New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-09
CROVDS POUR INTO THE PARK.
THE LOVELY WEATHER AID GOOD MUSIC DRAW
THEM FROM THEIR HOMES.

rur LOVELY WEATHER AID GOOD MUSIC DRAW
THEM FROM THEIR HOMES.
The spirit Of spring was abroad yesterday. The
,earm SUM- slightly tempered by the wind. ana the
ac,d sly made IT a day Of rare beauty. and crowds
socked from the dry and dusty streets TO seek the
hade and GOODNESS Of trees and shrubs. Contra
park. awakened 10 ali the fulness and richness o.
oo6land life attracted most OF them. The cloudles>
tv which ushered in the morning brought many PEG.
,o ont early Before noon there was a crowd IN the
psrk But after O'Clock visitors began TO arrive Il
earnest The belt line cars. crowded TO the plat.
trms. brought load after load the gate at Fifty
o,nthst and Fihavc. The elevated roads wers 50
r,owded during the afternoon that II was considered
,,cky II one could get standing room. An unbroken
stream OF visitors flowed in through the chief enranc"
Cor hours and up to 3 p. there was apparently 10
d,minutlon In the thronc. Along the walk wost o!
,e drive the path far could see was covered
nv n slowly moving multitude Yet large ms this
crowd Of people seemed 1t was but handful compared
10 what gathered on the Mall. Tie people thcTe
we're attracted BY the pen-a.r concer, Of the
wear which given at y. m, BY Cappas 'h
regiment Band. The walk the lawn. the summer
house on the hill. and every other spot which was
available were taken up BY human beings that there
was not souare inch OF the Park 10 be seen there
The sprirg bonnes with their gay ribbons the bneht
paraols and the brightly colored gowns OF The women
made the crowd look like hinge fower-oed surround
,pa a little brown spot. which seemed tiny specH
in The mass OF color. 1t was the music stand The
notice estimate that there were 10000 people
there The programme Of the concert was " star
spangled Banner I" Blue Jacket" :" R!enh.' " In
eamatuss cornet solo by Walter Rogers: Les
preludes," a symphonic poem by Liszt; "Cavalleno
Iusticanar "Reminiscences from Nedis operas, q
piccolo solo by A. Llgaori. Nightingale song Tar
and Tartar "The Last OF the Iosans.' AID the
Doxology.
Another favorite place for crowds was the terrace
leading down to the lake. and The Gayly dressed
figures ascending and descending The broad white star.
WAYS, the flashing tints on the water ard the oiae
sky made sparkling picture
The Metropolitan Museum OF Art was visited by an
immense crowd. estimated at from SIX L. seven
thousand people. Probably one'qua!ter OF theN
seemed TO be labOring and their families. Nno>l
all the visitors were comfortably die.sed oul Hal,
were In poor and shabby clothes. RiCh ana poor
alike. however met there on an equal foot'ns ;.no
there was no welldres>cd person IN The crowd VIC
was more careful than the poorest not 10 cest.y o'
iuiure ANYTHING. The numerous attendants al re
ported that they had experienced no trouble AZ all ana
that the visitors remarkably well behaVeu' AZ
though all the galleries filled with the VISITORS
there was no unseemly !ostlnG. and everybody was
extremely quiet and all were polite am censldefatc
Of one another The art galleries especially seemed
to attract most Of them.