Rev. Baumeister

New York, 1895

The Rev. Mr. Baumeister of the Reformed church in College Point makes the open declaration that he does not object to the open sale of liquor on Sunday, but he does protest most decidedly against music, dancing and ball playing. There is no law forbidding music on Sundays, or even baseball, but Mr. Baumeister makes a law for the occasion at the same time that he consents to the violation of a positive inhibitive statute against liquor selling. The inconsistency of his position is too ludicrous to be considered seriously. It would make a merry skit on the variety stage.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 3, 1895, p. 4.