The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-11
THE FEzL0ws on WHEELS.



Last Nights scenes nt che Park roller
Skating Rtnk.
every man in this ere place g got
skate on, hiccouged by-stander 10 the
TArTLER at the Park Roller Skating Rink
last Friday evening sbut, say, young fell
Ter, this 'swhere man can get skate on
cheap. Only costs fifteen cents to get
skate on here" he continued, fan you
| can't say that of every sloon."
ssThis isn't saloon, yentured the TAT
TIER.
"Why, yes, it's skating saloon, an i
/ nice one, too--seei'
| He tried to make the reporter see By CIV
| ing him tuck under the ribs with his
| thumb. The reporter had already OBJ
served that the appointments of the Rink
were unusually attractive, and that the
| young ladies were good deal more attrac-
! tive. II was well lighted, had good floor,
and was prettily decorated In the orthodox
fashion with Chinese and Japanese adorn-
| ments. The merry crowd Of ladies and
| gentlemen on the door-some of them
! little more on it than they wanted to be-
| made Kaleidoscope picture for his eyes to
| feast upon. He was endeavoring to solve
| the problem whether he knew anybody in
| the throng when Geo. Abrahams, the hand
some desk clerk at Taylor's Hotel, rolled
past him. He wasn't very steady on his
feet. He had too many skates on. He
can stand one conveniently, but two over
come him. He had just climbed up on
them, and wasn't quite sure how to work
4 them. But he was not the man to show
fear or want of confidence He even re-
. moved his new silk hat and swung it grace
fully by his side while he went sailing
down the loom. But there came an hour
of reckoning. His understanding failed
him. His feet rolled away from him /;
his new silk hat swept gracefully beneath
him, and he accommodated it by sitting
down upon it. 1t was crushed, and SO
was he.
ssSee that fellow there with the mutton
chop whiskers, said the reporters friend;
swell, that's Earle, well known resident
of Jersey City. He comes in here frequent
~. He is tailor, and very eccentric
fellow"
Eccentric! In what respect is he &C.
centric" asked the reporter.
ssWell, he goes about minding his own
business, and think that is great eccen-
tricity my way of thinking. was the reply.
The gentleman looked as if, considering
his age-35-roller skating was his chief
eccentricity. At any rate. Mr.. Earle has
two young lady sisters who are very pretty
skaters, to say nothing of younger
brother-not boy. but full fedged man
who possibly would have been wiser
man had he devoted the time it took him
to learn to skate on wheels to some more
ennobling and manly pursuit.
ssSee that tall young man approaching
us That's Clarence Edwards, agreat societ,
boy"
s'Quite masher, isn't he ?" asked the re
porter.
ssMasher! No, indeed That young lady
WITH him is Miss. Soper lin subdued
voice She's my sister') That is the only
mash he's got, and he's got her prett,
solid" replied the leader of the orchestri
standing by.
Scan you tell me who that is ?" asked
the newspaper man as a very light youn(
man with a silk hat, who kicked his RICH
foot several feet behind him every time b,
lifted it, passed by.
ssThat! 1 don't know what its name is,
was the prompt reply. 81 guessit blew
in. That fellow passing now, who some
what resembles the eccentric man" con
tinued the reporters informant, 'sexcep
i that he's shorter, is named Randall he's
beginner" This was painfully apparent
as was also the fact that he was an adep
grinner, as every time he passed by tn,
newspaper man his only visible featur'
was his mouth. Among others who were
pointed out, who could be employed or en-
tertained in a much more appropriat,
manner for men, were Fatty ClinemaI
Totten, who, the manager said, was th'
! most successful masher in the room, an6
D. o. Dimick There are other features o
4 ~to f,f
dicrous and the ridiculous. Some of tn
ladies are most graceful skaters. Mis-
Colwell and Miss Greenwood are frequen
r visitors at the Park Rink, and are stron|
: rivals Both are handsome skaters. Mis-
Mary Hovey cannot be excelled, and she i
!, sought by the best of the gentlemen
skaters. Among the younger misses, Mis-
: Jacobus, the youngest daughter of the lat
: Alex. Jacobus, formerly proprietor of tn
, American House at Trenton, is one Of tn
most graceful.
A single race was contested by dozel
boys and was won by Huff Smith, much t.
the disgust of majority of the ladies', VII,
wanted to see one of the little dudes win
And so it was also with double race
which was won by Leon Foster and Ed
Ross.
The Caledonia Park Roller Skating RIM
is still as SUCCESSFUL as ever. IL is CnrODg
ed Afternoon and evening with large
crowd of old and young, each trying t
( out-do the other. II. P Somers, as man
ager, tries to do everything in his power t,
add to the comfort and amusement of hi
patrons. Each week he adds to the RIM
some new attraction, such as football, pol,
obstacle and wheelbarrow races, doubl
races, backward races and all kinds o
trick and fancy skating. Last week one 0
the most notable events was game of foot
ball between the OIympians and the Som
of Rest, in which the Olympians won, b,
walking away with three goals out of five
Another event equally as interesting, wa
a double race in which James Dunn ant
Bella Swan skated against Master Harr,
Lyons and young Miss Dunn. The rae
was very exciting and was won, after
! hard struggle, by II. Lyons and young Mis-
Dunn, who is younger sister of the Bell
Dunn who skated with Swan Next weel
there are number of attractions on th,
programme that will prove very interest
ing.
The SAFEST AND BEST WAY TO SECURE TIL
SUNDAY TATTLER is TO ORDER YOUR NEW
DEALER TO DELIVER IT AT YOUR HOUSE.
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