Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-15
TALK OF THE TOWN.

OF City Lhe ficked Up by the Topical
Talker.
1.-THE President might have included the
moon and stars when he said yesterday that
he had seen enough American flags since he
left Washington to cover the earth," said
veteran salesman of flags in Fifth avenue
store yesterday. "Pittsburg is the best mar
ket for stars and stripes in the United States
1t has always been so since the war, but the
demand for the national flag has grown i'm
mensely In the last ten years. The demand
for Decoration Day flags began two weeks
ago and before May 30 over 80 gross-think
OF 1t, 200 hags-of little muslin flags win be
needed to adorn the soldiers graves in
Pittsburg and the vicinity. These little
bannerets are 1611x1S inches, and of late
years the year and Grand Army badge have
been printed on them in order to discourage
the mean thieves who used to make away
with them. OF the bunting and silk flags
there are certainly from 5000 to 10000 in the
city, Nearly every business man has one
and lots of citizens make practice of hang
ing out q nag from their homes ON Decora-
ZION Day and July 4. Then every public
building in the city has a big flag; all the
public schools have been given one, and each
nre-engine house in the two cities flies one.
Ine bunting flags range in size from to 80
owned in this city. There has been note
worthy increase in the popularity of the ma
tiOnal flag here in THE last two wears and
the Jr. o. U. A. M. has stimulated the
patriotic custom of Showing the flag honor
tbe 8m eybeiriy cbiiyyrop possible occasion Teaching
surest way to make it the rally
Ing point Tor all patriots. Doubtless
fac 'tueme uaa harrison Is sTlghtm saying that the
waved before but donbt i"I # he m conld nI and
anywhere else such q forest of stars and
sstrlpes rs Ptttsburg shows on national holi-
bnys ttara at.ssDurg sug gees not make her nags put
York and Cincinnati Who aimost mnn0nolize " 3iE~
the business
s,,,,.,, Geo.. c.-,
on S'Ars anu S'ripes'
IHE nne SILK hags which patriotic socie-
Ties, Grand Army posts and other organiza-
tions call for, cost from $40 to 800 as q rule"
continued the flag man, "but of course YOU
can snend anv amount o,r,ost on a foor ~ y,or
,ro,,. ~ my anhouhe aiihossoha nag you
""he w. oust 70 snow you wnat demand
tnere is for flags of the finer kind may tell
You that we sold over 100 silk flags last year,
season we boya bod omdaus e., q, . .-,p.-se.
inc 70 s1s on IA a soa odo Iags alou
toTv to ms to saiI ToS, ~ ~ 10 Sa',siav ,I.
gratifvin9 to saa tSs' SuS Si,t S exer HOre
ilv Anntbars mug fea y. g groWhg 80 aeaIth-
that we baHa o,aier Oh sne erade IN nags Is
as far away as Siam and Japan for small silk
nags. Inese come from exiled Americans
Stars a. u ~ ieass tnelr eyes on the gear oio
citizenship' 'n '' 90 "eii d. w siofy IL tneii
r,.
a., "s oon'or'ou nopeA
SHALL never forget how grand and
Oeau.nui tne stars and stripes looked" con-
ciuoed tne expounder OF flag lore, when just
as dawn was breaking 1 saw it flying out
ino-fro,,, ~, ..,as.,s as SUI DreoZo p,o"-
.ne niastheau Oh tne Hartiord, as
=! Aurnirai farraguts Meet sailed up between
the forts to New Orleans three days after
that city's capture. There were war vessels
of other nations with their Aaos oil ohon+
but none had the oIor;ons ,,,ao,,;%,. e.. w
on board the feet that the stars amy stri,,es 1i
had. And a year or two was curiousiy re.
tIeman Of 0f 'sas sae scene wnen Southern gen
store here and after bnvinS a,Iot nf tbino, sne
flag among them, CHANGED to saw he came
from New Orleans. l told him the circum-
!, Stances OF my visit to the city, and he said
leat %as l nn tne VI tn0se iorts wnen farfaguts
SIGHT Of the f,ag tSa stns. e oaaaHei, anu tne
ing from above the wooden hniks that had
dared to force an entrance where sure de-
struetlon sS had seemed to await them, had
Iu ;nst i ~ 50 nuoh tnat ne had never fought
'e" y Nsyu R.a p...,
o1 o"''''
,.-, em ioaus anu some otner 1ayoraDie
nave given great boom to
bicycling in the East End. The riding is
good on Ellsworth. Neelev. An.
ierson. Penn and Center oI,o,,,as sI,,co a.
new payements were laid down, and bicy-
,l1sts OF both sexes are to be seen in hundreds
here after sundown and on Roup street and |
The Boulevard near Point Breeze. In Allie |
ooking forward with high homes 10 the com |
1letion of California ayenne which nou
hat the high bridge over Woods Run is fin,
shed, will soon make delightful ride on the |
Jou 20 in the country Won are nrettv snre 20
meet bicyclists. and in sncb s,,hnrban 1i Sor' W
,ughs as SewickieV. the ridars of tba wbeai Dol
p.y Ane WIN u0AUi"oruiilary rapiulty.
The Wheels Multiplying.
AN expert bicyclist said vesterdav. mrbe
,ior,oIo ~ o,tc,';. s '".u y1oSuluay' ne
,urg to-day that IL never has bod be-
ore. There are fully thousand men
II Pittsburg who are wont to get exercise |
md recreation out of the wheel. and in the |
Cast End women are taking very kindly 20 |
he sport, since the safety machine in its i'm
,roved state has come into use. There are
bout 30 ladies who ride the bioroIo Il, tI,o
East End and eve,.v dov a now ,.eo,.,,,. ias,
he battalion of fair bicvoIists ,-oovna.a
herewere not more than one or two women IN
he CITY who rode bicyc1es ord &C., t,.ia--,a
rere not nonniar With tha ~ nan SrioYles
vhen prof Rirchnar haaoT 10 80 r. f! CIe
upiis at the East End GVmnasi,,n nT his iessnn la
n the art of bicvcle riding Hear aeno ossths tt,
= sh;on yes GOT and ,,n,S eur ago tne
4 1nong "ao wo,,se, ee' ana nov US say, at least
hem With far Inore eraca saie1 the ana can ride
nan From Profs sf"ES K,oi, ohan the average
10 sses tho idea snrood hrunier LII ie mornlng
% t,o +,in IiU ruSa f spreu, anu ~ promises to
y y ~ 1 ne sAS ~, lOr e se ashlohaple Young wom-
,re W yeTv I Ione pTfs p riuer on the safety be-
gre 9r VERY long. Inere was no hope of the
UyS.e a1Isiihlng general popularity while 1t
,ii, t,a M a9i.S anu heaYy machine that
,,,, % q Sa aI,6 acete c0uid rue with ordin.
,Sn oTer"or,o % '1y; III buI tne ingenuity or