Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-04-17
COASIING.
Nuypo,i.ious Fun on flipfap Hill in Pc


dunk.
Last Night wa Il gala occasion at the
coast on Fl:pllap Hill. The smooth.
lard surface of thi, fashionable de-
c.vity glittrrcd in the romantic moon
lyht. a though it rrmine bosom were
studded with an iniinit">imal array Of
diamonds. and the ar wa> made mu>l-
c:. by the mrrry shouts of "Lullah.
It hear he track CIT out OF the
WAY. darn Yer" and numcrou, other
manifestations Of pleasure of the
thrpng, # jocund Slider, who made
thu oc,:~ on notable by the presence.
Prominent among the di>tin"u shed
cpa-t"r, were Johnny Green, with hi
hrand-nrw Sled I'm shorter: Sammy
la k. who be-trodr h'> strelclad c"lr
-,r with grace and dignity all hi>
own: Jim SIN III. who's" red mttcn> and
stripped tipret were the envy and adj
m;ra':un OF al who had the good for
t;ne to witness them; harley
.!onc-, whose elegant cquiPa"e
wa, graccd by the 1.-the 70 m
and rosy features OF his cou in.
Jane Dash; Blli Som"s. who elegant
siding Il IL belly bumps was til" delight
Of e.erv on-looker; Dick Robinson and
Jack Brown and Fred White, and scores
Of others. Among the elegant turnOut>
we're the well-known sled, Racer"
/ "l'rcrhound, Tiger. Lion,
/ ..M,tamora,' Pirate" "Svlph,'
".tvalanchr,' and many more too nu-
n.rous to mention. There We're s!cds
III sold frame and skeleton >lcds. sicds
with long runners and sled> with short
runners. single sled,. sicd> tig enough
'or two persons, and doubie-r ppcr>.
Never. PERHAPS. was there seen such Il
wealth OF Shedding paraphcrnalia. at
least upon Flplap Hi.
And the coasters were quite as re
rll"rchc' as the slcls they rode upon
Sd, gallartly adown the congcalrd
ru:>e. and which they SO hrroically
| pullrd back to the summit, whence
again they shot forth upon their down
ward, mctcOric career. 1t is est mated
/ liz 4 careful observer that the gentle
boys upon Flipfap Hill last night rep
resented combined property Of nc
les than four hundred marbles, seven
ty-iive prgtops. thirty-nlnc bowkites
and five cigarette holders.
The costumes of the male coasters
were severely plain. i'll most eases. as
properly became the high posi-
ons occupied in society by the.i
wcarrrs There were, however,
,ome noteworthy exceptions. For
example, Tom Harris pantalO ms
were adorned with two ou:rc pat hes
~ on their bro adrst part; the sombrt
outlines of the neither integum 'nt> oi
Bll Jenkins were artistcally re- icvc,
by permitting slight show Of erMin,
underwear to protrude through slashc>
IN the anne locality: aud fr.nged cl
bow and perforated knees and negl 90
hats and porous shoes a ldcd to the
grand ensemble of picturesque grand
cur.
Bu. the brilliant effect of the NAL,
earmeiturc was wholly swallowed Up
ami lost in the rad ance OF the cluthin.
affected by the ( rls. Oh for the ~
Of a Milton to adequately portray tn.
mul,itud nous com linat:ons and tn,
ravishing aggregate of their environ
mrnt, There were white hood,
and red hood, and green hood
and hoods rejecting all ..i'
co.ors of the rainbow; shawls
gray. brown. black. part -colorcd
dresses Of inconce.vablc variety of hue
the richest products Of the mills o
Lowell and Lawrence; hosiery. home
im:,,ic and hne-mad darncd an,
undarnrd 1t was indeed resplcnden
sight. 1t was a moving. living PIANO
rama of beauty. 4 Kaleidoscope o
tint+. Il paint->hop of color5 informe,
with lie!
Toward midnight the sport grew ia,
ard furious. Sled followed sled dowl
the slippery slide with reckless rapid
itv. Dec, sionally rider is mn>leddcd
and again Il doublr-ripper ovcrtakc
, ii, predecessor. or runs madly into tn
F.: fence alongside and scatlcrs its aston
shed freight and their torn clothin,
ANA fractured ! limbs broadcast upon tn
; chilly night. 1t WAS glorious.
There are few places like Flipila
.. II II. and no one who has had tn
.rl city of viewing the beauty and tn
grandeur. the elegance and the 81 t.
mass which mark the srot can wondr
that 1t should continue to be til
) rendezvous of the wealth and forum
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