The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
CHlLDREN'S CORONATION DAY.
a0.os,0 YOy NGSTERS AROUND THE
PtRk NAY POLES.
Forty Kings and Forty Queens Crowned.
:o" children los, land Iount) an
the >orth Meadow u Picnic ,.roup'
Tamnany MAY PART, ,f bO.O0o.

Tamniany Ma, part, ,f lO.OOo.
Forty kings and forty queens were
crowned n Central Park Yesterday AMI
n."h Youngsters assisted In the fun.
JuNrrlr royalty was there IN furcr There
were dUk"~ and duChc--.-. knight- ami
ladies and snhll-fry mobility IN great num-
tets. The insignia IL their fnnk N"t"
golden crowns. l+ribhoned -Crptrr-. 'ph''s
q bunting frightened with t,u>"l and
thrones gorgeous in the flowers III"
sa-pn. The courts ~ the kings and queens
gathered alou, them while tn" ,housands
ui littl" on.-- who were Just common i-uple
danced and sang around the gay~culor,"t
May pulcs.
The weather hss been a tr IN" chilly FOR May
kings Rnd queens, and 80 th" celebration
was put on thisy year until yesterday Never
In the history uf central Park l,as there
been such n c-lebratlon a. there Wn~ y'~-
tsrIay. newer such "a lot Of children Iu tIc
Park, and never a finer day for them
No lawns or flower h.ds or wooded tracts
were ~acr~i Yesterday. The -ke'p on
the Gras-- and IA. Don't Pick III. flow
us' signs were taken up and bufi'si under
III. Arsenal huildings. for 81 May iay ia"
children do What they want and r. where
they please. ~" ~IsiiIcciuan cea-s- To- la
a terror. and the authority 10 the kings
and he queens In the only authority r,Srog-
uIA.Ni.
The biggest - yesterdays MAY Day
iaftur~, ana probably III" biggest ever got
together ~ this city, va, ufgahi2'si Nv
Harry Hart and IA. n.imts'r- 81 III" Al
suuuUin chat. N" Tainmany oigaiisa-
ton uf the Ihirti"th disiri''. Mr. Hart, III
his capaCIty ui district leader, was In charge
- ~" party. and, ~ r"-ISn-- q" his IL
NltGtiun, lu.ps children went To the Park
under th" Algonquin wing
Ia" CuIdr'u gathered early ~ the morn
ing at tign'N->iNth ~tr-t ani fir-t avenue
amt until l''y -. under way folks iiNIrg
IN tla' L-ighiorlupd couldn't hear them
selves 'lIuk such a Uhatt.ring va never
heart i-,fpr. Mr. Hair and hi- friends
had sIs'r' t?.HD IN MAY Isri"> ia floral
thrnr,- and other gaudy accomplishments
~ Nay Dd".
Thu-c who had h~cn picked out a. kings
and queens were allowed to wear tiseir
crowns on the march To- m" Park. although
they weren't installed ~ their regai ppw"r
until after they got ihcp' III" mach
VA from ttr~t dNciI'' over e. fiith avenue
ana 'h,l,,' up to the >Iu-'v--' Ntuih street
entrance - ~" PtrN, from wlich point
10 l. hui a short Main tn IN" North N'adows
wu'r. NAV Day o,'i"ird'luu- ar" h"d
H." ,hiICr"i, sang ami pIayei all ia" way
over. They ranged IA age from 3 tu Is ami
all wor' their very tg-t clothes Surrey
80 many ,'if'ly--ia-'h he'd youngsters Was
never -+u together tgioT" NJ North
Meadows there wdS a ~h"adpusrt"rs for ia"
ctIlJpu NJ zach "u" ui The 'weuiN-~iN
a'efior districts IN IA. GnIrti"ih Assembly,
district
Al each Headquarters foral thrones
wore placed and the formal browning Of
king and queen took pllc" Three and
scattered about the m"6dows, mad" corona
tiun music. and then th" rhbon- about the
Nav Iol.r were luOs'rcd and tn" littt" ones
danced and lang.
Tier. wer. a score 81 other May parties
Uuc'. Sans PLAYED football with Apache
Indian. from w" Pr~t avenue reservation.
While Mis- '~niGmhiaS luuN'd on and app
p.lud"d Hundreds Of u'h"r children ia
AL Ainis ui costumes frp,t,h"d about ~"
~rclI'w-. al morning long PLAYING. tag.
