The sun., 1893-07-01
THIS WAS JUST A PICNIC.
NOTHING PARTICULAR HAPPENED Ex-
CEPT As STATED HEREIN
IfTou Were Ever There You VIII Probably
Remember that It Was Much the Same
When You Were There AZ It II Now.

the Neptune at the foot OF West 10th street
late Saturday night.
| II don't care II It is. I've had perfectly
lovely time" added another.
And besides, we've been singing religious
songs for the last hour. any way" said third
In apology.
Huh It's only quarter past eleven: so
you girls needn't have anything worse on
your consciences-and hope you never will
than those tough biscuit" growled q young
man who was suffering from an attempt to
eat all the chocolate cake aboard the Neptune.
We'll. any way. we've had lovely time" re-
iterated the second girl.
They had. The Thespians were returning
from their first outing. The Thespians are
actors-in n mild way. 1t must not be in
ferred from their name that they are serio-
comics or have become blase from nssocia-
tions on the Rlalto. They are quiet and
eminently respectable young people. They
live in that indefinite locality beyond
the Harlem known as North New York.
not far from the River Bronx, whore they get
their milk and eggs and vegetables fresh
every day the same as they do their other
blessings and mercies. They have done
nothing worse-no double meaning is intend-
ed-than perform the Mikado" twice lately
for the people Of Morrisania. They gave 1t
once and devoted the proceeds to charity.
The people Of Morrsania didn't say 1t had
never been done better. but that it was very
we'll done. Then they gave 1t second time.
and. turning the tables on charity. with the
proceeds they gave themselves their outing
on Saturday. That was all right, for their
motto l. Let's thoroughly enjoy ourselves"
The trig little steamer Neptune was to leave
the foot of West 10th street at 2 o'clock for
Iona Island. forty-two miles up tho Hudson.
iIu Intf for ~ ru-teA Nh I'D
Yum Yum. and several real Pooh Bahs would
have been left behind. and in addition these
doings would never have been chronicled AS
1t was. only the blasphemous ntterances and
clor. But at half past, = forty odd baskets Of
provsions. lot OF red fire. two big blocks OF
were. aboard. and Capt John Quinn started
the Neptqns up the river Some of the Thes-
and Ms hs s1s hsSsSs W'sf s jsn5 IL
Miss Re Dnrysh Si.s Mfs wr M
William p. Bugbec. Miss Henrietta Speke. the
Misses Wills. Miss Mi!icent Turner, Miss
Smith. Miss REYNOLDS. Miss Gertrude Turner,
:, All who could crowded forward on the tip Of
ao ST as fS DSFShaf sna saes sss
bareheaded: SO that the wind brushed the hair
back from their foreheads at times and again
like 1gureheads while the men and boys were
rest of the Thesplans clustered together in
bright bunches under the awning on the upper
deck and It has yet yet to be proven n, that any Nep-
The Thespians had Intended to beEuile the
three hours ride by songs, recitations. read
envious Of the fun Neptune was to have or else
some other chS%mp ,% equally ieai9us PIT him HP
be heard at distance save the persistent
melodious twang OF the orchestras harp. The
readings and . songs were I. abandoned: a Miss
pouted and said Il was too bad; Miss Turner.
her associate. smil ed and said 1t couldn't be
didn't know what could be done. The young
men laughed and said. e But By all m cans let's
lily did Tor. as above noticed there. wa b on
board the following means Of entertainm ment:
Forty baskets Of provisions.
Two big blocks Of ice
Seventy young m en- and women.
couldn't get cooled Of anywhere on the boat.
ed S% t ths M ssf ss
seated him there. Then she rejoined her
companions; and the youth went and stood
with his back to the sun on the windy side Of
the boat
Two hours passed quickly enough. and then
plans in the bow. and lunch and dinner and
supper were being served all in one-hrst
Rss
he said they were tough> then cake. then
olives. then tho same thrice over;
knob Of the mountains and asked. Isn't that
Anthony; hoo az ;rN NOse But where is the big piece
There, isn't any" her companion replied.
.n.x why; i!,;t read about it. How do you know
because Anthony, never blew his nose"
Dear me! was all the girl could find to say. |
plans got out their cameras and set them in |
position on the pier. Everybody crowded to
fusiliade Of iNf remarks Which no crowd Of young
people about to have group picture taken |
least mi mind to- resrn The
same time ran .dS like this; Smile ~ D9nt
fake t hAeS o Ladies mine in frant ron s'"sa Hur
ray RI break the the glass aas
had been taken and while the cameras were
being fT sesora thsrs
tSo head tSs
Of the crew. bobbed to the surface He had
sitting on the rail on the main deck one Of his
less favored fompanons1 stole W. behind ,a and
mind mind that hat little pleasantly. but came up in
time for the picture.
Two hours E were R spent n IN strolling % and dane;
could crowded into the bow Of the boat and be-
sssa to sat rR and
gan to sing; and others clustered toge her In
the stern and began to sing. They sang every
thing they could sing and some things they
couldn't. 1t sounded good on the Neptune be-
cause one group could not hear what the others
we're singing. but the people on the night
steamer. the Kaaterskill. heard something
like this:
When the Captain spied
With his tail cut short and his ears cut long.
That black dAmSel on his knee,
In the moonlight, in the starlight.
Then the composite song was cut short
and weird fantastic Chi nose chorus of
shrieks and cheers and walls and yels and
III: "Helloo. n Yaw,, ,Yse:eS,ss;"" HOOP"
MoOTAy MMS%1W% "Hnff s9G% -zHs5NA Kiy!ss" HGSesi"
Bang" "Slong." "Kee- ee-ee." "Ah ha-ha
All ha-ha" 1t was all hurled In one breath.
and subsidized the moment the Neptune
struck the rollers from the Kaaterskill. and
hen ensued u chorus OF little feminine ex:
plantations from some and shouts OF Joy and
'un from others
The other night boats were passed soon
after, and the people on the decks thought the
were singing.
Comrades comrades ever since
Was seeing Nellie hooh,ohm
Like every Jolly good fellow:
Daddy wouldn't buy mo bow.wow. bow.wow.
The Thespians didn't stop and the people on |
he next boat passed heard this medley: