The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-20
FUN ON THE AVENUE
Features of the Crowd That
Watch Bernstein's Punch
and Judy Show.
POLICEMEN KEPT BUSY
The Jingo Spirit Manifests Itself
Traffic Little Obstructed =
Specimen Talk.
POLICEMEN KEPT BUSY

That complaint against the store WIN
dow shows of Bernstein, the Newark ave-
nue. clothier, and the Boston. IS furnlsh-
ing gossip in all the stores on that busy
thoroughfare All the young ladies en-
ployed in Furst's. O'Brien's, Brown and
Van Anglen's and Perlmutter's stores
were talking today of the story published
in yesterdays Jersey City News. AS
trive it Will witness one of the perform
ances today. The male employees OF
Samplers. of Hanleys furniture house
along the avenue will stroll out. too,
just to see how great the blockade Is
The crowds of which Mr.. A. Waiter
complains were greater than ever be-
fore, so Proprietor Bernstein says. ana
yet traffic. was not seriously impeded
continuance and probably for five min.
utes before, possibly Tor quarter OF
crowded and the street occupied to the
west bound trolley track. Unlike the
former stationary crowd, however, tnls
throng was kept in constant motion OF
a certain sort by four StalWart ponce
men under direction of an equally robust
roundSman.
Children, as usual. were marked by
the bluecoats for the exercise of their
functions. While those of larger
ed along the edge of the curb, the
youngsters were hustled this way and
that They were chased up the street,
the walk in front of the Bon Ton; but
not unlike the cat whose misfortuneS
have been celebrated in song, they came
For each one. that fed the strong hand
of the law. dozen former fugltiyes re-
turned by gradual degrees and by a
circuitous route to the scene OF action,
only to be pushed along once more, now
eyer as soon as they were ne spi4fEed if 9
low with his head bandaged and trou-
b1es of his own, endured his successive
but temporary baniShm esntS with Sto1cal
for-titude This juvenile scapegoat made
himself so conspicuous by persistent re-
turns t. the he Il foredaen wben sPe1 % be Was seem
among the spectators until he had been
been bundled bodily away.
One copper shouted at him, Get OUT
er here you. I've run you away about
er hundred times already, an NV l
ketsh yer here here agin asg dramnleted in with a
rush at the voungster. He eluded it with
ali the grace and agility which gaminl
later he was in the midst of the expect
the policeman did not that time.
take place, from 3to and to each
evening, is to derive a large amount OF
innocent pleasure. not SO much from the
show itself as from the crowd: The
eagerness with which each action of
the queer faced Punch and his funny
young and old alike. would deiight the
soul of the cyrfic vino loves TO ScoH al
JUST Such 1nlloceHL pledSuTSsi lie liltS
is obliterated
I courited yesterday among the on
3ookers no less than thirteen women
with baby carriages at one of the per-
formances. These carriages were drawn
l,3 close to the windows and as there
was not room for all of them in front
of Bern5.ein's windows, some stood ap-
pareritly neglected before the BoSton's
dor. The children in the latter were
generally asleep, although I marked one
or two gazing about them with OWL
Nike faces and the best of tempers.
The conversation Of some Of these
grown ND boys and girls was interest
ing. A young man in derby hat and
with green necktie and no polish on his
boots. when Mr.. Punch caressed his
loving helpsmajte with a club, shouted to
his sfadyfrien,'' Get on ter Punchy
maxim er mash
s.Good Gawd.a aptly responded the
young lady addressed, i wouldn't want
hone er dem love taps from my Chaw-
lie.''
When Punch had his worad-famed ar
gi1ment With the devil, an Irishnan
with funny face set Within circle
of hairy fringe. lost control of himself.
Soak it to i'm, yer sahn-ur-er-goon, ne
deserves the whole ur 1T; An dat's
gfves us chance he Shouted:
The only class which eavflled at the
stameness of the exhibition was the
youth of elegant apparel. Two of these
watched the tiny drama for time.
"Gh come on, Gus" at length one of
them remarked, '9et's do the Bon Ton.
This is awfully sfow."
Streets Of Cairo and the frisky Couchee
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