The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-06
SUNDAYS SUNSHINE.
A Bright Day Brings Forth Thous-
ands TO Enjoy it.

There was a chilliness about the atmos-
phere yesterday which was rather dis
couraging to spring overcoats and light
wraps. Nevertheless the bright sunshine,
the early verdure and the fact that spring
ought to have been here several weeks
ago lured almost everyone out of doors.
1t was "a perfect day for walking. The
crisp bracing air had all the properties OF
a tonic and the few streets of the city
W here one could walk with any degree Of
comfort were thronged. Jersey avenue
between Hamilton and Van Worst Parks
which has come to be known as the prom
enade of Jersey City was crowded. Ocean
avenue was the favorite resort for those
who wished to walk a dista nee and from
the Junction to Cemetery that thorough
fare was alive with the gay colors OF
Easter costumes.
The New Bay cemetery was the Niece a
of many of the pedestrians, and present.
I'd It's usual Sunday appearance. any
strolled along Garfield avenue, from
which they could view to their hearts
content the great panorama stretching
away in front Of them the harbor, with
f~errYboats darling in and out among the
vessels, both great and small r1ding
ing peacefully at anchor the Narrows,
stretching out to the sea, and walled in
by the hills of Long Island n the
heights OF Wimanland; Miss Liberty, who
could almost be seen to shlver as the
sharp winds played around her thinly
clad form; the Brooklyn Bridge, sharply
outlined against the eastern sky, and the
tangled mass of masts, spires and tall
chimneys That pointed out the great
metropolis.
Some wandered down Chapel avenue to
the Mount Zion Sanctuary hoping that
they might witness an EMERSON accord
ing the rules Of the Faith Curists. But
they were disappointed, aud then they
fell to looking for the twenty odd feet OF
ground which the good brethren n sis
tiers accuse beacon Barnes of Lehigh Val
ley of swiping from them.
Although the brisk breese reached the
marrow of ones bones, the young aides
who had been waiting w weeks for
balmy weather could wait no longer. and
the bright cheerful colors Of the Easter
costumes was the prevalent feature OF the
thronq. Occasionally a fur shoulder cape
or a sealskin Jacket would be seen, but it
was generally worn by some one for
whom Easter bonnets and spring suits
nave lost all charm years ago.
The young man who ordered that silk
lined throughout spring overcoat in a fast
color a month or so before Easter was out
in force with the silk lined lappels thrown
as far back as possible and the grip mi
crobes lowering about his head so thick
that they could almost be seen with the
naked eye.
Pedestrians were not the only ones that
took advantage of the bright day. AL
most every one who owned a horse n
vehicle and others who did not were out,
and many a lively brush between ambi-
tious ~trotters enlivened the scene. The
pnIegmatic butcher boy with mis- cart
loaded with his stolid friends drove side
by side with the livered and silver
mounted turn out of the Bergen Point
aristocratic, while the Greenville farmer
in his old fashioned carryall took the
road and Kept it, Notwithstanding the
frantic appeals OF the dudelet in the
hired cart with his Sunday girl.
The Greenville horse cars were well
~patronized, and the trains running out Of
the city carried more people than usual to
the country.