Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-16
TO show RESULTS
i OF Fairgrounds
Children from the Eight Dis
tricts viii Appear in
Annual Field Day.

Children from the eight park. plav-
grounds will compete at the annual
field day and exhibition of the Essex
County Park Commission play
grounds at the Sussex Avenue Play
ground. Branch Brook Park, August
goth.
American flags and the pennants of
: the various Fairgrounds will deco
rate the field A grand parade will be
feature of the affair
=, The Branch Brook girls will lead
lSnhe march with Clara Farley as the
N'Toddess of Liberty. Behind her will
Fe'ne thirteen girls in a parade of
fpnions. among which will be repre-
seoted Swiss. Spanish. italian. Rus
!. sian and Highland peasants. In adj
dition TO this there VIII be a float
bearing a miniature playground. con-
tanning a sand court. volley court,
dolls in ring game. and so forth.
This is the work of the Misses Isabel
McMullin and Gertrude Brewer. in
Structresses.
The Irvington Park section will fol-
low. and at the head of a line of
Japanese girls will be Anna Neff and
couple All the girls from Irvington
will CARRY cerise paper plumes. The
boys will be led by a group of farmers
with wheelbarrows, and Arthur jack
son will be Uncle Cy. The instructors
are Miss Flossie NJ. Stanley. Robert
Cobb and Edward Carlin.
Next in line will be West Side
Park, who were the champions last
year At the head of the line will
be Helen Miller, age 4, and Ernest
Wagnit, representing the Goddess of
Liberty and Uncle Sam, respectively.
The boys will have a float, on which
will be a wigwam and in front of the
wigwam will be william Mccarthy,
who is the pitcher of the West Side
Junior team This float is to fore
cast the coming victories of the New
ark Indians. These features are the
product of the brains of the instruc-
tors, Misses Eliza Brown, Mabel
Downs, George Stanford, George Gill
hooley, son of the chief, and William
Davis.
The girls of the Riverbank Play
ground, under the direction of the
Misses Anna Donahue and Elsie
Forbes. will be led by Rose Lynch,
Katherine Miggins. Jane Donahue
and Mary Kelly, dressed as Indian
girls. This playground will have an
wearing their park colors In hair
ribbons. each girl will wear three
green streamer ribbons. Thirty of the
boys from Riverbank will wear white
gymnasium shirts, for they are to
give an exhibition of pyramid build
ing At the head of the line will be
Michael Kinetz. age 6.
From Orange Park will come the
American flag, carried by William
ha nd
will be Liberty Girls in the persons
of Mary Doyle and Lucille Witsen-
hansen. An added feature from this
park is the dance called Greek
Maidens Playing Ball" which has
been worked up by Miss Agatha Gill
len, the instructress in dancing. The
boys will present some first aid"
work which will be indicated by
John Dourney and Thomas Cullen.
dressed as instructors and carrying
stretcher. The instructors in
charge of the boys are Edward Nc
Guirk and Claire Matthews.
May Schwartz. as the Pink Lady.
will lead the Watsessing girls. and
following her will be girls dressed to
represent various characters. incud-
ing fairies, butterflies, gymnasium
girls. a Jack in the Pulpit. a Swed-
ish girl. cowgirl and MANY others.
The instructors in this section are
Miss Estelle Field and Alfred Chan
dler.
The East Side girls will present
Mother Goose story by depicting the
"old woman who lived in a shoe"
The old woman will be Margaret
Fisher. The bows will bring up tho
rear. enforced by Martin Reilly. who
will be dressed as clown. and joe
Gam and Edward Krimmins as
Mutt and Jeff" Miss Elise Pelende.
Miss Julia Smith. James Cavanagh.
Abraham Reich and Sidney Seidlei
are the instructors in charge.
In the Glenfield section the Misses
Bessie Koss and Nav Denninger have
planned TO have Cornelia Billy and
John Gannin represent Martha and
George Washington. Following them
will come the King and Queen OF
Flowers taken bv Fred Temple and
Lillian Perilo. The royal pair wiz
be attended bv Elise Rheimller. Cen
evieve Powers. Grace McDermit and
Violet Perillo.
Messrs Gilbertson and Tracy. of
Glenfield. and Smith and Adams. of
Branch Brook, evidently understand
the psychology of suspense in rela-
ton to arousing interest. for they
refuse to state what their feature In
the parade will be