New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-22
PICTURES OF MARTHA AND GEORGE
Daughters Of the Revolution Present Them to
Tompkins Square School-Pretty Exercises.

The assembly room of the Tompkins Square
/ Industrial School, conducted by the Children's
Aid Society, looked yesterday afternoon IL the
| children had been trying to use up all the red
white and blue in the country Not content
with decorating the room with the national
colors and crossing flags at the back OF each
! seat the little folks had decorated themselves.
Each one wore a broad sash of red white and
blue paper. and some were clothed from head to
foot in stars and stripes. The guests. they
came in, were decorated. too. each one receiving
a little shield OF red. white and blue tied with
red, white and blue ribbon and bearing a por-
trait of the Father of His Country cut from a
postage stamp This was designed TO be worn
as a badge, and in addition II the visitors
l-received larger portraits Of both George and
Martha Washington, mounted on pasteboard and
separated by red, white and blue disks of paper.
The decorations also included a miniature
cherry tree with a Ratchet suspended from one
of the branches This was made by the chill
dren of the Mott Street Industrial School. and
occupied a place Of honor on the niano.
The occasion the presentation to the
school by the Colonial Chapter of the Daughters
OF the Revolution of companion portraits Of
George and Martha Washington. The presenta-
ton was made by the regent, Mrs William H
Hotchkin. and afterward the school sang Great
Washington Owing to the bad weather only
two other members of the chapter were present
Mrs Robert Nook, who told how the ancestor
from whom she derives her right to mem berShtp
in the Daughters of the Revolution shed the first
blood OF the the Battle of Lexington,
and Miss Jessie Stanley Nook who sang
couple of patriotic songs for the children.
Moore Dupuy superintendent of the Childrens
Aid Society schools, and F. DelanO Weeks, one
of the officers, were present, and Mr.. Weeks told
how HIS great great greatest grandmother snug
gled her husband out of the house to which the
British had set fire. Having obtained permission
TO carry out her aged mother. she secreted her
husband on whose head a price had been set,
between the feather beds
The ceremonies closed with a national medley,
sung to pantomime in costume a the chill
dren sang Columbia, Gem of the Ocean," Co
lumbia (Ottilia Loretta) appeared, radiant In
stars and stripes, and climbed on a chair where
every one could see her Hail Columbia"
brought forth another Columbia (Clara Ehrlen-
baum), who climbed another chair. Three lit
tie boys (Isador Levy. Joe Borden and Frank
Schubert danced in with flute. drum and gun,
respectively, TO the tune of Yankee Doodle"
They wore cooked hats and were got up in mi-
tation of old picture. AS the tune changed TO
The Suwanee River an old negress (Annia
MezZala) appeared. and MY Country 'Tis of
Thee" brought Uncle Sam (Conrade Rappe). Ella
Rose. in much starred gown, represented
The Star Spangied Banner" and Pauline
Freund, in old fashioned rdinent, was the spirit
OF Home, Sweet Home"
Miss Emma Sinn principal OF the school, pre-
sided. and Mrs Eleanor BOwdoin was at the
piano.
The children of the Mott Street Industrial
Aid Society had their Washington's Birthday
celebration in the morning, the ceremonies in
Guiding the presentation of a flag from Mrs D.
Willis James. The principal Miss Elizabeth
Dryer, made the presentation behalf of Mrs.
James.