Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-10

marked one irste individual In the Fifsh Ave-
nue. Hotel this morning And vet I've rot 90
60 and stand on the Sidewalk N vsnt 10 80
what b going on Its funny vsy 10 run
hotel"
The old Joke Of .'only room on the ballard
table revived with variations by Room
Clerk Hickey in the Albemsrle Hotel this morn
ing.
A party applied for accommodation and. be-
ing told tha; everything was fun. said. in des-
peration, Cannot you place me somewhersl
Anywhere7" Hickey reelected for . momcut,
then he remarked: I'VE have some hammocks
on the roof"
'.Ill take one" cried the homeless man.
The clerk grSvely consulted with the head
bellman and that individual dispatched on
an errSnd Then he returned and whispered 90
the clerk. Il am very sorry" remarked
Hickey. in his most sympathetic tones. but
Tom here informs me that last hammock has
Just blown awAv"
And with an exclamation OF despair the
would-be guest rushed away.
Although, Of course. visitors to the city have
first sought accommodations in the hotels along
the line OF march the other houses have come
in for their share Of the business. The hotels.
from the Astor House. down town. 20 the HAM
ilton, at l25th street. filed with out-of-town
visitors.
October is probably the worst month In which
big demonstration could he held. The town
is always crowded then with out-of-town huyers
AID the hotel keepers have their hands fall look
ing after them, but the extra trade attracted by
the exposition has been well cared for and
although there has necessarily been moro or less
crowding the average guest has nothing hut
words OF praise for the way he is being treated
''oLp GLORY" WAVES EvERYwHERE
The stars and stripes rule the town. Never
before have more. or perhaps many, Amer1-
can flags huttered in the breeze on Manhattan
Island as today. Flags Of every nation 10
be seen. but the beautiful banner Of the Union
outnumbers all Others a thousand to one.
Flags Of all sizes and shapes. of cotton, wool
and silk, bunting and paper muslin. with forty
four stars aid forty-two stars and some old
ones with only thirty-siN stars, are before one's
eyes on every hand.
Broadway, 5ih avenue. l4th and 2Sd streets
and the squares display the American flag nu-
merously, but the number thore IL but a trihe
compared with the hundreds Of thousands that
are 20 be seen on the east and west sides. There
seems TO be no tenement too squAlid and poor
to have its emblem OF freedom. and some Of .hen
have hundreds. Even IN the foreign quarter
in Bavard, Hester. Stanton and Mot. streets the
flag makes bright Gingy walls. The residents
seem TO have had but one idea in decoration.
and that was TO the American flag. Of
course, here and there are found the red and
yellow banner Of Spain and the green red and
white of Italy. but even in Mulberry street. the
most thickly settled Italian quarter IN the city,
the latter is far outnumberel By the Amor
lean flag.
Along the Bowery. ID. 81 and 4th avenues. even
LIST avonue Of the east si le and Sth 9th aud 10Th
avenues on the west the American Gag l. raised.
1t blossoms from window sills and cOrniccs,
waves and hutters from sidewalk 20 roof. Stream
ers Of red. white and blue dotted with stars
drape with impartlali;y portraits Of Columbus,
Washing on and even Harrison and Cleveland.
On the principal thoroughfares. Especially
along 5th avenue. the Spanish and Italian flags
have very properly been mingled with the tn
color Of America. but il was only in these quar-
tiers that the appropriations Of this union was
appreciated. Elsewhere ''old glory was suff-
cient TO indicate the patriotism and enthusiasm
Of the people.
And then 10 cap all the $4,000 school children.
each with American flag. marching down
5th avenue make this indeed stars aud stripes
day.
MRS. CLEVELAND SEES THE PARADE.
Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by Mrs. Renee
dict arrived at the Victoria Hotel at II a. m.
today. They sat with Mr.. Cleveland and viewed
the parade.
Preparing for the Spanish Celebration.
HUELvA. Oct. 1O.-The Spanish warship
bearing the king and queen Of Spain TO partici-
pate in the Columbus celebration arrived here
today. Their majes;ies were greeted by an out
turning of the whole populace, every mark Of
enthusiasm being displayed. The city Is en-
fete and rejoicing il general