Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-06

part Of their uniforms small handbag hung
! over the shoulders. OF course they might have
been used for the sole and only purpose Of car
rying suit OF pojamas and toothbrush.
Still there was a good deal of fumbling among
the contents Of the bags while the parade was
| in progress, and as one can hardly see what use
| even marching democrat could make Of a
/ toothbrush in a cold wind on the avenue the
suspicion started and grew in the minds Of the
watchers on tine sidewalks that those same bags
| contained something in the nature of a
cold preventative. WheAa man had used
up all the matter he had in his own flask he
would reach in the bag Of his next neighbor,
promising to return the compliment soon as
they were through marching. When the line
of march was broken things began to take on
livelier tone at once. and some Of the illustrous
politicians and militiamen lost time in losing
themselves. One small organization, number
ing not more than half a hundred men. was
upward Of two hours in passing given point
on the avenue. The point was in front of q
saloon.
This way Of expressing it is not original nor
is 1t new. man in the crowd in front Of the
same saloon discovered this fact in connection
with this particular organization, and COM
mented upon it.
"That amt new" said man standing next
to him. That's an old standby"
Il know it is, and so is the way you get q
drink in there. You don't suppose you can sit
down in there today, do you? Why, man, you
have to stand out here in line and wait your
turn to get inside and then you have to ask the
barkeeper as a special favor to let you have
something to drive the effects Of the blizzard
out OF you. Say, the papers here made good
deal of fun of Tammany crowd for bringing
q car load of liquor with them, but hanged if
don't think they knew their business pretty
well. Guess them fellows have been to an
inauguration before. Here, be careful, or
you'll lose your place in line"
few minutes later:
"Whoop! Hray! Whaz materth Cieve'l?
He's allri' Whaz materth our sezhaz n?
Saliri', too. H'ray fer 'nogration Zhlots Of
fun to come fer migration. Whoop! H'ray
for CIeve'l. He's allri'r'
But, oh, what a difference, &c.
Well, maybe, but somehow it was q pretty
clipper crowd yesterday just the same. 1t was
very cold Saturday night and it was easy
sort of . jag to get over. Mostly enthusiasm
and love for democratic principles.
SATURDAY EVENING.
There was lots of fun to be had along the ave-
n ne Saturday evening simply for the evening.
For the time being that street that is ordi-
narily rather quiet after dark had taken unto
itself many of the attributes of the Bowery.
Some of the New Workers made themselves
very much at home. There were hawkers and
street faEirs by the score, but business was not
very good. BY 10 O'Clock the market value Of
photographs of Baby Ruth had dropped to 5
cents. while badges and other mementoes Of
the occasion had suffered a CORRESPONDENCE big
drop in price. The sidewalks were jammed
with people who had decided that they did not
want to go to the ball anyway. There was lots
more fun to be had outside and it did not cost
IS and an evening suit
THE CLOSING SCENES.
All day yesterday and today the same order
Of things was kept up and the city has not lost
any percepuble amount of its gala appearance.