The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-10

Governor Abbett's Address at the
Auditorium-FOunder Brad
ley's Liberaliiy.

tlQt ItbDIt 10 tlON1N0 no aGNCt q
those Bra dley blue laws exist 10 an,
visible shape they do not seem to hav'
any disheartening or depressing effect
Everything looks gay. both jauntibf
cars aud brambles." as the old DIS has
It.. Visitors are out in force: a happy
crowd. who nud that the kaleidoscope {
charms OF the boardw Tx have OF
grown stale or Improbable. Tit
weather. too, seems in an amiable AMI
somewhat melting mood. Inc day Is
overcast with clouds, out the atmosphere
is heavy and oppressive, causing ones
garments to cling around ones anatomy
in a very damp embrace.
The religious spirit which is so ard emil,
cultivated seems to I've an attraction and
a sourse of qualification TO all demo nina
lions alike. 1t Is n broad spirit of re-
ligious Catholicism that pervades all
and judging from appearances this feel
ing is cultivated unostentaciously ant
without giving offence TO any dissideni
denomination. Fol instance. there is (
Roman Catholic Church here worthily
presided over by the Rev. Father Glen
non, and at this season the attendance e
very large. Services, OF course, are held
In the forenoon. From time to time some
form OF public entertainment IL given
for the benefit OF the c~hurch-called The
Church of the Holy Spirit. Recently
theatrical performances was held at Edu-
cationaI hall, a spacious building, owned
and controlled By Mr.. Bradley.
FOUNDER BRADLEY's LIBERALIrY.
That much misunderstood gentleman,
with a liberality that does him credit,
gave the use of the ball. free of charge, to
Father Glennon for the holding of this
entertainment, at which a goodly num-
Der of Protestants attended. whose re-
lizious convictions were not shocked by
touching elbows with their Catholic
neighbors. Furthermore, / am informed
that Founder Bradley presented, without
charge, the site on which the church ID
built, to the parish. This does not look
like biQotry or sectarianism.
The Sabbath is not dullsd. nor has 1t
seemingly lost its charms, by the absence
of those disturbing elements OF excite
ment which follow In the wake OF certain
bibulous practices thatprevail in other sea-
side resorts. This brings the family circle
into a closer relationship. Groups of
happy people may be seen at every turn
-ronping children and smiling parents
the streets, the board walk aud the
beach are their most attractive resorts.
No one seems constrained or put out that
the popular and beguiling beverage,
namely. the frothy lager beer. does not
flow literally and u%nconfined. The re-
verse NAV be said to be the fact. Its very
absence seems to be an element of salts
faction. l know of not a few old topers
who regularly come here to avoid the
temptations of such resorts as Rockaway
Beach; who come here also TO have a
quiet lime with their family apart from
those city boon companions who think
and act as IL there was no real enjoyment
in life apart from the barruom. or some
able bodied substitute for 1t. such as a
modernly equipped drug store. But there
are no side doors here. IL is a prohibition
town in the best sense, and l for one
must say that as n new departure in this
respect 1t Is a success. People who call
themselves moderate drinkers" are not
at all shocked at a brief or prolonged
abstinence from the cup that is said 10
cheer but immediately inebriates.
1t is wonderful how many pure plea
sures. how many sweet sources OF CON
tentment. there are In life, IL II only
hGrmonizes his desires actions with
the better influences of the human heart.
But l must o moralize. That is the
province Of the pulpit preachers. 1t
would indeed be a startling revelation to
many II a newspaper man-oue so uu-
worthy as I-had turned an Asbury Park
moralist, But no man is wholly bad.
His better angel is long suffering and
if patient, but that lamp OF faith. of..goo |
Intentions holds out to burn. You see
that Que cannot 10 to Father Glennon's
church IN the morning. and to the audi
torium III the afternoon, to hear Govern
or Albeit, without having the spiritual
side OF his nature exalted and his
thoughts purified.
Que of the great attractions here is the
Trenton steamship band. which rendered
sweet melody to throngs of appreciatlve
listeners during the entire afternoon. /
must candfdly admit that the music also
is non-sectarian; indeed, the sacred side
q H. IT, ..w I'm an a -
Gus by its absence. which perhaps Is nota
very great fault after all. IL a blemish, IL
borne with true Christian resignation
by the delighted audience.
NEW JERSEYS NoTABLEs.
/ have said that there are not a few
Jersey notabllitIes here. / know not IL
their intentions be honorable or wicked;
IL 1t be PHILANTHROPY or politics that has
brought them thither. | noticed at the
auditorium faces more familiar at the
caucus than the church; faces that looked
preternaturaliy pious Tor the occasion.
The Governors leonine co~untenance was
more suave than usual, but still retained
its sturdy look of Independence. as II
possessed more of the leven OF tho church
militant than the church triumphant.
Then there is that imam OF many parts
Public Prosecutor Winfield, and that
Diplomatic Democrat, John p. Feeney,
who are both to be found, wheu indoors,
at the Brighton. l met commissions
Feeney today on the inevitable board
walk taking his postprandial saunte
along the beach. His calm and philoso-
phical disposition seemed to be at peace
with himself and the rest of the world
Mr. Feeney Is not a steady boarder at the
Brighton; he usually stays over Saturday
and Sunday and then returns for the rest
of the week to look after the welfare o.
the police department in particular and
the public in general. COMMISSIONS
Feeney is not a man who Is likely TO take
his ease in his inn; he is too tull of eEerg,
for that.
That Hawkshaw Of the detective de-
payment, our mutual friend Kilcawley
is here also with his broad smile anC
modest demeanor. If there be any of the
light fingered fraternity o they must
he possessed of very uncomfortable sensa
tons in view of the proximity OF such a
natural born sleuth of the law.
A man who comes here and does not
make the acquaintance of the head of the
local police force, Chief Bailey, like the
man who dropped out of a balloon. Il;
not in it, SO far as the social swim Of As
bury Park is concerned. The Chief is
genial veteran, who, next to Founde
Bradley, is the n man power OF thiI
beatific bailiwick. The Chief is in a sens
like his Imperial Majesty of Germany
he Is always on dress parade; always oil
duty. Besides holding office as Chief o