New-York tribune., 1910-09-03
FOLEY GREETS THOUSANDS.
Downtown Tammany the Guest
of Leader at Annual Picnic.
SOME UPTOWNERS GET IN
Ice Cream Potent in Attracting
Youngsters-Politician Ap-
near When Little Braves Go.

Tom" Foley, Of the I'd. patron OF the
Downtown Tamn.any Club. treated ms ao-
herents yesterday 10 the annual picnic ana
pow-wow of the children. women ana
braves at Sulzer's Harlem River PARK
They started at O'Clock in the afternoon
when the ex-Sheriff and his aids eegan 10
marshal three thousand children, Win 'neir
mothers and elder sisters, into Sightseeing
automobiles ard streetcars, bound from
Chatham Square to the 126th street alnuse-
nnent grounds, and they called Il oay
only when the last Of the braves reluiheu
TO the % Assembly District in the wee sliid
hours this morning.
The women and children, having the peh-
eft Of an early start at the entertainment
,.ft IN. mark early last night, but the reg
ulars. the members of the club, who were
o,,v eating started on their end OF the
celebration when the children were getting
swsv made night of il. Third avenue
from Chatham Square 10 126th street be-
lar-ed to the kids Of Foeys district
from 2 o'clock. when the first consignment
Of them started north IN a rubberneck
wagon. until O'Clock. wnen the last or the
special cars on the Third avenue line car
.:ed the struggling fifty to the park
They jebbered in a dozen ol1erent
tongues st the conductors, at the truck
men drivers, chauffeurs and pedestrians on
The Hsy and st each other. Their appear
ence alone was enough TO excite curiosity,
If not comment. Every one Of them was
In his Sunday best, and the national ideas
Of what constituted the correct picnic cos
tune were sufficiently varied to give the
IMPRESSION Of fancy dress ball.
Picturesoue and Lively.
The Chinese children from Mott street
carried off sill honors In this matter Of
clothes, and their eaudy silks in flowing
pa3ama effects were the target Of all the
eovious sIur. the delegations OF Irish kids,
Italian dds. Greek kids and several other
kinds OF kids could think Of
At the park some slight delay In opening
The gates provoked hstic and other KINDS
Of encounters between the boys Of different
races but the ordinary rough-and-tumole
of the Irish kids easily won the day over
lie ssvate of the French kids, the jiu iitsu
Of couple Of stray Japanese and the CEN
tre rushing tactics of q squad OF negro
BOYS. These little affairs were quickly for
gotten, however. and once inside the
grounds the boys of every race represented
IN Tom Foley's cosmopolitan district
ioined in a concerted rush on the ice cream
stand.
The ice cream was free, as was every
thing else in the park, but each boy felt
that it was his particular duty to be served
first to the refreshments, and a grand
scramble ensued Scores of the future
Tarmany braves IF Percy Nagle's district,
adjoining the park. were on hand by this
time and the way they imposed on Tom
F1oley-s good nature was shame Tickets
for fh
the Harlem kids found themselves in
trouble when they demanded their share
Of the eats and as the tickets had been
handed out in Chatham Square they were
s1umped for a moment
Then A bright voungster-a future Tam
many leader this one-spied out the ex-
Sheriff and glibly explained how he and
his companions hal come up alone on the
Third avenue L. paid their own fares
and thereby missed the distributions of the
tickets for the ice cream. and Mr. Foley,
as the kids gleefully explained il later,
fell Cor il"
1t Was FoIeys Busy Day.
re sent Congressman Dan Riordan
with them. though Riordan expressed some
doubt as TO their story, but under Foley's
orders he directed Mike Murphy, in
chalee Of the ice cream stand, 10 give them
each . regular portion.
The mothers and the little girls, mean
while. were making use of swings, merry
So-rounds and what other amIsements the
mark afforded. white Foley's Heutenants,
Paddy" Whalen. Assemblyman ''Al''
Smith. Peter Hughes. Joe Humphreys
and John J. Gilchrist. carried around to
5hon1 their portions OF the refreshments.
Nj Foley was right on the ground every
minute. walking around among the young
sters with a beaming smile, talking with
Their elders and shaking hands or patting
the heads Of at least thousand Of the
three thousand kids on the grounds during
the afternoon
Along about dark the youngsters began
TO leave the park. and the young men and
women OF Foley's district took their places.
For these, as for the children, everything
in the Park was free and open, and, in ad-
dition the dance hall OF the casino was
thrown open
Prominent Tannnany Men Gather.
The night festivities attracted the largest
crowd that has attended Tammany out
ing in wears II being estimated that more
than twenty thousand persons were pres
ent Big Tim" Sullivan invaded the park
shortly after dusk at the head of a pro-
cesslon OF sUtoAiooies containing oeiesa-
lions from the Bowery. The arrival OF the
man who preferred his old stand in the
state Legislature TO seat in Congress was
the signal for cheers.
Other evening visitors included a large
delegation from The Bronx, in charge Of
Arthur Murphy and Eugene Mcclure. They
had also chartered automobiles for the oc-
casion, and We're cordially received. The
bench was represented by Justices Zeller,
Dineen, Hoyt and Snitkin and Magistrates
Corrigan, Kernochan, Herman, Krotel and
Frescii.
Other prominent Tammany men who
rived ar the park in the evening were Dis
trict Leaders Nagle, Curry and Ahearn,
Alderman White Senator Robert Wagner.
Senator Fitzgerald and Commissioner
Wright OF the Department of Correction.
Clement J. Driscon Commissioner Of the
Bureau OF Weights and Measures, was also
present.