The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-06

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Jersey City has always been proud
of it's Palma Club. When the hand
some club house was first erected and
the members had taken possession OF
it, the aristocratic portion of society
found it a never ending SQUIRE of con-
versation. But conversation alone did
not satisfy the ladies, and after con-
siderable persuasion, the members
were prevailed upon to extend to their
wives, daughters and friends some of
the pleasures of the club.
A FLAT UTOPIA.
Although the gentlemen had built
many air castles, and dreamed many
dreams about the enjoyments of club
life which no woman could disturb, it
was soon discovered to be a Utopia
minus its browning glory, and a vision
of the ladies' pretty and attractive
faces about the magnificent building
began to be earnestly desired.
This desire soon grew, until finally,
by reclamation, the members cordially
extended many Of the privileges of the
club to their fair friends. OF urs it
was necessary to provide them with
tickets, which they were well pleased
to accept.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday
afternoons the club house became a
scene of feminine pleasure, and from
all portions of the city gay groups
arrived, intent upon enjoying all that
the club had to enjoy. Bowling be-
came at once the rage, and all the
ladies began learning to handle the
immense lignum vit@ balls and the
secrets of scoring.
LADIES APT PUPILS.
They were apt pupils, and the gen
tlemen, who were always ready to
teach them, began to look to their
laureIs, lest they should be taken
from them by the fair bowlers. Soon
the ladies advanced so rapidly in the
sport that a pleasant rivalry sprung
up among them, and many interesting
contests took place. A tournament
was once talked of, but for some I'M
known reason occurred. The
season for bowling is now about over,
and but very few avail themselves of
indulging in the pastime which has
afforded them so many delightful
afternoons.
TIGHT WAISTS A PULL BACK.
The ladies found the greatest diff
Guilty they had to contend with in
travelling was the manner in which
they dressed. The tight sleeves and
close fitting gowns handicapped them
to a great extent, and rendered grace
full action almost impossible. 1t is to
a large extent owing to this fact that
the popularity of bowling is beginning
to wane, and next season it is pre-
dicted that the visits of the ladies to
the club on these afternoons will be
rare, and the gentlemen will have to
find other amusements to attract them
there if they do not want the Palmato
become an Eden without an Eve.
SOME OF THE BowLERs.
During the winter, when bowling at
the Palma Club was at the height of
it's popularity, one of the most fire.
ouent visitors and skillful bowIers was
Miss Annie Post, who could score a
''strike" with little effort. Miss Post
is considered one of the best players
and has won many harmless wagers
of bon bons and chocolates.
Miss Mamie Albeit has also been
among those who have acquired pro-
ficiency in this game, and bowls in
quite a mastery tanner She thor
oughly enjoys the sport and enters
into 1t with interest and pleasure.
Miss Nellie Post can bowl exceed
ingly well and the pins fall rapidly
when the ball is sent down the long
alley by her.
Miss Irma Headden and Miss Ida
Holcombe are also among those who
amuse themselves in this way.
The other pleasures that this ele-
ga.-t club house contains are not
neglected by the fair visitors, and
rifle shooting is practiced by them
diligently. There will be but few Wis
itors now, as the season is over and
the ladies are getting ready for the
country, but in the fall the interest in
these sports or others that will take
their place will no doubt make the
Palma as popular with the fair ones
as ever.
The Way to Propose.
tEla Wheeler Wilcor in the New York Herald
Women do not as a rule care for
men who are timid in matters of the
heart.
l have heard a great many modest
young ladies declare themselves in
favor of bold men.
There are a vast number of Sabine
maidens left in the civilized world to-
day who would enjoy being carried off
by the Roman soldiers as in days
Of old.
The average woman prefers eager
ness to timidity in a loyer-roughness
to cowardice.
All women like more or less romance
in the situation when they receive a
proposal. once knew a lady to re-
fuse a man because he proposed to her
at a restaurant table amid the clatter
of dishes, the odor Of soup and the
close proximity of walters.
"a man of any taste would have
waited until we had left the table, at
all events she said.
Let a man be refined by instinct
and strong in character, and the
holder he is, even to daring, in his
am of wooing the surer he will be
of success.
Tradition tells us that Abraham had
never lifted his eyes to the face OF his
wife, Sarah, and did not know how
beautiful she was until n day hesaw