The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-28
PICNICS.

PICNICS.
IoUs, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PiCNIcs-CoN-
TRAsrs OF OUTDOOR ENJoyMENTs.
The picnic having arrived most OF the HERALDs
readers will doubt find interest IN all that APP
pertains subject The origin OF the picnic may
safely be said 10 have boon coexistant with the 6rst
largo city and TO have grown apace With the gradual
grouping Of men IN crowded centres Since the first
picnic varieties have increased until now, according
trustworthy statistcians, there not fewer than
seventy.one species. The span OF human existence
too brief and the weather too fervent to
allow extended mention oil all Of these.
aud the most satisfactory method OF dealing
with the question OF species accept calculation
and say few words about those types OF PIC.
mic which familiar to the general reader The pill
iering tendency OF slang 10 manifested in the many
meanings IL has attached to this word, with which
heretofore have been associated many OF tho pleasant
est recollections Of gone Some OF the very
modern uses Of the sufficient TO prove to any
unbiased mind Inc truth OF the pionics
are OF pleasant memory For instance, when . meri
chant has driven 0ne.sded bargain with . less en-
hyhlened fellow he speaks Of having had 'picnic."
Inc youth whose thoughts at this special season
lightly turn, SC, speaks with poetic metaphor Of
evening spent with bis inamora.a US having
been 50 regular picnic" The husband
.sciub," now returns home late from "a picnic Ger
tain articles OF clothing have been dubbed with the
word picnic" and ~ fact every going from home 10
The picnic, when nrst Il began to gain public favor,
was regarded as an immoral CUSTOM and such was the
opposition 70 u that tho Church took brand
II with dlsapprova, thus nnhiiating prolific
Of income. Many may remember the time when 1t was
not considered The proper thing 10 attend picnic but
The prejudice, beng an unjust one passed away,
and to-day tho picnic 70 rs thoroughly An American
Or pork and beana the economy Of pcnics is
~ Interesting study. they IRE q means Of
q dollars are sysry ysaP nroosn
them for worthy objects, anu under the guiso or
pleasure many persons arc scduced Into dong good by
s,cai Club me Ludwig scha. zhabSiebios coerie and
ilbels oi Inc WORD picn,c or, as general rule their
entertainments s'strikssn political aspirAnts
next XssemDi man Plcnss and lager Soer have by
worry natural process been coupled IN The general
a.a 20 c beer =
posums OF Tue Father Mathew Mutual Benent
s'sp,. cotton' Tor week alter attending the picnic
picnic he iecls for several days he had lump
coke In his throat Il may be noticed, by those who
toms are like those experienced after attending q
''rafho Tor a hod-handle" or - wake" but II 10
recorded tnat unlike causes often produce similar
effects. ~
HOW rIcxIcs ARE ORGANIZED
To digrsss from the Interesting topic Of drynoss
which, u pursued 10 proper length, would I'LL col.
umns let US take look behind the aud the
various motives on when Tho pleasant occasions de.
pend for beng. The church picnic, which seems oil
poetry and sunshine twitn slight mixture OF lemon
ade anu zoe creamy owes It's being 10 punching want
mortgage, or more frequently the interest one
has bs paid on The solvent members the church
are not getnable having migrated hither and ththsr
for summer vacation aud their iess fortunate fellow
n nabl a n thQ an
Dean Swift has IT. An exsurnon or picnic ID proposed
and every member Of the church gets certain numDer
with. Small trudespeople VINO don't belong 10 the
church have 70 take tickets, and all The trends Of the
same way. The majority recognize ony day Of
sport, aud. undor pleasant form, tax has boon
levied and the MORTGAGE 10 satisiicdL
THE POLITICAL PICNIC.
The true nwardness Of the political picnic Is much
more complex and beautiful than that Of = Geneva
watch. In the good old days when the tiger face of
Amoricus grinaced from the lapel OF SO many
parrots In this region the favore method OF approach
Ing political leaucr or aspirant TO appear
flannel shirt demand trophy Of silver, TO be shot
Tor by the "boys" As q large number of the BOYS
have no sldeboard when to display the trophy
and u.any of the solid silver ornaments were found
suddenly 10 lose their brightness, the custom
has grown obsolete The target excursion itself
thing OF the past and the picnic, which combines
shooting and many other things with beer drinking
has usurpoa MS place. Az general rule, the political
club hrst organizes und Is Tor greater or less ume
nameess, until some gentleman anxious TO his
country comes along aud bestows his name and
part VI MIS- loItuue. luo iormeI may ViCiate
tenets OF euphony, but the latter must DO sufficient
mt least to pay for the FURNITURE which purchased
on the monthly instainient plan, and discharge tho
obligation oil rent Tor the "ro0msn Tor SIX
months. The club has now name, aud
local habitation Il secured Tor the timc being Then
The moving spirits VI the club propose picnic and
patron takes one or two hundred TICKETS and hundreds
sold to Others influenced by the growing strength
oil the club The affair Is success election day comes
and the patron, having secured I. expensive nonlna
ton, hnds himself sold out before sundowE and tho
prize carried oil by another Such is the 'strue
SOCIAL AND orHEH
Then there Is sociabie picnic organized by young
fellows who want to have a good time aud a select
company to which they bring their sweehcars
sisters These are rather expensive but the pleasure
they gvo quite compe nsates Tor The money Then,
every year, and which invariably ends disastrously
and the picnic OF the Sor0ss whore guests lunch
on blue stocking notons ana the Dutch picnc BY the
way, the Dutch picnics deserve special mention. To
the American man u " very puzzling how another
man, even Dutchman, US Germans wrongly
young Snyders NJ hand. And the poor German
wonders how the American finds iun without them
Couid an American woman enjoy anything OF the KIND
while she had her babies TO look afterf May DO she
might but, as she IS never seen 10 attempt the
pertinent, the interrogation still stands. No people
and the women especially seem 10 be enjoy
themselves under difficulties Extracting sun0eafns
from cucumbsrs Is simple process COMPARED with
having iun at picnic when you have seven or eiguI
''young ones' to mind.
During The week pcnics will be had In all the gardens
IN New YORK; and AZ the svnson progresses, hardly
day Will pass Sunday not exccptcd) when less than
i've gay compan viii leave heated payemcnts Of
the town lor tho little spots OF green scattered through
tho upper part Of the city.