The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-11
CENTRAL PARK BY NIGHT.
sTIRLIT ASPECTS OF NEW YORHS
GREAT RECREATION GROUND.

n meath Trc,ilsed Vines, sud Then Strol
where sonsbre Lakes Mirror the Bisel
! Foliage Nns-es s.d TwinhiinG Lights.
It is hard to get New York man out Of hi
1 rut. He walks onthe same eide OF the stree
: day after day On his way up town from busi
, ness. He has Ms evening round OF cafes. res
I taurants, and clubs. His habits are fixed In Z
routine which wears the rut little deeper ant
makes IL little harder to get out OF every day
! The reason for this may be that living alonf
in rut caves so much effort thought. and
trouble. II 10 easier to do to- day what one did
yesterday than to devise something now and
take the chances OF the novelty being failure
Ruts are conducive to q fair degree OF personal
effort. and It may be that Broadway and Fifth
avenue from Madison square to Thirty-third
street are the best places for the men who
have been spending their evenings there for
years to continue for years more.
| But q New York mans evenings may be
diversified little without going to any extra
trouble beyond tho slight mental exertion
which a novelty Of any kind almost always
brings. Instead OF always spending his even
ings along Broadway. drifting into two or
three cafes before dinner for a cocktail or two,
| dining ut club or restaurant with tho same
kind Of cooking in the same way he has been
doing for years, and then drifting around for
| tho last or next to the last act In some thea
| tire, or for q short STROLL he should spend
! an occasional evening In Central Fork
| Everybody who has been IN Central Park at
all. knows that the real New YORK man never
| goes to tho Park In the evening except in n
cab with q roof over 1t which keeps him from
seeing the sky. and tho view obstructed 80.
| that he hardly sees moro than the lights OF the
| other cabs. Although Central Park is In the
heart OF the city. and it is known well enough
| to everybody who lives In q tenement house.
especially tho children. the average New York
mans acquaintance with 1t Is practically
| nothing. He may ride In the morning before
breakfast for exercise or to reduce his
weight and 30 may be familiar with
the bride paths: or he may have u pair OF
trotters which he takes out evenings and
drives up Jerome avenue but he knows more
about Gabe Cases old place. Judge Smiths.
and the other road houses along Jerome av
enue than about the real Central Park. The
we'll TODD New York women are even moro
ignorant OF It. for their enjoyment Of ieis con-
fined to the east drive between four and six in
the afternoon. Within five minutes of six tho
high backed victorias. the men in fine livery,
and the turnouts with two men on the box
quickly disappear
To mon in business down town during the
day. with these exceptions, Central Park 10 al
most an unknown land. They get VI too late
in the morning to walk through the Park. and
no amount Ot eAHOTtdtlOu anu uuNlCS COulu
induce them to do this anyhow. The evening
not the morning. Is their time for recreation
and exercise.
The news papers should advertise the excel
lence and charm OF Central Park ut night 1t
is at its lest then. The crowds have departed.
leaving the lawns and meadows free. There
10 no motion or unrest. Except around the
Casino and Mt. st. Vincent and on the benches
on Sunday there are few signs OF lie. The big
reservoir looks like a sea at rest red light
thrown from tower to the east lepgtheps out
clear across the reservoir and gives one the
idea OF an almost limitless expanse OF water
lighted by u single star. Not fur from the
trees in the day time. but lencthened out into
an expanse at night. are the lights Of the big
apartment houses on the west side and the
dwellings on IT.. the high ,, ground toward the
boats in use. but. ali that is seen Of them
r. the red Hight hanging on n. pole In ths
which are drowned In the noise OF the city and
the ,ingling of the harness. chains. ana
night ,sonened and minglsnG with the rustic
Oil b" leaves and the murnur from the street.
is on foot or on horseback. never in u eau. The
stars are hidden by the roof Of a cab: there is
say % s
dSss N business :, NJ ana "a the day tins
everybody else has come out, During tho day
IT is q public place: at night the man who goes
60 far Within. The program me can be be- changed
@sds from IN street Fth or ghts
avenues. or 10th street There are many
time This Il me- Of tie year the evenings are
long. and darkness does not como on until \
ph aay s TaS 3o ss
a6outn There Is hurrying crowd Of them;
n m n M In
Let man who has finished his work. in
ride to n street ana sa into ths
Park from the Eighth avenue entrance. 1t Is
are finishing their work for the day and pre-
paring for the business Of the morrow. Tho
one TO- the Casino. OF course a man must
dps III well ss dSwn By Of
ple-colored vines. The people who have driven
W are getting out 81 their cabs and victorias.
are loupging around under the shade. Tho
tall candies o. the tables have not been lighted
sS0 Of PGSes and i"s
It Is very good Tor the man, who leeds no
companion to sit on tina. side Of mis- little
IN G o.
them. There are I. few family parties. Al:
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them overdressed. because. somehow or |
other. many women have an idea that they |
must dress deliberately to ride in u victoria.
The cooking Is good. There are many Amer
lean dishes. Among the soups is the ,gumlo. |
which spread from New Orleans and had it's |
abode In New York in the restaurant which |
pana sieGhortner Of reyered memory used TO |
run In the Astors' old house on Lafayette |
place. He had the best Rumbo soup In New |
York. There was q story that while the soup |
was making in the evening he usec
cess. No one who has eaten his |
gumbo thinks there can be anything like it |
again. but the gum DO ut tho Casino ia good.
Then There is the planked siiad. Plnnked shad
Is an American dish. 1t originated near Phil
. specially OF the Casino. 1t should always DO
eaten eaten 10 the open air; Out In the Park is no
sauce is wanted with the open air. whore the
trees trees and. and the vines with their purple flowers
close thick enough to hide tho SKY. The din
roast, u salad Of lettuce taken, from the heart.
ana small tomatoes sliced thin. plainly
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