Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-02
Five Hundred Thousand
School Children Make Mer
ry in Greater New York
Centers.
ENDS WITH DANCE
AND CARNIVAL.
Memorial Arch Erected By
Daughters of Revol-
ution Dedicated.

New York. Oct. 2.-Five hundred
thousand school children, distributed
throughout the hfty-six centers of
Greater New York, participated in
Vie Hudson-Fuiton celebration to-
day.
This is the Children's Day Prac-
tically all the available public parks
and ground In Manhattan, Brook
lyn, Staten Island and other parts
OF Greater New York will be centres
of children's pageants and festivals.
consisting OF nj torical plays, folk
darkej and various other forms of in
structive amusements in costume to
the accompaniment OF appropriate
mu.ic. The children will appear in
tableauX representing episodes OF his
tor4c interest typical of each pageant
district and of the history and spirit
OF New York; congress of nations
representing people now forming the
population, typified by national dan
ce5 and pageants; the carnival end
Fulton dance, salute to the flag and
singing of the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner."
The Carnival Parade. with the CO.
operation OF the German. Austrian
and Swi S societies Of the City of
New York, will be given in Manhat-
tan Borough this evening, and Brook
lyn Borough on Saturday evening,
October 8.
On Staten Island there will be a
pageant including twenty-five OF the
floats which took part in the Man
haitian Historical parade and above
five thousand persons.
The Amateur Rowing and Canoe
Races, at ROnkers, beginning at
p. m. Rowing races to be in such
order as prescribed by the committee
and to be rowed under the rules of
the National Association of Amateur
,Oarsmen distance, one and one
-'quarter miles Gtraightway) /. In
termediate single she'll 2. Senior
single shell 3. Junior double gig.
4. intermediate four-oared gig. >.
Senior quadruple sculls. 6. Senior
four-oared barge. 7. Senior eight
cared she'll Z. INTEGRITY octuple
SOULS. In connection with these will
be given distance, one-half mile
straightway): 1. Tandem sfngle blade
2. Tandem double blade 3. Club
FOurs, single blade. To be contest
ed under the rules Of the American
Canoeing Association.
There we're formal exercises at
Tire Stony Point Battlefield State
Reservation, at 1915 m, with
the cooperation OF the American
Scenic and Historic Preservation So
ciety. official custodian, participat-
ell in by the Governor, prominent
citizens, and military and civic or
ganizations
"A feature Of the ceremone5 was
the dedication Of the Memorial Arch
erected by the Daughters Of the Rev
olution
This morning at Newburgh. fare
well wac said TO Tho feet, a portion
returning to New York and az many
as practicable acc~ mpanied the Half
Moon and Clermont. proceeding to
PoUghkaepsie
At Tougakeepyic reception Of
the feet escortlng the Half Moon
and Clcrmort regatta and aquatic
sports ilIum.nations and freworks
VIII be features of the day
The Carnival Parade viii be a
searuivll' 1a the derivaDve, not
the primary. sense OF the term. This
parade however, is something more
tdan a jollf,5tlon and a merry
making I. IS designed TO recall The
postry OF myth. legend. al1eRory and.
in n few casc% OF historic fact,
which while foreign I'm local orig
in, has inspired 50 much Of the beau
tifm imagery of tHc poetry. SONG
and drama Of all civilized nations.