New-York tribune., 1901-07-15
CROWDS ENJOYED THE DAY.
BAY FILLED WITH CRAFT AND PARKS
.-.~ GAY WITH HUMANITY

Although the weather not hot yesterday il
was warm enough 10 make the city uncomfortable
and TO create in urban dwellers a desire to get
away from the town and its rows Of houses into
the cool air Of the country and beside the sea-
where breezes blow without hindrance. Not too
hot really, TO stay In the city, as one of the man
ayers of steamboat company which a line
TO beach resort put It. but just hot enough TO
make trip on the, water or the trolley cars
pleasant
or course, there was a crowd all day at the Man.
haitian end of the bridge. and there were the usual
delays TO passengers coming from Brooklyn-be-
cause OF the ineficiency of the transit service
There always is On a Sunday. except in the winter
or on days when people prefer to stay in the house
But II was all right after the passengers arrived
az the beaches. There they could sit in the sand
and be walked by those who like notion or
trample on others If they did not be walked
over
But the poor people who could not go out of town,
They enjoyed themselves. Battery Park is the poor
mans Coney Island Bath Beach. Bergen Beach
Asbury Park and Long Brench rolled into one. He
was there yesterday-he and all his family sitting
on the benches and enjoying the cool air off the
bay, watching the boats sail around the Battery in
both directions. lying the grass under the trees
blowing" himself and his family to glass of milk
each AT the penny milk stand OF Nathan Stratus, or
satisfying the continuous performance hunger of
the youngsters with the big and cheap ''boliver'
All the time he smoked his pipe though It were
choice Havana, and was happy
Along the shore a; Bay Ridge the boatmen did a
big business. Everybody. It seemed, who knew a
tiller from a bowspr!t hired saihoat. There were
merry parties flng the bay with song and laughter
all day. The wind held steady from lawn 70 dusk
so there were no accidents reported OF a dangerous
character.
II was not too warm for q row either, II the load
Were agreeable to the rover So young men, and
some old ones, too. pulled al the oars with a 10Y
that robbed the labor OF the odum usually attach
Ing work
Probably there better exponent OF the
beauty OF the day than the number OF BICYCLES
that were out. brooklyn Is the wheelmen's para
disc. and IL was there the greater number or
wheels. was seen. All roads that led the cycle
Bedford ave. from the fc''nfan. in the Eastern
District. To Cohbie Stone i'm now newly paved
ana comfortable for riding. tnkled with the merry
sound OF the bell until nearly midnight
little after } o'clock in the afternoon a dense
FOG swept up from the ocean. advancing I'm waves
was disagreeable while it lasted. In about an hour
however. II cleared away again and the sunshine
was brighter than ever.
The horsemen were IN force on Ocean Park
way and there were many exciting brushes along
the road although most OF the drivers preferred 20
gatts, stopping at the roadhouses for needed re-
ireshment for man ard beast The roadhouses were
Well nled MI the afternoon with people who like 10
sit and look at the bicycle riding and the driving
Altogether. as one Of the hotel keepers said was
good day for everybody and his horse.
curry was Kept down below so degrees all day. ex-
cept 'or rev minutes around o'clock IN the after
noon When II reached So degrees. retreatng quickly
GOWN the tune as though II were ashamed OF itself