The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-11
LEAP YEAR SURPRISE.
Jersey City Party Pays a Visit
to Woodside by Trolley
Car.

A very delightful trolley party, OF leap
year ride, TOOK place on Wednesday even
ing. It was arranged by Mrs. Meyer of
Henderson street and her niece,
Miss Brice, for the purpose of
giving a surprise to Miss Brice's
mother, and this object they car
tainly accomplished in a very complete
manner. They gathered about sixty of
their friends, principally those members
of the Ideal Euc7ane Club, a fashionable
set of Van Worst Park vicinity, n each
lady was instructed to bring some com
estible for the banquet at the end of the
ride.
A trolley car was chartered, and about
eight O'Clock. brilliantly i1lumined with
arc lights, the car left Grove and York
streets with a jolly party bent on an even
ing's jollification. They with them a
small orchestra. and with the good things
alluded 10 carefully slowed away in bas-
kets they departed with light hearts and
joyous a-nticipations. After a run of
about an hour Woodside, a pretty village
to the north of Newark, was reached,
and here they found Washington Hall.
Wnlcn they mad engaged, ready decorated,
heated and lighted for them. Then a dele
cation went to find Mrs. Brice, who re-
SIDES there, and when THAI lady entered
the nall, in blissful Ignorance of what was
IN store for her, her ~aStcnished looks and
u~ndlsguised Arrangement set the merry par
ity into fits of laughter.
ihen Mr.. john Fl. Bedell, of Jersey City,
was escorted TO the piano, and when he
he was tuning his martial voice to the
dirty, THE club had a meeting" etc, and
evoked a storm of cheers. De Reszke
had better look to his laure1s. Mrs. SUIT
nj and M PC II HnxNs- IL
lightfully, Coming Thro' the Rye" and
the boys Thought that was ali wrong.
and made the rye come to them. Mr..
4, +. Rooney sang with much feeling,
M mother was a lady" which the
Thought a highly su~perf1uous piece
of information, although well sung. Then
Mr.. J, Sutherland sang, THE pardon came
warded with much applause, and the Ia
dies, God bless 'em, served the luncheon.
II vas a touching sight to see ex-Finance
commissioner Aiva A. Beden gracefully
banding luscious salad to the ladies while
they in turn saw that the gentlemen had
a share of all the good things. The feast
ended, dancing began and lasted until two
O'Clock in the morning, when the party
bounded onto the trolley car and were
Whisked across the meadows to Jersey
City and home again, which place was
reached at 3.45. Mind you, say A. M.
ingly."
Those who We're present were:-Mr. and
Mrs. Larrabee, M. Mrs. f. Ellis. Mr..
Mrs. q. Barker, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Stewart, Mr.. and Mrs. James Meyers, Mr..
and Mrs. W. j. Meyers, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
S%utphen, Mr.. and Mrs. John Fl. Bedell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. A. Sutherland, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. c. Owens, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Wes-
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Rooney. MI.
and Mrs. j.. Killoy, Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Brice and Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Davis:
Misses Nettie Mocabee, Grace Busker.
Edna W~estervelt, Emma Kninper. L.
ex-FinaDce Cofumfssinrer A1va
A. Bedell, Messrs. c. Tomlin, w. Carson.
w. McMichael, Captain n Mrs. Miller.
Captain and Mrs. Timmons. Miss e.
I. Bird, ]. Paterson, ri. A. Taylor. Fred
Curtis, G. E. B. Ward and Charles
Franklin.