The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-06
SMILES AND TEARS.
How The Heavens Regarded
the Sunday Throng of
Pleasure Seekers.
PROCESSION ON THE ROAD.
Sailing Popular in the Morning and
Driving and Lounging All
the Afternoon,

Fleecy clouds yelled the heavens for the
best part of yesterday, and protected from
the burning heat the thousands of Jersey
City folks, some OF whom took a full days
outing. others only an afternoon jaunt to
some favorite nearby resort.
The disappearance of the yachts from
Communipaw ard New York Bays in the
Afternoon showed that the yachtsmen of
various clubs Whereabouts had departed
i'll The morning. Many of the Pavonia
Club yachtmen took advantage of u fine
morning breeze to sail down to the club
house on the Atlantic Highlands.
EX-Judge John |. Blair spent the day
at Relvidere.
The New York Bay Cemetery was filled
with thousands OF afternoon strollers. 1t
never looked prettier than it did vester-
dav.
Over five hundred persons gathered
along the water front in The vicinity of
Mount Zion, VIII Oh, but for the ugly old
delapidated pier, would be one of the
pretty spots OF creation. The services in
the Sanctuary were attended by over two
hundred people, about ali the pretty little
place of worship will hold. Some fifteen
o. twenty persons were baptized. For
over an hour before the services, all sorts
Il conditions of men ana women
wendell their way to the Sanctuary. Some
were poor cripples who hobbled on
crutches, others were more fortunate.
cripples carefully landed by friends who,
to judge by their e%qulpages were persons
of wealth.
ON FLYING WHEELS.
AS the afternoon wore on Garfield ave-
nue. began to fill up with many vehicles
whose occupants were out to enjoy the
fine weather. Street and Water Com
missioner and Mrs. Edward A. Du-
gan dashed along in a light
vanished and stylish vehicle
drawn by spirited dark horse.
"Hi." Wallace, of the Crescent Club,
bowled along with u full faced gentle
man i'll II bdggy with a yellow running
gear. Mr.. Wallace was 10 have dtned
with u friend in New York. hut evidently
both changed their mind ana added the
pleasure of a good dinner to that of Il
spin to Bergen Point. The avenue was
just about filling up with vehicles When
awhile later quite a shower OF rain be-
gan to fail. The southern sky became
uensely bl lex and the Indications for
awhile were that the shower would be a
heavy one. The several thousand men,
women and children came fleeing from
every direction to the cemetery and rs
many as possible sought refuge in the
little lodge like offices on either side of
Garfield avenue gate. The Cry OF both
young women with pretty bonnets and
young men with glossy beavers VAST
ION, if | can just save NY hatl"
One young woman with Il bonnet re-
Winding one of Il wild flower bush after u
spring freshet, looked in at one of the
little offices and finding it impossible to
further protect herself. under even the
caves. glanced at the crowd who had
saved their bonnets, and puckering up II
pair of ruby lips, slid:-"Well, Id rather
I,Gn ny hnnnnr finn hnun tn in m m II
close plac like that" But she wasn't
selfish. She nad loaned her parasol to
her little sister, whose bonnet was even
more dainty thar hers. -a
II PASSING THRONG.
"Oh, what lovely horsesv' The eX-
clamatiou came from one of the young
women who had just taken refuge in the
office doorway before the shower was fair
ly over. looked and saw eX-Assessment
Commissioner William HUT holding The
reius Of q sleek ana trim pair of blacks.
Two ladies occupied the rear seat Of the
natty vehicle to which the horses were
attached. President Feenry, of the
Police Board, few by in a brown, trim
looking, crusl-top buggy. with Il spirited
animal attached. Real Estate Dealer
John W. Craven was in the procession;
August Wolf and family, of Hoboken ,oc-
cupied an open bnrouche behind Il
pair of dark bays; Plumber James Bald
win, Of Kearney avenue was behind a
stylish yellow roam, Henry Lembeck and
family had a comfortable family vehicle
drawn by a pair of noble looking animals,
E. +. C. Young and family. MIR. aud MIS-.
George Young and u party of friends,
George w. Cleary and family, DR.. Nevin,
Thomas Hines. DR.. Dougherty, were also
on the road.
Some of these were caught in the
shower, but most of them were fully pre-
pared for it. The shower did not last
long, and when the clouds parted a burst
of laughing sunshine was first hailed
with delight by a winsome brunette in a
lilac colored dress who seated in an
open village cart behind a shetland pony
had taken refuge almost beneath the arch
OF the Garfield avenue entrance to the
cemetery.
QUIET AT THE RESORTS.
Armbrumster's Schuetzen Park, Green
Vile, and Dick Uldrich's fishing resort,
on the Newark Bay shore. Were not as
mucn patronized as usual. A few chill
dren gamboled on the grassy htllsides of
the park. while the proprietor and a lot of
helpers erected Il green arch to the en-
trance and otherwise decorated the park
for the picnic of the Greenville Turner's
this afternoon and evening.
A great many small boys disported
themselves in trunks in the surf along the
Newark Bay shore.
There were very few strollers along the
bay shore, the walk of which generally is
q ~favorite with man afternoon strollers.
AT Dick Uuldrich's quite q crowd hung
round all the afternoon, but compare
lively few parties went out upon the
water for fishing or sailing.