The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-26
A SUNNY SUMMER SUNDAY.
Of the season-The Boating on the Bay and
the Perambulations in the Park.

The great metropolis was seething and SIMMER
ing under genuine Summer sun glare yesterday,
and people, according to their various physical
temperaments and abilities, either enjoyed or
cured the day as best they could To that great and
peculiarly active class OF citizens who consider 1t
an obligatory duty to put on their wrinkled black
cashmere pants, shiny stove-pipe hat and pair
OF reserved creaking boots 1t was glorious sun
day. That is the class that finds no pleasure any
holiday, secular or religious except that OF peram-
bula,ion in .store" attire-they must be out walk
ing or calling on friends. To the other class, that
likes to enjoy sort Of quiet, even lazy, day at
home, yesterday was also enjoyable; but they could
have got along quite as well with de-
gree or two less of Fahrenheit From early
morning the day gave promise OF being very warm,
though the atmosphere was generally clear and
there was symptom OF GOODNESS In the shade.
But with all its ambient beauty, there was never
! theless a thick heaviness about 1t that presaged
Enthusiastically the coming of
SEVERE MONDAY WARMTH,
and as the sun rose into the dome OF nhnitude his
rays fell warmer and more proluse until his ardent
smiles were too radiant to be pleasant And then
outof-door masses OF humanity were everywhere
astir. The professions Of churchgoers sought the
shady sides OF Streets and a rule went straight
dulging in the little after-worship walks which are
sometimes SO extremely pleasant.
Early afternoon found whole families on the
move, both Us pedestrians and in the democratic
fashion OF street car patrons Fathers were out with
the juvenile and adolescent members OF the home
circle in thousands OF cases fathers mothers and
Juveniles, with pocketed door keys and small
satchels OF provender, betook themselves to the
Central Park and to the various ferries for little
suburban recreation and air.
The trip down the bay was eagerly sought for
and INDUCED In to very large extent, and the
Staten Island ferryboats carried larger numbers OF
passengers on their afternoon trips than they have
done at any time since last Summer, and
THE SHORES OF THAT SHINING BAY
never appeared to prettler advantage than they
did yesterday. The sky was glorious In the rich,
soft depth OF it's cerulean coloring, and where the
cloud banks and pillars swept in neecy massiveness
athwart the heavens they only served to enrich
and intensity the beauties OF the vast expanse OF
blue. The green waters Of the harbor flashed and
sh,mmered in the sunlight as the COOL puffy
breeze lifted their surface into myriad OF ripping
vessels OF all sizes dotted the vista away to the
dim and distant horizon. And now that
has fully burst on the trees. q bright emerald belt
seems to hold the silvery field, save where, I'M
ciasped to seaward, 1t let's the molten food minge
were many steamboats, anoat yesterday carrying
away cargoes OF human freight in all directions.
beach and down the tcrturous Kill Won Knl to the
Jersey Highlands anG Rarltan Bay. Up the Hud-
son. too, between shores crested with wooded hills
or rocky walls and dotted with superb villas, the
steamers bore their health and pleasure seeking
| loads Of happy domestic vOyagers;
AND THE JADED HORSES
Of the street railroads.; II they were only gifted
| with the power OF estimating numbers by weight
and could answer query as to whether all the
| town went to the Park, they would undoubtedly
Neigh g6 The th Park Is IN full
his little army OF lab0rers have got everything in
first class order The walks are Ia excellent repair,
| the drives ceanly swept and nicely watered, the
lawns and grass borders neatly m0wn the swans
| are Scraptng acquaintance with all the
NURSES AND CHILDREN
| for crumbs OF cake, and the boat landing at the
foot OF the terrace, Is the busiest place IN the Park
The Park b0atmen IN their tidy naval rig, bend
steadily at the oars, and all day long the awning
covered wineries glided under bridges and past
dwarf promontores making their three mile vOy-
ages about the lake, with soft gliding motion, that
seemed far more anciful than real
The terrace, now so nearly completed, has al
most assumed the handsome appearance originally
designed Tor 1t, and the grand fonnt tain attracts
She attention OF thousands OF adplrng observers
who are only anxious to see the flowing OF the
waters from beneath the feet OF the angel in this
charming Illustration OF
BETHRSDA's HEALTH-GIvING POOL.
New York has never before boosted fOunta
worthy OF the name either In power or in artistic
beauty OF design, and to thousands who have never
witnessed the sp0uting wonders Of the gardens OF
Versailles or OF Hyde Park or the great Jet that
scars to an altitude OF 100 feet in the Canadian
Park is q source OF the greatest wonderment. The
| fountain will be formally inaugurated in few
days, and the ceremonies will be OF an interesting
character, after which the Sunday throngs may
revel in the cool msts and rainbow beauties OF this
exquisite hydraulic ornament.
The crowd OF visitors to the Park yesterday was
| by all odds the largest ana most diversified that
| has been seen there this season, and museum
menagerie. mall, statuary, waterscape, landscape
lawns, foliage and flowers all received their due