New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-09
CHILDREN'S CARNIV4L.
Hundreds of Boys and Girls Com
pete for Prizes at HGppyIGnd.

15anpyIand the resort at sou.h Beach. Staten
Island justified its name yesterday afternoon, 1t
the annual children's carnival. and school
children came from far and near in all kinds OF
fancy costumes. Prizes We're given out by the
management for the most original costume. the
funniest costume the fattest girl and boy, and so
on and everybody was happy, except a few indig-
nant mothers whose children failed TO gain prizes
and Oscar Dane manager Of the carnival who
had the task Of smoothing down the feelings OF
these mothers The children who gained no prizes
DID not mind 1t bit, for they had box Of candy
apiece anyhow. oceans of noise and me oeHshuul
pleasure OF marching band
Maternal pride was simply lying around loose all
Che afternoon. L not necessary for the chill
s5ren TO hustle for the best places in the parade
Their mothers were hand 10 do II for them
Generally there were about ten mothers stimuli
saneously buttonholing Manager Dane, who hao
the awarding OF the prizes If lobbying would do
The business they were not going TO nave thel
offspring overlooked
Previous to the parade the children in the
fanciest costumes lined up and photographed
The announcement that this was to be zone Gaustd
a tidal wave of excitement to sweep over HAPPY
land. From every corner Of the resort pefspiflls
mothers FASTENED. propeliirg before them niue
tired wilies and yellow kids and Miss Columbus
So. ardent were the mothers. and so detantiy sure
each of them, that somebody eise's chiid Wouia
pet the most prominent place. that it required
strong language on the part Of the management TO
keep them from bursting into the picture tneIh-
selves 49,.
around the lagoon quaint sight TEDDY
H., -
was the cunningest-
lie wept when he was handed a prize and maTched
only under protest As 20 being 2hotosrapiieu' ne
declined al the top OF his voice. The other chil-
0ren vere not so shy. A small clown IN req anu
yellow enlfvened the parade ny walking most OF
fhe time on his hands. The dainty Sunfower Girl
marched contertedIy with most disrepu1a Die
Weary Willie, and dandy Of the year 1907 with
rowdere9 hair amiably escorted a girl in gunny-
sacks But the costume that brought down the
crowd was Fred Felthaus's- He made IL himself
end he was moving refutation of the assertion
that crops are backward this year Fred was a
rree.-g2rden boy. with hat OF cabbage leaves
and feathery carrots, strings Of peas ana Deans
dangling from his waist. and corn carrots ana
ofher Vegetables lavishly adjoining his jeans.
Everybody wanted o where his pushcart
was but Fred, secure in the knowledge that he
had won a prize, was impervioCs TO Jeers.
After the parade came The greet iaoinenl: . til.
giving of the prizes irene Healy, the prettlest
lurin received the prize for the prettest brunette
girl and Hilda Mcdowell the one for the pretuest
red haired girl The first prize winner in the most
neatly dressed class for girls was Ella Aarup ana
,-.rrse I2roollyn had the best historical costume
The most original girls costume was Clnda Homer
cans made of gunnysacks; the best MISS Coiulhpla
.xss Florence Silver and the fattest girl was tdha
sullivan The thnnest girl was Marie Roberts
Harold Barton and Judson Worreh We're re
spectiveiy the handso.nest brunette aN ~ hot
synong the boys; Frank Klrchener was the pest
frsynp Fred Iseashoff the handsomest redheau'
Arthur Kenney the fattest boy and Joseph Groves
the monkey the funniest. Livingston Parrnallee'
3, cadet SUIT got the prize for being the neatest;
r,ed F,ehaus for having the most original costume
and Lief Bool Arrochar, swarthy Moor for the
best historical costume
There were prizes for the three most popular
,eache-s in Staten Island The winners We're MISS
Parker. Public School "a; Miss Carroll and sister
pernadine Some OF the teachers there "ohueIeo
considerably why the prizes selected for the teach
srs were Just what they Were All three Were
alarm clocks
The excitement did not end with the giving of
che Yizes by any means. The children were treated
70 e h;ppodrome show, and the mothers whose
children priceless organized q NUMBER OF sde-
shows On their account, ana enacted Inc
Angry Parent a drama fin one act, with con-
siderable ytgor ali over the grounds The unan'-
NOUS verdict Of these mothers was that ehe prize
giving was n-ferce -
..A-civfng prizes TO them homely children WIN
nv Oracle before their face and eyesi Ana iook az
-, dress Amt IL ingenious? Not seam IN It, and
~. made n herself bless her heart shrilled one
80, woman In polka cot muslin without pause.
s.Jusf see the manager anu ne u iiio "N'
what one lady thinks of him.
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