Evening journal., 1893-10-10
COULDN'T STAND NEWSBOYS' JEERS.
Flee From Park Row in Blushlng Con-
fusion.

A Girl Bicyclist I'm Bioomers Forced Co
Flee From Park Row I'm BIushIng Con-
fusion.
A great crowd surged in front Of the
Sun Office yesterday afternoon anxiously
watching the bulletin board for news Of
the eyacht race, while scores Of newsboys
skirted the edge Of the throng shouting
at the top Of their voices and making the
day hideous with their believing. The
mass Of humanity, intent upon learning
the result Of the great contest, stretched
far out into the street and impeded the
progress of the horse cars. The police
men could not clear the way, and the car
drivers almost shouted and cursed them
selves hoarse In their attempts TO get
down to the post office, or back again to
Park row and the bridge.
The boys who were waiting for the
extras to appear found pastime in
worrying the drivers and conductors
and one of their methods was to throw
pebbles at the men on the platforms.
Soon there appeared another element
of disturbance. IL came slowly across
the City Hall Park and did not attract
much attention at first AS one Of the
urchins explained, the crowd did not
drop to IL" for some time, but when
they did there was pandemonium. The
innocent cause Of the riot was plain
looking young woman in knickerbockers.
She was a bicyclist, and she had adopted
male attire. But she had not counted on
passing through a nest Of street arabs.
She wore dark blue baggy trousers
that were fastened Just below the knee
and her shapely legs were encased II
black stockings drawn up so tightly that
every muscle of the well-trained call
stood out in relief. Her low shoes wer,
trifle dusty, as the probable result OF {
long ride. The young woman wore
1 shirt waist that was tucked into he
| trousers in a most masculine fashion
and short blue coat that could be but
toned in front. A jaunty hat perched OF
her head, and her hair was gathered in
| tight knot at the hack.
AS she came across the park shl
| wheeled her machine over the asphalt
walks, and behind her there slowly gath
cred a crowd Some boys who were sell
1 ing papers in front of the City Hal
espied the curious outfit aud gave
| peculiar yell that seemed to be warming
cry to every other boy in the neighbor
hood. The bulletins and the horse carr
held no more attractions for them
They swsrmed over to the park and sur
rounded the girl in knickerbockers
They yelled and laughed, and each ont
volunteered some suggestion or asked
her for information.
"Ain't you forgot suthin," said one
"Git onto them shanksl" howle,
another
cav, amt she bold" screamed
third, and then the poor girl listened I,
such remarks as these:
DO you s'pose she wears suspen
dersg"
''Papa's pants are baggy at tn,
kneesr
"Oh, Msudy, does your mSmmer know
you've got EN- on9'
"Gt on de machine and let's see en-
work
The intellectual pressure Of the con
versation became so heavy at this poin
that the fair rider turned aboat, and
vaulting gracefully onto her bicycle
rode rapidly toward Broadway and dis
appeared among the cable cars anS
trucks. At about this time a ishou
went up from the crowd in front o
the Sun Office as the word "Vigilant
was painted on the bulletin board, an
the newsboys gave up their pursuit {
the girl for the more profitable employ
lent of selling extras.-New York SUI