Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
EVEN GIRLS SOMETIMES ACT SILLY.
One Of Them Recently Won an Elec-
ton Bet and q Wheelbarrovv Ride.


Lizzie Tobias was recently the principal
figure in quite the most unique post-election
ceremony that has been seen in Detroit I'm
many year. 1t was the ceremony in
which Anthony Bohlinger. a young molder,
who lives with his mother at the corner OF
Alexandrine avenue and st. Antoine street
undertook to do public penance for voting
Tor the loser In the last municipal election.
Anthony Bohlinger, the molder, had known
Lizzie Tobias for a long time They live
not many blocks from each other, and the
two families were wei acquainted Lizzie
Tobias is fair-haired young woman of
rather lively disposition. says the Tribune
ana she and Anthony, since the campaign
Tor mayor became a topic of almost uni
versal interest. had been In the habit of
chatting each other about IL a great deal
Finally, in a spirit of desperate banter An
thony proposed the following wager: IL
Pingree was elected he was to wheel Lizzie
from the corner where he lived around the
city hall and home again. The wager was
accepted Lizzie, not to be outdone. prom
Used to do the same thing for Anthony II
Godfrey was elected. This extraordinary
wager was the talk of the whole neighbor-
hood for several days. and when the cleo
ton finally declared Mr.. Pingree the next
mayor there was much laughter and excite
ment and gossip about the affair.
A few evenings after the election the
wager was paid in full About y O'Clock .
strange procession was seen coming down
Woodward avenue. At the head OF the pro-
cession was a boy carrying a flag. On
either side of him two boys carried banners.
Directly behind them In a picturesque
Jockey costume, striped cap and waist, her
laughing face lighted by the glare Of a
torch. sat Lizzie Tobias. She was perched
upon some sort Of a seat that had been FIX
ed in the end Of the wheelbarrow. Her feet
Were curled up on the front board OF the
barrow. In the barrow. behind her. were
the hat and coat belonging to Bohlinger.
Also there was a pail. in which there was
some sort of refreshments. A great crowd
followed the procession. shouting. laughing
and talking to the woman upon the barrow.
But Anthony was unrepentant still. and
kept shouting for Godfrey. When the pro-
cession had reached the head of Griswold
street and proceeded down as far as the
opera house some one brought out a tray
with beer upon IL. which was passed around
among the crowd All drank the health OF
the lady upon the wheelbarrow. She SEEM
ed to enjoy the whole business as much az
any one. She did not seem TO be in the
least disturbed by the conspicuous position
in which she found herself.
After the procession had stopped to take
beer the police. seeina the crowd. came
over. but learning the cause OF the assembly
did not disturb II. Before the procession
started on Its way around the city hall Miss
Tobias gave three cheers for Pingree. Then
they marched on. the boy with the torch lead
ing the way and the boys with the banners
following. They marched on around the
city hall and proceeded up the street. back
toward the corner of Alexandrne ana An
tome. There accompanied the procession q
buggy with a young man and woman in IT.
The woman was Miss Tobias sister. 1t In
said that many bets were made that when
IL came to the scratch Lizzie Tobias would
not have the courage TO ride down town on
the wheelbarrow. Ii is said that one young
man bet his watch. and lost IL. that the
young woman would not fvlfN he condi-
tons Of the wager.