The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
400 CHILDREN DANCE
IN FLAG PAGEANT
History Lesson Given on Chelsea
Park Recreation Grounds
by Tiny Actors.
HUDSON GUILDS SPECTACLE
Hendrix Hudson's Arrival shown
Band Rudely Hats the
Turkey Trotters.

Four hundred children OF the Cho,eo.
neighborhood gave an open air historv
lesson yesterday afternoon on the Chi.
sea Park recreation ground, Twenty.sev.
enth and Twenty-eighth streets. b,tv.,,
Ninth and Tenth avenues. They called
1t Making the American Flag From,
Over the Sea-" and 1t was Impossible in
tell who enjoyed the lesson more, thos,
who took part In the third annual surint
festival OF tne lucky Chelsea BOYS and
girls or TIE big crowd OF youngsters and
grownups who witnessed the pageant
Six-year-old Albert Smith, chief OF
tribe OF ferocious Indians who%e age,
ranged from to 5. shook his feathers
when interviewed and gravely said the
show "wuz great" and everybody, even
TO the most distant spectators In tena.
: ment house windows facing the park, sp.
parently agreed with the little chief
The exhibition was designed and d..
rected by Miss Margaret Crawford o.
the Hudson Guild. and the guild was a..
sisted In the great undertaking by tina
Chelsea Neighborhood Association. Christ
Church Memorial House and several DAY
nurseries and public schools.
Hendrix Hudson Was There.
The pageant represented the idea OF
the coming to America OF the peoples o.
tho nation OF the stars and Stripes and
1t was fitting that many OF Miss Craw.
ford's small actors were the children OF
late corners from foreign shores.
The history lesson opened with q pro-
cession of all the participants around
Chelsea Park. They entered the recrea.
ton ground at lao while the band played
Yankee Doodle" You were supposed to
imagine that the dust covered land was
water-New York Bay--and you soon
caught the idea when the Indians hove
In sight. some In canoes, propelled by
small legs that walked inside. conveying
the Half Moon with Hendrix Hudsos
John QUINN and his crew OF gallan.
Dutcianen.
"The Half Moon" came to anchor in the
Hudson. the Indians padded around It ant
anchored near by by squattng. canoes aud
all In the dusty water. Then the Eng
lish came along, followed by the Colonial
Danes and regular Uncle sam CFrans
McCormack. with the settlers from other
countries bringing up the rear.
Thirty-two young Indians, one OF whom
calmly sucked his thumb during the per.
Torrance, gave a war dance in the middle
of the Hudson which of course wasn't tho
/ Hudson any more. The warhoops were
supplied by the band. Sixteen Dutch girls
aged from 10 $, wearing blue and white
checked skirts. white waists and white
caps. did folk dance, which ended up
with fiop In the dust Three small MEM
bers OF the Hudson Guild Boys Club danced
the sailors hornpipe to show what t'e
English could do
I Colonial Danes In Scramble.
: Thirty Colonial danes next had the cen
tire OF the stage. None was older than y
and all had their powdered hair done W
Just like real Colonial DANES Each wore
patch Of black court plaster on the 'cheek
where II was most fetching. As soon a,
they finished their dance they lost their
proverblal dignity In grand scrambls
for seats.
Twenty-four girls IN green aprons and
caps made hit kicking up the dust as
the band played the Irish Washer
Woman" and fourteen girls from the
Chelsea Day Nursery took part In a
German folk dance. Next fifteen bonnie
Scotch lassies danced the Highland fling
30 well that they wanted to repeat and
the musicians obliged.
The dancers of France were represented
by twelve very small girls from the
French Day Nursery. Next came a Rus.
sian dance by twelve small girls from
the French Day Nursery, after which
tNenty-four girl pupils of Public School Is
gave n Swedish dance and fourteen girs
an Italian dance.
\ group OF girls from Christ Church
House followed with a Maypole dance,
and Elizabeth Mitchell, dressed AZ the
Goddess of Liberty on Liberty Island,
came Off her pedestal and gracefully shed
her beams to the strains of THE Star
Spangled Banner"
The band played turkey trot music At
the conclusion. and perhaps most of those
youngsters didn't know how 10 do II a.
they started for the street, but the leader
switched his men Off to Yankee Doodle,
spoiling the fun.
Those who contributed 10 the work o'
arranging the festival were Miss Olive
l.. Wilton. Miss Madeleine Hirsh. Mr..
John Zimmerman. Miss Arriend, Miss
Heissenbuttel, Miss Winfred Doherty tho
Rev Theodore Savage. Miss Anna Short
Miss Miriam Atkinson, Miss Marie Vail
entine Miss Florence lie Fehre, DR.. John
l.. Elliott, w. w. Elliott and Mrs. Annie
l.. Bromley.