The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
EAST SIDE REVELS In
COLORFUL PAGEANT
Thousands Watch City's His
tory Shown From Indians
to lee Cream Cones.
MISS WILSON SEES SHOW
Greets Parade Of All Nations
Dancing at p. s. SO Ends
Feverish Week.
MISS WILSON SEES SHOW

When you have a vacant lot so big that
two or three brass bands and big string
orchestra can and did play simultaneously
without jarrng one another's efforts and
the whole fed paved with almost 2,oeo
youngsters plus 1000 grownups CARRIED in
the gay peasant costumes OF their various
netherlands while dancing and singing
their folk music. and Miss Margaret viii
son. daughter Of the President, and about
10000 other persons jsmming side lines.
are escapes and roofs-iei. you gather
that the party was a success
All these things happened yesterday
afternoon steadily from 4 o'clock until a
few minutes before I O'Clock. The cele-
bration was the big day OF the week long
Festival and Pageant OF Nations produced
BY the Peoples Institute and Social Centre
Public School So. and the singing. dancing
and drills took place in the big cleared
space running from Eleventh TO Twelfth
street and almost from Avenue A 10 First
avenue.
From Public School s3 Fourth street
east Of First avenue. the parade marched
to the field through the East Side streets
between , 80 and 4 O'clock in the glory
q the colors Of the British Isles and ali
the Continent
Flint came the mounted policemen as
secorts. then the united giories OF Leaders
Frank Dostal. Jr. and Leon Blocker. fol-
lowed by Capt. ODD l. J. Cigaie as
grand marshal astride charger and wear
ing a uniform that Gen Miles himself
might have envied. In the wake OF the
grand marshal marched all the partici-
pants In the pageant
Anything. Just So It's Music.
The New York Military Band was bang
ing out The star Spangied Banner" Pub
Nc School ,l's brass band was swinging
along on Onward, Christian Soldiers"
The Catholic Protectory Band was stick
ing rhythinically To the Wearing of the
Green" and ''Patricks Day in the Morn
ing" but the East side whooped II up
for these airs too.
And in between the bands were regi-
ments of Indians. Dutch. English, Irish.
Scotch and small boys from the public
schools who we're later TO perform In
that part Of the pageant which sketched
the history OF the city from the days OF
the redskins right on up to ;he days of
wireless telegraph and ice cream cones
The grownups had the second and third
divisions-big troops OF stalwart Ger
mans IN picturesque costumes from various
parts OF the fatherland Hungarians. Ru-
thenians. Jews marching behind the blue
and white flag Of Zion Italians rivalllng
the rainbow. Poles and a little regiment
Of Bohemian girls who. with dozens OF
little girl Maypole dancers in blue and
white. easily were the hit o: the process
sion.
Miss Wilson Gre-N Paradcr..
green canvas had been spread on the
north side OF the field and chairs placed
upon IL for the patronesses AID other spe-
clal guests. Miss Wilson. wearing a white
nat and white crash suit trimmed with
blue, was on hand to greet the head Of the
parade as IL entered the rid She was
seated beside Borough President Marcus
Marks In the party also were Mrs.
Marks and Miss Dorothy Marks.
After the Indians came the Dutch, led
by Hendrix Hudson. and the Dutch gave
way in turn to small boy Englishmen.
The later settlement here OF Irish and
scotch was represented by squads OF
youngsters in green hats and green sashes
or stuart plaids who danced Irish jlgs and
Highland fings amid much applause.
This part OF the pageant ended with the
building OF a painted canvas school house.
miniature representation OF the FIRE:
public school built here IN 1909
The German men and women. the
Bohemians. led by the beauteous Blanch
Turina. who will be years old on July
next. and therefore had 20 be carried
most OF the time by her mother the
Poles. tall Hungar!ans in black and red.
the Ruthenlsns, a chorus OF Jewish men
and maidens singing the songs OF Zion
the Italian men. women and children in
their songs and dAnces-these exercises
led up 10 the appearance OF Columbia
herself.
Miss Mary Porter Beeble OF Columbia
University was the imposing Miss Co
iumbia. When the different nations had
brought to Columbia gifts that typ!fied
the chief arts or Industries for which the
countries were especially noted out on TO
the field just about sunset time marched
hundreds OF small boys. who did their
school athletic drills
The singing Of America" concluded the
pageant eSercEes. An hour later every
body was back AZ Public School 90 for
the Dance al. the Nations" last night.
which brought strenuous day and week
70 a close. The chief object OF the six
day celebration was 10 further the ef-
forts Of the Peoples Institute TO have
the public school buildings used as neigh
borhood social centres when the pupils are