New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
MAYOR DISAPPOiNTS GIRLS
Fails to Appear at Washington
Irving School Reyel.


washington Irving TIlsl School Kris
learned yesterday that Mayor Gaynor mas
Tho art. 50 valuable to the official, Of writ
ing letter which may mean one thing ana
NAV mean another. To the invitation they
sent him 70 attend their midsummer day
ro,els a. Pelham Bay Park Yesterday. no
wrote the following reply:
1T is hard 10 decline the invitation Of
.ven one girl TO dine. bat when you are in
.itcd lbs 3.657 girls. 70 is altogether impos-
sible 10 decline.
Al through tho games on tho green and
tho m fresco dinner that followed the 300
sir's waited FOR Mr.. Gsyuor. and 1t WASH
until the afternoon shadows heightened
and he came not that il dawned upon them
that while he had said % was Impossible
To- decline no hadn't accepted.
II the MAYOR had accepted he certainly
would have gone home and told his dauGh-
tors that blue boomers and Il white jump
or we're the costume for slrl TO wear.
These Young athletes DOING folk dances
and gymnastics on the grass against
background Of trees and blue water made
as pretty a picture "a Pelham Bay fdrh
has seen in many day.
The girls marched to the park from Bay
chester station. where two special trains
from New York landed them, at 1880 a.
m Three mounted policemen led the pro-
cession. followed by Miss Ada Becker,
president II the Students Association,
carving the MCGOWAN flag with its green
stripes and yellow daisies.
Thomas j Higgins Park Commissioner
OF The Bronx. whose guests the girls were
pe~vaded the landscape on prancine
horse. with his baby son mounted in front
of him and his two daughters also on
horseback. prsrcing after Mr. Higgins
was announced 10 open the games. but his
horse had carried him 70 some other part
Of the field and they had 70 begin without
him.
There were onlv tvo mi-haps In the
course OF tho day. The first victim was
Ruth Lowry. Of 40 s. West 18Th street
who collapsed from too hard running. Ruth
va- carried 20 a waiting ambulance from
The rordham Hospital and surrounded ny
--,cb crowds Of pathizors that one OF
tho fow small boys IT the party was con-
surred with disgust
Huh" he shifted. "Gf she r,ius on full
~ To-
p,tr being quickly revived by Dr. "a
was having beautiful time bong petted.
,-rer her nose was put out Of Joint 10y
clara Pvcholz Of 40 l63 Norfolk street
,7ar, fell from fence and broke her
,.Lfo when it was SGT she refused 10 be
..t.ar home It'll tho party was over and
Cor tbo rast ~ tho dav sie was no heroine
m tho occasion. holding a continuous recep-
,to, ln Tie ambulance whore she sat on
throned
Miss Idz Sandman. ono ~ the teachers.
and Miss Emily O'Keefe and Miss Cath
erino I,everich ~ the Girls' Branch OF the
puhlic SCHOOLS Athletic League. mad charge
az ,hc Games. and the Boys Rand from
tbe TafG.lic Prot 'ct0ry and grown up
hand Furnished the music First there was
No sel1fe 10 tire o. :. III" lax being carried
D., Mice Tielcu Anderson. and then The
-i~is sane .''The star Spangled Banner.
T1,cn there was some pretty wand work
and iurbbeU work oy the younger classes.
o,,d trer. were. "sUaWstorm dances and
.ioli, sailor dances and many Other
lance done by representative OF i've
brar.he- of the schOo'-thc Grand street.
the 10Th street the ldth street. me -uih
street and the SD street
Tho GOTH street Cirl~ carried OF the prize
offaret for the winners in the chariot
race. i'm which there We're no rhariot-. but
- .irIs driven bv 4 sixth. The 18TH street
tirls ,rerc the NictOrs In the ribbon throw
az contests and tie SD street IN the pass
ball relay.
'rrai, aud Charles T.. Read. it, secretary.
I,irst to .ome and last % 30 was William
ucAudrev. principal OF the school