Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-07-06

ion for half an hour before the reg
ular scheduled show was started.
Manager Ned K. Miller held song
and speaking contests, in which he
offered a cash prize of 81, together
with tickets. At the close he per-
mitted all OF the children to keep
their ice cream tickets to admit them
to the opening performance of the
Broken Coin" this week.
Ice Cream For Children.
All of the children received
Fourth of July buttons as they en-
tered the theatres, and bricks of ice
cream as they left. Chairman John
| ]. Clark states today that $500
bricks of ice creaem we're given out,
indicating that that number of chill
dren was entertained with shows.
There was a plentiful supply of
| cream, so as to enable the committee
to give bricks to participants in the
sports program in the afternoon.
Concert In City Hall Park.
! Following a concert by c. How
ard Smiths orchestra at city hall
park, the patriotic exercises were
held with Hon. Adrian Lyon presid-
ing.
After the singing of the national
anthem, THE Star Spangled Ban
ner" by the United Singing Societies
of Perth Amboy, Samuel Garretson,
past commander of the Department
of New Jersey, Grand Army Of the
Republic, read the Declaration of IN
dependence, prefacing 1t with few
well-chOsen remarks.
The United Singing Societies, un-
der the direction of Hugo Speck
rendered the German songs 'Hei-
mathliebe" and "Reiter's Morgen-
lied" subsequent to the reception to
lnaturanzed citizens. Chairman
Lyon addressed a few remarks to
those citizens of foreign birth who
have been naturalized since July 4,
1914, and he introduced President
John Pfeiffer, of the Board of Trade,
who presented small buttons of an
appropriate nature to these men.
Florance Gives Address.
The Grafton of the afternoon was
delivered by Hon. w. Edwin Flor
ance, of New Brunswick, who was
! introduced by the chairman as "a
man who rings true Prosecutor
| FIorance's address was ably pre-
sented, being forceful and patriot
| ic appeal for humanity and Amer1-
canism.
Referring to the Declaration of
| independence, the orator spoke of
the able men that had helped to
frame It, He pointed to Thomas
Jefferson, the able bodied and able
minded man who wrote 1t, 10 those
five staunch Jerseymen, John Wither
spoon, Richard Stockton, Adam
Clark, Abraham Clark and John
Hart, who had affixed their sigma
lures to it.
Want American Americans.
These are stirring times" the
speaker declared, "and they are
times that test mems calibre-their
German-Americans, for Polish
Americans, for HungarianAmeri-
| cans, or for any other kind of hy-
room for American Americans, and
we need many of them to bear us
| through this period with peace and
with honor"
Mr.. Florance pointed with pride
to the history of Middlesex county,
| Of Perth Amboy, and of his home
town-New Brunswick. cat one
time" he said, "the founders of this
city expected that Perth Amboy,
chartered before New York, should
| become the great city of the East.
And there is no reason why it
| shouldn't be. You have the advant-
age of fine waterfront, and this is
bound to bring you into your own.
Just look at your big plants, backed
| by the capital of the country. Look
| at your natural advantages, and
look at your population with thou
sands Of laboring men-men who
| form the very heart and backbone
of this great nation"
| I'VE are advancing with remark
able rapidity, and with our advance
ment we are appearing to regard
humanity IN it's right light. In
years past the goal may have been
| toward the accumulation of wealth
and the neglect Of humanity, but now
the order Of things has been
changed"
| Folk Dancing P1eases.
At the close of the patriotic exer-
cises, the playground children, under
Supervisor R. V. Afflerbach and the
dlAI CHI IAnIl uClOISJ pIeSeHIeu d
pleasing program of folk dancing in
the city hall park. The efforts of the
| children drew forth much applause,
| the execution of the dances being re
markably clever, especially since the
Fairgrounds have only been open a
few days, allowing a short time for
preparation.
| A feature of the exercises was the
Highland Fling" executed by Miss
Ruth Stacey to bagpipe accompani-
ment, The bagpiper also furnished
the strains by which four of the chill
dren danced the Scotch reel.
The program follows:
Fiertur street playground
children.
Ace of Diamonds danish Copper
Works.
Tarrentella (Italian Barclay Street.
Gustafo Skal (Swedish) - Copper
Works.
| Shlogboger Hungarian, without
| music)-Barclay Street
Danish Dance Of reeting-Copper
Works.
| Highland Fling-Miss Ruth Stacey.
Kamarinskaf (Russian Anna Han
derhan, Sadie Klein.
! Ostend-Barclay Street.
Spanish Waltz-Lillie Weiner.
Scotch reel-Cepper Works.
| Athletic Events for Children.
Along Market street, from the
City Hall Park to Rector street,
hundreds of people lined up to watch
| the "kiddies'' In their athletic