St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-18
GLOBE GAIETY.
HOW THEY WORE THE GREEN

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Judge Willis was little bashtul, and wore
! his under his vest
Pat Egan wore his in smiles, and they were
real shamrock smiles, too.
Judge Twohy wore a neat sprig of sham
rock in the lapel of his inner coat.
| Charley Chapel wor, a green bow with
only one loop. You are all right, Charley
| Every ohceseeker. every otiiceholder and
every policeman In town wore green yester.
day.
Pierce Butler wore two one on each side.
indicative of the victories he has won in his
new field.
Auditor Burns wore his cut bias. and every
time he went into the wholesale district lit
raised on one side
Ehle Allen said mo green ribbons for
me. :" but in his shirt bosom he wore an emer-
aid bigger than the entire isle.
William McKivett ore a shamrock for the
| first time in his life. You know he lived In
| Milwaukee before he came to ST. Paul.
Charlie Beech tried to hide bis when he
met the Irish after the shot he got from a
| patriot sitting on the court house fence
Dick O'Connor and Charley Haas wore
badges just alike; but then they are political
twins, anyway, and that accounts for it.
Jim Rice. night clerk at the Ryan. wore his
all night and he said he is going to wear
it till the shAmrocks grew In Minnesota.
Here Kittson had loosely tied bow and
any one could tell that it was hair ribbon
belonging 10 some dark-e Irish maiden.
John w. McNamee wore green buckles on
his shoes in honor of the dav, and you can
imagine the size better than ii can be de-
scribed
Assessor tombstone carried his in his hand.
and every once in u while hid it from view
because he thinks green and red don't blend
we'll together.
Manager Scott went without ribbon, and
gave as a reason that he swore off till he
could make dates for an Irish show on the
18th of March.
Mayor Wright kept his three leaves on till
the investigation started in the afternoon,
and then ne thought that three were not
company, but crowd.
The one Comptroller McCardy wore was
scarcely visible, and some were unkind
enough to say that he was looking for the
law authorizing hewearing Of the green.
Joe Wheelock had one that was covered
with frost so that he might be misled into
writing spring editorial when he looked at
the color which is harbinger of spring.
John &. Kemp tried to buy green necktie
all day that would Guido Billy Christians S, but
as the shades of st. Patrick closed DER the
window Of DAY he was still looking in vain.
The beauty of our American institutions
was illustrated yesterday of the coming to-
gether of nations by the large number of
Germans who wore the green in honor of St.
Patrick.
Bill Golden tied his moustache with green
ribbons the night before and when seen on
the streets yesterday he still had the fuzz
ends tangled up with it. But then, you can
bet Bill is Irish.
One saloon on West Seventh street wore
green all around yesterday by having sign
painted in green run across the front en-
trance with the word headquarters in the
greenest of paint.
Billy Christian said the green in America
was not good enough for him, and SO he sent
to Dublin to get the real stuff. The gorgeous
tie he is sporting is sufficient evidence of
where it came from.
AT noon Private secretary Handy had forty
shamrocks at actual count, on his desk, all
gifts from admiring friends of the Emerald
isle, and he claimed that each one represent
ed an application for position.
John j. Ryder had O pocket full of green
ribbons. and passed them around among the
members of the lower branch of the legisla-
ture. When he reached Pat Kely's desk ne
was stalled. for Pat had one as big as all
John had put together, but the young patriot
and the old patriarch shook h ands and
pledged green friendship anew.