The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-03

listen TO the musical programme arranged
for their benefit. Mrs. Hillyer, Miss Kirk
and Mrs. Hoyt alternated at the organ ana
piano, and solos were sung with consider
| able expression by Miss Kirk. Mrs. Thor
man, Mrs. White and Mrs. Dittmar.
The programme was ten hours long
and during that time suitable addresses
| were made by Rev. Edward L.
| Cowen. of Lafayette and A. Lincoln
| Graham, editor OF the Mirror The
| the Mission had given it, and not single
caller showed any impatience to go away
after he had been bountifully supplied
| with the good things in the refreshments
room.
l. Superintendent Henry Newman said he
was much pleased with the result OF his
| .'open house, for New Years Dav, for he
believed it had been the means of keeping g
many from INDUCING in strong drink.
| While the weak mortalS were In his fold
! they were removed from the temptation
| that confronted them elsewhere.
| The clubs aid not celebrate In quite the
| same way, but they celebrated just the
same. Here is an account OF what they
| did,
TURKEYS AND PossUMs.
The Palma Club had lively time Sat
urday evening In seeing that the death OF
| the old year was made as pleasant for the
old gentleman as the circumstances of
doned the old time programme of music.
singing and specialities and substituted
| in its place several contests of skill and
| science for appetizing prizes. There was
| a bowling match, the winner of which
received a large turkey; billiard con-
| test, in which the man who made the
| highest run got what the black ball deg
| i2nated as do do" This was not the
| famous Dodo bird of ancient rhvme but
smother huge turkey. A mighty pool
contest was also waged for brace or
grouse and the progressive euchre cranks
| battled nobly for still another turk" and
pair of ducks as wild as horse car
| horse.
! There were several entries in the differ
| ent contests and the sport was witnessed
| by large number of the bows. Joe Har-
rison took home the "gobler" that went
| to him who won the bowling contest.
| while a happier man has not been seen IN
| tine clubhouse in many day than Eddie
| Vultee was when he captured The turkey
| for the highest run in billiards. Ike
Pearson played pool SO cleverly that he
won the brace of grouse. and the sixteen
| pound turkey for the winner OF the
progressive euchre contest went home
with John Mangles while Ben Van Baren
| came next with the pair of ducks.
The "old gentlemen players" as they
call number of the elder card Gran ks
who go about euchre, whist. seven up, forty
| five and other games of skill as though
their life depended upon it, shut them
selves up in room and strove with each
other for lot of 'possum. Those who
secured one of the savory "birdso were
Thomas Hines. N. u. Condict, Ensign
| Newton, j. G. Cranmer ana Frank
Vanderbeck. The excitement Of the
contests was calmed down at intervals
by selections on the mandolin by wan
dering minstrel. and freq uent solos " ocal
and otherwise, by some of the mu sical
geniuses Of the club.
THE ]. C. A. CS.
The Jersey City Athletic Club boys.
with number of their frie ends watched
the old year out Saturday night. Super
| fntendent Henly believes that fully five
hundred were present in the clubhouse,
when 1898 was ushered in. From eight
O'Clock until midnight. one of the jolliest
stays of the season was held. The DAILY
Sisters in novel dances, amused and in
terested the club men. Prof. Barrett,
| banjoist, rendered some difficult selec-
tions and a number of popular airs.
Howard Starrett, in shadowgraphs and
watchers. Recitations by Paul Muller,
and violin selections by Prof. Vinburgh
tended 60 make the hours from eight to
twelve disappear very quickly. The
entertainment was greatly enjoyed, and
the performers were warmly applauded.
given for the new year. Hearty congrat-
ulations were extended and accepted. At
half past twelve o'clock the clubhouse
was dark, and that quietness which
characterizes the place had led down
upon it.
NEW JERSEYS STAG.
The New Jersey Club, with number
of its friends, bade the old year farewell
and welcomed the new year with appro-
pirate ceremonies Saturday evening at
the clubhouse on Grand street. AT nine
O'Clock the members and their guests sat
down in the large assembly room to wit
ness an excellent minstrel show furnished
by the Metropolitan Mnstrels. Mr.. VIII
Lyle twanged the banjo and Mr.. j. Will
Jams Macy ratified the bones, while Me-.
Robert j. Webb acted as interlocutor.
The first part, which was designated on
the programme as "A Sympathy in
Black" began with an opening chorus,
"Reminiscences of Old Times" sung by
the entire company. Then came a tenor
solo, "Speed on My Bark."by Mr.. J. 4.
Woods, and Will Lyle convulsed the au-
dience with his song, Good Bye.
Darkies."
Mr.. D. N. Maxon. an excellent baritone
sang. "Golden Moon," and Mr.. Webb
rendered the touching ballad "Baby's
genius. Mr. J. Williams Macy. caused
wholesale destruction of buttons with his
singing of the ditty "When Get 70 Be
Man Like Pa" Mr.. John Rannie sang
basso solo and that part of the entertain
ment closed with "Ta-ra-ra" rendered by
the company. Conundrums. jokes and
hits on well known local characters by
the end men were interspersed through
out the programme.
The second part was opened by Mr.. G.
H. Scheck, who did several current
sleight of hand tricks in manner
which exposed the way In which they
were done, and VIII Lyle played upon
the banjo. The Metropolitan Gu uarteute,
consisting of Messrs. Webb, Maxon,
Woods and II. H. Kennedy, sang, and
Mr.. Macy made funny stump speech.
The next number on the programme was
announced as Little Bobby, the Infan6
Prodigy who, it was stated, would ap-
pear by special permission of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Little Bobby" proved to be Mr.. Webb, who
derful dance. AS Mr.. Webb tips the
beam at something over 200 pounds, the
operations of the Infant Brodgy,'"' were
very funny. Messrs. VIII B. ana George
u. Perry played upon the tumbleronicau
and sleigh bells, and extracted pleasina
musiclfrom other seemingly unmuscal
objects.
At the close of the entertainment, the
company adjourned to the dining room
where au inviting repast was spread by
the steward of the CLUB. Finance Conn
missioner Bedeli, president of the or9ani-
zation, Welcomed the guests to the table
of the CLUB in a hospitabe speech, and as