Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-06-26
THREATENED TO
TURN HOSE ON
THE REVELERS
High School Teacher Resented
Festivities of RoseViIIe I'M
provement Association.

Trouble looms large before the mer
of the Roseville Improvement Asso.
citation, and just because they want.
ed to be good fellows and arouse the
neighborhood spirit with q dance ir
the open air last night.
The improvers chose North Eleventh
street, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues, as the most likely place, ano
hired band of ten pieces-all brass
Yesterday afternoon men with hose
flushed the asphalt until 1t was as
clean as a ballroom floor. Then they
roped off both ends of the street. sc
that it could not be muddied. They
hung myriad lanterns from the trees
and bunting from the houses.
All went well until the dance start
ed. Then some 1900 people, more OF
less, seemed to come from every
where. 1t was too much of a success
for some of the houeholders. Lawns
were invaded, and couples tangoed
over flower beds.
In the midst of the festivities Miss
Nellie Hill, teacher of mathematics
in Barringer High School, began to
assert her rights. The band was
blaring a two-step in front of her
windows, and the surging, dancing
crowd swelled up and overfiowed to
the lawn in front of her home, at No
So. Miss Hill ordered them away, but
they only laughed.
Yes, i did threaten to turn the hose
on them" she said today, her eyes
swapping. Then l called up the po-
lice. and they told me that they had
a permit. They advised me not to
turn the water on and / didn't, al
though | was tempted
Il do not see how the improvement
association members expect to ac-
complish any Improvement by ruin
ing our lawns and damaging our
pretty street." continued Miss Hill
Il cannot see that they have any
legal right to conduct a dance in our
street without the unanimous consent
of the property owners.
my mother is an invalid, and I
find it very hard to get her asleep at
night under ordinary conditions. Last
night the noisy band kept up with
out intermission for three hours, and
1t was midnight before they left. She
is still in nervous condition this
morning, and it win be days before
she RECEIVERS from the experience"
There was little or no evidence OF
damage done by the revelers in the
block this morning. The asphalt was
clean and the lawns looked as they
have throughout the month. :.
Joseph L. Mullin, of $40 Orange
street, said that he had received some
complaints this morning and last
night, and they surprised him.
why, when we first asked the folks
living in the street about the dance
they seemed to be enthusiastic. said
Mr. Mullin, ""Of course, we had tc
appeal for subscriptions, because we
could not go to our treasury to get
the money to defray the expense
This was very light and only consist
ed of the pay for the band and for
the lanterns.
When | went through the street
some of the people said that they did
not care to take part, but no one OBJ
jected. Now, this morning, some are
talking about bringing suits for dam
ages. We thought we were giving
the people good time. Really, most
of the residents of the street were
enthusiastic over the plan. Most of
them had a very good time
The chairman of the committee in
charge of the dance was Thaddeus f.
MacEvoy. of SO Myrtle avenue.