New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-06
MAYOR GAYNOR Sights
! SUNDAY SCHOOL PARADE
| Brooklyn Children Have Fine
Day, Though New York Ex-
eCutive Fails Them.
| MANY MARCHERS TURN OUT
! John Wanamaker Reviews An
nual Walk in Prospect Park
in Honor of Anniver-
sary Day.

The gladdest day, with the exception or
Christmas, of all the year to the Protes-
tant Sunday school children of Brooklyn
was yesterday. for It was Anniversary
Day. the time Of the MAY walk, the
period in which the children rule exclu-
sively across the river and all the grown
ups. from the Borough President down.
turn out to admire them. There are no
I lessons on Anniversary Day in Brooklyn,
J and that helps to make the day a happy
one, for holidays are worth while in June.
But the feature of the day is the
! parade. when all the youngsters turn out
IN their very best and. with flags and
! banners flying and bands playing. march
through the chief streets of the borough.
and finally return 10 their churches,
( where they eat ice cream and cake drink
! lemonade and sing songs especially ar
ranged for the celebration.
The Brooklyn Sunday School Union
celebrated its eighty-fourth anniversary
yesterday. and few of its birthdays have
been as fine for paradng. 1t is esti-
mated that $50 Sunday schools took part
/ in the May walk Herbert p. Brush was
the chief marshal Of the parade, and he
had under him twenty-four divisions
each with its own officers. Mayor Gaynor
was TO have been the chief reviewing Of
fcer, but, In his usual "contented" man
ner. he failed to appear at the Union
League Club. where William Berri was
entertaining the reviewing officers at
luncheon, and failed to send word as we'll
After the guests had waited as long as
they had time TO spare they lunched
without him.
Among the guests at the luncheon were
John Wanamaker, Borough Presidents
iMcAneny, Steers, Connolly and Crom-
we'll Controller Prendergsst, the Rev.
Or. S. Parkes Cadman, f. r. Carhart.
General and Mrs Horato G. King. Tim
othy L. Woodruff. District Attorney
Cropsey, Commissioner l. II. Pounds,
Naval officer F. J. II. Kracke. County
Judges Dixie and Fawcett, Congressman
Calder and Fitzgerald, Postmaster Voor-
HES. Gardner d. Matthews. Herbert L.
Bridgman. Commandant Albert Gleaves,
of the navy yard; Colonel S. z. Allen, OF
Fort Hamilton; Colonel John V. White. OF
Fort Totten; Major General T. II. Barry.
Colonel T. S. Barry. Colonel II. c. Barth-
the Boys Brigade of America; Deputy
Commissioner Dillon, of the Police De-
partment. and Bishop Luther b. Wilson.
Each Of the divisions of the parade had
its own reviewing officers from among
the guests. As in former years. the big
spectacle OF the day was the review at
Prospect Park. John Wanamaker took
the place Of Mayor Gaynor as reviewing
officer.
Many OF the children gathered at the
park in the morning and had luncheon
under the trees. The Sunday schools Of the
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Gregg Chapel, Cuyler Church and the
Cumberland Street Church encamped and
waited for the march. Early in the after
noon, when the lines of marching chill
dren appeared at the gates Of the park
on their way 10 the East Meadow. the
luncheon parties broke up and formed
ranks
The reviewing stands were placed At
the end Of the plain, near the Union
street entrance Of the park. and the chill
dren formed lines at the path leading TO
the Sd street entrance and marched down
the field. and then formed in the centre.
until the grass could scarcely be seen be-
tween the vari-colored masses of dresses.
flags and banners.
Other large divisions were the Sunset
Park division. with 5000 in line; the
Greenpoint and Ridgewood divisions with
5000 paraders each. and the Bay Ridge
division. with 1900 children. The smallest
parade was at Coney Island where there
IS only one Protestant church. There go
little ones were in line