The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-31
COLUMBUS PAGEANT.
"BAB" CRITICALLY REVIE VS. TIE
GREAT PARADE.

dian 1ouRhs-Merry School Chill
dren 49, Cheering Tom - Columbus
Face Liksned to a Toothsohy Old
Woman L OK of Punctuslity.
Music's Important Part in Process
sions-Gen. Grants and Sherman's
Funerals More Successful Than
Columbus Eeneft 80 Popular Gil
more Recaued-Parade Gratitudes.
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/ NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-I am glad Chicago
got the fair
/ 1 mean that to be very emphatic; for It
! has taken me some time TO come to this con-
| clusion. The reason am glad is that am
! convinced by the late Columbian fiasco that
| New York would not have made success
| Of it. The city newspapers gave a glowing
| account OF the celeb alton; but of the great
/ days performance, | can say with absolute
/ truth, that If Columbus saw it he must have
! been very sorry that he ever discovered this
/ country, and he must have thought that the
! hybrid nations we represented wo disgraced.
At O'Clock il the morning the streets
| were crowded with a wonderfully good
| natured lot Of people. and these people had
| tue pleasure Of standing-tDat is tho IN
| until As o'clock D. m., when the head OF
| the procession appeared. Instead Il march
! ing down the hill. as would have suggested
| itself to any sensible manager, as the
| school boys did, and as the Catholic societies
| did, this long parade marched up the hull,
| with this consequence: that the men were
| tired, that the breath OF the musicians gave
out, and most Of tue uptown people were
treated to fife aud drum music.
| 1npyTTpz
When one band played Dixie" the crowd
| yelled with delight, for il was glad to have
| something t. cheer about IL goes without
| saying tina the regular army men looked
| well The New York militia didn't distin-
| guIsh itself particularly, but the boys who
won the hearts of everybody, and VINO
! looked as If they knew how to fight and
were not afraid, were those from Pennsyl-
| vania. Every woman felt, as she frantic
ally waved her handkerchief, that, at least,
! If the worst came to the worst, she could
I wire over TO Gov. Pattlson and get him to
| send his men to stand b. her. Nobody
| likes TO get bills, but we all like to get
letters with checks In them, and for the
time being everybody forgoJ the bills, re-
membered the checks, and cheered for the
letter carriers, who were lot of fine look
ing men, marching better than the Twenty
second regiment. There was a sort of don't
care-s-continental air existing among the
grand army; some of the men smoked their
pipes. others walked along indifferently,
and, for my part, did not blame them.
The only hit in the procession was made by
perfect gentleman OF dog, who, wearing
a red flannel like the firemen, carried a flag
in mis- mouth and walked triumphanGly be-
side the engine over which he felt he pre-
sided. The children screamed with delight,
the boys howled and yelled, everybody sp-
plauded, but
THAT LOVELY PUP
walked on with dignity that was blissful
He knew the Importance OF his position
and he proposed to maintain It. II was a
pity that some OF the men didn't feel that
way.
People whoopsd for Gov Russell and
grew ecstatic over Gov. Flower, who owns
republicans and democrats alike ever since
he insisted on taking care Of the women
and children down at quarantine and say
ing, Votes be damned"
1t gives me pleasure to repeat that, for it
applies to the evening parade. Innocent
and unsuspectiug people believed that 10
would be gorgeous, less innocent people
hoped that it would be decent; as It was, it
was disgrace. Ii was to start at o'clock
it reached the reviewing stand at II 40
O'Clock. At ordinary times Fifth avenue
and the side streets are as dark as country
roads, a disgrace TO civilization and
nightly reproach to the rulers of
city. IL was supposed that on that
night everything would be illuminated.
but, with the exception of few
| blocks where magic lanterns were swung,
the street was no brighter than at any other
time II this procession had been In any
other city in the union, in London or in
| Paris, every house would have besn deo-
GRATED with bright lights as it was, a we'll
| KIN wn English tailor told me that when he
started the idea of Illuminating the entire
| front of his building he was stopped by be-
| ing told by his neighbors that nobody did
that sort of thing in New York. Well, 1t
! is great pity that New York hasn't got a
| little bit OF local pride
THE TAME NIGHT SHOW.
| The night procession consisted of xreat
| number of bicycle riders, who rode along
| as they pleased, who were not in line: half
| OF them did not have their lantern lit and
I the entire procession was bore to the
locker on. After you have been sitting for
four hours waiting for procession to come,
to see, first of all, bicycle, which you
| loath, next man on a bicycle, which is
not natural, for he should ride horse; and
| last of all woman on bicycle, where she
| appears like fool, you begin to think it is
time the great west ran most of our amuse-
| ments The floats, which were to be so
marvelously beautiful, were in total dark
| ness, the lights that we're on them being, by
some mistake, turned on the crowd rather
| than on each feat itself. Music" went by
in total silence, which seemed a bit queer ;
and the various Indians surrounding every
thing conducted themselves like the toug h.
est Of toughs, and not with the dull stolidity
that marks the red MAJ.
Altogether, ii was a fraud, out and out
have seen the Oriole at Baltimore, the
Mardi Gras at New Orleans and the Yelled
Prophet at st, Louis. and at each one Of
these places, which doesn't pretend to so
much, aud isn't 80 rich as New York, the
! PROFESSIONS were so far ahead of that shown
here the other night that New York had
better never try and get up anything ag ain.
| There seems to be an idea afloat that it is the
proper thing, and very English, not to be-
tray any interest in what is going on.
| That's the
BELIEF OF sNOBs AND CADs.
In the other cities the gentleeolk light up
their houses aud make the st Get bright, are
happy themselves aud make everybody else
happy; and they do exactly the same thing
in London aud IN Paris. If it had been any
thing but New York crowd those floats
would have been torn TO pieces, and wish
with all my heart that they had been. But
the truth was, suppose. the crowd was too
tired and New York has gotten so used to
being cheated that it takes 1t all as a matter
! Of course.
Again I reneat that nm, Glad Cbioaro