The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-22
BEAUTIFUL SPRING.
sunday in Central Parl-A Delightful Day,
Beautiful Weather and Crowds Of
Pleasure Seekers.

season again gladden. us with their presence and
perfume, and the buds on the trees bursting with
Slosssm and leaf give ample promise of an abun-
dant harvest. Yesterday was one of these days,
witt which the most captious mortal could
net find fault. The sun bright and cheer
fai, the air cool and balmy it caused
with it health and enjoyment, and the thousands OF
Pleasure seekers who thronged the park tne
squares and the streets put on their most happy
faces to welcome the agreeable change, from the
c0quettish weather we have experienced for the
past few weeks.
Central Park, as usual, was the great source OF
attraction, and it has rarely presented more
lively and animated picture than 1t did yester-
day. Everybody, with his wife and babies,
was out and vehicles Of every description,
from the lordly four-wheeler down to the homely
wagon, thronged the equestrian drives, passing
In through the entrances during the entire day, but
particularly in the afternoon, in one continuous
stream. stranger, curious to ascertain how rich
New York is in female beauty, could not have found
more favorable place or time to solve this prob
lem for in no city of the world can SO many hand
some women be seen as gather together on day
like yesterday in the Central Park.
What dust and what noise as fresh parties
keep pouring in momentarily, men and women,
boys and girls, sweethearts and married people,
babies in arms and children in chaises, all seeming
bent on making the most of the beautiful spring
day. Groups OF young gentlemen, In all the
glory Of patent leather boots and white vests in de-
mand to attract the attention of the young ladies
who pass by, and, frequently with success for soon
ana eale alter their kind s aiming to look at
the menagerie or eat an ice While the oder couples
sitting In the rustic shades look benigny on at the
Setween young mem @' and maidens ss Elm the
spring young mans fancy lightly turns to
love-" and the feeling is largely shared by young
women, too, though, TennysOn has not thought II
necessary to mention them In his beautiful poem.
The number OF people who inhaled the fresh
;breezes Of the Park yesterday and basked in its
sunshine could not be less than 100000, the gate
keepers asserting that the crowd was almost
precedented so early in the season. The favorite
resorts were filed to OVERCOMING and crushing
and josting We're IN constant requisition; but all
were good humored, and there was scarcely the
slightest necessity for the assistance of the Park
keepers, the beautiful weather and the charm.
substituted courtesy in its place. The dazzling
array OF female toilets and the beauty Of the fair
aOf weak young men, and warrants the impression,
which Is rapidly becoming an accomplished fact,
America is leaving the older countries far behind
The glory that SO long remained with Paris as the
paradise OF milliners and costumers has departed,
and the seat OF empire been transferred to New
York, and, in future, London and Paris will be
matter Of fashion as they have been forced to do in
almost everything else. We are well dressed and
the OF this m go to
trial Park on fine Sunday and he will soon be con-
cytnced.
When the churches had been emptied Of their
'w0rshippers in the afternoon all but the most
Pharseean ones Hooked into the streets, for to re-
main at home would almost have been an insult to
Providence in the face of such bright, sunny day.
The foliage in the Park Is now deeply green for
April. Tie grass seems to spring up, as if by
magic; the buds the trees are preparing to
shoot forth into leaves and soon every hill and
nature II the great lungs of our city does not pos
sess so many artificial adornments as Hyde Park in
London, or the Champs de Elysee In Paris, 1T is far
nor N no cd
soon the wealth and taste Of this great metropolis
WIN make it the handsomest public resort in the
world.
The number of fast trotters out yesterday
unusually large. Almost every crack stable in the
dashed along with their fair occupants, the effect
was gay in the extreme. Those who were not for.
tupate enough to have carriage had abundance of
other ways to Gull pleasure. the various places of
recreation had put on holiday attire to welcome
the Statue of Morse ana few passed it without
stopping to gaze on the features of the man VINO
has done so much for science and civilization, and
whom two hemispheres delighted TO honor.
The refreshment saloons received a fair share OF
patronage yesterday, and 1t was strange TO see
lager and soda" advertised ''ice coldn when only
two weeks ago were in the midst OF the most
severe weather of the season. The means which
have been adopted To make the parks in London so
attractive, might with great propriety be intro
duced here, and if few good bands of music were
stationed in various places through the Central it
would in great measure preclude the
necessty OF such constant rush to the
yesterday might provoke feelings of visibility, but
they were all clean and happy and disposed to be
made Al these Sundays OF relaxation which, under
other circumstances would be impossible, and
comparison OF babies and exchange OF courtesies
or a chance meeting in rustic arbor. The num-
Der OF children ont was extraordinary. Where
do they all come from is the question
that most naturally comes to your mind
The phesomena can be Explained in no other way
than Dickens has done similar OCCASION only
that every married woman in the PARK, who mas
been married any length of time, must have had
twins two or three occasions, for 1t Is Impossible
to account for the extent OF Juvenile population in
any other way: Without such breathing places as
our great public resorts it would be mystery how
AL these children could manage to reach ma
turity, the close air and fGtid atmosphere
many OF them daily breathe in the back
slunls and streets would inevitably Kill them OF
before their time but the occasional visits to the
parks and squares counterfeit these evil influences,
ard hence Ii should be the first care OF municipal
gcverRmect TO Keep In thorough order THESE places
which the future Of great city like this so much
depends.
noon and the walks were so jammed with pedes-
TRANS that passage became difficult. The me-
nagerie was an unwearyihg source OF attraction.
upon the animals that have been brought
from ALL parts of the world TO amuse ana
instruct. Around the monkeys cages young boys
with NeIy'larqe hats, smoking huge cigars, trying
to ooE as If they liked them,n were studying the
physioEnomy OF Inc nary occupants anu we spec.
tatOr would find rising in his mind feeling tnat
there wts some relationship between the animals in
the cage and those outside. Darwin may be cor
rect in M theory after all Servant girls, who we're
having tb efr Sunday out, suddenly made up their
minds to take tue most out of IT, and, with
their male admirers taking In everything
with greedy eyes, or pointing out TO fresh arrivals
from the "a uld sod tae wonders which they are
constantly discovering. II Is getting dark and tie
aired pleasys re-seekers begin TO move homeward.
The streets leading from the Park became soon
filled: the cis Idren dragged along by their nc
less weary narses; sweetbearts grow more senti
mental as the evening came on, but all return de-
lighted with the enjoyment OF the beautiful spring
Aay. Winteiha now fairly gone, and we may look
ont for fine Sundays and crowded Park.