The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-23
PRETTY BAD AROMAS.
West Bergen Indignant at
the Conduct of the Ath-
1etic Club Boys.
IMPROPER SONGS OVERHEARD.
Ladies Insulted as They Pass the
club-NOxious Stag
Rackets.

The residents in the West Bergen sac
tlon are uD in arms against the Aroma
Athletic Club. an organization composed
OF young men, who reside in the district.
The club rooms are in the one-story frame
building, No. 95 Bergen avenue. Every
evening the rooms are crowded with
young men who spend their time II sing
Ing songs, and. it Is alleged, in ogling
young ladies who happen TO pass the club
rooms.
The residents in the immediate vicinity
complain that they make a practice OF
singing questionable songs, and that as
al hands take part In the singing, the
voices can be heard over block aw ay.
A rev evenings ago the club held a
stag racket. Boxing was the principle
feature, and the noise raised by the mem.
Ders, while the show was going on, kept
the residents in the neighborhood awake
half the night After the boxina. the
members began to sing songs-many of
which were Objectionable in the last de-
gces-and they raised terrific disturb
ance. IL Was long after midnight before
the members left the club rooms. and The
residents were almost frantic with indiR.
nation.
THE POLICE INVOKED.
Oh the following morning several of the
residents called upon Captain McKaiQ OF
the Fourth precinct police, and requested
MIN TO SEND an officer to West Bergen to
keep order. The Captain told the citis
zens to notify him If the young toughs
AGAIN caused them any annoyance and he
would lock up the whole crowd.
One resident who does not wish To have
MS name mentioned, when interviewed
This morning, said:-
Ihese young men are a nuisance and
should S be looked after by the police,
They masquerade under the mama NJ ar,
athletic club, but IL is precious little athI
letics they indulge in. They spend ali
lnelr time IN singing improper SO nQs and
annoying the neighbors by raising
racket all night long. The souR hs are
nob satisfied with singing, they shout.
Ladies passing the building can not fail
TO hear things unfit for their ears. and the
result IS that women when passing there
invariably cross over to the other side of
the street. They do not want to
De lnsnlted. Unfortuna ately there is but
one one POI policeman NaIa detailed to look
arter this section, and the tumultuous
youths have everything their own way.
Ii tne police do not put stop to this
nuisance we will take the law in our own
hands and chastise the young scamps in q
manner that they will not relish"
A CASE IN POINT,
visited West Bergen last ni1ht and
passed the club house on Bergen avenue.
Standing on the stoop. IN front of the
doorway, We're three YGuEaS men. They
were discussing the relatiV
number of boxers of local
language would not look
print. l crossed over to
and and stood on the coTAef%S Pra
young lady accompanied by a y6nns
man, came along When the couple
reached the club house, one of the toughs
on the stoopremarked:-
"Hay. Mike, get on ter der dude wild
der chippie. ~
The other toughs laughed. but the
young ladv's escort heard the rem ark and
came back to interview he rowdy. The
toughs, however, made themselves
scarce as soon as they saw him approach.
ing.
Captain McKaig says he will break nm
the gang or else make the youths keep
qulet. West Bergeners pray that be viii