The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-07
1HE WEEK THEY CELEBRATE.
,.rrRSON no INDULGE IN 4
w0RL D-CH 4LLENGRNG crow.
-.,,mpn.nt Over Fire. Flood. Tornado
and other Things. the City Puts On
II. Glad Rags and Resolves tO"FOrGet"
,pIn,rrierence ny Musph! Of Newark.


PATERSON, \. j.. Sept. 8.-This is to be
.roryot II Week" in Paterson. The city
h, been through SO many disasters, physi-
soI and moral in the last few years that
4 has accumulated sort OF civic sensitive
ness about its own reputation. Anarchists,
.,d unspeakably bad young men, and fire
and flood. and tornado. have marked the
community as the subject for solemn edi-
,o,ios IN newspapers all over the country.
paterson had come to feel that all the uni
,orse WAS full of signboards with the index
finger pointing it's way and each one labelled
.Finrrr OF Scorn.
The object of this week proceedings
IS 10 prove that it isn't 30. Paterson is
going TO climb on the fence, with its feathers
~ purned and shining, and toss its comb
and indulge in a world-challenging crow.
The city has lived down all its misfortunes.
New steel buildings have risen and are
rising all through the districts which were
swept by fire. flood and storm.
The city's business is bigger than 1t ever
has been. The tough joints that under
mined the morals Of some of its young
have moved out of town. Paterson has
done all these things without asking any
help from outside. 1t has pulled itself
M by the boot straps and it is proud OF
the results 1t has decided to let the rest
n, the world know The week will be given
no to demonstrating to Paterson citizens
and to strangers that Paterson is the clean
es,. "hustlingest,' nerviest and most sub
.,antial city in New Jersey.
The movement has hit the fancy Of the
town exactly. Every man. woman and
child in the city has for years nursed angry
resentment of the rest Of the worlds APP
Parent opinion of Paterson. Pretty much
everybody has had the experience Of hear
ing a Paterson man asked where his home
was and has heard him say Paterson
with gritting of his teeth and prepared
ness, apparently. to fight II anybody was
inclined to make any comments.
Then there was the old joke of the man
who was sent to hell by st. Peter and looked
around and said: why, this isn't hell:
it's Paterson" Paterson folks have been
made profoundly, not to say angrily, weary
by all such signs of the lack of appreciation
OF the rest Of the world for the finer quail
ties of Paterson. This is Paterson's week
TO look the outer world in the eye and say
Look us overland quit it'll"
So it is that the city is decorated from
Main street clear to the outskirts. To-day
although it was Sunday, electricians have
been busy stringing colored incandescent
lamp globes over the fronts of buildings.
Decorators have been hanging festoons
Of flags, and the streets have been full OF
PEOPLE enjoying q preliminary survey OF
the dressing up Of the city.
The real celebration will begin tomorrow.
L. will start with labor parade. BY way
of declaring its independence Of some OF
The things that New York's labor parade
is to be burdened with, it has been decided
that everybody in the labor parade is to
walk Even the walking delegates will
have TO walk-contrary to all the rules and
regulations Of the walking delegates union
The unions have taken the astonishing
view that their members are all free and
equal and that they will parade as body
and not as herd Of serfs driven before
few walking delegates, In carriages and
on horseback When the Paterson Labor
Union member tells you this there is some
thing in his voice that is very like a smoker
+ disdain for cities where the thing is done
differently.
In order that the populace may be en-
outraged to get out on the streets and see
what is going on free entertainment pro-
gramme has been arranged. There will
be public bridge jumping show at the
Passaic Falls bridge every morning at
] af-past II o'clock. A scaffolding has
heen built l2O feet above the pool under
the falls and two accomplished young men
will leap into the water for the public's
,dification.
There was an unfortunate occurrence at
the scafrolding to-day The manner in
which Paterson man told THE Sun re-
porter about it is not without its signifi-
cance. as showing the stole attitude of Pat
erson toward disaster, 1t takes a great
deal to make Paterson man shudder-he
has found how easy it is to get over things
Too bad" said the Paterson man, that
Happened at the falls to-day"
What happened?" asked the reporter
Man walked up to the scaffolding this
afternoon about 4 o clock He was tight
He said he was from Newark" This last
was put in hurriedly by way Of explanation
Nobody ever drinks too much in Paterson,
,.awadays Said his name was Richard
Murphy Said that wasn't any jump at
all Said he could do it himself. He did y
The Paterson man looked out dreamily
and smiled his approval at the gay festoons
on all the buildings across the way
What happened?' asked the reporter.
Oh, he dived all right" said the Pater-
on man. Say, if you've got time you |
inst ought to go through the streets, count |
ing the new steel frame buildings. The |
number will astonish you.
But what became Of Murphy" asked the !
reporter
He's in the pool yct, y said the enthusiast,
but you don't want to 90 into that. Let |
Inc tell you about our silk industries ex-
libit" ;
The moral seems to be, so far az the re-
porter could reach it, that Newark people /
-honldn't come around tight and disturb |
he course Of Paterson's carnival. TRACE .
lies are neither solicited nor appreciated ,
A half past O'Clock there will be high .
wire walking exhibition at Colts Hill /
There will also be labor picnic at Willard |.
Park a great fireworks display at night,
and a free band concert In Apollo Hall. On
Tuesday there will be the same free shows,
md the band concert will be at the City !
Hall Wedn esdav will be distinguished by /
Al industrial parade, in which all the mer-
.hants and manufacturers will participate
Thursday there will be trotting and pac-
ng races at Clifton Park Prizes will be
'lyen by Catholina Lambert the silk manu-
acturer, and John X Cooke Of the Passaic
Mills, ard a Msyoralty candidate
Al O'Clock in the afternoon there will
.e blooded stock parade Friday will be
.htldren's day and the pupils in all the pub
o, private and parochial schools will he
'rrned with American flags and will parade