New-York tribune., 1910-03-21
SPRING DROPS In
OUTDOORS CROWDED.
Thousands at Parks and Sea-
ade-The ROsrdy ReriUes.


The whole story was told yesterday IN
Van Cortlandt Park. II may be eNpedieni
for publishers OF calendars % unite upon
March 81 as the FIRST day Of spring. Cal
sndars. however. are printed In the fall
and winter. when spring is nothing but a
vague though joyful "Reminiscences 10 those
who send them forth
There were signs at Nan Cortlandt Park
yesterday more informing and conclusive
than any number Of almanacs. Something
had come 20 pass crowds looked upon q
end called n good There Was something
I'm the air that made them young. There
were no lambs gambolling upon the green.
There was. in the strict sense. no green
But where the lambs would have rOmped
IN the stockyards had not confined them
the baseball bounded and piayfuily bumped
against the football At sight OF the
SNOW white spheroid calendars were for
gotten by the porulace. ID had come, then.
that delicious season Of the year when
nature. breaking from the chilling thral-
dom of old winter. like a blooming damsel
from Jhe tyranny of a sordid old father.
threw herself. hlushins with ten thou
sand charms. into the arms OF youthr..
spring"
taught generally Il had coI2e twenty-four
hours before 10 had arrived. perhaps. hut
the bounding baseball and the wan resist
ance shown 10y the retiring football krocked
the calculations OF al such 20 dust that
was carried of bv the zephyrs Of the first
spring day-even granting that il was not
the first cay ~ spring.
Nan Cortiandt Park was not alone.
White. neecy clouds draped the azure sky
elsewhere. Bronx PARK and Central Park
felt the qIiver The thriu of the transition
from wiator 10 spring drew the sreatost
throng ~ The vear 10 Coney Island. sew
entv-iive thousand persons refreshed them
selves az that resort. where cvcocoats were
shorn ans hats pushed back the better 10
realize that scented breezes were on their
way Several went hsthing n the surf
There were more places open COR business
than a; any time tLis yea Pop corn ard
sausages were cooled by tha side Of the
See cream corrucoria. ana the sway hack
railroads made them repose as one Luna
Park was not open for business nor was
Greenland or Steeplchase Park
Ten thousand persons saw Charles A.
Bigney of Lynn Mass. dive into the ocean
from Dreamla1d AT height Of I50 feet.
Bigney was arrested two years ago for az
tempting 10 jump of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Before the exhibition Edmund Schmidters.
OF No. 5fS aSth street. Brooklyn. while
fishing on the Dreamland pier In a smaIi
boat. was pulled overheard. he said. by a
denizen Of the deep Murray Hennessey. n
waiter az the pier. jumped in after him and
held him mp until Captain Poggie. Of the
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps,
effected the rescue.
Returning from Coney Island last night.
tour men met with serious accident in
an automobile. The machine was being
driven by its owner. George De GumOens.
cotton broker. Of No. l3S East Isth street,
Flatbush. While driving in Neck Road.
near 18th street Sheepshead Bay. the steer
ing apparatus refused 10 work The car
ran into a ditch and the branches Of a
willow tree struck De Gumoens with such
force as 10 throw him into the back sat
OF the automobile
With the driver was an unidentified man
whose skull was fractured. and he was
taken 10 The Kings County Hospital The
other occupants. who were not seriously
hurt, were John Kemble. sixty-tWo years
old, of Ninth avenue and 18th street. and
John Farrell. tWenty-four years old, of aIth
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues,
Brooklyn
The old fy I'm the ointment-rowdyIsm by
experts who practice IN the subway trains
and on The elevated roads. 10 the discom-
fort Of the rest of mankind-aEain spoiled
for thousands yesterday the Homecoming
trips from the various parks and seaside
resorts There would be less trouble Of this
SOFT in Texas. because the specialists in
that kind OF Thing would not be alive 10
the same opport unities after the first Of
fence.
Martin Boyle thirty-two years OLD. a FIRE
man on the steamship MaUretania. who
lives al Liverpool England went up 10
Van CortlanGt Park yesterday with two
friends srom tEal vessel The men We're
playing wiki a football near the parade
ground when BOYLE. in trying 10 kick the
bah. missed il and kicked himself on the
Ieft knee iniUriug d: so severely that an
ambulance was called and he vas removed
10 the Eordhaa Hozpita-
Impressive cCremonies marked Palm sun
day I'm various churches OF The city ST
Patricks Cathedral was completely filled.
The affairs and crosses were sL-ouded in
the symbolic purple Of Palm Sunday.
Archbishop Farley blessed the palms that
were then distributed 90 the congregation.
Tie Archbishop vas assisted by MonsigCOr
aveIle NonsieIor Hayes an1 the Rev
Fathe- McQuade- Al TIE clergy attached
20 the Cathedral wer- present. Thers was
no sermon.
A. the special service in 81. ThomaSs
yesterday morning Bishop Greer confirE.Sd
a class Jf sixty. ranging from children OF
fourteen 10 q man OF seventy years