Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-02
NOT BREAD BUT PIE.
Col. McNeery's Opinion on the Parade
Of the Unemployed.

Col. McNeery's Opinion on the Parade
Of the Unemployed.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
Mr.. McKenna, who is a prosperous gen.
tleman. dropped into Col. McNeery's place
the other afternoon looking somewhat ex-
cited.
Where have We been, Jawn?' asked the
colonel. yer face is as red as angyos-
toria bitthers an We have a wild eye In
ye'er head. Where have ye been. iad?"
I've been looking at the parade Of the
unemployed" replied Mr.. McKenna. Il
marched around the streets and 1 thought
they might mix it up with the police. They
were hollering Give US bread and they
carried banners and a loaf Of bread nailed
to a Cross
"An' why didn't they ate tn loaf?' in
quired Col. McNeery.
why. you old dummy. they was using It
for a banner"
Aha" said the colonel, shaking his
head They wanted bread, no less; but
they wanted tn raygaha more. Now, sup
pose they'd ct that there loaf an hooked
tn shtar shpangled banner fr what they
could get on It, some iv thin d have
enough to ate f'r minnit, anyhow. But
'tisn't bread they want. Now. 1 see that
same p'rade tn other day, an a finer,
healthier lookin' lot Nv lads We niver see
comm out Nv tn Pammer House pickin'
their teeth with a rosewood toothpick.
Big rosy guzaboys they was Wan Nv them
made speech In front Nv the big feet Of
Christopher Columbus over be tn lake
'front.'. Brothers. says he, 'whin 1 luks
around at ye'er pinched, wan faces he
says, 1t makes me hear-rt sink says the
lad. Let u.s. he says. Organize, he says,
an. march to tn city hail. he says. 1t
amt time says starving man below.
It's only 2:15 be me chronomether, he
says. 'Ye'er clock is Slow says the main
finger Of the unimployed. It's full ha' past
be me gold watch an chain,' an he Jugs
out a watch an compares 1t with tn watch
Nv tn other unemployed. "Thrue rr ye,'
says this wan. I must take 1t down to tn
jool'y,' he says. And away they marched.
lis tn sa-ame everywhere an 'mongst
all men. IT'S thin that's Taste hurt that
yells first en- loudest. an whin tn flghtin
begins tits no twinty to wan tn pup that
makes tn most noise amt shootin' cannons
at the bahr' cades. Twas so in tn Frinch
revolution. Jawn Finerty wanse told me-
an there's no denyin' what Fine-ty says
about hist'ry. for he ates an almanac at
breakfast every mornin', I've heard tell.
Sure, didn't / see 1t in tn A-ahoaitches
whin whit like jack to attind a meetin'
Nv thin. There were man be tn name Nv
Gleason in tn chair. an he was tn ellis
own at speech-makin'. He delivered an
grafton thatd made ye'er hair stand on
ind. 'twud that. He said tn time had come.
he said. f'r the daystruction, he said, iv
tn British throne. says ne. 'Dinnymite' 5
tn thing he says in a hoarse voice. But
we can't buy dinnymite.. he says. with
patriotism he says. we need money
he says. an afther me speech he says,
IN thank Mr.. Daheney. Nv tn eighth
wa-ard,' he says. to take up c'lliction
So they passed around tn hat an ray-lized
wan hundred dollars. includin bit Nv a
glass dollar that put in be way Nv helpin'
along tn cause. 1 got it the afternoon be-
fore firm this same Gleason in ex-
change fr wan dollars worth iv the tea,
so twas small loss. Whin tn money was
counted tn chairman, he says: Gentlemen
there's so to come out Nv this f'r hall
rent he says. and S2O.' he says. 'fr post
ers,' he says 'announcin' tn meetin', he
says That layes sixty bucks says he;
emissary. says he. What's tn sinse Nv
tn meetin' on tn sixty L moves says a
man in 'front.' that we soaks 1t away an
buys raygalia with ie' An twas carrid
unanimously.
Now. IL Gleason d been in rally out to
free Ireland, whatd be done? Wasted his
wind maxim speeches? Niver fear He'd
~ GAVIN dawn with his weeks wages firm
tn bridge in his coordyroys. bought a tin
pound can iv dinnymite. loaded it into his
grip, skipped across tn water. stuck 1t in
under tn tower Nv London when the queen d
GAVIN to bed, give 1t a kick with his fut
an said: 'Gawd save Ireland; there goes
nawthing. A man that wants anything
bad don't have to wait till his hat comes
firm tn milliner's for to go out afhter 1t.
Ddlil u IN tdSte.
AN suppose whin these starvin' souls
got to tn city hall an ole Hahrson was to
come out with a basket iv bread-which
Gawd forbid If he had to pay f'r 1t himself
-wud they've grabbed? Not tn likes iv
thin. They'd be like tn Dutchman
heard tell of at tn banket not 50 long ago.
He'd paid five plate fr tn privilege iv
attn. an whin tn waiter came around an
handed him plate ~ bread tn Dutchman
was GAVIN to fire him out iv tn window
Go way says tn Dutchman. by chin
miny.' says he. I can get that at home,
he says
Not that 1 want to have We to under
shtand that tn lads that marched is rollin'
in riches. God help thin. But what tn
ellis use is 1t to ma-arch. FIR me I'd a
dam sight sooner take chance on diggin'
through to tn bakeshop next dure f. loaf
" Ny-enny bread thin to walk to Shtate
shreet fr macaroons. Corns is as bad as
hunger. An be tn sa-ame token tits not
half SO dishear-rtinin' f'r to see these big,
to stand over be the Daily Nooz an watch
not only men but women an little bits
Nv lads with big hungry eyes waitin' fr
tn pa-aper with tn advertisements in 1t
for to come out, an fat: rendin' each other
for tn first paper. Men can stand an
Imply stomach or when comes to worst
they can stale. But women an children
can't unless they've been rared to 1t. God
help them. says l."
And will this here financial stringency
last long," asked Mr.. McKenna, deeply
interested.
Il hopes not" said the colonel we've
had a tab as long a pipe, oh -ea m in tn
dhrawer fr a month come Sunday"