The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-09
100000 CHILDREN PARADE.
$4,000 RAISE THEIR VOICES IN
GREETING TO THE MAYOR.
Beautiful! Beautiful" Said Col. McClei'
Ian. and IL They Could lie Marched
Through All New York II Would He
Better Than \ Hundred Sermons

Sunday school children yesterday. Unde
the provisions of the Murphy law. pnbh
school children who wanted to participant
In the parade had q school holiday. Al
the morning the street cars OF Brookiyi
were full of youngsters dressed IN thei
best and yelling at the full capacity OF theli
lungs, going to the assembly points OF ths
twenty-five or more parades. All the
afternoon. not quite 80 t'dy or so vociferous
Me same children load' the cars on theiI
way home. Most Of the parades vert
followed by picnics, held in the public
parks
The biggest division in point OF numbers
was that which took possession Of the Long
Meadow in Prospect Park usually sacred
to the long gray bearded croQuet players
and counted about 1900 strong. This
parade was re viewed by Police Commissioner
McAdoo aud Borough President Martin
Lttleton The most enthusiastic in the
point of noise was that which passed before
Mayor Mcclellan in Williamsburg In all,
27O Sunday schools were represented. OF
which 2lG were in Brooklyn proper, 81 in
Williamsburg and II IN Greenpoint. Owing
to the provisions Of the Murphy law. all
of the organizations paraded on the same
day for the first time since the Sunday
school anniversary custom was started,
seventy -six years ago. II was estimated
that altogether the holiday was observed
by 10000 children.
There were exercises for the chilren in
the churches in the morning. Just before
noon they began to move on their division
rallying points. That Of most OF those
in the Western District, under the auspices
of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. was
the long meadow in Prospect Park, which
is not far from the flatbush avenue entrance.
Here, at a little after noon, nearly 10000
little one. all dressed in white and in bright
oolors were gathered in mighty hocks on
temporary benches erected for the occasion.
1t had been feared that the grass would be
wet that the park parade would have
to be given up, but the fresh winds of the
morning dried off the meadow 80 that there
was not the slightest danger OF wet feet.
Pamphlets of hymns to be sung had been
distributed among the churches weeks ago
and the babies had all been rehearsed in
them The children shrilled through the
great choruses in ten or more different
gathering places on the lawn Much Of the
singing was in a sense antiphonal. Way
of under the trees on the central knoll OF
the meadow the children Of one school
sang Forward for Christ Our King" and
as soon as it was finished the same song
would burst out from "A thousand childish
threats quarter Of a mile away. For every
child present on the lawns there were three
or four grown PEG pie in the multitude gath
cred on the slopes around the edges Of the
meadow impatiently owding against the
temporary barriers which had been erected
along the borders to keep the small folks
from being altogether overwhelmed by
their admirers.
Couriers went out from the re viewing
stand in the middle of the meadow at u little
before o'clock and great focks of skipping
Youngsters, marching in column OF Tours,
collected Sunday school 10y Sunday school
at the knoll. Then they came marching down
across the grass, five big and smiling police
men leading the way through guide posts
which brought them up between two side
about Mr. McAdoo and Mr., Littleton, were
gathered the officers of the Brooklyn Sun
day School Union. 1t was a great sight,
tow curls and black curls tossing from
side to side and black and white stockings
twinkling gaiy under thousands of white
huffy skirts The spectators cheered them
selves hoarse, and the children, most of
whom carried American flags much bigger
than themselves. were unable to resist
the temptation to cheer in return.
Most OF the Sunday schools started their
picnics over again after the parades at their
bench headquarters. Mr.. McAdoo left the
park as soon as the review was over and
hurried to Williamsburg.
Since Col. Mcclellan successfully initiated
the young lady from Niger h. has received
countless ovations and reviewed scores of
brilliant parades, but in all probability he
never got pretter tribute Of respect than
$1,000 Sunday school pupils of the Brooklyn
Eastern District Sabbath School Associa-
ton paid him yesterday afternoon.
The Mayor, Commi ,sioner McAdoo and
Bishop Fowler Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, with Alderman Murphy Of Brook
Ign, George p. Butler president of the
Eastern District, and others, saw the parade
from stand erected in front OF the Han
over Club at Bedford avenue and Rodney
street.
The twenty divisions of the Eastern Dis
trict, after every one had had its own little
parade converged on Bedford avenue
to march before the Mayor. The big parade
started at Il quarter past O'Clock. A few
minutes before that Mayor Mcclellan ar
rived al the stand. his carriage passing
through 10 900 people masSed along Bedford
avenue.
When the Mayor took his place in the
reviewing stand George n. Valentine,
chairman Of the anniversary committee
presented to him gold badge of the
Brooklyn Sabbath School Association and
informed him that he had been made an
honorary member Of the association. The
Mayor made brief speech of thanks.
Il am sure; said he, that no Mayor
Anniversary day a holiday. | wish to
assure you that appreciate fully the good
work done by the association and that was
only too happy to be of service to the cause.
A band at Division avenue struck up
My Old Kentucky Home" and the irst
division. came swinging by the stand,
headed by platoon of police, under Capt
Houlihan The grand marshal, George p.
Butler, marched at the head OF the ex-presi-
dents Of the association. Henry M. Hall,
Thomas N. Stewart, William NJ Cartwright.
George W; Logan, Thomas c. STOKES,
Orlando B. Lewis, George Scott, G. l.
Totten, s. H. Macdowell and George r.
Valentine. Then came the banners and the
little people boys and girls stepping along
~ IL the fate of the parade depended on
their putting their feet down In a certain
spot, boys and girs in their Sunday best
boys and girls so excited by the music and
the crowd and the Mayor and everything
that they were betwiXt a whoop and q
stampede. boys and girls twisting their
necks and straining their eyes to see the
dignitaries on the stand; boys and girls
shepherded with extreme care by proud
and happy teachers almost as excited as
themselves
While the first division was going by,
Commissioner and Mrs. McAdoo arrived In
a clustering automobile. preceded BY
McAdoo chasseur. The glittering creature
on his great hor.e scattered the marching
mir ho