The New York herald., 1878-03-04
THE FIRST SUNDAY OF SPRING.

CENTRAL PARK cRowDED-ADuLrs AND chill
DREN ENJOY THE TICKLE SUNSHINE.
delightful, buta tantalxingIy capricious. Sunday
was yesterday 70 that vast population OF New York
which depends upon the Sabbath for iss excursions
and visits tho Park For several hours IL was tho
Hrst vivid suggestion Of that charming period, now
close at hand, .'when Spring unlocks tho flowers to
paint tho laughing soil and during those hours thoro
poured out perfect stream OF humanity from the
sitting tenements and tho close. stining little rooms
OF tenement houses and alleys 10 enjoy the puro
and tho warm sunshine of the Park The heavy
rainfall during The previous night had Ole
fered but little hopo for q line DAY. and
there was. therefore, but little disappointment when
tho oarly morning revealed itself sloppy, damp,
muggy and overcast Nobody then could have hoped
that the weather would suddenly change and Oring
In the course of few bret hours sky only hecked
with Clouds showing lovely strips OF laughing blue
adeyhttuily balmy and soft temperature and
ot o warm spring which soon dissipated every
particle Of muggtness and dampness IN the atmos.
pherc. "What . splendid day." thousands OK.
claimed and tf poeticaiy inclined u must have re-
minded them OF tho ''daFodis that como before the
swallow dares and take the winds OF March with
beauty" in .'Tho Winters Tale"
During these hours tho crowds In the Park were
greater than they mad boen probably any previous
posSoasOb
Of tho trig buggy taking out his equally fortunate
s'grl" aud only too glad TO race with tho buggy
that camo along thore tho stately dowagor In her
nne carriage accompanied by her dearly beloved lap
dog o little coat OF velvet, and thero were tho
Others far more numerous. and constituting in tnen,-
selves the bona tide sunday clientele Inc Park
namely, the geuteel as we'll ~ the owy who
debarred from visiting the Park during days and
every pleasant Sunday h all its shady benches aud
retreats 70 ovorhowlng
rnk cHILDRxx's AxusRxxxrs.
SUNDAY tho little Now York folk enjoyed their
their donkeys ponies amt goat carriages as much ~
tho banseims aud siocAes Of Paris do their elephant
and camel rides and their drives In tiny toy convey
ances drawn by ostriches and zebrxa by the why,
why cannot tho Park Commissioners mako some smi.
lar OF one OF the elephants aud Que of the cames
training them for such delightful amusement for
chidrenY Not only 10 Paris. but aA0 IN London,
are lhe elephants used these pleasure riaes with
perfect safety The Park commissioner ight also see
TO Thai tho prosenI Tor children offered
by tho Park arc reduced 20 asuro wnicn should
A donkey ride, tor instance. which " SO eagerly
sought Ny every child, costa ten conts although the
tho elephant rdss only i've cents (.wenty-
Two centtmesh
scAxpERxa HoxI
Yesterday those purvey0rs OF infaptlle amusemont
would nave reapsd enormous prohts ~, indeed, they
do every limo day, but early " tho afternoon tho
sky became overcast; u sprinkod and, although the
drxze was OF sno nuest u was sufficient " induce
sudden scRmperIng homo OF umbreilaess fathers and
mothers with their scared stIe ones, Iu tins con-
neclion it might 10 we'll 10 call attention TO the
TACT that all these proprietors oil donksys,
ponies and goats have found their enterprises
very profitable, another form oi ain uscment ior
chiidron might prove still moro Tne little
marionette Punch judy shows Th<dtrss de Gui.
gnoi, they arc Called ON the Champs EIysccs. aro
visited by thousands OF children every day NJ the low
admission Of ono cent ana every ono VINO has ever
passed them viii remember the loud and merry peais
Vi laughter and delight that greeted his One
two Ut these shows would prove very popular In tho
Park.
CLEANS OF SUNSHINE.
Aftor tho light sprinkiny rain had passed away II
became hne again Tor s0mo hours IN the afternoon,
aud lhero were still many who, aPmod with their uu-
brcIls, boldly vcntured out upon thor SUNDAY
promcuades. But they were low ~ comparison with
the vast crowds that had thr0nged the Park during
earlier portions OF this truly extraordinary Aarch