New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-08
ORPHANS ON AUTO I'm.
More Than Three Thousand q.
Coney Islands Wonders
SEVENTH ANNUAL OUTING
Dealers on Automobile Hovr
Forgot Business and Helped
Entertain the Children

In the words os the famous ,ou.
newspaper. "a pleasant time was had !.
all the orphans who went 10 CooAv ~
and Yesterday in automobiles. in .n,,.
TIE drizzIe and. later. the driving rain o..
began shortly after noon.
The Orphans Day Automobile ..,,.-
ton had been working for weeks an !,
details Of the seventh annual ou,in,
the little tots, who don't have n,uch
save OF the institutional kind. They ,,,.,
all sorts OF appeals for cars. trucks >,
money. and the response was as sen.,.'
and hearty az IL always has been u
the one day in the year when NOBODY 4.
poets to sell car on New Yorks Ar.
mobile Row
II looked on Tuesday nirht as II n. m.
ing would have 10 be postponed. but -.
weather man held back the rain lon4 enoy,.
to start the children of. and the rain :,
the afternoon could hardly dull their piA,,
IRE at Luna Park. Some OF the youn,.,.
however, were loft behind ~ the s,r,..
ton Of their mentors, and The wannz W.,
sad, indeed. The celebration this year a,
a record breaker. Applications had h4.,
made for 1870 seats. but about eigh, bu,.
dred Of them were not wanted
The procession OF cars included aimee
everything on wheels in the self-propsys
line, and some OF rare old vintages We.
represented. More than one hundred ara
twenty owners contributed their tour,,
cars and drove them themselves or s.,,
their chauffeurs. Forty great trucks ,srs
and five tons capacity each. carried abo,
one thousand orphans. Then there vs,
10 taxis. and the boys and girls Wa
jammed into these felt greatly honored. ~
some reason that could not he obtairS
from them. Also, there were eshts,
sightseeing buses.
The Chidren's Aid Society sent zoo L.
rlications, the Hebrew shelterlng Guarda
Society sent 80, 10 came from the Charm
Organization Society. - from two DIS
kitchens, rs from tho Five Points Miss.o-
So from Leake & Watts's home. IS froa
the Home for Mentally Defective Chlldre.
80 from the Presentation Day Nursery aN
g from the German Odd Fellows Home.
'D4tllfl ~ - dAh'fs VIII 0El-lfl rfr.l
Orphans Day several years ago, was chg
marshal and he was assisted by host &.
automobile celebrities, who had the time Z
their lives crowding the children IN az!
finding places for their attendants
The start was made on the DOT 0.
o'clock. Two divisions composed tie "a.
rade One, made mp Of touring cars az.
buses. formed on Broadway between Il
and 18th streets. Tie other division va
made up of trucks and formed about Il.
Wa shington Arch. Both divisions .olns.
and went TO Brooklyn over the Will!ans
burg Bridge.
At Coney Island the entire company va
the guest of Fred Thompson. OF Ln
Park. who offered his resort free for 4. /
children when Dreamland was burned II |
plans originally contemplated going =
Dreamland. Everything in Luna Park u
free, the heller SHELTER. the cake walr;
sdewalk-in fact, everything dear to I:
hearts Of the small; indeed some Of 4.
grovn-up youngsters helped along the ,E
The luncheon-the real thing with me-
OF the kidGIes-Was provided by Benisn ,
81 sicoe, president OF the United Stats
Motor Company. II was served in a y
tent a. soon as the cayalcade arrive
which was mighty thoughtful OF whosy
had the ma ter in charge.
At 4.3O o'clock the long parade slars
hack 10 town. There was tho usual nsS
Der of petty accidents. Custom Williams
lost a button from his blouse and 3
NcXtdoorovitch was robbed of her prec'u
flag, which she. had cherished all the At
down. one or two of the children, gnsr
customod to the motion Of the swaps =
car, were sick-yery sick. But. after al
pleasant time was had by all