The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-02
ALL FOOLS DAY.
rHr SPORTS AND pAsrrMrs OF THE oAx1ss-

In the "Ihle OF Two Kites" DICKENS sayss-'He
Jared badly, who Jared from London to Dover In
those days" With equal truth we can say that
he AIRED snockingly who faxed along Park row and
contiguous TO Broad way yesterday. For IL was GAN
Fools DAY." ana the gamin spirit OF the metrop-
oils had lowered into rlotous existence The
penslye man, wno as Theodore Hook has It, didn't
care ng fer dates, and classed the almanac in
the list OF his expurgated literature, was ex-
tremely likely 10 wake from his dreams and find
himself IN the centre OF struggling, hilarious
AM generally demonstratlve a crowd as ever
swept through Rome when the carnival was
AT ITS HEIGHT.
There were no dark-eyed ladies peltng princes
with flowers and bon bons; there were no dappled
horses racing along the Corso with drecrackers
nzzing and spluttering al their tails. but there
were the New York bootpacK and the New YORK
newsboy having their little games aud right
royalty celebrating the day which they have set
apart as their own. The pensiye individual would
hardly awaken to dim perception OF the truth
before ne would fnd the populace guytng him and
asking him ABSURD questions touching The know-
edge MS mother possessed OF his Whereabouts,
coupled with such delicate advice as, 'Swlm out,
old man,n and all that He didn't know the
mystery or the moment, but giartng appendage
generously appended to his coattails explained
IL 10 the gazing word. And IL was only after he
mad chased small boy Q block or So under
the vain delusIon that the boy and his nandker-
CHIEF had gone on together. running the Whine
into the arms OF policeman, alter having fallen
over apple woman or so, that he thoroughly I'M
derstood the situation and remembered that the
"whirligig VI timer had brought along the Day Of
All Fools. Truly II was marvellous scene, arls-
ing at times TO the dignity OF riot. Wan-faced
clerks in dim orces, up 10 their eyes In tare and
tret, had the shouting beat in upon them, and
said GOD bless Us. y the while they looked at the
safe and calculated how easy or hard II would be
to get out the back window OF tue store. Old
ladies' looked ron stage windows upon the surg
ing masses OF men aud boys and went home 10
quiet uptown tea tables TO tell how they had seen
ana and snot. And il was only DIT Of fan
faronade farcical enhrdcte IN the
Tsg s5 o. There wsre ali sorts Of Go6Gs
Jokes perpetrated, but the chei was mat oil the
handkerchief. The game required crowd. an I'M
conscious man. small boy aud handkerchief.
These elements were constantly present dutlng
Fun WAS ALMOST UNcEAsING.
The untnlnklng gent would stroll along per-
fectly conteuted with himself, thinking, perhaps,
one else wnen the small boy, armed with o hand
kercnlef would walk demurely u his side, make
brisk movement OF theft from the pocket and dash
into the street All that the operated party saw
was the nasn OF the departing linen and the rapid
transit OF the boy. one thinks quickly under such
circumstances. so did he ana the chase began,
while the initiated bysi anders crowded INTO
When out OF breath. thoroughly despatched with
mud and so excited that it would have Deen dan
gerous for ms motnei-ln-iaw or other deadly
invariably Uncovered tnat he mad his handker-
chief and that ne had been sold. Then, II he was
q properly constitu ed man, ne damned his nat
down over hlseyes. tried valniy TO create the I'M
preston NAT no WAS running Tor car and
SOME sEoUEsTERED SALOON.
where he looked long anu Intently A. the bottom
OF q tumDer
some OF the victims were not properly consti-
tuted. The writer saw one OF them, at Broad
way and Barclay street. lie mad run after MS
boy and mad caught nlm The lad teariully pro-
tested that lac mad not stolen any ndkercnlef
but the gentleman insisted upon having him
rested all the same, arguing, perhaps, that
the BOY womb steal handkerchief
up then. Tie crowd was IN strong sympathy with
tue gamln, and before tue rate individual mad
procee1ea nall across the street with MS prey ne
was thoroughly OOnneted that ne might take
fifty cents and walt a year and Jet he wouldn't
ge MS nat blocked into share. That man evi-
IDENTITY went home and spoke or an hour or so
ABOUT tine false basis uOon wnicn the social fabric
Is erected Tnere were, also, other devices ana
PiN.AND-oARD- ANDCoAT-TAL
combination being great lavorte. As early as
walked lI 0i serensly aoTn the BoweFy Intent upon
his business. He was probably IN the fruit and
produce commission line ana was calculating ms
prodIs upon tie recent corner 10 dried
apples. lie had the air OF member
o. the church ana carried me most orthodox
dangling behind MIN a caro- bearing the legend,
LEI W Try BessAe's Bed, Daringn Men laughed
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rio9s apeearance always possessed BY a barber
studying tor the ministry, loped along bearing the
inscription, "Wnl somebody Please KICK Me-
Old maids sereney had their secret thoughts EN-
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