The evening world., 1894-09-03
TROLLEY PARTIES THE FAD.
The Young and the Old Whirled by
the Electric Car Through Pater-
son, PaSSaiC and Rutherford.
DANGER Turks IN THESE JAUNTS.
Dean McNulty Warns His Pensioners to
See that Their Daughters Shun
Promiscuous Crowds.



PATTERSON. Sept. Trolley parties
have become a craze in Paterson. The
fad originated carly In the season with
Young women In swell society. Hatless
and attlrcd In light. airy costumes that
made them LOOK bewitching, they could
be seen In small parties taking a swift
jaunt around 1.-The horn" which is the
name given the circuit bounded by
Broadway. Main street. Market street,
Park avenue and East Thirty-thrd
street.
From small parties the fad developed
into trolley riders. A score or more Of
young women chartered a car and had
the exclusive use OF 1t for the evening
The craze did not reach its height how
ever. until the completion of the Pater-
son. Passaic and Rutherford Electric
Railroad. which runs from Pingre to
Rutherford, u distance of fifteen miles.
Hotels in the suburbs offered induce
ments, and to be whirled along the Lit
tie Falls turnpike, which skirts the
right bank OF the upper Passaic, or
through the fertile Aoquackanonck
Township and along the road from Pas
sale Bridge. on the Bergen County side
was delight that, once experienced,
tempted to repetition.
The young men and women who toll Ia
the silk mills forgot other pastlmes and
talked only of trolley parties. Social
clubs were organized and trolley parties
were held under their auspices. Enter
prising hotel-keepers engaged musi-
clans, but some of the trolley parties
had their own fddlers. and hours were
dancing Soon trolley nartIpH were
got up by the railroad company. which
furnished a band, and all who had the
necessary dime were invited. NO class
restrictions were made.
Ii gradually dawned on the moral ele'
ment that these parties were becoming
Injurious to young girls. To them mas
young women within few weeks. Com
plants have been made by mothers to
Very Rev. Dean McNulty. and to-day
the white-haired priest issued warn
ing. At the morning services In 81
James's Roman Catholic Church he
spoke in vigorous terms denouncing the
new fad. =.
Parents, he said. were RESPONSIBLE; II
was their duty to see that their children
avoid the promiscuous trolley gatherings
at least. Innocent girls had been lured to
these outings and their ruin followed
Public scandals have been developed, but
In many cases the victims were known
only to God and themselves. The dean
also took occasion to denounce low social
gatherings. He alluded to two cases W
which young men were cast into jail
but escaped the State prison by marrying
their poor victims. Then they deserted
the unfortunate wives and returned u
their evil ways. These human hend!
were n menace to society.
The Dean pictured the deserted wire
with her fatherless babe. as an example
for other young girls. He denounced TN
Sunday chowder excursions to the wood'
in the vicinity of Paterson. At THESE
outings he said beer drinking and cursint
and swearing seemed to be the predomi
mating features.
Dean McNulty referred particularly e
a dance hall at Clifton frequented by
trolley parties. He said II was no III
place for decent girls to go to. Parents
he said were more to blame than the
Young people, who didn't realize the
danger involved He said that conse
quences hardly needed mentioning II
View of the recent scandals in the city
His remarks about girls keeping com
pany with married men had reference Il
the Decker case, which Is before the
courts.
The Deans remarks created a sensa
ton and they will doubtless be th'
means OF interfering materially with th'
popularity of the trolley parties, as his
warnings seldom fail to have telling
effect on all classes. 1t had been the In
tention to continue the trolley parties
during the cold season. Closed cars were
to be used and the country hotels were tc
he made as cosy and comfortable as pos
sibe.