Ll!o and sF"k lis" Csshing ~ OF l"
cream tickets lrg1n ~ noon, and III" tr~t
f'w wagon load disappeared ~ though
they had t--u hat hy a tropical ,un Wagon
load afi'r wagon load wa~ brought ny
lp.forr al! IN" tickets were exhausted
Ihousauds II growr-II~ went To the
North N,alov- To- 49, the fun. III" m.aa-
uv- are age hut they wer" si'"ply uN"rrlu
N'h Children \ thousand games zoe"
z q n oner. and ~" -',ri.ks - -" . H.
.rrD upuld H., heard almost down ~ .H"
Arsenal Nh 20 guard all 'hi- army ~ "N-
cited. happy. au..lut"Iv lav'r>> hi Iron
va M" D, brennan III, ar" J. VI tov"ru
la.. N"-'"rlaV af'"rn -u NJ" va. i'~iNing
tIs taI.N tIaV- vhal hotht d. u af L. ,I"rrv
IN amt lai tricks DROPPED IN ~ head
from the 'oI,s Of t"n"meut- each night. uf-
norr Mc,,uN-n Will probably apply for SICK
l,n W Tomorrow ty'ry d.yu'- On tho
m"adbW- VH- brought 20 ma for -o''l"-
wcn' H." had - r'ni'r "Np"r' op u.ur- IN
ia~.hnN. football. wrestling. tag, InG-
urouud-a-r1-r soy and London Br Dig j. Falling
Down Twu bundled 'h.tir'n vsrs loot.
N,G1vrru found 80" parents - a'S'U' a
hundred. br' the other hundred WEIR taken
90 ts.t,.p~ 81 two and 'hr'-' down ip ih"
Arsenal. Nh"-r iheN we're sept un'.l 'h'.r
Iarui, CAM and claimed them.
II Wa g,itiuE dusk when 20" May Day
fun VA. declared at al "ud Many IT th"
c',lIr-u Wei" fast a.i,-p Just tsiur" !
clock an army - mothers de-,,'nd.-t
uu 'Ur m-adpw- with go-,ar's AMI hauv
oarriagn~. and IN" si'rpIug On"s N"r' tr,us-
i"rrsi 10 them and t1Ay' home 10 tat way
Tia" ret marched lVav, 'iISi tat game.
After the ChItdren lad guu" away the
Nrt,h N>adow- lu"k'Si Is though they had
ls~n ht Icy a cycluI" H." grass was
'iamrI'd ci'an ON e ~'ghi and he grnui Il
was ,1V"p~i with iuNc-, paI-r~ and p'fU~.
Twenty men wci" Iut 10 work cleaning
I'm mighty proud Il this dlv. ~sil Capt
T~ii1TatrCk 81 u" Park squad la,i nIght.
Twenty thousand childrru uu ~" meadows
and not one huri tell YOU the li,'l. ones
had IA. 'imr 81 their lives to-riCN'. hut ~
viii AK" tho m"adowr until hex May
10 g. over
The children 90 Tn" Bronx are to have a
NAV bav PARTY 'L saturday next IA Gro
,u,a Par The 1r"rnolt Srial club
has arranged N" affair ard i0.sO iuvi'a-
= ~ have l.cu 49, vut, Children iu ~"
BruN Who haV lot rrtsiyt7i tuNiia'iuur
arc iryiiNi :" cons AWAY The children
ar, 90 met ~ % u'cluck IN IA" NOR ing
on IN. hail ground adJuli ING ~" BroU.s
NuUiriIai Euiiii' z A hpId viii head
'hcm and th'y Whl then march down Trr-
mat aN.ri." Ia N"Ldoyer syrrur. to I53I
~'r-' ard then 80 the park Their will IT,
les r-eam. candy ard "bk" ~ sufficient
u4t'ftIr- Tor all. Ih'r" viii IT, all kinds
OFF NAV Ranrs, II cludigg one largr aLd
IN y snail NavI,ul"-. aid "a floral thruu"
Y, which NAV Wallace viii 10 crowned
Olr,u and "urge S,ahmHun hHg If the
M llay f~"-tivlti =.
~lN V.ar-uld Edward Waller - 2lo West
i.Hty-eighth street fc.l into the lake at
t,utral Park near Terrace Bridge y.-stcr-
cav aitsruuon Policeman Flynn Iumtsi