The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-09
EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.
Baptist Young People Re-
cover s12o By Their
Breach of Promise
Suit.
AUDIENCE HUNGRY FOR ALLUsIOHS.
But on the Whole the Play Was
a Tame Affair-Specimens Of
the Dialogue.
AUDIENCE HUNGRY FOR ALLUSlONS.

tuu DtdaoS uOs
The much discussed Breach of Promise
Case was given last night by the young
folk of the Bergen Baptist Church at Has
brouck Hall. A very large audience was
present, many attending to satisfy their
curiosity as to the real character of the
play.
AS the seats began to fill up the hopes
of the young people arose, and it was an
nounced at the conclusion of the perform
ance that the treasury had been replen-
ished to the amount of s120. A great NUM-
Der, who apparently were oblivious of the
fact that the Board had sat on the young
people when they proposed holding 1t in
the church., went there to see the play.
They were met by members of the Sunday
school, who directed them to Hasbrouck
Hall. The performance was scheduled to
start at eight o'clock, but the hail was
filled long before that hour. There was no
delay and promptly at eight o'clock the
curtain arose on the first part.
Master Roy Ellison displayed marked
a5ility in playing a piano solo. MI. r.
Spaschil and Miss E. Spaschil sang a
duet, entitled Home Again. in a very
efficient manner. Mr.. John Herman, a
wer-known ~violinist of this city, played
withs tone and feeling 1.-THE Palms" He
was accompanied on the piano by Mr.. L.
E. Herman; Miss M. Walsh, who pos
sesses a SWEET soprano voice, sang "Oh,
Come Again. and as an encore, TN Wait
for Thee, Pattie, Dear" Mr.. 7. Pond
played several selections on a harp and
the first part concluded with a song by
the quartette composed OF Messrs.
Spasehil, DMlaway, Loesch and Strang.
The excitement in the audience was at
a fever heat by this time. AS the curtain
was rising for the second part which was
the mock trial, it stuck about a foot
from the bottom and revealed a semi
circle of feet and dresses and trousers,
which set the audience into fits of laugh
ter.
There was the court room with all its
accessories. The stern faced Judge, MIR.
B. o. Lomerson; the plaintiff, Miss
Araminta ClovArtop. Miss May Atchison;
the defendant, Mr.. J. Barrymore de
Browne Smyth, Mr.. J. Mills Diilaway. The
PLAINTIFFS counsel was there in Mr.. H. w.
Runyon. while Mr.. Eugene Leake repre-
scented the defendant.
The case wound round the belief of
Miss Clovertop that De Browne Smythe
loved her and wished to marry her. That
gentleman, however, had no such :nten-
tons, and had no hesitation whatever in
saving so, hen-e the suit for the sum of
5000.
talked e~loquently about FIRST love-"
"girlish affections" and then attacked
the defendant as one who had basked
| had now, The bad man, "ruthlessly
trampled upon her guileless heart and left
her with the clinging tendrils of her hopes
touching phrases calculated to melt the
| jurors hearts produced a smile on some
of the elder peoples faces, who thought
of a certain divorce case now before the
Courts. The smile grew broader and the
winks and .nudgings more marked
personated by Miss May Atchison. in
| the course of her testimony, was asked
by her counsel. Mr.. H. w. Runyon:-
Have you other evidence to prove his
Miss Clovertop replied, sobbing:-'In-
of slippers r began to work for
him, but l never finished them. He
will soon be free-I mean is a wddower,
poor fellow-and | mean to give the slip
pers to him next Christmas Naughter.)
There wa much inerriment among the
Judge, admirably played by Mr.. B. Q.
Lomerson, said-
why seek to denaturalize woman. our
fair Representatives, aut amat, aut odit
muller "a woman either loves or hates).
You no doubt have had some experience
in encounters with the fair sex and alb
judge all the rest. II you find for the
plaintiff let 1t be a sum sufficient to heal
her bruised heart and make a lasting inn
preston on the defendant. daughter.
and many eyes were turned in one corner
where a certain minister, it was said, was
sitting.)
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great length It was handed over to the
jury Of young people to decide. They
were:-Miss May Hall. Nina Acker, A.
sgr0ul Mi GTaee G saraas Mani Mamie Rye Ta Hei len
slime, E. Moeller, T. Van Alstine, Hattie
Porter and Mrs. John Lindley.
When they returned Foreman Zweilager
"We find dat ash de defendant has
kintlet a lame in de breast of de plaintiff
he is guilty Of arzon In de fourth degree.
Great applause greeted the clever anna
tours at the close Of the play and Mr.. G.
c. Strang, leader Of the class, fully de-
ability in making things go so smoothly.
The full cast was as follows
Ararninta Clovertop. Miss May Atchison
]. Barrymore de Brown-Smgthe..
Plairtlf's Counsel. M. H. w. Runyon
DESCENDANTS Counse 6. Eugene w Leake
Judge .......... ......Mr. B. Q. Lomerson
Clerk...... 49,. -........Mr. George Hyatt
crier -. .... .....-..Mr. ". Paxson
stenographer .Mr G. y Runyon
Jury Attendant WJTNEss ii;;Nr Harry Hale
Mrs. J. Cooke Bushby: plaint.n's
Mr.. j. Cooke Bushby Mr.. W. II. Fritts
M dsrs aah Bnahsy car .Misa h hsagria ~ Jackson
Mr., Splice em-tight.. Mr.. John L:ndiey
Medical Expert ....Mr VIM. Woolsey
4 Ac1inaIf HxnoTf Mr. rs Japlrrnn