Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-16
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DANCE HAiIs-wnKRE All NATIONS ooNsISeLs-
Two TALES or TWO RArs
corrsspOndence Of Tus EvKsrSe sr.a
INV loRK. June Is
Not very long ago some local bard wrote ana
composed a song called .'The Bowery saturday
Might" IL was q sort OF companion piece 70 -Ths
Market on saturday Night, which had A run ALI
over the country for awhile. and In New York the
former dltty was seized upon by the whole east
SIDE OF town ron the Battery 20 West Farms
and was sung aud whistled Tor months after THE
Market on saturday Night" had been forgotten.
But the Bowery song never got outside u New
York. INT was suns anywhere else the listeners
voted II dull, tuneless and Spiriucss and they'd
have none Of IT, They couldn't understand the
Bowery IS the New York east slders do, and lust
because OF It's local nAvor New YORK found spark
ling wit soulful melody. and glowing life IN the
song that was unappreciated ELSEWHERE
And no wonder. To the whole east side bo.,-.
9eoiste OF the metropolis the Bowery IL akin 10
paradise. lt II the social center where bseauk
meet bellies and where papas ana mamas meet
other papas and mamnas 10 gossip With It's
Kaleidoscope changes OF color IN the shop-win-
dows, olAzing WITH light on saturday nights % Is
aeharming summer resort IN the dog days and a
glorious winter Watering place when the mercury
Is below zero. II is lovers lane, a IAshionaOle
promenade, ana a busting business mart It's
the Bowery, and that means "a a New Yorker At
least more than any pen Is able 10 describe.
10 O'Clock At the lower end Of the great thorough.
fare at Chatham square there WAS the nrst notice-
able feature OF the Bowery In half a dozen big
pawnshops. that are kept wide open this one nlght
Ia the week Men and women and children were
pouring In and crowding out OF these resorts OF the
Tat women and a couple OF Tongshuremen, carry
me into the biggest Of the establishments Eyery-
body came 10 redeem some article, tot n was pay-
night Men got back watches ard clothing they
had pledged, women received lewelry and clothing
Too, and children were handed bundles Of all KINDS
or on tiny shoulders: wan women seized their 1T
Tie gold-plated nnger-rings and pressed them
deemed medals awarded for merit on some Kind:
worknen got back their tools: bonnets shoes,
table linen, spoons, books, IRE arms, guitars nd-
dies sccordeons, even an embroidered pair Of sus-
penders with other artlcles were handed across
the long counter by the nye busy clerks and just
before l let the ebb Of the human tide carry me
out again, a well-dressed old gentleman plAnked
down g. odd and-recelyed a railroad pass
just above the pawnshops, on the west side OF
the Bowery, there was an Influx u humanity OF
foreign birth. From Baxter street came greasy
Poles and says, With stunning. sneaking sort OF
Of chattering Cinnamon. From Mulberry street
swarthy Italians Joined the crowd and Tor several
English. When at length heard the national
Language IL WAS beloved forth from the leatbern
lungs OF a batchet-Isced -shouter' In 'front.' OF q
stage dramatic pufrormances within every ten
minutes, with the only living genuine female
%, Sna rne 01s LIVING gsns 10 peeSt
OF the gent" was exhibited, with the head hang
Ing askew OF his body and his eyes leering at the
beholder, a yeritable nightmare OF art There
were also pictures OF a fascinating young lady
with a nshs tail attachment, a creature with the
form Of woman and the face Of pig, monkey
woman, and a living skeleton. Few OF the Bowery
habitues patronized this museum or any OF the
many Others along the street, rs they knew from
experience that the pictures and the suasive Ian
guage OF the shouter were false pretenses OF at
fractions which did not exist
Just below Canal 81 rect there were some visrtny
lights " hich gave glmpses behind swinging doors
| OF gaudy barrooms whence the music OF a nddle
and a harp walled out on the air at Intervals
within these places In bygone days brazenly TO-
decked females gave every visitor a turn IN a
but Mayor Hewitt has driven away these hsrpe:.
from their former resorts. 80 that rural sight
seer no longer ''steered" into them. Her,
Too, Is a theater Tor Hebrews In which playa with
biblical characters are acted, the actors using the
.Judisch" dialect. understood by Jews VI all naty-
tiles.
