New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-31
~THE" MMANUS'S PARTY
Fifteen Thousand Children Guests
Of a Tammany Leader.

The McManus. otherwise Thomas J. McManus,
Senator from the 18th District had his usual luck
tn weather for his annual May party yesterday.
For twelve years now the leader as his constitu-
ents call him. has been giving this treat 10 the
children, and only one occasion did the skies
60 back on him. That year il rained and they had
10 gather the children into a hall.
No hall would have held the boys and girls who
turned out Yesterday. Fifteen thousand had ap-
piled for badges and 10 judge by the look Of the
parade every was there The parade was
scheduled TO start from No 452 West 18th street
where The McManus lives at $50 o'clock. and
San Juan Hill" the watch for it. From
I'D street TO 69th street from Central Park to the
North River. that portion of the population which
was not he AIDED for No 452 West 18th street was
hanging out OF its windows watching for glimpse
Of the chariot that held the king and queen.
Meantime the sisters and the cousins and the
aInts of their majesties were standing on their
heads with tie excitement Of preparation. And not
only the reiatives-the whole neighborhood helped
a McAianus May party means some work. why"
Fad one Of the seventeen women or less
who assisting at the queens toilet, some of
these people began TO get ready for this party nine
or ten months ago. The women make all the crepe
paper banners that the children carry and put the
unsel on the words and standards, and there's the
pink pole to cover with flowers and the chariot for
the king and queen has to be trimmed We made
all the gold and white crepe paper butterflies that
the chariots covered with Was It a committee OF
women? Oh my. no! Just women. you know
friends Of the the leader AS many twelve Of
them never went TO bed last night They were
helping Mrs McMenus, the leaders mother, cut
Sandwiches. 1 can tell you It's some work just TO
open the cardboard boxes that come. hundreds and
hundreds Of them. to put the lunches in
THEIR ROYAL ROBES
Then there were the king and queen to dress.
John Francis Goodwin. who lives at No. 453 West
9Th street, the king John IS only twelve but
he took his honors calmly. When The Tribune re-
porter called on him he struggling with the
buttons Of his stiff starched blouse. but he smiled
soove It bravely. He looked a trihe shy when his
mother brought out the tinsel crown.
I guess II won't bother much" he said try
ing to be ohhand- I'm going TO play ball in the
Dark III take my crown Of then. Oh, can't
nee nave those of to-day? he begged. his mother
You'll see the queen better with them" his
John would not admit that he was proud of being
roF = kIhg IN Few boys tried for II and
vas 6ro' Was 8, a! ne would say The only thing he
Ss s ssteI mad to walk when she was queen two
But while the king was dressing there was a
Sat huIfylnS to and fro IN the home Of the queen
iourteen-year-old Eettle Bennett who lives in the
tb. -, worse than get-ng married. said OF
vas 6sf 50 excs,s1 7e II e, nar qGat OesSe
So eUt Al Aettie vas sxe5t@t she did not show #.
enc ns 5000, grave and s8IsnI. With her hair in long
S S papers bobbEg her shoulders. to be taken
sirne,s q te iast Ihn -, vale her aunt tied her
o ons hegabor drew her gioves another shook
80 ~ queen might be proud 10 wear II was made
VI SIR hatiste and rows upon rows OF dainty lace
r,sd re are egaty-seyan pieces of lace in it,
49, MSS Anna Conner, Heighbor, who with Mrs.
ssaaInYo.' another nclghbor made the queens dress
az AZ GIG we get the design? Why. we went to
tng e Best shops and studied fhe models pretend
~, We wanted to copy looked Il all over and
di6n.. ZIG me clerk II wasn't the right size. she
VIII seem 10 mind"
CONSTITUENTS OF THE"
mi, mhle by slow stages the queens robing pro-
ro. The Queens attendants were arriving
49, were eight little butterflies 10 surround the
80 e.ariot-t.ny boys ana girls with crepe paper
,be.r ~, y simulate butterflies. II and butterflies
ana sHppefs and their heads Wee Annie Cameron
lr,,a1 .l'1uF Davis aged three led the galaxy of
s1n,eass. There were flower girls, little and big.
ard "a d hundred Of them. They filed the parior
dresser ,iSearo0Tn, where the Queen being
out Al fba ny wound down the stairs and spilled
crown ne back door. every one II them had
flowers u sHAax and carried 4 gorgeous basket OF
Eari1 'i ~ outside the excitement was growing
street bo, - morning the loice had shut Of f9th
tFahsc m, III III NlItn end Tenth avenues from
81 soiIa,D III ~ me McAanuss constituents blocked
mos, sy. Jaey were constituents of tender wears
ge oI tllezn and they divided Their affentiSn ba
sters snd The AIcAanus who stood on the
added ~ 4ts.hg operations Any number OF bands
Saest furniture vans drew up, were loaded Win i
were I5i.eleoi2z. etc, and drove away There
erti.tSSi whom wore 2 tag IaheIied .sre.lx t6af
3oyousy TN J'lc, 70 an they could drink haooed
processions %iio were his six brctsers got the long
resrche1N 81 children started. Two by two tbev
procesrion Soiae one shouted THAI the head Of tho
not Vel" E 20 I'VE blocks away. and the end vas
ciesred III az last the street was partially
10 claim re 5lng JOHN arrived in the royal chariot
her wsifsd for hir on The stairs inside. He gave
that ser,is,~s &c tsen. having learned aways
en taKe OFF their hats TO ladies' he