New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-04
100000 GOLDEN STARS
REHEARSE FOR FOURTH
Parks Illuminated with Entranc-
ing Result to Show POSSIBLE
ity Of Safe Celebration.
CHILDREN WILD WITH JOY
Thrones of Little Ones Crowd
About East Side Fairgrounds
-Demonstration Contin-
ues To- night and
Tomorrow.

Father Kn!cks-bocEer safe ana
sane committee gave an object lesson
last night q the possibilities OF the
Electric Fourth IN various parks ana
parkways from tire city Hal! TO l65th
street. nearly one hundred thousand cleo
trio lights concealed IN japanese Ian.
terms glowed brightly IN roseate testcors
or cleaned like golden fruit amid the
foliage Of trees.
Six thousand bulbs were used IN City
Hall Park Lanterns bobbed ard winked
behind the !saves ike gigantic oranges,
and the CITY Hall itself was pr!cked out
IN yellow stars Every park on the
East Side had the same festal fres. The
streets and the Fairgrounds in that sec
ton Of the city were crowded with az
appreciat!vo throng Of children, and
when the lights were turned on shrill
cheer went the rounds Of every park,
the treble cry following the w!nking
lines Of light
IN front OF the Henry Street Settle
r2ent in the heart Of the Yiddish East
Side, poles draped with bunting sup
ported festoons Of lanterns The chill
dren filed the street while their elders
crowded the fire escapes
Tonight the children will dance folk
dances beneath the strings Of Lanterns.
Special permission for this celebration
Of the signing Of the Declaration Of LIB
erty Of this new land was necessary for
the Yiddish Riddles for on July Of this
wear is the anniversary OF the capture
Of Jerusalem by the Romans. a period OF
.lamentatton in ordinary seasons
The West Side was not forgotten One
Of the most artistically Illuminated
places was the De Witt Clinton Park.
The pergola ar either end was q blaze
Of light. and festoons Of lanterns swung
from one to the other The West Side
parks were NOT so full OF the Joyous chill
dren who thronged the East Side but
every bench was occupied and couples
sauntered about in the genial glow which
replaced the general gloom prevailing in
the region Of Hells Kitchen and San
Juan Hill
In Riverside Drive. between 18th and
SD streets. every tree bore golden clus-
tiers The lanterns were strung well In
side the tips Of the branches ard their
light was dinused through a spray Of
leaves
II vas the first tine that a general
illumination such as will take place to-
night had been attempted, and in some
places the fuses were not AL Installed.
50 that some Of the lanterns swung dark.
The parks 70 be illuminated tonight
are. Forty-ninth street, east Of First
avenue. Columbus Park Mu!berry
Bend. Bayard and Baxter streets; Abb
ingdon Square. Eighth avenue ard Eud-
son street. Hamilton Fish Park, Pitt
East Houston, Sheriff and Stanton
streets. Chelsea Park, Ninth 10 Tenth
avenue. 9th 10 18th street; De Witt
Clinton Park. 52d to 54th street. az
Eleventh avenue Riverside Drive, from
S0th 70 SD street. Carl SEIZURE Park,
Saith 70 s9th street, East River; Jeter-
son Park, east Of First avenue, lllth 10
Hath street Mount Morris Park, Nad!-
son avenue. Mount Norris Park West,
120th 70 124th street. Mckinley Square,
165th street and Boston Road; Rutgers
SQUARE Hester. Canal, East Broadway
and Division street; Recreation Park,
between 1O1st and 1929 streets, Second
and Third avenues, 18sth street and
Third avenue. and Henry Street Settle
menr. Henry street.
The current for lighting these etteen
marks for rte three evenings ot July 8,
1 and 3 IS furnished free 70 tha city by
the New York Edison Company.