The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-16
PICNIC OF POLICEMEN'S WIVES
PRESIDENT AND SIR THOMAS
Upton SEND REGRETS.
Cop with Eleven Children Wins the
Prize for the Largest Famiiy-Wives
Prove Their Courage by staying
Five Minutes with Live Mouse.


Prove Their Courage by staying
Five Minutes with a Live Mouse
Three hundred polcemen's wives took
trip up the Hudson yesterday. They
got a letter from President Roosevelt and
telegram from Sir Thomas Upton, in
vented a new method for deciding prize
baby contests, and saw drowning man
rescued Most OF them left their husbands
at home.
The trip was engineered by the Patrol
mems Wives Benevolent Association, and
it was their second excursion. The wives
gathered with their luncheon baskets and
their babies at the foot of East Thirty
first street and clambered aboard the barges
William Myers and William j. Haskell.
Before starting, letters and kilograms
were read. One signed by Secretary Loeb
regretted the Presidents inability to act as
Judge Of the contest for the largest family
belonging to New York policeman Sir
Thomas Upton first telegraphed that had
he received sooner the invitation 10 choose
the prize police baby he would not have
frittered away his time sailing around Sandy
Hook. Then he sent his American repre-
sentative, Mr.. II. Hier Davies, to add that
il the excursion would show up around
the Statue OF Liberty at about O'Clock
he'd come aboard.
While the younger generation danced
on the upper deck, the older ores below
stTove for s25 prize for the most popular
woman aboard, The prize was given by
John j. Dooley, an aspirant for the Demo-
cratic leadership Of the Twenty-third
Assembly district. The popularity Of the
treasurer Mrs NJ Wichman, exceeded that
OF the president Mrs II. Moore, by vote
Of 40 to 10. James II. jenkins Of the Six
teenth precinct won sewing machine
offered by Borough President Halfen Of
The Bronx for the largest family. Jenkins
could show eleven children ranging from
| to IS wears The sewing machine will
not be turned over to him. however, until
he can prove the children are all his" as
the awarder put it.
The baby contest was decided partly
by elimination and then by the drawing Of
lots on the part Of most ofthe contestants
mothers. All the judges were unmarried.
The ten-weeks-od daughter Of Thomas
Harrington Of the Tenderloin station won
a gold locket. Mary Mayer, . months
old, carried of a rubber-tired go-cart,
daughter Of an Old Slip cop, got silver
loving cup.
The excursion landed at River View
Grove, opposite Yonkers, in the late after
noon. As the boats az preached the pier the
barge William C. Morton was just being
pulled out into the stream. Its tug gave
little sharper yank at the tow rope to
get out of the way Of the wives and toppled
one OF the barge's male passengers who
was singing an the Good Old Summer
Time from the railing into the water.
He was hauled on the tug with a rope.
On the wav home contest Of courage"
was held. Each wife who stayed quietly
In the same room with live mouse for
five minutes received a certificate.
The proceeds of the excursion will go
toward the reserve fund of the associa-
ton. Whenever a member Of the associa-
ton dies her family gets $50. If the hus-
band of member dies tho widow re-
ceiyes ST5