New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-06-24
Great Generals in Citizens Clothes.

Great Generals in Citizens'C Clothes.
Great military geniuses are RENE M
bered by pictures that have been seen,
showing them in gorgeous uniform,
SO that it is not strange that when
seen in plain citizens dress they dc
not inspire the beholdcr with awe.
George Washington is impressed up
on the hearts Of his countrymen as a
great, big man, with continental
uniform on, cooked hat, powdered
hair, mounted on a dapple gray stall
lion. If he could be met in the road,
between Mount Vernon and Alexan-
dria, in homespun Virginia clothes,
mounted on mule, as he was often
seen the later years of his life, if he
could be observed that way by men of
the present day, the first thing they
would think OF would be that it was
Barney Mc-Auley, in the character of
''The Messenger from Jarvis Section
If Bismarck could be set down in the
door of Cincinnati saloon in his
shirt-sleeves, with white apron on,
the average citizen would pass him
without thought, or go in the saloon
and say, ''Come, Dutchy, give US a
glass of lager" and Bismarck would
be so mad he would pull Krupp gun
out of his pistol pocket and lombard
the works of the visitor to the saloon.
If the prince of Wales should sit in
smoking car, smoking short pipe,
dressed like the ordinary travelling
Englishman, nobody would think Of
speaking to him unless they wanted
to borrow a match. If the King of
Italy should take the place of peanut
rooster on the corner, and wear the
same clothes the rooster does, and
speak in broken Italian. the buyer of
peanuts would not pay any attention
to the king. If the Gear of Russia
should be out in a skiff shooting ducks
on Wisconsin marsh, the ordinary
sportsman who passed near him would
only pass the time of day and say,
"what luck, old MANI" The emperor
of China, in a Chinese wash house in a
basement in Milwaukee, squirting
water from his mouth onto shirt
bosoms, would attract no more notice
than Wah Lung, unless the crowd on
the sidewalk should be told who he
was. These people want to be seen
where they belong in order to be ap-
preciated. This idea was illustrated
few nj ghts since in New York. There
was to be reception at the Five
Points to a member of the legislature
who had done something to endear
himself to his constituents by defeat
ing high license law. General
Mcclellan and General Hancock, who
had been dining in the city, conclud-
ed they would like to see the gang,
so they wandered down to the
Points and secured position in con-
venient doorway. Hancock weighs
over three hundred pounds, and Little
Mac is smaller than the average man,
a little red-headed chap. They were
in citizens clothes, and only wanted
to be let alone. The crowd of toughs
rapidly filled the streets, and it was
sight to see, and the two generals
were enjoying it very much. Suddenly
a tough who had seen Mcclellan be-
fore recognized the little man and
pointed him out to the girl on his arm,
and said, THAT is the great General
Mcclellan" The girl looked at him.
Her ideas of the great commander of
the Army of the Potomac had been
formed from a grand picture behind
bar in the Bowery. She looked at
the little man. who did not look great
er to her than the young fellow who
sold suspenders on the street, and she
said to her Teller, loud enough to be
heard by both generals, ..Wateryer
givin' usp That sawed-of chump Gen
eral McC lellan? That little red haired
shrimp the great Met lellan? o, you
make me tired" And the fellow evil
IDENTIFY thought he might be mistaken,
for the couple walked off, leaving Han
cock laughing at Little Mac, AMI call
ing him s'sawed-of chump." Mac
was not very well pleased, but he
laughed, as fellow will when he has
too. Pretty soon another fellow with
a girl saw Hancock, and knew him,
and told his girl, .sThat bio man is
General Hancock,'' and they stopped
right in front of the general. Han
cock looked a little pleased at first,
but when the girl took good look at
him, as he stood two steps above
her, and almost filled the doorway,
and said, ''Say, Jumbo, why don't you
get back to your dime museump' he
almost tainted. General Mcclellan
laughed, and after looking at the
crowd for moment Mac said,
'.Come, let's go back to your museum,
and they went off, Hancock frequently
to s'sawed-off chumps," and
tshrimps, while Little Mac was solic-
itous as to whether it paid to be freak
in museum. The two generals stop
ped at the Astor House, and over
bottle of wine they laughed for some
time over their experiences at the
Five Points. In battle, in uniform, on
horseback, these two men were awe
inspiring. In doorway in the Five
Points. IN plain sack coats, they were
not. Such is life. Psck's Sun.