From Canal street northward to Grand is the
great promenade. Girls girls everywhere, IN q
a wonderfully varied color OF dress ana u u stiil
more wonderfully varied complexion. Beauties Of
all nations and climes. there were dark-eyed
hours II believe all dusky-eyed females are called
hour nouris IRON spain ana Itaiy, blue eyed blondes
peculiar 10 Germany, Ireland. France ana further
distant clmes. Those who had ',fellers" weren't
at all abashed at an enclrcied arm about Their
waist In public, and those who didn't
have male company put their arms around
one another. They were u happy lot, making the
most OF the evening holiday after week of worN
In shops and factories by venting their Joy IA
laughter and snatcnes OF song, and dressed IN
their best In honor OF the occasion. Beaux
dressed dandily, too, and each u them wore has
hat aslant on a close-cropped head aud bore a big
cigar aslant In the corner of a capaclOus mouth.
lew squares further up the whole frOnt-widJn OF a
large building was wide Open and the decorated
interior Was brilliantly shown 10 every passer-by
by q hundred electric lights. Away back at the
END could be seen an orchestra or young women
playing on a raised platform, ana every here
white-aproned walters were carrying glasses %
foaming beer among the little round IaOies from
which tooacco-smoke arOse In CLOUDS. . his u one
OF the family resorts for the ciJy's big German
population and whole families, from grOssutUfer
down 10 toddling ktndeT, come hGther nightly and
spend the evening. The combination VI music
thinks OF paying the slightest attention
10 the orchestra II played away bTayey
during the whole hall hour that ] spent
always called out whether II was playing the
Boulanger march YANKEE Doodle only ths
orchestra itself could tell German husbands
argued with loud gutteral voices 70 other German
husbands, and pounded the tables 10 enforce their
arguments; German wives gossiped shriliy WITH
other German wives; German babies squalled at
other German babies, who made iaces and crOWed
In a funny German way; ana some German young
fellows sang "Dle Macht am Rhein" and 'Ianue-
baum" with a lusty energy that alone suflccd "
drown the tones OF the NoiiDs and the nutes and
the other orchestral Instruments.
/ came out on the BOsery gain Just In time to
witness a dire catastrophe. A German family
party stood on the sidewalk saying goodbye 70
another German family party. The yellOw-haired
daughter OF one family wore bran Dew hat sur
mounted by garland OF wonderful green spTlgs
and pretty little white blossoms. and she stood
close TO the cur0stOne by the gutter. melaI-
choly and somewhat cadaverOus horse attached
10 a cart was awaiting hls absent driver alongside
the curt, hard BY the yeIlow-halred girl The
horse the green sprlgs and the white bios
SONS ana they reminded him OF pastures Of clover
dotted with daisies lie looked pleased and al
most smiled. Then he stretched Out his long neck
until his muzzle was only q couple Of Inches from
the tempting garland. HIS black upper hp
twitched once or twice, showing his yellow
teeth, and then upper and lower lip separated
wide, and when they met again the green sprgs
and white blossoms were In Tie horse mouth A
scream from the girl "a her new hat was snaiChed
from her head, an agonizing 'Och Hlmmel." fruIn
her mother, and a thoroughly disguised horse As
he spat out the tasleiess garland and resumed his
aspect OF melancholy, was the Jableau mat
sued. light between the Irish driver and the
girls big brother was only prevented by Two
policemen and the German family party returned
10 the Garden with rueful faces
''SLr buy me yat r blow Z In Ter beer"
An ineoriated but Jolly young Fellow stopped NE
In VI hat store on the HeNt corner and ear
nestly asked advice as above While he dlsplayeda
two-doilar bill In his right bend.
"Why, buy a hat, my boy, said l.
"B'leeve yer right" asserted the youth and
watched him while he purchased a pearl-cO4ored
Derby OF the halter When he came out he and
climbed on the same open summer car going up
town. HIS old hat, wrapped Ia paper, seemed an
incumbrance 10 the young man, and after hiding
few squares he reached over the side OF the con-
yeyance and dropped the OLD h=t into the street
The watchful conductor saw the bundle FALL
stopped his car. rescued the hat from the pave
ment and replaced Il on the seat beside lie owner
In d lew moments The youth turned his lead and
saw the bundle BESIDE him. he started slightly,
then picked Up the package and examined IL
curiously with puzzled expression, and nnally