Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-03
FOURTH OF JULY
OBSERVANCES.
CONTINUED from First Pages

staff; James K. Alverson, instructor
of gymnastics; William G. Gaunt
instructor of dances.
A flag drill, these children represent
all the city Fairgrounds; a clowr
| dance. these children are from the
Summer Avenue playground; three
athletic events for boys and girls OF
all Fairgrounds.
220-yard obstacle race for boys. II
which the competitors will skip rope
dive through barrel, run on all fours
run in sack, finishing with a shori
dash.
Mixed relay race, 375 yards; three
girls and three boys on team; the
girls run 90 yards and the boys II
yards.
Flag relay race for junior girls
eight girls on team.
Music by Finklestein's band.
Evening exercises, 8 o'clock Easi
| Side Park, Matthews's band; Wes1
Side Park, Lenz's band; Prince Street
Fairgrounds, Finkelstein's band
saengerfest Program
The program for the saengerfest
will be as follows:
Saturday. 10 a. m.-Promenade
music by a military band, under the
direction of Prof. Richard Schaaf.
Reception of the visiting singers
thereafter
2 p. m.-Prize singing contests
divided thus:
Third Class-Junger Maennerchor
! West Hoboken, twenty-four voices;
North New York Liedertafel. the
Bronx, twenty-four voices; Forest
Quartet Club, Brooklyn, twenty-fouI
voices; International Quartet Club
Newark, sixteen voices.
Second Glass (for ladies choruses)-
Ladies Choral Society Frohsinn. Wesi
Hobeken, thirty voices; Ladies Chora
Society Concordia, Perth Amboy
twenty eight voices.
First Class (for ladies' choruses)-
Swiss Ladies' Choral Club, No. l
Brooklyn, forty voices.
Second Glass male voices)
Passaic, forty singers; Concordia
Perth Amboy, forty voices; Arbeitei
Maennerchor, Perth Amboy, thirty-siS
voices Gruetli Maennerchor, Pater-
son. forty voices; Singing Society
Aurora, Brooklyn, forty voices;
Deutscher Liederkranz, Brooklyn
forty voices.
The judges of these competitions are
music pedagogues of nation-wide
reputation, and this fact alone Will
add materially to the zest OF the
listeners and the earnest efforts of the
singers to do their utmost They are:
Professor Heinrich Bauer, DR.. Mich
oIas q. Elsenheimer and Emil Reyl OF
New York, and DR.. Carl Fiqne, OF
Brooklyn.
After the contests the instrumental
concert will be continued in the park
and the first day will close with a res
tival ball in the auditorium IN the
evening. -,.
Sunday-Sightseein by the visitors
of the city's points of interest
p Promenade concert by the
military band.
p Festival concert by the
Phoenix and the associated societies
under Festival Conductor Emil Len
der's direction, forming massed
chorus of 200 voices and an orchestra
IF twenty-five artists. The societies
are Schweizer Maennerchor, Arion-
Tjedertafel and New York Saenger-
runde. all of New York city. The
program: -.
Damuka-March (first time in this
country. E. OsLender; overture,
"Guy Bias F. Mendelssohn, orches-
ira s.Fuer Freiheit" ("For Freedom },
new. C. Attenhofer; massed chorus
c. Flemm. baritone, and orcnestra'
Mafdalen's song from the new opera,
eDer Evangelimann," DR.. Kienzl;
4Rose in the Bud" Dorothy Forster,
Miss Gertrude Pfaendler. contralto;
"Polonaise in A Minor" Chopin, or
ebestra; .Soldatenliebe" c'Soldler
Loye'o. a capella, Kuntze; YER
gapgen' (.Departed'D, with string
quartet accompaniment, ]. Pache, the
Pboenix: celeste Aida" Verdi;
Grand Aria from Martha" FlotoW,
William xanten, tenor; Hymn to
Liberty new, e. OsLender; massed
chorus, Mr. Xanten and orchestra.
During an intermission in the con-
cert program, Major Carl Lentz, pres
ident of the Northeastern Saenger-
bund. will deliver an Grafton
p. M.--Awarding of the prizes TO
competing societies
Railroads Expect Crowds.
All the railroads have made prep
arations to handle the exodus OF peo-
pie who will leave for the seashore'
lake and mountains over the Week.
end. The Pennsylvania, Lackawanna,
Lehigh Valley and Central raliroaos
have arranged for extra trains to ac-
commodate the crowds. Special ex-
cursions will be run to Niagara rains,
Nauch Chunk and other points
The Public Service has made plans
to handle the crowds. no matter OF
what size. John l.. O'Toole publicity
agent of the corporation, said today
that every car that could turn a
wheel would be put into the service
everywhere throughout the entire sys-
tenn.
The large department stores VIII
close tonight at $50 o'clock the usual
hour All the department stores,
hanks. public buildings. factories ana
other business houses will observe the '
holiday by closing down for the day;
Managers of the various loyal
amusement parks are preparing 10
handle large crowds. Olympic, Eiee,
tric and Hillside parks will be in fun
swing and many extra attractions
have been secured. The baseball
game and the bicycle races VIII no
doubt draw their usual holiday
crowds.
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