The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-13
SUNDAY RECREATION
The TOiling Weekday Workers in the PARKS.
Appearance Of Central and Prospect
Turks Yesterday.
The Sunday Experiment at the
Mercantile Library.

A Crowd OF Amusement and Health
Seekers In tho Park-Riding on Horse
back-A Word on Fashions.
For pure, genuine enjoyment commend us the
Park on Sunday afternoon. 1t is the holiday OF
the people, not OF the faslonables, and the great
lungs Of the metropolis, as the Park has been aptiy
termed, breathe comfort, health and pleasure into
the tired workers who leave for the moment the
maelstrom of down town life, and commune with
nature In her most attractive mood In the morn
ing, at q very early hour, hundreds OF ladies' and
gentlemen may be seen on horseback, airing them
selves for keen appetite for breakfast, and
practising the lessons they received at the
riding school. Horseback riding has become
popular recreation this summer, and even the
ladies seem to look with more favor on this grace
full exercise. In the South, where everybody rides
and wagons are In some districts considered super
nuous articles, the benencent effects OF such eXer-
else may be In the bright faces and 1.-THE forms
that greet the eye of the traveller. Dark riding
habits tall silk hats and blue wells are the avorite
nue. whose bright face was flushed with pleasure
and excitement as she urged her chestnut stecd
trians, was dressed in a dark blue iady's
cloth, the skirt being richly braided near the
bottom with three different widths OF black
soutache braid. The habit was a aunty basque,
forming modified postion in the back, and open
with broad, graceful revers in mont, and very much
cut away, displaying vest of white pique, fastened
with small, nat, gilt buttons, and completed by
standing linen collar and coral neckte. The basque
was handsomely braided to match the skirt, especi-
ally the revers and the cuffs on the sleeves The hat
high-crowned beaver, was encircled by n blue crepe
vei disposed en- torsdde and iastcndcd on the left
with small gauntiets and gold-headed riding whip
completed this stylish toilet.
Around the Arsenal and its cages Of wild
animals the children lind the chief attractions of
the Park. They stand before the monkeys and wit
ness their mischievous antics with delight, and
some of cur ward politicians ana the hectic hroweJ
pug-nosed and blear-eyed patriarchs OF the mon
key cages. glance at the hideous grizzly, the
monarch OF the Rocky Mountains; u chiip from the
golden-plumaged songsters, q horrid scream from
an ugly looking eagle an astonshed group around
cSnple Gl osiriohes or lazy dull
the ,,d Lake, the Mineral springs, one
beneath fragrant arbors, where human doves bill
and COO, through the Ramble and its devious laby
rinth and seated in a hundred equipages the PEG
pie of Manhattan enjoy the glorious feast which
nature spreads out before them.
The irrepressible Dolly Warden has not vet in
giotesque figures, which tend TO make the wearer
q scarecrow. a neat, tasteful suit was OF grsaile
SIX, the skirt c1s de te'Te and ornamented with
deep box plated nonnce In front and kilt-plaited
ones In 'front.' with narrow rufries and lace; plain
overskirt, looped at the back, and short basque,
both trimmed with black lace and bonnet
OF black lace, with frou frou ribbon and sprays OF
flowers, completed this handsome costume. As the
Park on Sundays Is not exactly the place to meet
stylish toilets we are unable TO specify any others
worthy OF mention. There were some, to be sure
consisting OF printed muslin dress, black green
and red shawl, yellow waist, white cotton gloves,
and straw bonnet, with green ribbons and blue
flowers In profuson, but these can hardly be
classed among the fashions. Nevertheless the con-
tented wearers were just as happy as II their
tunes came from Worths, OF Paris, instead Of
from Miss Hooahan's, OF avenue @. they seemed
only to think OF enjoyment, and evidenced keen
reiisn Tor the pleasure or the hour.