Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-30


have been torn 10 pieces, and | wished
with all my heart TINT they had been;
But the truth was, ! suppose tho crowd
was too tired, and New York had got
ten 30 used TO being cheated, That ~
takes IL all as a matter OF course.
Again, repeat, that am glad Chi
cago has gothic fair.
There was one procession worth look
ing at, and, bless their hearts, ~ was
that OF the school children. The brave,
manly little chaps marched down fifth
avenue to the gayest OF tunes, each one
feeling that on him depended the sue
cess OF the day, and he locked neither
to the right nor to tho lett, but
marched straight ahead. Tho very sun
danced with delight, and the women
and children, though they tried hard
TO attract the attention OF our boy, ="
couldn't get him TO turn hair IN their
direction. IL was in this procession
that the great wisdom Of the Catholic
church shone forth, for no boy WAS
finer than his neighbor, each one OF
them being in uniform. The bands
PLAYED 'Ta-ra-ra," and the mystic
star and the "Star Spangled Banner, I"
ssDixie.n and "Home, Sweet Home,
and the women on the sidewalk cried
with delight. When the orphan
asylsms came by they cheored
every one, and woman
near me pressed up her baby closely,
and said 10 her husband; Tom, cheer
hard for them; the little chaps amt got
no Mothers / joined Tom In the
cheers until he became quite friendly,
and told me he never believed because
people had finer clothes they hadn't
soft hearts. Then | heard all about the
baby. Its name was Isabella, and IL
WAS two months old; and it was bundled
up so that II there had been a bit Of
cold wind, Isabella was safely protected
from IT,
COLUMBUS LOOKED QUEER
By-the-by, did anybody pay sufficient
attention to Columbus to notice what
he looked like? / gave particular
thought TO this, and after concluding
that he had a sort Of protean face,
made up my mind that the general
likeness seemed like that OF an old
woman with the toothache. A friend
Of mine kept hoping all day that Co
luinbus was looking down. ! should
think he might have, on the great day.
with the utmost scorn, but II he saw
those dear boys, and Isabella,
he could honestly have been
proud of the women who bore
them. II seems to me that In getting
up parade the first necessity Is music
music and music all the time. And
cheerful music. Then the next would
be that the great virtue, punctuallty
and the third, not to attempt things
you don't know anything about. Per-
haps my recipe for procession would
not be appreciated in New York, but in
the South and West IL is. II New York
really spent all the money II claimed to
have done on the Columbus procession
it is like that which goes toward light
ing and cleaning the streets-it drifts
into innOcuOus desuetudc and no result
is ever seen.
NEW YoRR's GRAND FUNERALS.
It is one Of those funny things, that
big city like this, with plenty OF
money, never makes success with any
sort Of show, with any kind OF pro-
cession except with funerals. That OF
Gen. Shermun's was superb that OF
Gen. Grants was interesting; but in
both cases the troops who looked we'll.
marched well and made the sensation
Of the day came from other cities. To
be sure, we
ALWAYS HAD DEAR GILMORE,
but, then, one counted him Us cosmo-
politan, for he was sought for wherever
the world wished TO have gay time
The new South, the great, big, magni-
fcent West, 90 heart and soul into
everything; they are not stingy with
their enthusiasm or with their money.
The South has built a statue OF Gen.
Lee while Now York Is still squabbling
over Grants tomb. Chicago sailed In
and got the fair while New York took
IL for granted that It would come 20 1t.
Somebody laughs and says: you are
disgruntled.h No. / am not. am dis
gusted. Things are comfortable enough
Tor me. had the hospitality OF "A mans
club, pleasant place 70 sit and | could
20 home whenever wanted, but my
sympathy went out 10 that enormous,
good-natured mass Of people who waited
so YEARLY to see-nothing. The circus
parade was thousand times better
than the one about which there has
been so much talk; and II is perfectly
ridiculous for the New York papers, to
claim that It was anything else than an
absolute failure.
MANY THANKS.
Somebody who Is always seeing the
bright side Of things says; "Oh, we'll,
be thankful that IL Is overn But that
is not tine way to feel about u gala time;
one ought 10 be sorry that II Is over,
and hope for another However,,
suppose there are some things TO he
thankful for
A small boy who sat on lamp post
all day must be- thankful that he wasn't
cut in two
A mans club that opened It's doors to
the women folks must be thankful
that they only ate aud drank, and
didn't carry on the furniture as SOU
venirs.
Halt a million people must be thank
iul that the police were not allowed to
use their clubs.
Ten thousand babies must be thank
iul that they didn't get the pneumonia
A quarter Of u million men must be
thankful that their women folk weren't
crushed To DEATH
The people who had TO review must
be thankful that II Is all over,
And l. we'll am no thankful that |
am not New Yorker; that | wasn't
born In city where they are too mean
or too ignorant TO get up festival
properly, that l growed where, when
they do IA thing at all. they do 1t we'll;
that am spending all my spare time
shaking hands with Bah.