New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03

ing OF the flag TO the salute of the I'd Bat
terry. n. C. n. Y. will be the feature
OF the exercises. which Will be participated
in by several hundred school children Of
that vicinity.
Tammany Halls annual Independence
Day celebration will be started at 10 O'Clock
in the morning. Champ Clark. the leader
OF the minority in the House of Repre-
sentatives and United States Senator
Charles J. Hughes. of Colorado. will de-
liver the main orations- They will be fol-
lowed by Representatives Adam NJ. Byrd.
OF Mississippi, and Edward W. Saunders,
of Virginia, and members of the New
York Democratic Congressional delegation.
Senator Grady viii also speak
At o'clock in Bryant Park the Parks
and Fairgrounds Association Will give an
exhibition. in which some two hundred chill
dren from various recreation centres viii
participate in folk dances and mild athletic
contests
The knights Of Columbus will conduct
big display in Prospect Park. Brooklyn, in
the morning and the New York Letter
Carriers Association wifi hold its twenty
fifth annual picnic at Schttzen Park, Union
Hill, n. J.. at the same time.
Another early-in-the-morning celebration
viii be the flag raisin~ and reading of the
Declaration of Independence at the historic
Block House in Central Park, near 10th
street This is schedui I'd for 6 o'clock, and
viii be followed by / re extensive exer-
cises at 3 o'clock IN the afternoon at the
same place
City Hall Preparations.
Artists, carpenters. decorators and gar
deners are far enough along on the work
of preparing the court, the grandstands
and the adornment Of the City Hall for the
exercises there to indicate that the com
pleted work will be a thing of beauty.
II was all planned by Charles r. Lamb.
the artist, who Is chairman of the decora-
tons committee. and the work yesterday
was under the personal supervision Of
George Martin Huss. The grandstands,
boxes and platforms are being fashioned in
the most elaborate way and from an ar
tistic point of view. The effect has been
designed TO give setting TO the City Hall,
" hich artists consider one of the finest
pieces Of architecture in this country
The Mayors stand is to be at the east
side Of the City Hall steps. Over il, on tall
poles, Will be a canopy OF red. white and
blue canvas in Venetian style TWO other
canopies Will be set up at regular intervals
over the boxes that run across the City
Hall steps.
A privet hedge Will extend along in front
OF the boxes and flowers will be set in
troughs at the upper edges of the boxes.
On the impedimenta of the balustrade on
top Of the portico Will be set small bay
trees. and rows OF cedars will decorate the
top Of the building. Long chains Of green
leaves and fr will be draped down from
the roof all around. Stands Of American
flags win be placed between each set Of
windows.
The Day in the Suburbs.
The suburban belt around New York
speaking generally viii have the same KIND
Of e near-noiseless. safe and sane" cele-
bration that is scheduled for Father hnick-
erbocker.
Newark and other big towns near by have
prohibited the retail sale OF fireworks
though in some Of the suburbs the police
have still TO settle the question whether
fireworks bought outside their town boun-
daries may be set off within the same.
In Montclair, y. J., where Mayor henry
y. Crawford. himself an advocate OF
safe and sane Fourth. let it be known
that permits could be obtained from his
ONCE -CT me eApIOS4OI1 OF III CIV u Nd O.
vate celebrations, the Mayor suddenly dis
appeared from public view yesterday, just
when the anxious subUrbanites were start
ing for his Office to get their permits He
has left the question IN the hands OF the
police, who are bound TO stop any fireworks
display which has not received the Mayors
permit AS Mayor Crawford left MontcIair
4a-- his summer vacation in Canada without
issuing any such permits, the Jerseyites are
looking for an exciting time tomorrow
The Independence Day Committee in New
York announced last night that the total
Of individual contributions appropriated
$1,000 Among those received yesterday
were contributions Of 500 each from Henry
v. Taft. Isidor Straus, John F ORourke,
r. Fulton Cutting, Mrs. Daniel Lamont
and Mrs. E Il. Hartman
Andrew Carnegie cabled a contribution OF
500 and Mrs. Russell Sage sent 800 addt-
tional