Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
FOf ne sWyIIiU In
New YOrk's Celebration.


Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
was a festive season in Gotham. II
fell to New York's fortune to be the
scene Of the concluding and we may
say, the eliminating event of our
struggle for self goverument-the in
auguratiOn Of our first President: and
She has appropriately celebrated its
hundredth anniversary. What patri-
otism can be shown by an unlimited
display Of the stars and stripes New
Workers showed. Anthony Comstocks
heart must have been made glad. for
there was scarcely a naked building in
the city. Flags We're given to the
breeze from every house top and win
dow, and bunting suspended from the
cornice or running horizontally along
the front Of the building made "a YER
liable sea Of stars and stripes. The
INDECENT must have shuddered at the
thought of scarcity of shirt material
when they saw so much muslin spoil
ed by the imprint of our national
cOlOrs,
New York has not been schooled in
the art of centennial celebrations, and
as result she was unable to make the
civic display equal to what Philadel-
phia is went 10 do. The number of
men she paraded was legion, and it
may have been the numbers which pro-
duced some ttdiousness to the spec
tators, but they attribute the tedious
ness to the want of ingenuity and
good taste in the get-up of The parade
The military parade on Tuesday
started from lower Broadway about
ten o'clock and marched up the island
until the head reached 23d street
when a halt of nearly two hours was
made. When it is remembered that
only One-twenty-fifth of the observers
were seated it is easy to see how this
delay tended to dampen the patriotic
spirit of the day. The interim was
whiled away by throwing apples. or
anges etc, into the midst of the troops.
who had broken ranks and who scram
bled for these refreshments served ia
this la mode get.it-if-yOu-caa. Tho
ire of the multitude would htv- 1e.
malned unpacified if this long della,
had not been terminated by the pro-
cessiOn of the President, his Cabinet.
wv NAAAAANA gnu Ia OSs anu OLllel DlU-
nltarles in carriages. This party left
Wall street at the conclusion of the
literary exercises and rapidly drove
along the drawn-up line of soldiers to
23d street, where it reviewed the pa-
rade. The line renewed its move
ment about one o'clock, and for nearly
five hours a continuous stream of sol
diers rolled past. The troops of some
OF the States were handsomely. even
gorgeOusly uniformed. The original
States were given positions in line ac-
cordlng to their order of signing the
federal constitution, and the other
States as to their order of admission to
the Union. The governor of each
State, IN most instances, rode before
his militia. The Texan troops con-
formed to the tradition Of their State
as Lone Star" by being uniquely
uniformed from sole to brow in immac-
ulate white.
WEDNESDAY.
The civil parade on Wednesday he.
gan on Fifth avenue at the lower ex.
tremity of Central Park at 10 o,clocl,
and moved southwark over the route
of the preceding days parade. There
was no display whatever, and six
hours were taken for the line to pass n
given point. The floats were numer-
Gus, but they were not scattered
enough along the line TO have the hest
effect. There would be intervals of *
or 30 minutes without a hoat to varv
the monotony Of the marching civil.
lans, ana then a-half dozen floats
would follow in immediate succession
Where there was IA tableau which de-
served study, you could only glance at
u before another called your attention.
Inc art displayed in the representa-
uons was crude, and poses Of the fig
ures were unnatural. A great mistaEe
on tue part Of the managers was their
laliure TO provide handsome maidens
Tor the role Of the principal Characters
ln the tableaux. The admiration of
the people for the mythical beauty of
the goddesses and fairies must have
been lessened by the SIGHT of tho
nomely women who posed as those
characters.
New York showed that her canaeitv
for accommodating and entertainin.y
visitors exceeded the expectation ~
the country. There were good accom-.
modations for all AMI some room to
pare. Exorhitant prices were not
as&ed fer anything During the thres
days If the celebration tac tvnical
New lsrker forsook the streets. He
lay at home gricving that sneh friyo
lous affairs should interrupt his monev
making career. The countrvfnen Gilaa