The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-21
NEW YORK CITY ON SUNDAY
now THE DdY Is SPENT ny MIL
LION HUMAN BEINGS.
A Fine Afternoon and Evening sure to bring

The morning services In the houses of
worship are well attended, especially those
OF the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, IL
has been ioticed by men who have given at
tentiun to the subject that the Roman Catholic
services on sunday in this city are rel lively far
more numorousy attended than are those Of the
pfute ,tant denominations. The same men have
set II down VA fact that the Protestant SUNDAY
afternoon services are by no means well at
tended us are those Of SUNDAY morning. and
TINS WIS notably the fact last Sunday. The
pewe were full wherever he Sun reporters went
In the mOrning-full. tho sections said, OF "1nat-
ers," that IL. the men and women who 20 to
church somewhere every Sunday, but vino. hav-
Ing no denomin ationai preferences, wand or from
place to place rs they may be attracted by one
or another preacher. These "a aters" spend
their sunday afternoons IN visiting or In other
diversions and the afternoon services In the four
hundred and forty-two Protestant places Of
worship are attended mainly oy the members Of
the churches respectiveiy-many OF them gem
erous church members, who give w their pews
during the morning services, because they know
that. with all the seating capacity Of the
churches Of New York, there Is not accommo-
dation for third OF the city's population.
Sunday Ia supposed to be day OF rest TO
| stare drivers and the librarians 1t Ia day OF
rest but to barkeepers and clergymen II Is not
| for although the windows OF the barrooms are
| closed, It Is known TO be easier to get a drink
| than to get book on Sunday; and as for cier-
! gymen'. work on that day, the Rev. DIR Deems,
| OF the Church Of the Strangers, may be accepted
| as a competent witness. He saws that a clergy
IN an on sunday works harder than hodcarrier
| on Monday, and II may safely DO averred that to
| hundreds Of ministers Sunday is tue great work
day Of the week. Then there are more than 1--WE
| ~.
| school tenchers, the former having at least the
| advantage OF beng y III for their labor. And
then there Is that large c. 50 Of inoiV duals VINO
| In our churches are cnm.ng almost as impor-
tant as the minister--tne singers and the organ
| lists, constituting the onoifs. lhis Latter class
| like tue sections. are pad for their work on sun
day, organists RECEIVING from $l,O1 to $2,JD. SO
pranos from 500 to S2.5OO, tencIs from $l,UO) TO
| slbUO, contraltos IT., IN $tAO 10 tl,2UO per annum
| high sums Tor, counting rehcdrsals, not over
| i've or six hours time Der week.
WHERE WAS HE DoRNr
II you wish to know in advance how man
viii So, nd bis SUNDAY, inst ask where he was
born ma roaIcd. AmCric. u New Y crk, If 1t goes
70 church II all, goes CHIEFLY to the Protestant {;
lrish New York attends The Catholic churches f;
German New YORK goes, about hye pr cent. 70
the Protestant CHURCHES. twenty per cent. to the
Catn olic, and seventy 1--WE per cent. 70 no place
Of worship Whatever, french New York goes,
say ten Der cent. to the Protestant, twenty I've
per cent 60 the Citholic churches, the rest to no
church IL ali: Spanish ana Italian New York Is
Catholic. IL ANYTHING.
The Hebrews, OF cour-e, observe their own
Sabbath. There are two classes Of jews In re- Ter.
enco TO their attitude toward the SUNDAY OF
the Chris Ian wOfld. namely, tht Sc who regard H..
recognize II at sll The latter class Is composed
almost holy oi German anu Polish Jews, and
embraces chiefly the poorer portions Of the
iis, ana the Hebrews Of the east side. The
wealthiet and more intelligent Hebrews trans
act no business on SUNDAY, and enjoy " hs a lay
Of social recreation and family reunion. Some
give recention parties on Sundh) evening. aud
Ss f .nouRh ,arvn' niasqutfaue or
pan. IN some synag CUES IN thls Sly u mas
been the custom TO tako ADVANTAGE II the leisure
afforded by sunday 10 ha,ea IT OF school, a
tue children OF the race in tho TN Of their
fathers Musical reunions and card parties
IRE much IN vogue on Sunday evenings
among the middle class aud wealthy HEIR VS.
