The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-04
CABLES LADY FRIENDS.
The Clubhouse u Scene of New Year
JOllity and ReVel,

The clubhouse "a Scene of New Years
JOltity and ReVeI,
The Gables received their lady friends
Saturday night. II the idea has ever
crcpt INTO your mind that the Cables
doi't know how to 10 The elegant when
their girls have got the cal on 'em, quick
" dismiss it. Ii wasn't exactly a swell or
full-tiress affair. But every member of
the Reception Committee aud of the
Floor Committee was logged out III nea'
eutaway and balIoon.cut trousers, anu,
each wore u boutonniere IN the lapel OF
HIS cont that Knocked a parade artificial
b%outouiere silly. Their one-story frame
clubhouse in Erie street near Thirteenth
was gaily decorated. The gorgeous Tres
Goes OF the Getting were almost hltden by
the string of eyergreens with which 1t was
copionsly f~estooned, and q suspended pair
Of brand new boXipg-gtoves formed
the centre piece of the decoration. Tue
floral touches were augmented by the
gay hPadgear of the Cables callers, who
seated themselves around the edges of
the square-shaped hall aftsc being re
ceived and testing the punch, port, sherry,
lemonade, soda, sarsaparllla, cake aud
bon bons ia one OF tae CONT mites rooms.
The tables were neatly embeiisled with
flowers and about them stool the Recep-
tiou Committee. The lady friends as
they called, were met at the main en-
lance and piloGed through the main hall.
~ reporter lOE LIE MEMS WAS duiliiLLtQ ~
the door and handed over TO the COM
mitiee.
What paper do you representa-" Mr..
Heffermau asked the reporter.
The NEWS"
"Sure?"
Sure"
well, The NEWS has always treated
our association fairly. What will you
have firs'? Here's port, sherry, lemon
aue-- Let me help you 10 Il glass of
this punch. Now then, | suppose you
want tue committees?"
"Yes."
The minute book was brought forth
and this list of names read therefrom:-
The Reception Committee-E. Murphy,
Nj. Hattne't, j.. Bartnett, ID. Canill,
George Mccormack, George Woods. jon
Hefferman, james Brown, w. Hawkes..
w. Meese. J. Darcy, p. Connolly, }.
Welsh, john Ryan, B. Dugau, w. Nc
Cure and b.. Cornell.
The Floor Committee-J Mcclure, Peter
Flynn, d. Flemmiug, 4. Burke, r.. Cur
ley, +. Donnegan, j. Corcortn, D. Lane,
j.. Sweeney, Harry Brown, L. Connolly,
j.. Farrell, G. ~Oppenneimer and H..
Muench.
Meanwhile the rush of lady callers con-
tinued. But the athletic receivers were
equal to the emergency. 1t was:-"Hello,
Jimmy!n IAN there, Sandy!" How do
you do, Mag?'' what do yer think of
our ~clubhouse?" ''Oh, it's just too lovely
for youse fellers to punch each other
around in. Where did yer learn to
make the punch?" Gan, don't yer get
the idea that a Cable don't know how to
punch, see?"
Ont in the main hall three of Prof.
Holden's musicians We're enlivening the
throng with harp and violin music, and
the athletes and their callers were wlirl-
ing in a merry spiel. no vary the monot-
ony of dancing ID. Courtney sang. D..
lane recited, Madden and Wood rave an
irish sketch. julius danced Il clog, b. ID.
Lang recited, George Rehill sang, Be-
lange Farrell recited IN negro dialect.
and J. Sweeny recited. The festivities
were kept up quite late.