The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-06-12
10000 CHILDREN IN
Big BRONX PARADE
Soldiers, Sailors and Forty
one BANGS March Along
COncOurse.
SEVEN YEARS A COUNTY
Hylan, La Guardia and
Other Politicians Among
the Spectators.
BRUCKNER LEADS SECTION
Miss Augusta Schlemmer Rep
resents Home Borough in
Parade Float.
BRUCKNER LEADS SECTION

Ten thousand children marched up
the Grand Concourse yesterday after
noon when The Bronx celebrated its
seventh year as county. They were
only a division in the parade Of $4,000,
i'm which were the borough's veterans
OF the nations wars from 81 to IL,
detachments Of regular infantry, sailors
from the fleet. and the big numbering
guns of the heavy artillery, but more
than in these the great crowds that
lined the Concourse found in the
marching children the inspiration of
Borough Day.
Neighbor nudged neighbor and said:
"Just look at those kids. I'll say this
Is where we raise EN- healthy"
They were splendid. School after
school. public and parochial, each in
distinctive dress, fine fresh faced
youngsters, erect, clear-eyed. And If
the girls Of The Bronx grow up with
the looks that they bear now there's
going to be another county famous for
the beauty Of its women.
A Grand Army man in the reviewing
stand who said he WAS going to watch
the parade instead Of marching, as ne
always had done. thumped with MS
cane when the last line of children had
passed. and said to nobody in particu-
lar, but so that everybody could hear
well, sir, the country IS safe II they're
all like that" SEA
OF the 100000 persons who now mako
Nd the population Of The Bronx more
than half must have watched the parade
20 by. There was an unbroken line or
watchers and an almost unbroken line
OF automobiles from 16lst street, where
the parade started, all the way to the
reviewing stand at 18th street. me
weather stayed fair until the greater
part of the parade had passed the stand.
Soon afterward some showers began,
but not until the rain poured down did
the crowds break away.
Mayor Hylan arrived late, but re-
viewed the last half of the parade. He
had made flying visit to Staten Island
earlier in the afternoon. where he rode
around the parads In Port Richmond.
F. II. La Guardia, President of the
Board of Aldermen, was Respondent in
high silk topper and Prince Albert. At
the police parade Of year ago he wore
his o. D. shirt and black SLOUGH. al
though silk toppers surrounded Elm.
L~0SShooys tHai thC diiiNdi u lhS
Mayor, he was the only man In war
paint.
Others In the stand we're Father Duffy
OF the Sixty-ninth. Brig Gen. William
Weigel. Douglas Mathewson and Cyrus
c. Miller. former Bronx Borough Presi-
dents: James e. Connolly, Borough Pres
ident Of Queens: James e. Riegelmann,
Borough President Of Brooklyn. and
Arthur Murphy. leader of The Bronx
Democratic County Committee.
Col. Eimere r. Austin headed the pa
rado as grand marshal, followed by the
mounted police and the regular army
troops. Borough President Henry Bruok-
ner led the second division, which In
cluded 5000 men and women workers In
the borough departments. Other divi-
sions represented public schools, veter-
ans, parochial schools, gold star moth
ers, parents associations and commun-
ity councils, Nationar Vaudeville Artists
Association with its clown band. athletic
clubs, fratsrnal organizations and Girl
Scouts. Forty-one bands furnished mu-
sic.
One feature of the parade was the
borough float, in which sixteen Bronx
girls. each representing city Of the
first Gloss with a smaller population
than that of The Bronx. surrounded
Miss Augusta Schlemmer. who from her
pedestal represented the home borough.