Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-02

Prestdens Cleveland. Enthusisssic Re-
ceptiou There HIS Week.
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Correspondence Of THK EvESISa STAR
NV NoRK, Jane
The good people OF this town manage 10 get .
lot OF fun out OF funerals didn't know H untn
last sunday, when went over 20 Brooklyn New
YORK Is the only city IN the world that baries al
It's dead In another city. and Brooklyn l. the SEP
ulcher New York has chosen. Thepnncipal crmc-
teries OF Brooklyn are Greenwood. Calvary Cypress
Hills Evergreen and the Lutheran, and 34th strt,t
ferry nom New York leads 90 most OF them Il
would shock the sensihiliucs OF most people whC
are not New Workers 10 see what saw on M TIM
10 and across this ferry last sunday. From TIE
east side, from the west Side from the bat
terry and from Harlem there Nas CON-
unuous stream OF funeral provisions and
all bound for the san street ferry house
On a sunday afternoon when funeral
cortege starts. say from Washington street on the
that people IN other cities TO- but a. soon
as 5th avenue Il reached the pace changes. IN.
driver OF the hearse VIII whistle spuly 20 the
diver oI tue clerLym man aud pali-bcarcrs Just
ahead. and then turn and nod 10 The driver u the
nrst carnage behind him. This driver pass-s the
nod back To the next driver, Who passes a ha-k
10 the next, and 80 on along the line the end "a
the procession. Then the driver 81 the tr,t vehl-
Gle gathers up his reins ana Chirrups soly 60 MS
nags who 81 art into a kIud OF srlate dog-trlt ana
the rest follow on at the same pace. PERHAPS
when the procession has reached IA street he
head driver SECS another funeral procession COM
Ing across toAn, and knowing thst the little
boats OF the ferry VIII only hold one funeral ana
AS AT N Aittt. Altt ariA'f nfAl hflNHI
yanks just a little on his reins aud says. .G-yua
there!" az the same time giving signal 10 tie
driver following him, and the procession
Increases ITS speed and goes bowling up
The avenue at swiging troL A. saith
street Is ncared another funeral =
sighted. coming down from llarltm. and as u l.
just possible that the Washing nn-strrei funeral
may be able 60 get into sam street first ana thus
save nfteen minutes wait Tor boat, the head
driver ships his steeds once or twice with the ZAP
end OF the whip, and the swinging trOt al along
me line becomes a 2:i0 gait, With one or two
horses breaking BABY, perhaps. Mhizz. the
downtown carriages rasp their " heels against the
curb a. they make the rapid turn Into aith street
TWO cafrlage-i"ngths ahead OF the uptown tune
raj. But "A block ahead another procession II lust
about 10 turn into The street from uptown. IL
won't do 20 let this little "siN-hack" funeral get
ahead OF The o = downtown procession, ana from
2:4o trot the horses are whipped into a run, aud
LARRY tear along toward Che Terry. The six
hack" procession has discovered the llttlc CANA
however and by the time the downtown hearss
has got TO the crossing the uptown funeral has
turned Into the street. But the latter hasn't got
the Roadway on that the downtown funeral
has. and by the time the next corner Il
reached the hearses are neck and neck, aud the
tances epart lia1ss sWay trom side ~ SIDE rsr
women are Jolted into thin mems laps, glass rat
ties, wheels grind ana crate ON the horse-car
tracks and the coffin bounces out OF place m the
hearse a. an unusually deep gutter Is cleared Tue
windows on either Side flled with people who
can enjoy exciting race without going To Mon
mouth Park, sheepshead or Bay Gutenberg, and
the sidewalks are packed with Interested spectators
who bet on their iayorites with the same gusto
display on nile track The mouTners torgrt
their SORROW in their anxiety ca beat each other
fcneral aud frequently they yen at the opposing
procession, hurting witherngly sarcastic taunts
concerning the age 0f the opposition horses. the
geologic period nj which the other tuneras hacks
were aug out OF the "arth and like observations
Calculated 70 'ratti-" the other party procession.
You think am telling an Ell PerAiHs-MulhaU-
ton yarn, perhaps?
I'm not, all tie same.
saw the very occurrence have endeavored %
describe above last sunday afternoon ar ! Was
lTlfr y a
was told by some VI the people Who live along that
thorOughfare that the saline thing happens al the
same time every sunday.
saw even more. ! saw a dispute at the ferry
between Two rival PROFESSIONS Ia decide which had
the right TO the neat boat, dispute IN which not
only the drivers but the people IN the Carriages
took part, ana In which blows would have bern
exchanged had not couple OF policemen inter-
Tered and settled the matter by letting the biggest
funeral take the FIRST boat.
