New-York tribune., 1910-07-25
RECALL VANISHED GLORY
10000 Poles Hold Celebration
of GrunWoId's Anniversary.
BISHOP CHANTS FIELD MASS
Patriotic Fervor Overcomes the
Heat, Dust-and Thirst-and
Day Ends Merrily.

Thirty thousand patriotic and persplr-
| ing Poles, trying TO sing in time ana tune
with thirty brass bands while the ther-
mometer 1uttered above 100, kept hundreds
of keg tappers busy at Grant City, staten
Island, yesterday.
The crowds were celebrating the five
hundred.h n anniversary of the battle OF
Grunwald.
| There was no creased pole, but from pea
nuts to pile driving the opportunities 1or
amusement were abundantly supplied. The
first crowds began to arrive at Midland
Park as early as a. m, and the last TO
leave the grounds did so by the light OF
the moon.
| It was long day of surprising heat
dust and thirst Small mountains Of beer
kegs aIleviated otherwise dropping spirits
These were charged by the patriots with
results that In another cause might oe
recounted in song and story another five
| centuries hence. But even So there was
no unpleasant incident. The thirty thou
sand including babes and policemen, rallied
| around the keg all day. The capitulaton
Of one mountain after another of quarter
barrels of beer was fraught with serious
possibilities at l o'clock.
| The beer then was as thing that had
never been The sweltering mass in re-
splendent uniforms, as we'll as the women
and children. demanded drink.
This information raced along the wire
to the different breweries in Richmond
Down the half baked pixies fresh loads of
beer, this time in full sized barrels, were
rushed to the rescue. They came rapidly.
but not soon enough.
Demand Exceeds Supplies.
The supplies were not unloaded at the
park, for the drivers were no match for
the pickets that the Poles had posted
The drivers were stopped on the road as
they approached the park and the revtvi-
flying contents of their wagons were
thereupon bought by various parties, who
perspired patriotism some more and were
still unsatished.
! Promptly al u o'clock the Official cele-
bration began with solemn field mass
Twenty thousand Poles from Manhattan,
Brooklyn, Elizabeth, Newark, Jersey City
and Staten Island bowed with bare heads
before the open-air altar before which
stood Bishop Paul Rhode, of Chicago, the
only Polish Bishop in America.
There were also present Archbishop Far
lev and Monsignor Michael J. Lavelle. The
Rev. Father Strzelecki. Of st. Stanislaus's
Church, was master of ceremonies. About
forty other priests and clergyn7en assisted
in the field mass.
These guests along with Congressman
William Sulzer, Mrs. Sulzer and Borough
President Cromwell, were later guests at
luncheon at the Midland Hotel.
During this luncheon of their honored
guests the less conspicuous Poles consumed
fifteen hundred barrels OF beer, five thou
sand boxes of mineral water and forty
thousand sandwiches
Some Of the leaders OF different organi-
cations became alarmed about the effects
| or the sun soon after ! o'clock, and gath
cred their members into the infrequent and
: hating trains cf the Staten Island Rapid
Transit. believing they should be hurried
: toward home This pleased the operators
. OF those trains.
. | II gave them q chance 70 promise innrne-
diate departure, and TO watch the results
when there was no change in the scenery
for an hour.
The Military Drill
There was a military drill ar 8 o'clock
> by various societies. In the torrid heat
' the tightly buttoned uniforms hurt the eyes,
but it was noted that no man who wore a
5 uniform took off his coat when the drill was
I finished He didn't even unhutton it, bur
E remained handsome to the last
There were some athletic games. and
/ then al ! o'clock the throngs were invited
y to walk across the parched fields to the
5 gra adstand and listen to ready made ora
, tory in the shade cast by the flags of Po-
land and America.
Chairman Reyzacher of the general com
rlittee in charge Of the celebration de-
t Iivered an historical address in his mother
= tongue.
I He then introduced Congressman sulzer
[ rola ell yocl.
1 L S A, of Washington; President Crom-
we'll and Messrs. Bialecki Kulakowski and
! Zajaczizowski.
4 High Praise from Suzer.
: Congressman Sulzer said:
The story OF the Polish race is one OF
the saddest in all history, and the Poles IN
{ every land and in every cline have demon
strated their ability and their patriotism
. Many have written their names high in the
D temple of fame, In science and in art, ir
e literature and in philosophy, in statesman
ship and in diplomacy, in law and in medi-
cine in trade and commerce, in war and
peace, the Poles for centuries have stood
, in the very vanguard of progress and
~ civilization
'Wronged by oppression and persecuted
by superior powers, they h9< been ever
true TO their ideals and TO lneir love OF
liberty. An honor and glory TO the
= patriotic Poles
h Resolutions were enthusiastically adopted
h reiterating the protest of the Poles OF
y America against the partition Of Poland.
e They declare that such situation is re-
garded by them an act of violence and
V wrong without parallel in the history oi
l. mankind The restoration 10 Poland o1
; political existence is stated TO be "a vita
e question Of the peace and political equilib-
V rum in all Europe"
# The Grunwald celebration commemorate:
n the victory of the combined Polish anc
. | Lithuanian forces over the powerful leu
! tonic Order on July Is, 1410
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t. SAILED CATBOAT TO BOSTON