The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-11
THEIR SUNDAY OUTING.
Crowds Throng the Prom
enades of Hoboken and
North Hudson Towns.
BEER AND SACRED SONG
How King Simon Summed Him
self While the Boys
Played Ball.

Great crowds took an outing yesterday
in Hoboken and the North Hudson towns
There were hundreds of families on pic
mic Gin Highwood Park; there were
thousands Ia the beer gardens (. there
were innumerable pretty girls in ray
dresses, and young men In their Sunday
best. on all the promenades.
Carriages were at q premium. After
ono O'Clock it was almost impossible 70
hire a vehicle OF any kind at q livery
stable.
Altogether il was great Sunday, and
the proprietors of the different resorts
were kept busy counting their receipts
until late hour last night
l made some observations yesterday "a
find out how some folks spout the d1y&
l strolled down to the Hobox1u ferry
about O'Clock All Of the resorts abouc
here which are thronged on week days
with the men who run the ship of state
In other words, politicians, were n0ticeonH
deserted. Once In while stray poll
tician would happen along, but would -
tarEy.
WHERE'S TEE coslM1sHfo
The most sought" alter individuals
we're the Police Com mmissioness- foun1
men, mechanics. as a rule. would ex1seE
one Of these resorts, buy q beer or cigar,
ana, in sort Of air-fight whisper, ask the
bartender II the .'Commishn had been
around. But the s-Commishn was not 10
be seen, though IN resort not xaEa HAg tho
State was being fixed up and tomorrow
night or perhaps Ia the afternoon twenty
two young men WIN be appointed patrol
men. There are 223 men who are dead
certainn Of going ON the force and Of
course there will be some bitter disap-
T~---f,-S +,.<~s.o x.,.,,et, a., s,.< 1.vu r~uo
by was crowded on sunday Afternoons,
was closed tight as drum
Al Cronheim's theatre Tom McAleex,
the handsome policeman, stood onfHfde-
He was in q pensive mood, IA has noc
slept wink since the theatre was COM
PEELED to close on Sunday
Ganfzbergis was next visited Before
the ministers started their agitaEiou this
was great resort for the young German
grocery olerks and taeir sweethearts- Il
was shut up aght
Washington street, of course. was the
principal promenade Of Hoboken, and from
two O'Clock until dusk there was pass
sing show of you1h and beauty. Seldom
has there been seen such q parade ~
there was on this street yesterday
sPUEKT GIRL
Where there were SO many preuy girls,
of course there were many t4u7ashers.
but they behaved themselves exceut n
one instance. The single except&on made
little fintter at the corner O. Fourteenth
and Washington streets Three rather
naughty young women were passing ny
where they had flied the vacancies
caused BY an absence Of brains with the
fumes OF beer. They tried to iu6uce the
girls TO walk with them, the sIrles re-
plied with scorn; and finally the dudes
beeame so offensive that In self protec-
Eion one OF the yonng wonen raised ner
paFasol land hit dude .sqQaref{ across
the face The blow nearly knooked MN
down, and, amid the derision OF the spec
tators. he and his compautons ned.
at Fourteenth street / boarded car
and started for Weehawken AFTER
ride Of about ten minutes. Ld5seubarked
ar Nineteenth street. The whole poEa
seemed 10 be out on the Bou{eI99us and
there were thousands frapa Hpboken there
too. One Of the first persons that ran
across was the great and only slmea
in front of Rfpolice headqunrters. and
did not appear 70 4sznd the yeil-
ing Of a crowd Of ball players who
were creating a terrible racket on th4
next street.
simon believes in baseball. In fact he
believes in allowing eserythfn1 in the
| town except the Chinese. Si1ncn's anti
pathy to tha Chinese Is a nla1S6r oI his
tory and not one OF them Will De allowed
in the town as long as Simon has an5-
thing 10 say.
Highwood Park never looked prettier.
There were auysnunabsr OF famllies there
one group II particular attrscted my
attention. In &c were an old man VITA
| hair as white as snow, an elderly woman,
evidently his wife, 8 middie-aged eoppte
aud six children. They had spread bel ore
them on the green lawn a most 1uv7t 1nx
( lunch. The eroup looked 50 con tented
and happy that several Of the pronenaaers
seemed 10 be frresistibly compelled %
watch them
SACRED coNcEEr.
After admiring the beauties OF the PARK
journeyed to Union Htli, the great
| German settlement.
/ All the saloons and gardens in the
/ town were open and all did tnrlVllG
| business. The biggest crowd was at tne
/ Onion Hill Schutzen PARK Here grand
sacred concert was given. There vase as.s.s lun
brass band there playing and az intervals
| dashing young serlo comic came oct % q
stage and sang ssHe Winked the Other
Eye" They're After Me" and other
sacred songs
In West Hoboken at stelze's Casino
sacred concerts similar 20 those At the
Union Hill Schuerzen Park were given IN
the afternoon and evening and large
1 crowds attended.
As the sun set and the stars came out =
change came over everything The
Boulevard IN Weehawken became almost
4cSCfbc0s Ntlc oLt1 pcActtAn fA1-t<@< Hf<'--t-<
| loving couples, who stroiled along appar-
emily oblivious of the rest OF creation
The saloons and concert gardens
did not have the same or
/ derly crowds that they lad
1 Ia the afternoon. HiGhwood Park waz
I deserted. some good folks Went -
/ church; others did not Washington
street in Hoboken presented alzaosf as
CAV an appearance IN the evening as u
/ did in the afternoon. except that the
pretty girl no longer appeared without a.
4 escort