On the whole, the outward respect paid by the
have possible sanctity Is very creditabIe TO
their good taste. AZ the same time Y must De
the most jealous and tnouentfii Hebrews
the Christian sunday - quietly but completely
Sp@g rI tsM Nc o 6qs IeS,9 sab
turday, their own SABBATH to do would
.nt u Toe, OF business thai few nrms. save tue
Messrs. SUlomons could sustain: while the
holiday time Of Sunday being almost wholly de-
voted TO pleasure, the average New York He
brew OF the present day may be said to have
roally no definite lime for reiigion'-thls was
the exact phrase used To tue writer by jealous
Hebrew One wealthy Hebrew family. whose
home Is III West Fourteenth street, obser,e res
literally all the lasts and ieasts ana ritual OF tue
MOSAIC w, ~ Tar as possible, ] Ist the j eWS
did three thous md years ago. and the family OF
Meltto-do business man whose home is in
Harlem observe sunday as reigiously as the
most devOut Christians.
NOT PROCESSING CHRISTIANS.
sunday among the Chinese Is perhaps the
most remark able spectacle In New York.
m the rear Of Is 1ter Street. The Chinese also
have temple smoke house in Mott street, near
Pell. Their temple ia always open, ana services
are held daily. there Is, OF course, no spe cial
ceremony ON sunday, tut as the Chinese have
more leisure on that day, they take the opportu-
NIFTY TO smoke nj IRE opium. and, above all, to
gir BILE more extensively on that day than on
any other. sunday Is the great gambling day Of
until midnight the Ceestidls deal their quaint
httie cards, with mysterious numbers on them,
tneir odd dominnes tneir sticks. and their bits
OF paper. occasionally quarreiling over their
game, invariably cheating, when cheating Is pos
slblo.
lhe Labor Lcaguers, the Communists, the So
cialsts, the "Agitators." meet on sundays, and
have their meeting pl ices principally on the
east side of the town. WITH many oil our French
and German free thinkers, and many OF our
American llbcralists, sunday Is a day 81 Thought
aud talk, and social and political rather than Of
theoiogio !, di cusson Several east side de-
batting cluos mold tnelr weekly meetings on
German Sunday Is seen In all It's gaiety OF
glory on the east side. 1t Is "a day OF fun and
iioc and social festivty. Crowus NIL the
stroets the shops are open, and there is really
more enliyening hustle than ON an average week
day Siill sunday on the east side Of New
York now Is not what 1t was wont 10 he the
minor places OF amusement are closed. the
else law has interfered with the beer gardens,
ana crowds Of Gel mans therefore make a regu-
| lar sunday exodus to Hoboken, where they ell
JOY their day OF leisure in their own way.
Re erring to the American sunday as such, II
may here be remarked that sunday has grad
Iaily become, even with the church-gulng and
decUrOus portion Of the community, a day for
dinner parties and social evening festivities.
he late A. 1. stewart gave dinner parties regular
| ly every SUNDAY ana many OF our most wealthy
| merchants and profession 4 men do iihewlse.
| i he ueman0s OF weekday life upon almost
every hour of a business mans time render this
way Of spendlng sunday AN absolute necessity
with many, II thew are to have ans society m to
! exercise any Hospitality Sund " Is also full
Gay at clubs. AT the Union Cllb 1t IL called
window day" AT the Manhattan club also
| there Is generally fun window attendance ON
| SuIdly. Tue Union League CLUB Is compara-
| tlveiy uulet on Sunday.
In the palmy days of the Ring all the poti-
! clans drove last horses on SUNDAY, aud the 70 d
| houses reaped "A harvest. but now, although
| 81. Nicholas avenue and the BOuleyards near
| the Park are lrrquenteu Uy II ,ers, aud men like
| Commodore Vanderbilt and Dan Mace some
times drive out ON sunday, yet the real display
OF Sunday horsetle IL far Inferior to that ire
senteu IN the days of Harry Bertholf ana Ned
| sun. Fleetwood Park aud jerome Park
| generally tnTOn9ed, however, on sunday morn
| ings daring the racing season.
| OUT-Of-DOORs RECREATION.
Fine weather always brings out in full
| a. aft All Her