Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-16
THE" M|CHAELS
HAVE FINE TINE
Club, on Annual Outing, Lays
Aside Cares and Worries of
Business World.

buSlflGSS WOI1u.
Somehow association and environ
ments always leave their imprint on
| the records of men, their affairs n
events. That, possibly Is why the an
, nual gathering of the Harry j. Mich
aels Pleasure Club is enormously la
belled an all-around conference OF
the political elite of the city.
The mere fact that men high in
the political ~counsels of their par
ties, men prominent In the business
! and professional life of the city an
nualiy make a pilgrimage Jointly to
some shrine of pleasure n hob
mob together for the day should not
influence the opinion that they are
frame states. A trip to charming
Green Gables on Pleasure Bay yes
terday afternoon would have proved
this. AS a matter of fact, politics
were as far removed from the
thoughts of the sixty-five brother
Mikes" as the Bate of Yo-hoo-zoo
on the Shambo river in the Congo
back in 1912.
To AXE a day of Is no dead cinch
for the busy men of today, put those
who were orthodox believers in the
gospel of the pleasure club, and mark
the day IN their calendars in red ink
| slammed shut their desks yesterday
llAOl II liltCA lC GlAh dha aoAatOA
and after reporting to the active mas
ter of ceremonies, Conductor Harry
j., at his headquarters in Smith
street. let 'er go, en- route to the
shore resort. The choice of the At
lantic Highlands route went about
fifty-fifty with the Holmdel road.
The cares and worries of business
were discarded for the day. Oficials
and politicians were out to refresh
their mental cells. II was the fourth
annual outing OF the Harry j. Mich
aels club. They did.
BY 1880 o'clock the last OF the
struggling motor parties had reached
Green Gables. Conductor Michaeis
megaphoned first call for the dining
car" and lunch. officially designated
as a late breakfast. was served.
Breakfast over, all hands followed
the dictatlon of their thoughts-not
their consciences. A number adjourn
ed TO the quiet banks OF the bay. |
Several ban officials were just natur-
ally attracted there. They had their
eyes set for sharks and U-boats. but
the large majority of the recreation i
lists had their eyes peeled for spades /
and aces in the comfortable seclusion
of the open-air rests. Some knew
the game. others didn't. but every !
body, following the usual custom, re- ,
ported that they had lost.
The heat forced a postponement TO
1919 of the baseball game and usual
athletic events, but the club presi-
dent Dick Calvin, Invented a brand
new game. Dick would have made
La bunco steerer blush with envy.
ICloaked In the bland expression OF a
chinaman and carrying his copious
lid" Calvin made the round of the
brother Mikes" with the eloquent
plea that he was taking up a collec-
ton for a poor widow. with only two
feet and two children. Intoxicated
by the ready response of those who
'bit," he increased the size of the
family as he went along, until he had
a real good argument to entice the
"two-bit'' pieces that were filling his
hat. To make a long story short,
Dick cleaned up more than $40, and
for the rest OF the afternoon he and
his gang" OF fellow co~nspirators had
AN afternoon of free refreshments on
the crowd.
over" that he stirred a hornets nest.
But the harm was o Dick was
too big to handle In any other way
than q smile. anyway.
The whirr of the motor overhead
and the belchfng guns of Sandy Hook
were periodical reminders OF the out
side world. There. In the safe seclu-
sion Of Pleasure Bay. beyond ever
1 liz &0D1 1&
Wardell's Port-au-Peck into a gaunt
shadow of its former self. the brother
Mikes took things easy, including
Itackpots, during the day.
Politics? Not so you could notice
IL. Republican and Democratic lead
ers "kidded" n another. but never
by political reference. No more con-
vincing evidence that politics had
Gained down for the Duration OF the
, war could have been given. There
wasn't enough stir In the air. polifi-
cally, TO even disturb IA much petted
hair adjoining the polished areas Of
the mRjortties venerable heads.
The big blowout came in the wind
up-the clambake served at 7 o'clock.
This was rounded out in a burst OF wit
and clever parties. or the 100.0 600. 900
people in this country to pick upon,
the popular president was nominated.
Dick did not demur. not even when
Albert Leon. IN a humcrons attack
upon Galvin's qualifications for maxi
ing weight a a soldier wound up mat
tiers by presenting him with a wrist
watch, built by combining a huge
lnickled alarm clock with a dog collar.
The gift further commemorafed the
popular presidents entry into the
Home Guards.
Former Aiderman-at-LArge W. Guy
Weaver enacted the role OF toestmas-.
ter IN MS USUAL mlmilAuAc aAtAS Al
fact It was his tip-on that gave the
| diners their conceptions OF a gridiron
/. dinner. He picked on Mar Gibian. he
disciple OF the Goddess OF Truth. not
Ito say something. and Max
Rare witticisms were also sixzied
across by Marcy Michaels and Ludwig
Wolf. The latter. the -vice-president
Of the organization. finally relieved
himself OF his speech after three years
OF futile EFFORT
In one respect this years event was
different Possibly II was due 10 the
wonderful sunset. or 20 n clever,
blind pianist or the corn. or the chick
en-. but. b that as Il may. brother
Mike was given = chance to speak
al this years outing.
Only O two minutes were they
seriously inclined-he last TIVE mkn-l
ates. Then Conductor Harry J. or the
! Michaels express pulled the cord,
stopped b train OF fur. and IN elo-
/ ouertfy expressed form. called upon
All hands to ~chfp In A support Of