. They Were so spon-
tanecusly and unanectedly happy over 1T all that
everybody felt the atmosphere. People VINO
stepped out into the street TO get around them
smiled at them. The inspector smiled the con
ductor smiled the motornan smiled Peopie on
the sidewalk smiled and waved their hats at the
They took Fort George all in before the gay
was over. The carrousel was the hrst ATTRACTION;
Its delicious music drew them Ike magnet ana di1
sxty-one pairs Of chubby legs tore down the mn
like a hurricane toward the charming souho.
Everybody had a ride; the big boys ana glrIs on
the horses the little tots the seats. tne ao-
,yentIrous little fellows who would go on morse
back strapped on. The boys rode on the necks OF
their chargers in true jockey style and had muc1
trouhle to- rein in their fiery steeds. AfterwaIo
there was luncheon in the shelter ana one OF Iae
rretfv sights the day was each little oaik lacs
basrning happily at a plate Of ice cream, n9qno
~ frozen bliss in front Of him: MIS- Chafies I'ei
bert Jerome was IN charge Of the party