ON the BrooGlyn side OF The ferry I saw some
hall dozen funeral PROFESSIONS drawn up along the
street awaiting the boats TO return 10 New lurk.
IL was warm day, and the men In the carnag-s
lolled out OF the windows IN their shlrt-slc.y's.
smoking pipes and cigars On either side were
saloons, running In fun blast and pcople were
coming and going constantly from carriage 20 bar
room and back again, shaking their own Ihrst aud
bringing glasses of foamlng beer To the females
the hacks Each and al except perhaps the
people IN deep black occupying the carriages next
10 the hearses, were Laughing and JOAlng aud guy
ing one another, ana was reminded a piOnlc
Father than OF a funeral.
IL struck me that IL would be Interesting 20
know what the spirits OF the corpses Inferred last
sunday In Brooklyn thought about the fun the
mourners and their friends were having over their
respective funerals!
II your Washington sNells want 20 be really
English, they must carry their respective leTl
hands buried 10 the wrist ln their respective left
trousers pockets. All the dudes In New York
have taken 10 doing Il, and every chappie / met
on 9th avenue after the Wednesday matlnees this
week was actually lop-s.ded with the eNerion %
reaching the very bottom sem OF has leit trOuscrs
pocket IL you can let the tips OF the fingers VI a
pair oI tan-ColOred gloves be seen IA JuNtapoit0n
10 your lelt cum just at the mouth VI the pocket
you VIII thereby proclaim yourself one OF Wales
strlctest adherenls. ye knaw. Don't as you value
your reputation Tor swellishness put your night
hand In your right pocket, Tor TINS Is much a
bredch oil good form as IL used 10 oe TO carry your
gloves Win the fingers pointing aft Instead VI Tor
ward.
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Ihave been studying the ''puller-inr this week
The ''puer-ln" Is indigenous To New York, and It's
most luxuriant native growth occurs an Baxter,
Division and Grand streets. In Baxter street the
pulier-in is OF the masculine gender; IN Division
street IL Is Of the feminine gender, aud In Grand
street n is neuter. or both. went through BaN-
ter street twice, night past ali the 'clUthlng en-
poriums," On purpose 10 be pulled Ia. But the
pailers ON the Sidewalk and IA the dOOTways eyed
me askance, ana made no oyertuTcs. 1hey tackled
a couple oI sailoT-oOking chaps on my last round,
however: seized tneIn nrst gently, then the
victims resisted the pullers used more force, untu
they got them inside tue store where could nOG
So eAeiA- iHsooN "ehNAihe fAHa'f 'AfNNhA4s
10 see somebody engaged Ia a nerce scrnnIage, as
the sailor chaps had resisted tue pullers 10 tbs
best Of their ability ana looked Ilke hard Cusl0~
mers 10 handle; but IN ten minutes was quite
diamayed 10 see the sailor fellows out 81 the
store each carrying anlt OG -hand-Ine-
downs" wrapped an brown paper, and
apparently bealnlng with satisfaction at their
purchase, although they probably had inIen-
ton oil trading n Baxter street NEen they started
10 traverse AZ. In DIVISION street, near Chatham
square, every store Is a millinery shop, and all
pullers-in are young women. They stand at The
doors OF their Respective establishments every day
IA summer OF winter, ana they stop nearly every
female VINO Chances 10 pass IL the passcT-Oy
doesn't respond 10 their spoken Invitation 70 'stcp
Ia and See The gre.t bargains these young ladies
won't scruple " seize Their Nlctlm by the and
forclOly compel her 10 examine the Aforesaid bar
gains IL Is a wonder 10 NE that case VI assault
isn't frequently made Out against these pullers-n
by the people they use roughly; but Il l. IA TACT.
on The authority OF The police, That no puller-ln
has been convicted Of assault, while they have
several times won complaints VI assault against
some OF their victims VINO have taken the
trouble 10 knock q pulleT-ln down rather than
submit TO being lorcIbly hauled into store
they didn't want 10 enter. Another thing In
Is the TACT thai, no matter how much a man Or
out OF ten the victim who n once got into one VI
these stores becomes purchaser. Al koseDdOn
sons shop,on Grand street, recently, a pulier-in
seized the vile ana SISTERS OF Mr.. Edward Ferris OF
as West Ninety street, and mad almost sue
ceeded In getting the frightened ana screaming
ladies' into the establishment, when MI. Ferris
himself cam. up. and grabbed ine puller-in by Tine