The evening world., 1917-07-02
THRONG AT CITY HALL
. HEARS MISS WILSON SPEAK
ON AMERICAN FORUM DAY

nation. We must get together behind
our President.
I'VE welcome this opportunity to
know each other better, and we are
particularly grateful that we have
with us the daughter Of our great
President, who is one of the greatest
standard bearers for democracy in all
history"
Police Commissioner Arthur Woods
was the next speaker. He said:
Il don't know why we want n po-
liceman on an occasion like this, or II
we do need a policeman the represen-
tatives OF the department who are
facing me are enough to handle any
disturbers OF the peace who might
show themselves.
81 have to be more careful now than
l used to be because in addition to
the regular blue coated policemen I
now have thousands OF alert khaki
clad members OF the Junior police to
look out for"
The children gathered early for the
occasion. Most OF them came as pub
lie school children. but there were
several hundreds who marched to the
hall in their uniforms as members of
the junior police and several hundreds
more who marched as members OF the
Boy Scouts and of the Marine Scouts.
Many OF the school children were In
costume in the garbs of various mem
bers OF the Allied nations. Three
groups formed tableaux. one showing
Miss Liberty. one the Spirit of ZIG
and one typifying the Spirit of 1917.
The biggest human American nag
ever seen in lower Manhattan was
formed by 1000 children from Public
School No. ia at Oak and oliver
Streets.
"cITlZENs IN THE MAKING"
TAKE PART.
Acting Principal James Smith ar
ranged the flag, which was rep
resented by children garbed in red.
white and blue. The outstanding
feature of this demonstration was the
fact that practically all the children
takinR part were OF alien birth, citi-
zens in the making. They represent
a dozen nations of Europe.
While the City Hall Park celebra-
was in progress there were held
twenty Ave other demonstrations In
honor of American Forum Day. In
the course OF the afternoon the guests
| of The Evening World including
Miss Wilson visited four of these
| outlying festivities. The points
touched were Seward Park. the
Heart OF the Melting Pot" at Hester
and Essex Streets; Hamilton Fish
Park at Stanton Street and Avenue
c, Tompkins Square at Seventh
Street and Avenue b and De Witt
Clinton Park at Fifty-second Street
and Eleventh Avenue.
Other activities were held In the
following places: At the Battery
Cherry Park. Clinton and Cherry
Streets; Columbus Park. Baxter and
Worth Streets; Corlears Hook. Jack
son street and Corlears Hook; Wash
ington Park, Twelfth Street, near First
Avenue; Hudson Park, Carmine and
Varick Streets; Chelsea Park, Twen-
ty-eighth street and Ninth Avenue
Thomas Jefferson Park, East One
Hundred and Tenth Street; Carmans-
Vile Park, One Hundred and Fifty
second street and Amsterdam Ave-
nue.: Astor Field. One Hundred and
Forty-ninth Street and Eighth Ave-
nue.: Yorkville Park, One Hundred
and First street and Second Avenue;
Queensborough Bridge. foot of East
Fifty-nlnth Street; John Jay Park
Seventy eighth Street and East
River.
Al to-nights Irving High School
| meeting Mrs. William Grant Brown
President of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs ana head OF the
.a,,H.. ~ ,gsrv.t a.
| ell OF National Defense, will be tenn
porary Chairman and introduce Miss
| Wilson.
Sophie Irene Loeb will tell OF the
value OF the new law just passed by
the Legislature which prescribes that
at the request OF twenty-five citizens
OF a community the Board of Educa s
tion shall open the school houses as
| community centres and civic forums
/