The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-18
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Having performed their duty the twenty.slx
N,ssachusetts statesmen who came here on
r,lday to study bicycle railroads In this
,.gisn have returned to their Bay State
balo,a Incidentally they have MANAGED to
,ninele with their business considerable pleas
ure which it is hardly necessary to say will
M, appear In their committee reports First
,hsv went TO Bellport, l.. l.. which was duty.
On their return and after dinner. they went
,rouni to the Masonic Temple and saw the
hl5aen mysteries. then they went to the Arion
hail and yesterday morning such OF them as
had recovered went to Coney Island. The
legislators are quite willing to tell all about
everything except the Arion ball. :.
~ they had Said TO each other IS they
,sparated in groups Of three for the night:
I'VE are going to drop in at the ball Just to
see what It's like. not to dance. you know"
which would have been only partially untrue,
they would have been all right. But they
didn't They merely drlfted out Of the Fifth
Avenus Hotel where they we're staying. casual
II observing that they were going out to get
come air, or to take q little constitutional. or
10 see Central Park by night or to ride on the
cable cars. or to buy cigar. or to watch the
crowds or to see what the Bowery was like, or
to visit friends in Harlem. or to get the sea
breezes from the Battery and then they all
met to their general CONSERVATION. in the
big building across the common" When .
sf.N rerorter interviewed the Senator with Q
soatee on tho matter in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel yesterday the Senator said blandly:
II Is q flne building. that Madison Square
Garden-from the outside. Yes they tell me
that the ball last night was a great success.
n - nartv 90 Narv ly
lcant be expected to know that. I'm not re-
sponslble for EN-. thank God. Oh. ] don't
suppose any OF en- went, except perhaps Just
one or two. who only stayed few minutes just
10 look on" Then the Senator with the Roatee
winked and added: There were only eiEh-
teen OF US went to Coney Island this morning.
The other eight amt walked up yet"
Acting on this hintthe reporter walked over
to the entrance to the barroom. where group
relating an incident with great gusto.
" Well. boys. thought then II Jim's constt.
ns could Hst see hn Tor re seconds he'd
he stood one leg on the table and the other on
chair. waving half-empty champagne bot, ,
Ikea whole church choir. Say. 1t was beauti-
asked IL some. Of the Massachuse tts law con-
structors would give out for publication their
ssh tns tSe1 SUNDAY att
Tosphere settled down upon that group like q
Re yht Es'ss sfas
did hear Of sSm. spt ot blow out II. In he
in Madison Garden, across the common. sup
pose. young man Well. none q US was there.
ties OF that kind !. besides. / under"
Look a-hsre. boys" interrupted q member
hug s% on B G know s~t that Biz oa1 Of
Arion that we oil admired So
to man lCopss yG ior
s ~ c6 SsE Hold Hold 9P il, , e.. .h9qfh h.
on LsggP mel What dye wan. to choke
;ha Repoft ss' Where's Oh sh .s
eose me. Got to pack my trunk and get out
You see" explained one of the Legislators.
as the new arrival hastily Departed some
pe S Son oHsF otsns Scrs
Is BIZ .Rs, Sss ss
S ss5 r. III H. ~ boz step
Well sir. the gent man in two HUNDRED n
his boots down from the chandelier; cause
th on'y other shoes he en- I'm is them pink silk
,aes, yss. nThatll do. IN be right there
CHANGED upon . more communicative member
OF the party, who had Just got out OF bed hay-
mittsd that most Of The committee had wan
dered over to Madison Square Garden on the
previous night. lust to see what kind OF =
toll YOU good Joke on one Of US" he said.
tS aaSs 0s +: SSpsd
slsihss: Wsh RS Mighty pTSu5 Of ii I, and
masking. he hitc6sd onto a cute little black
fairy, and was plotting her around the hall
and followed the paiT. FrsttT soon the S girl
says That costume OF yours lis out Of sight
didn't have a dress. suit with him. but he was
got up fne In his olack suit
great shape. Your hair and voice and manner or
and eyssrything Is right bang-up for the char
=. =; Yen dent say So says ha What charao-
Why, you. know. The hayssed politician
SoS see &c mn IN the comic papers You've got 1t
Taen the two, who were listening laughed
dropped that isiry IKE hot coai. and d one Of
the boys behind took her mn. The last I saw OF
;' ~o sSs . saa To- 1ss
WATTS hymns to her
sHqd tell ySS raft Of t4ng
tiy. member. Thsrs was the Colonel and the
Twas saving we were much Impressed with
the stability swiftness convsnisnee. and econ.
omy Of that mode OF transportation IL a few
De made"
So the story Of the Colonel and the pretty
EIrl must remain untold, for last night the
SSIn Mas party departed. They left be-
me hotel people. The eighteen who had sum-
GENTLY recovered from the ball to get to break
last yesterday morning all ordered fish cakes.
Inc nsh cakes Were served and then the states
men Degap futile examtnatiUn Of the table
t2r somethin9 that wasn't, there. Finally the
hazard graapats called angfiiy to the waiter:
here is the molasses =.
Then 6; I'M any siE.".r -,