New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
FOLEY HOST TO KIDS
Future Voters Are His Guests
at Annual Melee.
$500 CHILDREN ATTEND
Orangeade, Pop Corn and Ice
Cream Are Mixed in After
Moons Merry Whirl.

For the lolfe OF ne, phwat is comin'?"
said Mrs. Murphy. as she paused from
putting an obstruction on the fire esGape
in the form OF a soap box filled with the
lateS, pair OF Murphy twins. rs s. he
day OF doom itselt?' .......,.. -. =.
Mrs Murphy peered anxlonsly down
secsnd avenue. and tIeh she dew her
head in the window OF her fiat. ...-
Mike Murphy come here AMI listen"
she shouted. See what yiz can hear II
the ears OF yiz don't break, like mine
have"
Murrhv 0rudp'nelv rulled his feet down
on the wall paper and stuck his head out
of the ind"w
Its ay eIly-vated thrain. thot's phwat
n is" ne said but Mary Murphy, did
viz ever hear gee the loike OF thot'
"Oi did not that" his spouse said.
"Gi, your carkiss out or the window and
take these twins I'm THIS minutt Mike.
II viz don, want them brung up with
no ear drums at all. OF thought ely
waited thrnfns could make noise, but
any thrsin / liver heard before sounds
like popgun hesoides l2-incher cannon
compared to that same thrain which just
wint by-and be the love OF me mother,
here comes another one plumb full Of
twenty thousand kids Mike. il is ten
orphan asyIums all TO oncet gone crazy
mad with JOY"
'Hurray!" yelled Murphy. by this time
worked up to a high state OF fatherly
enthusiasm. for he had six children Of
his own dependent upon his wife's ener-
gles "HurTay for the kids See that
sign Phwat does II say? It's a picnic"
"Aw. quit your kidding, Mike Murphy"
said his wife. and sit your foot out Of
that twins mouth. Picnic7 It's an up
roising'- that's phwat IT ls!'
IL tell yiz. It's Tom Foleys party 10
the kids. Oi can read the banners, and
that's phwat il Is." Murphy said IT'S
the biggest kid evint OF the year. ! re-
mimber now heard it was comm. and
here 1t is. Nothin' else could make as
much noise as thot same
Party Leaves a Trail.
II was as Murphy said. and from Chat
ham Square TO SulZer's Harlem River
Park, like a comet with whistles on. IN
forty carr crammed with children. rat
ties. horse hddles. bells, yels and despair
ing mothers, Tom Foley's party went
shrieking on its way. giving some 2,S0)
embryo Tammanyites their annual out
ing under the auspices OF the Downtown
Tammany Club. OF the I'd Assembly DIS
trict. Where" as Murphy said, there
are more kids than inny place ilse, not
iXciptn' no place"
The idea was TO take 900 children. 40
gallons OF ice cream. 1000 packages of
popcorn, 1900 cakes. small lake of
orangeade and river of milk. mix them
all up together and call II a picnic. All
of which was carried out, and some more
besides. When the above mixture got
well started. with Suffers redoubted park
az the mixing bowl Il was given 1900
tickets and told to get Itself as thoroughly
mixed, mingled and congestcd as II pos
sibly could on the whirgigs. merry-go-
rounds, ferris wheels. bumpety-bumps
and other adding devices with which the
park abounds. And It followed the advice
from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until
O'Clock at night. Was 1t picnic? II
was q melee.
After thls part of the process OF max
ing future citizens for the country was
completed, the grown-up patriots had
their chance at what was left OF Sulzer's
park. The whirligig things were mostly
'hors de combat" by o'clock, when the
grown-up part began; but the dance floor
was still on the level, and the bar was
In good working order. so that the hon
orables' were entertained in way that
beiitted their high services to the land of
their adoption.
Foley in the Spotlight.
With Tom Foley. tho district leader.
as the chief fountain of smiles. assisted
by Charles Brady, Congressman Daniel j.
Rlordan. Judge John Hoyer and plain Mr..
Patrick J. Whalen, the entertainment was
passed out with q lavish hand 10 such
noteworthy arrivals az Assemblyman
Alfred F.. Smith, the Democratic floor
leader; Alderman Mike" l.. Stapleton
and Senator "Christy" sullivan himself
BY o'clock IL was said that several
thousand had passed through the gates
at sulzers, and It was not until O'Clock
that they began passing out again. hav-
ing danced themselves into a state ap-
propriate To the celebration of the Down
town Tammany Clubs eleventh annual
uprising OF social nature