New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-08
ITS ANNUAL EXHIBIT.
Interesting WOrk of City History
CIub-PrSe Winners.

The average citizen who visited the annual exhi-
billion Of the City History Club Saturday at the
constantly growing at the amount of knowledge
these small heads carried. 1t wonderfully in
teresting knowledge, too not the dryas dust learn
Ing that is usually associated with antiquarians.
The little tots of the Edith StImson Parker Chap
ter had rugged Up a May pole supposed to be a
production of ancient Bowling Green festivities,
nut the May poles of old New York had such
an assortment OF nationaliies dancing around them
as the Berkeley Lyceum one There little
Italian doll contributed by Italian child and
dressed by her mother and there Irish. Scotch
ana Norwegian figures representing students Of the
same nationality. There was even representa-
tive OF Brittany. but the teacher had TO put in the
Dutch dole, because there was Dutch girl In
the class.
The private schools have come in this year for
the first time, and one OF them sent interesting
collection Of comparative historical drawings the
Dutch house being contrasted with the Flatiron
Building. the child of old New Amsterdam with the
young New Yorker of to-day, and SO on.
Ancient and modern water supply systems
contrasted in another series of drawings nlustra-
tive also Of the attention which the City History
Club is now giving to civlcs The old tea house
pump and bit OF the wooden water pipe used by
the Aaron Burr company hung side by side with
posed Catsk aqueduct
As this is the anniversary year of the launching
pied a prominent position. Notebooks were filed
pictures OF himself and the Clermont. and pictures
adorned the walls. This latter made from
small magazine picture brought 10 the attention Of
the club by little girl Of the Anna Preston Howard
Cub. who brought ii to her teacher with the Joy
iul exclamation: I've got the wheels that made
the boat GO
The milestones which the city fathers have con-
nded 10 the care OF the children shown both
IN drawings and clay models. and the little stu
dents who were In attendance proudly explained TO
OF the clubs of that district and scrubbed reg
ularly though the policemen drove the scrubbers
on until they learned what II was all about. The
penny fees are now being reserved 10 create fund
for to proper care OF these stones.
The exhibit OF pictures which has been prepared
for the jamestown exposition shown, and also
the medals at Milan and ST. Louis
In the afternoon Mrs. Robert Able presented
prizes for the best essays subjects Of municipal
history The first prize in the senior class went 20
Augusta @. Marks. OF the Charter Club; in the
Junior class 10 Elfrieda Preiss Of the Catherine
) bbe Club. The second and third senior prizes
went 10 Rosa SpRmer, OF the Manhattan Club and
Bessie OBrien OF the Catherine Able Club The
second Junior prize went to Henry Goldstein of the
Charter Club. The excursion essay prize went 20
Minnie SpivaCk Of the Fort Clinton Club, and J.
Kramer, OF the Andrew McCown Club.
a silver cup offered by Mrs. Emil Boas for
patriotic chorus singing awarded for the first
time the Beaver Club of the People Institute.
Mrs. Virgil Humison. chairman Of the patriotic
committee of the Mary Washington Colonial Chap
ter Of the Daughters OF the American Revolution,
presented prizes on behalf Of that body 10 Esther
KIpper and Frances Stein, who came out
in patriotic recitation contest.