Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-26
iaI Correspondence of The EVENING STAR.

ecu ouSi udy d. yesterday before since war
times The excitement took everybody here by
surprise We knew it was a great day in Brook
iyn- To them the opening of the bridge was a
wonderful thing 1t enhanced the value Of the
property almost two-fold in some Of the sec
lions of the city. Brooklyn looked forward and
figured on ii for twelve years. and when the
great day had arrived she naturally felt
excited over it. But New Workers looked
upon tie bridge more or less as q bugbear.
and affected to conder Brooklyn's appreciation
Of its size a good deal of joke. Therefore.
when the great preparations were made In
Brooklyn New York did not excite itself. It
ordered the 18th regiment to turn out. and
passed resolutions by the board OF aldermen re-
questng the day for the opening of the bridge
to be changed. because it was the queens birth
day Beyond this New York did little only
the day before the great celebration. Then it
suddenly discovered that thousands and hum
dredS OF thousands OF cOuntrymen were pouring
into the city from every point. They came every
hour. excursion trains from the interior of this
and the neighbOring states and Boston. Phila-
deiphia, Baltimore, your own city and Pitts
burg, Buffalo and Albany all sent vast numbers
to witness the opening celebration. To be sure
the governor and President would assist at the
ceremonies, but the President is an old figure to
New Workers, and the governor is not an
especial celebrity. The day before the opening
OF the great bridge New York woke up People
were wandering around the city, paving fabJl-
lous prices for shelter. In the hotels they were
sleeping on cots, in BARRIERS chairs and in bath
tubs, and all the known bOarding-hOuses we're
overlooking with transient guests. All sorts of
Wild rtlstics, thieves, pckpockets and black
guards formed u part of the visiting thrOn9.
On Thursday New Workers got up and
walked out into the streets and were amazed
The leading avenues were thronged with peO-
pie Nobody knew where they came from and
they were evidently rot New Workers They We're
Dent upon sightseeing and thrOUged the line of
march so that it was almost impossible for
pedestrians to move. Business houses started
rs usual in the morning, but they all closed in
the forenoon. In the afternoon nothing could
be done. Clerks and statesmen went out to Join
the crowd Around the city hall the jam was per-
hctly terrific. People were crushed in the
throng and children were trampled upon. Hun
dreds and hundreds of thousands thronged
the city hall park. the neghbOring streets, the
piers shipping and ferry boats. 1t took
battaliOns of policemen to clear the way Tor the
President and his party to the bridge Around
Fulton Ferry on Brooklyn and New York sides
the thr0ng was so great as to be almost impene-
trable: man who had important business in
New DIRK started from his house in Columbia
Heights at half-past ten in the morning. He
walked within three blocks of the ferry in six
minutes and was four hours going the rest of
the way He arrived In New York at half-past
three o'clock. The roofs of all the houses within
mile OF the bridge on both Brooklyn and New
York side were given over to the use of sight
eeers- Rude benches were built upon them and
the friends of the tenants and owners climbed
aloft. In many instances the janitOrs charged
from nifty cents to 50 for admission to strangers
They sat on these benches all the afternoon and
gaZed at the great bridge The daywas perfect
When the sun went down at night it left
Clear blue sky. At eight o'clock sharp a
rocket shot up from the mayors house In Brook
Ign. 1t was the sls.i to begin the pyrOtechnic
display An instant later blast of q hundred
rockets shot up from the middle of the bridge
eight hundred feet in the air. and burst in the
clear blue sky. Then the two towers began to
send forth showers of gold and silver fireworks
OF all sorts until the whole bridge was bathed
In cOiOred light. BOOms were sent whizzing
alOft TO burst at an altitude o. a hundred feet
and send more showers of golden spray down
on the bridge and into the water. Balloons
with fireworks attached fiOated above and
added their quota to the general illumination
COiOred fire was burned along the bridge. The
scene was one of hrilliancy and spIendor With
grand triumphal splurre the display of the
bridge ended But by this time New York had
shaken herself. and come to the conclusion
she should nave something of her own. There
fore, the citizens began TO blow off in the Wild
est extravaganza in every part of the city.
Every man who had the money went out and got
drunk with enthusiasm and thOrOughness.
Skyrockets, Roman candies pn-wheels and fire.
crackers were sent OFT with reckless profusion:
pistols were fired in the street and houses
lighted from top to bottom. New York
came In late. but was bound to have her cele-
bratfon- She certainly realized what a great
thing the bridge was. and was determined that
Brooklyn should lose her name and be known
hereafter as East New York. The BrookIyntes
ore vet to be heard from in this matter. Prob
ably they will insist upon calling New York
West Brooklyn. The chances are that We won't,
however.
THE AMADAN
BOucicault produced new play the other
night called the ''Amadan." 1t was the most
grotesque failure Of modern times The utmost
Iecklessness of BOucicault in dealing with
questions involving the laws OF nature grayIta-
tiOn, death and fate is we'll known. He has ex-
celled even himself in the 'Amadan" His son.
Dot Boucicault, who is nineteen years of age
appeared in the title role, the Idiot and acted
with good deal OF spirit and ability. He is
emp OF the old block, but has not half the inten-
sity of his father. In the .'Anadan' the elder
BOucicauit is shot five times buried once. and
thrown overheard. but he turns up in every
scene that succeeds his death as bright and
clipper as a new dollar. and utterly without a
trace OF his violent death. This sort of thing
goes on time and again until it becomes monot-
onous 10 the audience. In the course of the
play he also shoots his son several times but
the result. oddly enough is not the death of the
son, but the restitution Of the boys sanity, and
MS consequent restoration to health.
THE MAN IN TOWN.
IT is question whether the man who IL left
In town by his family suffers untold misery OF
revels in bliss think the chances are if he re-
mains in town II is blssful; If he attempts TO
combine town and country life, it is misery At
this season of the year vi.lant mammas and
anxious daughters are preparing for the sum-
mer campaign OF course. they all want to GO
20 Newport. and after that to Saratoga and
Long Branch. but there are many thousands of
people who cannot afford to frequent such lux
urious resorts, and they must necessarily be
content with something less expensive A few
OF Them with an eye for the companionship of
dear papa. attempts to get so near the city
that the head of the family can 90 In and out
every day TO business the others boldly and
without stimulation cast their progentor out of
their calculations, and go bravely to work to see
where they can get the most for their money.
Thousands will rush TO the seaside wear charm
Ing beach costumes, battle, dance and fiirt
thousands more will go to the mountains where
they can climb with Alpine stocks and wear pic
turesque Swiss costumes; more still will adopt
the plain countrylfe and revel in tennis dresses.
evening strolls and long and confidential drives
Meanv nile, his paternal nibs is grinding away
IKE horse in tOwn-perhaps The
house is closed throughout; nobody but the cook
and the governor remain. The front windows of