New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
F0LEY'S PICNIC
| FILLS 10 CARS
But No COntainer Is Big
Enough for Enthusiasm
of Ex- Sheriff'S Cohorts.
DRIVE ON CASINO
BEATS THE KAISER'S
Neutrality Hits a High Record
and Riddles" Swamp the
Ice Cream Trenches.

What matters il il Jr. Dumba Is re-
called; supposing the American eagl
forgets its habitual cooling and be-
gins to scream; assuming even thu.
| Uncle Sam takes high dive into the
seething cauldron those annual pic
MICS of Tom Foley's must go on just
the same
The German Emperor would have
! been abashed could he have seen tn.
drive on Suffers Harlem River Ca
sino yesterday. Lemberg was shamed
/ Men and women and children-forty
thousand Of them, it was estimated
lay siege to the bull ling, stormed il
by force of numbers, and devastated
everything from the Kings English
down 10 tons of ice cream.
Every nationality was represented
and yet nothing was done that was
deliberately unfriendly." Professors
Flynn and Ladansky Supplied the mu
sic, and yet there was measure Of
harmony. A robust German danced
with an Acknowledged Italian girl, an
Austrian accepted beer from an Irish
man and Russian actually played
cards with a subject CT the Kaiser.
Seventy cars labelled tom Foley's
Picnic" left Chatham Square yester-
day afternoon. A Gordon of police
men and civilians was stretched
across the two pavements to permit a
line Of humanity to filter into the
waiting cars. Scores of the young
generation were catapulted from tha
arms of Tom Foley's henchmcn
through the open windows and onto
the floor. When the cars reached Sc .
ond Avenue and 126th Street, the "kid-
ho h.
100-yard dash.
Tom Foley was there to greet them.
So were Representative Daniel Rior-
dan, Assemblyman Al Smith and
Judge Swami and Representatives
Dooling and Loft and-but what's the
use? Everybody who was Somebody
in Tammany circles was there. John
NJ. Tierney, candidate for judge of the
Supreme Court, brought an automobile
party from The Bronx. Sheriff
Kinkead, Of Jersey City, negotiated q
'busful or two Of "favorite sons
Judge Rosalsky had a few of his
friends there as well.
Here's what the "kiddies" did to
some perfectly good edibles in three
hours time. They consumed:
Six thousand quarts of ice cream.
Twenty thousand sure-enough- hon
est-to-goodness sponge cakes.
Twenty thousand packages Of crisp
cites.
Fifty thousand cubic feet Of or
angeade.
Then there was vaudeville show.
The "kiddies" didn't think it was funny
enough and started one of their own,
thus driving the original performance
out of business. In despair, Tom
Foley ordered "On with the moving
pictures!" That stemmed the hostili-
ties
what do you think of Tom Foley,
children?" little army Of "kiddies"
was asked.
"Yeh, we want some O. that, mister"
was the reply Of one yourgster.
The band stopped playing at 1880
Somebody announced that the affair
was ended in so far as the youngsters
were concerned, and that the adults
would arrive soon to do the Eight fan
tastic" Grumbling at what they con-
sidered their hard fate, the very much
begrimed, very much bespotted sought
home and a soothing spot.
When the picnic was history the ball
began. In the great ballroom, emblaz-
oned with the Stars and Stripes and
the flags of every country except the
interior of Africa, Tom Foley's friends
twisted and turned TO the music of a
reinforced band until the wee hours Of
the morning. There wasn't even one
fist fight.
"The sword has been beaten into the
ploughshare," said Al Smith.