The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19
MUSIC LOVERS OF The PARK
FRANKO'S ORCHESTRA APPEALS
TO FOLKS OF EVERY SORT.

70 Regret at the Passing OF tile Militar!
Band-uttle sympathy for Rastinlt
and Tcnderloln AIrs-Le~ier's Plan
for Better Concerts In the Future
First a young negro. the principal article
NJ whose costume is a bright blue waistooat,
db,ble breasted and wide collared. A
blue baud'about his hat matches it in tint,
and his tie is equally cerulean. His shoes
arc pipeclayed. and he sports an enormous
boutonniere. He carries. too, a swagger
stick. which he swings as he walks.
Following him are five young girls in
~spotless gowns OF dainty lingerie Of the
newest Empire style clearing the ground
and showing white kid. high heeled slippers.
There are no hats on their maroelled hair,
and the ribbon bows are Of prismatio oolors,
from orange to scarlet.
A Young Italian is close on their heels.
He is carrying a sleeping child, and another
drags on his free hand. By his aide La q young
woman, whose attention is shared between
Two more. the older dragging an empty
baby carriage containing a battered bear.
They are both humming a familiar Neapoli-
tan boat song.
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Their skirts are stifly starched and they
walk with exaggerated care. &C as to give
them ample swing. Their hats are flower
gardens. where roses. lilies and grasse 8
sway in the gentle breeze.
A handsome girl with an orange colored
~parasol opened over a mass Of Titan hair.
She glances coquettishly over her shoulder
at a laggard and meantime steps on a super
auous baby. who picks himself up non
chalantly and continues sucking his stick
Of candy.
An old man full Of years and wisdom,
who walks with his eyes downcast. oblivious
to his surroundings.
A man on the sunny side Of middle age.
well groomed. leading a bull pup.
This is the van Of a mighty procession
seen one Sunday afternoon Of late. 1t is
moving slowly through the Mall at Central
Park toward the upper end, where In the
pagoda shaped pavilion a little later the
symphony orchestra will. under the leader
ship Of Nahan Frankie, play from 4 to @.
1t is a mighty procession of all NATIONAL
tiles, ages. sorts and conditions. On this
particular day it numbers somewhere
near twenty thousand, and this number,
according 10 ule dutlOTitleS OF Jn6 park,
has often been exceeded, rarely falling
below ten thousand. 1t comes from the
East Side and from the neighborhood about
Central Park itself, from The Bronx and
Harlem Heights, from any and every part
OF the city.
Although the music does not begin until
4. by ? O'Clock the seats in the immediate |
neighborhood Of the band stand are COM
fortably filled. Many Of these early corners
have, through many trials and mistakes, |
learned the very best positions where the |
blare OF brass and the allurement Of strings
may be equally well enjoyed. One old
German who explains that the band stand
was one Of Boss Tweed's extravagances
and cost in its day $37 900 also adds that
he has not lost a concert for ten years and
has always had the same seat. But 1
come early to get it." he chuckles.
Many Of the auditors Of this early class |
know the musicians by name and point |
out one after another OF the fifty members, |
twenty Of whom are regular members