The evening world., 1888-06-08
HAVE YOU GOT A BANDANNA7
BETTER HURRY UP BEFORE THEY ARE ALL
GONE.


The Red squsre to. Take the Place Of the
Olden Rose In the Coming Presidential
BnttIe-Tbe Plume Of Blaine and White
Hat Of Greeley in silk aud Cotton-wMi
II BE a SNUFF Campaign, Teos
Since the days Of the roses Of Lancaster
and York, by which emblems the intense
partisans of these warning rival houses we're
distinguished, some prominent popularity Of
the leaders in every contest the world over
has been selected to denote his followers
from his enemies.
Four years ago the plume was worn in
parade by the followers of the Plumed
Knight Of Maine. Horace Greeley's old
white hat was reproduced a ~mlllion-fold on
the heads of his admirers and supporters in
the campaign of 1879. and the wide
awakes" of 1860 denoted the friends of Abe
Lincoln.
So this year, notwithstanding the decree
that the Democrats shall wear the red, red
rose in the opening campaign and the Repub-
licans the white, the more prominent and
catching emblem of the Democracy will be
the red b%andanna, for since most of the voters
Of 1888 were boys the red bandanna of Allen
G.. Thurman, the ice-Presidential candidate
of the ST. Louis Convention, has been familiar
to the nation.
Thurman's bandanna was used by him with
great effect while he was In the United States
Senate. When he pulled 1t out by one cor
ner from his coa,tail pocket his Republican
opponents ON the Senate floor knew that il
was a declaration of war.
1t is related that once while he was deliver
ing one of his relentless, persistent. over
whelming torrents of logic in the Senate.
Matt Carpenter, of Wisconsin, and another
of the old school, began q conversation just
behind him. He stood 1t for a moment only,
then ya,nking q yard square of red bandanna
from his coat tails he turned and COM
manded, " Stop talking !"
Then he blew a stentorian blast from his
terrible nose and went on with his speech.
He got no further Interruptions.
Humans bandanna is always made of
surah silk, originally from France, but now
of Scottish importation. The trade in these
goods has been almost dead of late years, say
the merchants, but the nomination of Thur
man has already bulled the bandanna mar
ket, and the dealers in gents furnishing
goods have put in heavy orders for this class
of goods.
pattern in yellow or gold. This class of
goods range in size from eighteen to thirty
two inches square, and in price at from SO to
$40 a dozen, retailing at 81 to $1.50 each.
The beauty OF the bandanna emblem wal
exempliied in the st. Louis convention in
the diversity Oh lib uses,
Bandannas were used as banners, flags,
turbans, Observation-Disclosures, hat-bands and
handkerchiefs, and will come in play as nap.
kins, stand-coyers and for other uses.
OF course, there will be variations from
Thurman's " brand of b%andannas, for they
would be too expensive for Wholesale cam.
paign work. And already an enterprising
cotton manufacturer announces that he has
perfected the design Cor and is now turning
out of his mills thousands of Turkey red
cotton handkerchiefs, each bearing medal.
lion portraits of the candidates Cleveland
M Thurman. These cotton bandannss are
made at the rate of 10, 900, 900 q year low.
They are boiled in oil and will not fade, are
from thirteen to twenty eight inches square,
and are purchaseable for q few pennies each.
4 Broadway firm disposed Yesterday Of
dozens of cotton ones, but had orders for
many more. the calls coming from Ralti
chusetts cities. The trade is having q big
boom, and along with the bandanna's intro.
duction to popular favor will come to the
u~ltra-political enthusiast the snuff habit, and
in a month sedate old citizens of quiet tenn,
permanent will be heard to blow theil
horns" in true Thurman style.