Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-14
ODD PHASES OF CENTRAL PARK.

Maria Uph&m Drake.
ODD PHASES OF CENTRAL PARK.
Its Pitfalls for Unwary visitors-soenss
After O'CLOCK at Night.
The Sunday family visitation II not
observable as a rule during week days.
Not that there are not thousands Of chill
dren and w9mea there, but the sight Of
groups Of laborers with their families,
mechanics with their families, and we'll
to-do citizens smoking the fragrant cigar
attended by wife and children, is not 90
frequently met during the week as on day
OF rest. In the afternoon Of every day in
the week, except Sundays, when totally
different class Of people drive, the park IL
alive from 8 until with carriages. The
panorama is odd indeed, the picture Is
more like akaleidescoye e than a panorama
Fortunates are followed by unfortunates,
old families by the nouveaux riches, the
noble and the humble, the good and the
bad, those who go for fresh air, those who
go for display, those who seek pleasure in
that kind of society, those who find it in
the excitement Of a crowd, men who go
for relief from the turmoil of business, and
those who go to see life after O'Clock at
night.
AFTER NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
But, after ell, the odd phase OF the park
Is to be found after the curtains of night
envelop the earth. There is a great deal
Of human nature even in park policemen,
and uniforms do not always entirely kill
the passion tat rage in ordinary human
breasts. There are good policemen and
bad policemen, and both sorts nnd ample
opportunity to exercise their caprice in
the dark after Q o'clock at night.
Pedestrianism is not encouraged in
Central park after dark; nevertheless, IL
may be doubted IL there Is even an hour
during the long months of the pleasant
portions Of the year when there are not
several hundreds of people somewhere in
the park enclosure.
There are scores Of retired places there,
known only to the officials and the favorite
few who have sought and found them.
There the loafers sleep, the tramps congre-
gate, there the stealthy pickpocket awaits
his victim, there the dirty blackmailinR
wretch, spider-like, listens fer the coming
Of q couple upon whom he can spring in
an opportune moment. All manner of
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