New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
NEW YORKERS ON SUNDAY
Questions Caused by Record Of
Uhat Goes Forzuard on That Day.

Are New Workers becoming more prone to
regard Sunday as day of pleasure or OF ousl-
ness? Is sport obtaining a greater numper oi
devotees than religion on the first day of the
week? Are the crowds that flock to the oasepal
games or line the Speedway to watch the brushes
growing faster than the multitude of church
goers? Is the army of clerks and tradesmen, OF
actors and singers of real estate promoters ana
Coney Island barkers, who WORK on 0uhudS
much the same on other days. increasing
more rapidly than the other part or the COM
munity which merely wants to rest? Are the
statutes for Sunday observance becoming
mockery?
Such questions are apt to rise in ones Hhhu
after reading the news a Monday morning
Take a recent Sunday for example. On that
dav two big professional baseball games were
nIavsd in this city, and were attended by
twenty-fye thousand persons, including gangs
of thugs and rowdies, thirty-one or Whofn pe-
came SO disorderly in subway train that they
were arrested. a great Coney Island resort
was reopened for the season, drawing tmther
10000 men. women and children. So-caheu
sacred concerts were given in twenty dlnereht
places. at which 10000 persons were entertained
In much the same manner as on week days. On
the Sneedway horses were driven at top speed
I'm contests which called brushes, but
which. to the average spectator, looked for all
the horses alone in going fast on Sunday.
Ibirtv-hve automobiIists arrested in or
near the city for illegal sCorching. Oarsmen On
the Harlem went rowing in such numbers that
the river looked as it does on regatta day.
And while some sought pleasure in exercise or
recreation, others made the day one OF LABOR
Eleven various realty companies conducted ex-
cursions to different points in The Bronx, Brook
lyn and Queens boroughs, where they trled 10
persuade New Workers to buy lots or houses
On the East Side factories resounded with the
din of industry Stores there kept open as on
week days, some having shut their doors on
Saturday to give their clerks a rest but the
majority working their employees seven days a
week In the rear of saloons in practically every
part of the city bartenders served drinks from
early morning till after midnight. BARRIERS
pulled down their curtains at o'clock, but Kept
on working as long as there were customers In
the theatres, actors and singers worked as hard
as on other days though some of them
wore street instead of stage costume.
According to those who believe in the oldtime
Sunday of rest and religious observance, viola
tons Of the Sunday laws are constantly becom-
ing more numerous and more fragrant. They
say that the big professional baseball games are
Illegal that they are prohibited by Section 90
of the Penal Code. which says:
"All shooting, hunting fishing, playing, horse
racing, gaming other public sports. exercises
or shows upon the first day of the week, and
all noise disturbing the peace of the day. are
prohibited" Some go SO far to say that
the brushes the Speedway come within the
meaning OF the same statute, and that, even
though no admittance is charged, starter
employed. no bets posted and no record of time
publicly announced yet in spirit a brush is moth
ting more than horserace-
In reference to the East Side grocery and dry