The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-11
boulevard PANORAM MA,
Moving Spectacle Presented Yes.
terday Of Cyclists, Drivers,
and Pedestrians.

The Boulevard presented an animated
and interesting spectacle yesterday. I'm
like the previous Sunday there was little
wine and cycling was excellent. The
clubs turned out in force, and many out
Of town cyclists We're constantly stopping
pedestrians to inquire the way. The re-
cent snow storm has done very little dam
| age to the Boulevard. The road may in
| places be a trife rough, but generally
speaking. especially between the
bridges (New Jersey Central and Penn
sylvania), it is In excellent condition.
Probably never before were there so
many pedestrians and ~turnouts. 1t
makes one wonder what the people Of
five years ago did when there was no
Boulevard.
Easter bonnets and Easter suits were,
of course, out in numbers, and very pref
ty they looked, too. With the spring
feathers seem to lave lost favor, and hats
literally covered with flowers are the
thing. What a relief after SO many
months of plumes waving in the wind or
bobbing up and down just in front of
some good natured person at the theatre,
TO gaze upon this moving flower garden.
Chiffon and lace are also greatly used
this season. One of the prettiest hats
seen yesterday was a white leghorn,
trimmed round the crown with a band of
black velvet, edging the top of which was
a ruffle of gray chiffon, while the brim
was covered with a wreath of green
leaves. From the back, where the brim
was caught up, and falling up toward the
face, was a bunch of tips, one black and
two white, with a number of pink crush
roses against the hair at the base of these
tips. A gray and white blouse suit was
worn with the hat. Another pretty hat
was a purple sailor trimmed with bunch
upon bunch of violets arranged SO as to
form q pyramid from front to back where
the hat was caught UP with more violets
falling against the hair. This was worn
with a purple tailor suit, trimmed with
purple ribbon.
From four to FIVE in the afternoon APP
pears to be the favorite hour on
the Boulevard, and then there
is just such a scene as we
might expect to see along the board walk
at Asbury Park, except that there are no
benches to sit down on, and no ocean
%thudding on the beach. Still there is the
same panorama of men, women and
children.
Perhaps horses and carriages were as
notable a feature as any in yesterdays
parade, and racing was INDUCED in to
some extent. Pony carriages were also
to be seen in limited numbers. There
seems, however, to be a lack of style
about the vehicles in Jersey City. and
owners of fine horses will hitch them up
to most any old thing, thus spelling the
opportunity to show a good animal to adj
vantage. !.
About five o'clock the sky began to look
threatening, and there was a general
rush for home. Some few there were
who fingered too long and were caught in
the rain, which fell an hour later; these
were mostly bicyclists. Yesterday was
indeed the banner day for wheelmen.
Never before this season has such a vast
%coneourse of pedal pushers been seen on
that popular -thoroughfare. From early
morning until darkness the road was
crowded, and the Boulevard had the APP
pearance of a midsummer's day.