The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-21
GEE, BUT IT
WAS GREAT" THE
KIDS ARE SAYING
And Those Too Young to Elk.
press Themselves Show the
Good Outing Did Them.
EVENING STAR FUND'HAS
PUT NEW LIFE in MANY
You Should Have Seen the
Happy, Thankful Mothers and
Children at COney Island.

Sunshine and cool breezes, with good
management, made the second of THE
EVENING STARS poor children's ex-
cursions to Coney Island yesterday a
great success. More than 700 babies
in arms, toddling tots and romping
boys and girls, were carried on the
steamboat Majestic, with hundreds Of
mothers and a few venerable grand
mas.
Just be.'Ope the boat started the
scene on the second deck, viewed from
Commercial wharf. was good TO look
upon. Hundreds of eager, expectant
ste cd along the rail in front
of their moth,rs, who held babies up
high so they WOULD see, though they
might not comp rehend. what was going
on. Several bus tHss men came to the
whar and looked at the animated pic
ture on the boat
well, this is certainly great" one
of the group remarked. land I'm glad
l contributed my mite to the outing
fund. If other contributors would come
here for a few minutes they would add
to their subscriptions, for this is a
real, substantial, beneficial charity"
You're right, Jirn,' said another of
the party. land l Will now send my
mite to the fund. l guess very few
of the women and children on that
BOAT evcT had a days outing at the
seasnore. THE EVENING STAR is
doing good work"
While the boat was gliding through
Newark Bay and the Kill Won Kull men
from Waiter s. Union NO. 109 and Bar
tenders UniNn No. 131 carried glasses
of milk on big trays to the babies old
enough to DRINK from a glass, to the
boys and girls and the mothers and
gran'mas. Frankfurter sandwiches
were served in the same way.
City Hospital Nurses Aboard.
Miss Lillian Dtmnelly and Miss Jessie
Smith, trained Irrses from the City
Hospital, and Dr. George ~Blackburne,
of the same Institution, were on board
to care for children if any We're taken
ill or if an accident happened. o
ofSthe babies needed medical attention,
however, on the outing, nor special
treatment by the nurses. The latter,
aided by EVENING STAR men, saw
that the ailing babies who were fed
from the bottle had their bottles kept
filled with cool milk, and that sickly
and worn mothers had plenty of milk
and frankfurter sandwiches.
This is a great treat for o women
n Children said former Freebooter
Reinhard. when he saw the liberal sup
ply of milk and franlkfurters. "and I
shall tell all of my friends about 1t.
Manager Hagen's heart Is in the work
and he is doing fine"
Miss Rose Marx. president of the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum Association,
was on board with a party OF friends
on their way 10 enjoy the, Coney Island
sights. They praised the excursion
without stint. Miss Marks, who has
charge of 70 little orphans, said:
"This excursion for poor children is
fine. 1t is a great and beneficial treat
to ailing babies n to the weary poor
mothers. 1 had no idea THE EVE
MING STAR took SO many mothers
and children on a trip"
Gus Zirutte, now 76 years old, who
was a noted detective for years, said
the happiness of so many poor children
and mothers did him good. He said the
excursions were a credit to Newark
and THE EVENING STAR.
Will Blythe, of Musical Union No.
10, Sd1u lie WENT On the outlIlk III OTucT
to report to the union what good the
outings were doing. and he would re-
port they are a great blessing to poor
mothers and their children and are well
managed.
On the run from the Narrows down
to Coney Island the Majestic caught up
to the steamboat Grand Republic,
which was two miles ahead in Coney
T.Ia1J channel A. GfnonloahoSn DorL
pier the party was rapidly disem-
barked Photographer Harrison took
snapshots of the City Hospital doctor
"Newark's finest" not In full uniform.
who were volunteers.
Every Precnution Against Accident.
1t was in the park that the children
had the time of their lives. Scores OF
mothers let the babies sprawl on the
cool sand under the pier and the lunch
pavilion, m undressed the children,
except a shirt, and let them go to the
beach n paddle in the water as II
flowed In from the breakers. Life
guards and EVENING STAR people
were on hand In case of accident and
to keep the larger boys and girls from
going too far in the water.
In the big amusement building THE
EVENING STARS party had heaps OF
fun. Boys and girls slid into the soup
bowl" the smooth sides of which kept
them from climbing out. The tumbles
by the children in a heap at the bot
tom of the BOWL kept the mothers
\laughing. The children enjoyed walk
ing over the Arctic float. looking al
the people rolling down the human
Niagara over ca-rpet-covered rollers
like the "bump-the-bumps," and the
many other attractions.
On the trip back to the city babies
slept in their carriages and on camp
stools, and the little ones took a naI
on the floor or on the benches in the
cabin. But the bigger boys and girls
kept awake, and everybody else also,
though all of them were on their good
behavior.
1t was tbs o'clock when the Majestic
emptied her cargo of tired but happy
mothers and children at Commercial,
wharf.