The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-05
SEWING GIRLS EXCURSION.

LuMBrA -roILERs OF THE FACTORIES AND
sLAvEs OF THE NEEDLE ENJOYING THEM
SELVES IN THE sURF
Fifteen hundred sewing girls, In all the glory OF
calico dresses aud csrdinac oored ribbons. with gg-
gles bushes and good sppeii,es, and oil the kindred
charms the picnic occasions lend TO womankind-
such was the spectacle presented crowd OF gaping
males as the steamboat Columbia lett pier North
River yesterday From the avidi,y with which the
more caow members OF this gathering OF the s,erner
sex sought points Of vantage on the stringpieces.
clear that they reished the exhibition hugely.
The 1900 girls were all young Most OF them were
pretty, ana yet there OF upon the
face OF nearly overy one, serving 10 snow that their
tender years had boon given up to toll some had
come from workshops where a breath OF fresh air sell
dom enters and the sunlight never rays others had
been cooped s,ining tencments where they ply tho
needle hour after hour to msasro pit,ance ana
where youth and health pass away together 10 them
the excursion tue Columbia as pleasrrable as
unusual experience ana all seemed to profit
by it.
Rounding the Battery the Columbia stopped a.
JEWELS dock. Brooklyn, to take on board number
OF the sewing girls Of that city, and these had
reached the CoIumbias deck pleasant looking gentle
man came hurryLg down the pier waved all
hands goodby. This was r Cornell White who pro-
cuTsion party of His appearance hailed with APP
plause. The steam whistle shriekcd salute, the band
struck up u lively air and, with bunting flying and
hAndkercheis waving, tho Columbia moved out
INTO the stroam and started tor Rockuway.
Originally II had been intended 10 allow
but the sewing girls the DO I, but II
sequently found that u number Of pass could
readily be accommodated without vcniencc, and
SO there were altogether about twenty i've hundred
people on board OF course the girls were the great
sttAn nf fhA IhnrA uu .,.tlna
variety Of them. Girls mature and womanly, who
quietly converscd and jokcd together srls Of lesser
growth who strocJ about aud laughed aud chartered
necessarily aud gr.s SUI more juvenile, who
were never at rest, but romped around aud
| got into all sorts OF out OF the way places
IL was oiear however, that every entered into The
spirit OF the occasion. Not face but was lighted up
with pleasure and excitement and there were lew
eyes that did sparkle with tho vivacty OF youth
| There were many girls, however, whose pale faces
SHOWED that holiday was, indeed, rarity and that
sky, sunlight anu sea air were strdugers To them.
These were If possible, moro delighted than the rest.
and the curious Questions teey asked abon. what they
along tue way indicated tnat outside of their
homes the world was unknown to them.
| THE CONSUMPTION or LEMONADE.
While tho Columbia was passing into the bay a man
OF goodly height and very pronounced por,lnoss
upon ke2 down STAINS ana superintended the manu-
iacture OF lemonade. donkey orgne had TO DO
this beverage, and there was end of excitement
barrel alter barrel OF 1t was rolled away. But inc
p0rtsy man didn't seem 10 mind that Bit He sat
| hts keg and watched the proceedings with air
solemn as II tho late of empires was beng decided
|
standing IN line with tho rest he rose, aud with
air OF great rcnef, observed sententousiy A right,
boys Tell the girls that now we'rc going TO treaI'
This was Sandy Spencer, VINO had gratuitously iur-
nisncd the beverages OF the OCCASION ana OF his
myrmidonsa once bore the Ldngs To tho upper deck
Not u soul VI the fifteen hun.rcd girls waited
to DO asked twice Down the stairs they came. first
dozens then IN scores, at last IN hundreds The place
was crowded IN q twlnkng and sucn a consump tIon of
lemonade began as had been seen or n!aLy day.
Itlc girls and big girls crowded around and empued
vlusscs as II their hopes of happiness on H.
nuyAa a re- In
| sumption continued, ana had not timely reference
10 chowder tickets been made thcre Is
| telling what lengths tho drain lemonade
| would have been carried. Cnowder tickets bath
ing suit tiokels, however were 10 be DISTRIBUTED and
by the time Mrs. Captain Tease had attended to this
| the Columbia had reached Rockaway Beach. As she
| touched me pier the Plymouth Rock. when close
urea ss"se ana ro s.H on'"ss ana
from the shore, and then, under the escort
Of Mr. William II Psrg and Captain Maurice Gardner,
OF tho Rockaway police. the girls were conducted to
the Seaside Grove and various hotels near the beach,
where dinner was served. II was expected In Rocka-
way that the glrs would be moro numerous. la lact,
= whole amazonlan army must have been expected
for In every hotel along the beach sufficient food mad
,ms prepared a Whit. soS Canaan Gardiner ssss
called upon he proprietors OF all sorts of amusement
booths and upon the dispensers of bathing suits, and
all responded by offering the girls whatever they
wanted Fully twelve hundred out OF the fifteen n
dred osthed IN tho sdr and the whole party romped
around aud enjoyed themselves until the timo
| turning was announced
IL Is not easy matter to get 1900 young women
INTO line AZ any time, but wneh toe oov are scattered
over somewhat expansive territory and every OF
10 enjoying herself and svcrsc to giving up her
fun, becomes affair OF exceed ng difficulty. From
tho dancing PLATFORM the surf beach they were
gathered IN, and At tho last, when II nearly Two
| o'clock, the Columbia moved OF the return
trip The excursion had clearly been OF service
to the girls. Their faces brighter, their laugh
cheerier Than before ana the somewhat adcd
| OF one two poor toIlers appeared unwontcd
glow. Tho excursion decidedly success. the
| spirit with which tho Rockaway people entered into
| the enterprise reflects credit upon them. Cnowdcr
tickets TO the number Of 4i75 given by for
distribution, aud 800 bathing suits offered TOR
use From the conversation OF some Of the gentlemen
concerned in the enterprise 1t s possible that IL
| be repeated.