New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
HIGH BRIDGE AND THE Been GARDENS.

HIGH BRIDGE AND TIE BEER GARDENS.
The Germans are among the most devoted sccncrs
after pleasure Oh Sunday. Usually they % in
family pa1tic. and they are satisfied with pretty
glimpse of nature thodgh 1t b. near the cIty. heir
favort. bevera be at hand IN reasonable quantI-
ties such place as the Empire City Coliseum
and Washington Park, at Aycnue-A and SKY
ninth-st., seems under ordinary occasions, to sup
ply then wants. High fences smut out The VISA Of
sbanty crowned rocks ana stone-yaTds and they
turn their eyes TO he east where the rIvcr flows at
their feet In the nes hborlood of ligl Bridge the
picturesque hills bear their uverward Slopes
many unpreteltions wooden structures beneath
whose roofs on summer 81 Iday thousands of the
city's population assemble an act A. If they had
chosen for their motto: " Let us eat, drink ana
be merry for tomorrow we work" The recent
RAINY sundays and cool weather retarded these re-
sorts in taking on their usual summer
appearance but sunday at High Bridge
now presents a lively spectacle The people vino
assemble at these places almost exclusively OF
The wage-eaImng class. who all the week have been
shut up IN shops factories, and thew cnj 10 the
full their Sunday outing Seated under the wooden
roofs with the cool Dreez.s blowing from the shaded
hilsdcs and down the river, they drink lager beer,
eat their chowdcr and watch the lttle steamers ply
M on the stream below. At some 0 the places III
different German bands stm ggle with popular airs,
and at others the merry go-rOunds, where happy
children ride wooden horses, give forth monotonous
sounds. Groups wander through the grounds
long the woodland paths. and many "a lovers tale
is told over the iOaming beer glass, interrupted
bv the scream of the locomotive whistle from the
railroad benca tn the hill The bridge from which
The section takes us name Is iavOrte
walk. The crowds enjoy Themselves as Il rule
IN an orderly and quiet manner They are
dressed in their SUNDAY nncry and the prOtusiOn of
ribbons and Tlnglcis DISPLAYED bv the women, and
gorgeous brea>tplns almost amounting 10 breast
plate, worn by the men, & i've them "A decidedly
festive appearance. On the vcrandI of hOtcl near
tho south end of the bridge sit a. little tablt 4
class with more money to spend on pleasure. From
near tins hotel path leads through the woods and
across the fields To the ATLANTA Casino. near the
terminus of the weSt-slde elevated railroad. Seated
on the shaded veTaudaS of the Atalanta, under the
mild influence OF Ice-cIcam or lemonade. or posi-
ole glass OF beer the pleasure seekers entirely ignore
the uun viting marshes III the Immediate foreground
and look away to the hills and the winding river.
This place being easy OF access Is always well pat
rOniZed.
The various uptown beer gardens most of them
are IN Harlem or ltS VClnty) are always well filled
with people on Sundays in summer, when they are
not closed bv the enforcement Of the Excise laws.
I'm them cOngrcgratc representatives, Of almost every
civilized nation ana orders for beer can be heard III
half a dozen languages at once. There Is always,
of course q band in these gardens winch gives
{" sacred concerts composed of such melodies ~
Babies on Our Block" and "Peek-a-Boo" The
peopIe who frequent these places are as class
more given TO dissipation than those who spend
the dav AT Ujph Bridge, and as late hours are not
nm objection 10 them many of the gardens do their
best business at night when electric ngnls ana gas
Jets in cOlored globes SHINE above the motley lhIohg'