Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-30
COLUMBUS PAGEANT
Bah Critically Reviews the
Great Parade.
MARCHING UP HILL TEDIOUS.
Copyright isa By the Box Syndicate Pr ess
New York.

Copyright isa By the Box Syndicate Pr ess.
New York
Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK, Oct. 81 am glad
Chicago got the fair.
mean that 10 be very emphatic; lfor
II has taken me some tlmo TO come TO
yhis conclusion. The reason I am glad
) that am convinced by the late Col
ambian flasco that New York would
not have made success OF IL. The city
newspapers gave q glowing account Of
lhe celebration; but of the great days
performance, / can say with absolute
truth, that II Columbus saw IL, he must
have been very sorry that
he ever discovered this country,
md he must have thought that the
hybrid nations we represented, we dis
Traced. Al o'clock in the morning
me streets were crowded with u won
Lerfully good natured lot Of people, and
lhese people had tho pleasure OF stand
ng-that is those In the neighborhood
" Thirty-fourth street--until LAS p.
H., when the head OF the procession APP
peared Instead OF marching down the
bill, Tvs would have suggested itself to
my sensible manager, rs the school
bows did, and as the Catholic societies
lid, this long parade marched up the
bill, with this consequence: that the
men were tired, that the breath of the
musicians gave out, and most OF the up
own people were treated to fife and
lrum music.
PARADE oDDITIEs.
When one band played "Dixie" the
,rowd yelled with delight, for it was
Ilad TO have something TO cheer about.
4 goes without saying that the regular
lrmy men looked well. The New York
militia didn't distinguish itself particu-
arly, but the boys who won the hearts
II everybody, aud who looked as II they
tnew how 10 fight and were not afraid,
we're those from Pennsylvania Every
Foman felt, as she frantlcally waved
her handkerchief that at least, II the
worst came to the worst, she could wire
Jver 10 Gov PattisOn and get him to
,end his men to stand by her. Nobody
tkes to get bills, hut we all like to get
etters with checks in them and for the
limo being everybody forgot the bills,
remembered tho checks and cheerod
Or the letter carriers, who we're lot
II fne-loOltlng men, marching better
han the Twenty-seoond Regiment,
There was q sort Of dont-care-a-conti-
rental air existing among the Grand
Army; some Of tho men smoked their
lipes, others walked along indiiler-
intly, and, for my part, did not blanc
hem. Tho only hit In the procession
vas made by perfect gentleman Of
log, who, wearing a red flannel like
he hremen, carried flag in his mouth
md walked triumphantly beside the
,ngine, over which he felt he presided.
s.l.f 4 4 Nalt
Tho boys howled and yelled, everybody
Ipplauded, but
THAT LOVELY PUP
walked on with n dignity that was
,lissful. He knew the Importance Of
ais position and he proposed TO maiu-
ain II. II was pity that some of the
men didn't feel that way.
People whooped for Gov. Russell and
grew ecstAtic over Gov, Flower, who
owns Republicans and Democrats alike
ever since be insisted on taking care Of
women and children down at Quaran-
line, and saying, "Votes be damned -
itgives me pleasure TO repeat that,
Tor II applies to the evening parade. In
1ocent and unsuspecting people be-
ieved that II would DO gorgeous, less
innocent people hoped that II would be
iecentIas II was II was Disgrace. It
vas 10 start at 3 o'clock; IL reached the
reviewing stand n quarter TO H.. At
ordinary times Fifth avenue and tho
tide streets are as dark as country
'oads, disgrace to civilization and u
Nightly reproaoh 10 the rulers OF the
htY. II was supposed that on that
light everything would be illuminated,
ut with the exception OF few blocks
where magic lanterns were swung, the
ltreet was no brighter than at any
,ther time. II this procession had been
any other city in the Union, in Lon
Ion or in Paris, every house would
rave been decorated with bright lights;
IS 1t was, q well known English tailor
old me that when he started the idea
n Illuminating the entire front OF his
building he was stopped by being told
~ his neighbors that nobody did that
lort Of thing in New York. Well, II Is
great pity that New York hasn't get
little bit OF local pride.
THE TAME NIGHT SHOW.
The night procession consisted OF a
yreat number Of bicycle riders, who
ode along as they pleased who were
lot in line; hall OF them did not have
heir lanterns III, and the entire pro
easion was "a bore to the looker-on.
AlhoA luA httA ueeu ellNug lOf Tour
tours waiting for a procession TO come,
o see, first Of all, q bicycle, which You
oathe; next man on bicycle,
which is not natural. for he
lhould ride u horse; and last OF
NJ, a woman on bicycle, whore she
yppears like o fool, you begin to think
{ Is time the Great West ran most OF
mr amusements. Tho floats, switch
Fere to be so marvelously
Seautilul, were in total dark
less; the lights that were on
hem being, by some mistake, turned
Pm the crowd rather than on each float
tself. "Mtsic went by In total silence,
Ehich seemed bit queer. and tho var
Gus Indians surrounding everything
onducted themselves like the Toughest
4 toughs, aud not with the dull stolid-
by that marks the red man.
Altogether, IL was fraud, out and
AIT. ! have seen the Oriole IN Balti.
more, the Mardi-Gras at New Orleans
md the Yelled Prophets at st Louis,
lnd at each one OF these places, which
loesn't pretend 10 so much, and isn't so
ich as New York, the professions were
10 far ahead Of thatshown here the other
aight that New York had better never
iry and get up anything again, There
iaens TO be an idea aiioat that II Is the
oropAp thine and very Enultcb nnf g.,