New-York tribune., 1912-04-17
.l,9OO YOUNGSTERS HAPPY
oruhans' Annual Circus Day In
suires Clowns to Excellence.
IaKE'S CRUTCH VOICES JOY
:, Pounds on Floor as Riddles
Scream and Laugh and
Eat Peanuts.

1no-+v-fve hundred orphans cried "Ho,
=. boi' and the circus was on. The clowns
-,.as funnier faces than ever and waved
,ss,r hands to the spectators little more
continuously than usual, and Cleopatra
81 .Ao cares II she did lose a little
.,1p,,v by smiling at q red headed small
s4I who screamed out very loudly She's
cot on trousersi"
orphans' day is a regular institution at
,ne Madison Square Garden circus but
,.ss,erday was the most wonderful or
rbans' day ever known, because the little
,onies we're so clever, the fat suffragette
iadv was simply too funny for words and
,he acrobats were the most wonderful in
,ha world. Any one of the forty-five hun
dred would tell you that from tiny Freda,
who was too young to come last year, to
hje Jake who pounded his crutch and
yelled TO the dancing horses to- ''giddap.'
'I'ye been every year. and them horses
,s trained" ne informed Freda, who sat
IN the nurses lap in the next box. They
couldn't never do that 'thout bein' taught.
Gee but they're all right, too"
lake knew what the circus was really
for. too Every time the peanut and ice
cream cone man came Within hailing dis
lance Jake parted with another nickel out
Of the store given him by one Of the trus-
tees of the home. He was generous, too,
with his delicacies. Little Peter. who
laughed "ho, /1o!' when the elephants
danced. but didn't say much all the rest OF
the afternoon because his legs hurt even II
they were at the circus, was allowed TO
enjoy all the top of the ice cream down TO
the level Of the cone itself and jim had
the privilege of chewing the empty cone.
To little Freda, however, Jake presented
a brand new article, and all it lest in the
transfer was one lick.
Maybe it was because the clowns kno"
that they are orphans favorites that they
did their tricks two or three. times apiece
and did all kinds of extra stunts.
The only thing about the whole after
noon that was not perfect was the ab-
.ence Of the children from the New York
Catholic Protectory. Somebody made
mistake in the date, so those poor little
tots could not come. They are the ones
who always bring their own bands ana
heat the circus clowns at their own gaIne.
Nobody envied the persons VINO ha1 tne
task Yesterday OF keeping those chlIafen
entertained at home on circus oay:- -,
The thlrty-OlD6 lNSUlullOlp NHANH -
representatives among the 400 were the
following:
New York Home for Homeless Boys, He
brew Orphan Asylum, RandalPs Island Or
phsns' Public Charities Of the City OF New
York. Five Points Mission, Mentally De,
fective and Deficient School, Children's AID
society, Kip's Bay Nursery, Clara De
iHirsch Home. Darrah Home for Crippled
children, st. Bartholomew's Parish House,
Seventeenth Street School for Cripples,
Presentation Day Nursery, the Brooklyn
Poor Association, Henry Street Settlement.
New York Child Labor Committee. Spring
Street Neighborhood House, Crippled Chill
dren Of Spence School, Trinity Mission
House Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood House,
Charity Organization Society, Prison
League Cdrs. Ballington BOOTH, American
Sunshine Association, Hebrew Day Nur-
sery, Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Orphan
Association. New York Society for Grip
pied Children, House of St. Giles the Grip
Die, Little Mothers Aid Association, Beth
EI sisterhood, Mission of the Immaculate
Virgin. ST Vincent Home, Vanderbilt
Clinic Institute Of Our Lady OF Christian
Doctrine Sheltering Arms, St Mary's Hos
pital for Children, sHalf-orphan Asylum,
Solored Orphan Asylum, St Joseph's In
stitute for Deaf Mutes, St Ambrose Mis-
sion and Deaf Mutes' Institution.