The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-25
ALL BROOKLYN'S A.BOWLING.
THE TOWN. rs FULL OF ALLEYS AND
THE WOMEN ARE PLAYING.
Club. withsst Nspaser Meet N the Buiar&
Rooms, BaSs Nave Bees KeaoveA to
Please the Woaea. who Now sesd Out
for Drtsks whenever They Desire.

Club. wIthsst Ns~ser Meet IN the BmiarA
Rooass, Bars Nave Beea RenoveA to
Please the Woaea. who Now se.d Out
for Drisks whenever They Desire.
Ths distinctive amusement OF Brooklyn is
lowing. It interterss with the theatre the
saloon :rade. the home life for which the town
1. most famous-and it would interfere with
the churches IL they required attendance on
sny other night than Sunday. Indeed. bowling
.s carried on in the church cliauss as well as
In all the others.
Several Of the leading social clubs on Tho
Hill" and In the eastern district maintain
bowling alleys and boast Of picked players,
who are sent to New York and Jersey City to
play the best bowlers in those cities The
Brooklyn guides contain columns OF the names
o. tho city's bowling clubs. and len who are
prominent In New York as shrswd lawyers and
r.rh merchants are spoken OF In Brooklyn as
"hrst rate at cooked hat" or as the man
who scores 20 right along" Any ordinance
that should cause Inconvenience to the
towlers in Brooklyn would turn out Of power
whichever party was responsible for 1t. and
tn. clergyman who would b 50 foolish as to
tnveixh against bowling from the pulpit would
s.vs out his next text to empty pews. When
thl; big slice OF the greater New York goes In
Tor anything IL always vaies Ia up to its neck.
and Just now it has GOT the ten pin t-emsns
Sast all cure.
goes without saving that the women over
tAsss are as much interested a. the men.
They are in all ths bowling clubs except those
that PLAY the annual Journeys with the neigh
boring cities. Brooklyn Is the feminine better
half u New York. and the women run the
town. The rart they take ia the bowling N ania
shows that cid fact anew. for bowling Is not at
all wouau's game However. the men find
no fault. They know the rule OF the town. and
they enjoy giving the women full share in
81 that goes on. or they would not live there.
The women 60 bowling IN dresses suited to
the sport Instead OF dressing for the occa-
sion they may be said to undress for they wear
loose waists and the painest skirts. They
would not even 60 shopping as car.lessy
dressed as they 60 bowling. The town is full
OF queer lot OF saloons that are the product
OF the new craze They are mobilization OF
the old-style ein-mtIl billiard rooms and that
Is what they look like. A snapshot historian.
OF tho kind that goes to city for day
and then writes book about It.
would fall into horribl. error /: he
went to B,ootlyc aad then came away and
wrote that women by the hundreds 60 into che
gin mills by the front doors Just as they do in
London. He might say he saw it with his
own eyes. but that would not help him.
These Brooklyn bowling alleys are in the
billiard saloons. AMI thos, saloons look a. II
they had bars in them. but they have not.
The, hay. ta- T n. sSaf Sas a,, was On
prevent stsht trGm .t TIE stree Of what is
thirds Of which are pool tables. while the
9ths5 third are tables t2r the ca5.Gm sams
their eyes and cigarettes between their !tps
are n thes. places IN Irr s ioEcs p!ayns poSl
store-clerk variety, ar. ct tn. other table,.
SMOKING cigars and ea1EinS away at billiards
and we:.tsd down with the slang II the day.
Into these curious place. the women troop.
seribeS aaj If gs9 IN handsed v viii re-
gard this description as fresh news about
nsvsr s pass the mystic Screen seyond tn. cigar
case. The bowling alleys are down stair.
Tho v5nea rsash 5hs se Sy oo
aud stairs At the side Of tho lobby where tn.
sst .S Ss:s sSn: By ya III.
Applause or Ia Ghter Is some man in the bill
Hard room achieves good Or Dad shot 1t
how 70 give Just faint indescrtbsbIe little
shake to their clothes at such moment. as II
to shake the situation away or to shas e them
selves 9as , ott ,apsthss instant instant they are
ami in command oftheir own quarters.
There Is sometimes queer moment OF IN
fitness and strong contrast az bevy "t young
saloon, toget her ant stop to catch their
breath and shake hands or saIuts one an
cigars. aud they and the women Ct in a mo-
The women know how to appear utterly. oh
!iyious Of the mems existence. The men don'e
:o1 o ard rad awSwa9d which Is how they at
once procea,! to looN.
h. oaSn 5heFs T Of ssss iaS sg
and new club that starts this week will ind
are e'i rented t5r ono night Zach week TO each
club and the new cluo. take what night they
c;.n ct. The men AM women assemble At 5
oc!ocE. bowling cNo games as \ rule.
II IS worth the price OF atRettte ticketto drop
and see how the thing IS done. The all ey boys
a-e ell p.rshrd up in a Fow at one end Of the
can DsRYt there without interfering with the
wraps ana gloves. CutwardIy- they appear to
be dressed Tor the theatre. They pursue the
customary prel lmtnari-. Of kissing those they
animate hands 10 the women NAT they do not
ing through each Ceremony. rh.p they have
an exciting time with their overshoes and In
sfn ;i shs .S n Of a" aas T. ia RE.
CURES the best efforts ~ two E.en to get or
enc woman wra7-ii she IS espe ally nice.
that tie ,.arr. ID cou:,Ies az often strangely
sundeced, aad the married ran happen . be
near the younger and prctt!er wgmrn at tho
tine the pretty ones need asst distance.
The outer garments being all disposed OF on
in the corners, the women are seen in bowling
attire. which, : to say, in loose and peg!ge
aud tusEnasaiik. cloth skirts. There may DO
from fourteen 70 twenty men and women in
the Assem- bly. and they pair OF in two sets and
play against one another The sides being ar.
ranged and each having captain and score
- keeper the playing Of the noisiest game OF the
century IS At once begun. From that time on
Ias-ers-by get the impression that the floors
o! the house are falling in.
4 stranger look ing gu. for the tirst and only
time IN his ite. made some peculiar observa-
9ons which may or may not be correct.
gst which seem to account for the fact that
lowing Is not woman's game and yet has
been rapturOus!y atOptei by that rex IN this
waDan's capital. he said that whenever It
was ths turn u man to play in the game
TIL man was sure to De aware OF the fact and to
lie N hand. bali in hand waiting for the boys
{ So VI the pins. and not need ing to be Gale ell.
When It wa. i laty's turn she Invariably had
to De notified ry the captain. When the man
rIaTet &c Vas always as II his life depended on
J. E- rIel@ured the situation with his eyes.
taoS rar-;4! aim. and banged away with all