The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-05-02
THE RIVAL Guns.
Tho Splendid Talents of the ]. c. A. G.
EHjoyed by tho Pnimus.

EHjoyed by tho Pnlmas.
OF course everybody knows that the Pal
ma is toney club, but at the same time
these same people will admit that there is
a club on the Hill which, in point of men,
bership, has not its equal in tone in this
State. 1t was this latter club the Jersey
City Athletics that attracted hundreds of
handsomely attired ladies with beauty.
wealth, health and grace at their back with
their beaux, husbands and brothers, or
cousins, as escorts, TO Bergen Hall, last
Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The
programme was the same on both nights,
and while on Wednesday there was avery
hattering house, the hall was crowded to
suffocation on Thursday night 1t was on
this night that sixty gallant and handsome
Palma boys wendell their way toward the
hall, each furnished with placard bearing
on one side the word Gratis, and on the
other side the word "Chestnuts. It was
evident that they anticipated the fact that
the Athletics would get off some stale hits,
and that their presence with these p1acards
would Undue the Athletics with sense of
the superior knowledge Of the Palma hoys
with local stage hits of the day. But the
A0ttUt WCAo ACASS l40 At11otltS K6I6 bOO
smart for them, and everything they made
after the arrival of the Palma boys particu-
larly was bran.new and most of them were
directed against the down town club or
some of its members. 1t must be rernem-
bered, however, that there Is nothing be-
tween the members of the two clubs but
the most friendly feeling and many of the
members of the Palma Club have much
more intimate friends in the Athletic Club
than in their own and Uice versd. The
travesty song Of Cocoa illustrates the feel
ing of friendly rivalry:
The New York Athletics sent team here to bowl
The Paimas The PAlmRs The Palmas
But they got badly beaten, that is was told
BY the Palmas The Palmas The Palmas
Now the j. @. A. O.s were pleased with that score,
And I'll say to our sister-we cannot say more
The iatch-string you'll ind hanging out on our
door,
To the Palmas The Pslmas The Palmas
Outside of the rivalry between the two
clubs the entertainment of the Athletics
was par exceleace indeed, it could net
have been improved on by professionals,
nor could it then have been more thor
oughly enjoyed.
The programme on both nights was as
follows:
PART First.
Opening Overture. BY the Company
Gabriel Blow Your Trumpet M, Frank Cavalli
I'll Wait, Love, for Thee. Mr.. G. e. Ahrens
Comic Ditty ....................Mr Mr.. VIM. I. Vidal
Ring Dem Golden Bella. ........ Mr.. r. 81. Molten
SoDg-Grandma ..................M Mr.. Edward Boy
Hush, Lstsle Baby Mr. e. W. johnson
Grand Finale.
The Sleigh. Ride. BY the Company
Selection. the Orchestra
PART SECOND.
Tr,x,.~ kt4fo oaYnot;,,s p~orSo,,
High art on the baDjo............. MIR. Q. johnson
approximations and Yentrilo-
quism.. .......,.............M Mr.. A. F. Camacho
To conclude with the "Mick-e-Doo Surprise
Party" Produced under the direction Of Mr.. L.
r. Dresser.
Mick-e-Doo Boss Of the Horseshoel
Mr.. F. H. Molten
Nanky-Panky CSon Of Mick;
regular Birdis) .................M Mr.. Edward Boys
Cocoa lord High Executioher;l
instant death 10 those who Mr.. E. W. johnson
hear him sing ..............
Poor Bar (all out Of drinks1 Mr.. G. Z. Ahrens
Kitty 0h-Pshaw dead struck on
Nanky). ........ ......-...... Mr.. FRANK Cayall
Ah-There Special Envoy to his
Royal Nibst ..-..,..s............ Mr.. o. nj. Chase
Stay There Zone Of the hnest. Mr. r. J. Lyons
s'1 S sss,
While all the talent was excellent the
singing Of Messrs. @. E. Ahrens, f. n.
Molten and Edward Boys, and Upper
attic selections" by Mr.. L. Bragden, were
especially fine and they all met with thun-
ders of applause. Mr. H. j. Tyndals was
the musical director, and Mr. Joseph Hor-
ner, costumer. Messrs. f. Fl. Molten and
Frank Cavalli handled their tambcurines
like protest. 3nals, AMI the bones were
equally well used in the hands of E. w.
johnson and William I. Vidal. Mr.. Joseph
Frankie was the interlocutor. Everybody
was pleased with the chorus. which was
composed of Messrs. G. A. Stenkens, J. s.
Newkirk. g. H. Dormus, ii. @. Nichols, J.
G. Young, t. E. Kinsey. w. G. Lefferts, Z.
G. Wadsworth, Alex. Aherns, G. Lee Meyer,
r. j. Lyons, G. E. Fisher and II G. Elan
der Fhe entertainment was given under
the immediate direction of the Ways and
and Means Committee of the club, and it
Is this committee that deserves the greatest
praise for its unprecedented success, for
they labored necessarily to bring about
just such result as was accomplished
The committee was composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen: Samuel r. Finney,
Chairman; Charles T. Never, Jr., Secre-
tary; David G. Dewitt, Treasurer; j. Chas.
Appleby, Alfred Henderson, j. M. Tappen,
William j. TAFT, Edward G. Dickson, Frank
L. Clark, Carman Nichols, Elliott w. John.
son and Frank II. Molten