Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-24
OLD PATRlCK'S DAYS
Mr. Dooley ReCounts Some of the Splendors
of the Past.
something About the vagaries of
Dempsey's Horse-Great Days
Those Were, Great Days.
From the Chicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post
When Mr.. McKenna came in Frida,
night he found his friend Mr. Dooley Lac
ing up ana down and around the stove and
very much in front of the big mirror at
tired in the full regalia of the Ancient
order of Hibernans or as they are famil-
iarly termed in Archsy road. the "A-ah
Ohaitches." This regalia consists first and
topmost of a stoyepipe hat with a very tall
straight crown. The narrower the brim the
better. Allied with the stovepipe ha: is the
long black frock coat and d white bow
craNaI over the shoulders and dropping
down the breast is a green scarf. BY tie
depth Of the green even the .nexpert eve
can detect the length of the v-earer's SER
vice in the A. o. H. 1t is a very light
green in the old stager's scarf and NJ
Dooley's color was almost white.
A-ho," said Mr.. Mckenna. so you're
going to march"
ralth. am not" said Mr.. Dooley, sadly
Me legs is more fit these days FIR mat
ulsses thin fr cobblestoaes an niver cud
shtahu 10 ride in a rarriage an srloke q
seegaar. L was just thryin' thin on"
"hereupon MIR. Dooley toddled into the
back room and put the uniform away He
laid the green scarf between two sheets of
paper and folded the irock coat lensthwise
In the middle and spread it gently over the
scarf Then he got out a paper bandbox.
ana when he had dropped a handful of to-
pacco into the hat to keep of the moths he
put the hat in the box and the box in the
safe Then he closed safe and trunk and
sighed and blew his nose on the corner Of
his apron.
Me ma-archin' days is over" ne SAID.
But mind We. Jawn, there was a time. me
ia-ad, Whin I'd no more think Nv shtayin'
al home-oh me, oh i1y, lis not IKE IL
was Jawn- In thin days tn politicians
had dam'c little to do with tn purcessiou
an sare foot We put on tn South Sida
twas on'y Pathrick's day on tn Wist side
an We liked it all tn bether rr bciu' SO
iar tr down town We laned. dye mind,
10 IN Visit side. i mind III last time 1
ma arched dam well We rondyvoozed az
randolph shtreet where IN German min
sell IN caboioees an carrots that they
Sn,ss M WY mornin' FIR m their farms in
south Nather shtreet. An Dan O'Hara
ne was IN marshal, an grand he luked
on big gray horse, with "a rid, white am
piue badge across tn stummick iv him am
leather IN his hat a ya-ard long an his
morse backln' into IN crowd TIt1 thew
was IN assistant ,na-arshals, with Little
shucks with ribbons sn over Thin, an IVY
man iv thin on hor-rseback
They used TO have tn ellis own time with
IN hor-rses. BY gar, 1 niver laughed SO
much in me life whin 1 see Dorsey, tn'
ohrayman that done tn haulin' fr tn ca
as-wurruks. comm down tn sh.-eat on ma :,
Nv his own plugs. Did We liver see a dhray
nor-rse thryln to sprint? Oh, dear, Oh.
DEAR ne see they was a lot Nv Wexford
| men shtandin' at tn corner w Monroe
shtreet an Des-plaines an ,tey haa a
sredge again Dorsey, an yhin he come
along at walk with tn ;hray ho--rss
shtickin' out its neck at ivry shtep IKE wan
Nv thin pelicans in tn pa-ark. thin WEEK.
| ford fellows says: 'Where'd We Sc; tn cha
anger, Dorsey" they says. He thinks he
have load iv coke at his TAIL Get 3D.
says Dorsey, TO show off Get ap' he saws.
beltin' tn hor-rse with his !tzle shsick.
Win dhray hor-rse sprints he dCn't 20
amy faster forard, but he goes IKE ell up
and down. Well, sir. Dorsey's hat fc-s CT
an he dhropped his shtick an whin lie
come TO where IN, crowd was AZ Madison
shtreet 10 an behold tn bus saIa iv his
white shirt flew out like a shinsle an there
| he was by dad, befure tin thousand people,
ye might say in his rid flannel un1hershirt.
He see tn white shirt was on'v 3luf,
lawn. There was nawthin' to II but to
| bussum. Mrs. Dorsey was in tn crown an
| she yells out: 'Ye big omadhon,' she says.
i tould We 1t wudden't stay says she.
Why didn't We button il on she says, be-
| low she says. L did, says Dorsey. hould-
| in onto tn name iv tn rockin' hor-rse. L
| did. he says. with a tear in his eye. Homo
| ria, he says. But tn button bu-bust,' he
| says.
Thin Hinnisy's hor-rse run away with
| Hinnisy an jumped the nnce into the
| brothers school ya-ard in Des-plaines
| shtreet an Sarsfield Hogan's hor-rse he
| had the collie an coughed Hogan into tn
basement iv q Chinese laundry. But tn
worst iv all happened to Dempsey, tn
| house mover. He got excited an give tn
WRONG get APP an tn OF hor-rse begun
walkin' round an nftin' his feet. IKE as
| IL he was movin' house an steppin' over
/ tn chain. TIL purcession was delayed
| half an hour thryin' to get Dimpsey'e
| hor-rse FIR to go shtraight ahead instead
| Nv in a circle. Thin Billy Nevins' band be-
| gun to pay TIL Wearin' iv tn Green an
| Cap'n Hinnisy he says to tn Clanna-Gael
/ arms an Father Macchew's temperance
Band come out ~ Brinnan's saloon an
/ shtarted up that there Norma ma-arch
/ an tn Zouaves got In line. an tn ST.
/ Vincent de Paul Sossiety an tn knights
/ iv st. Pathrick. with white gloves. an tn
| A-ahohaitches tin thousand shtrong an
I away We whit with all tn girls wavin'
their hankerchiefs an all tn min shout
/ in an all tn little boys ma-archin' along
| beside us. An up on tn church slips was
tn sogsarths an their frinds an all along
| Des-plaines shtreet We cud see nothin' but
| people with green ribbons an roset;es.
| Thin up Hahrson shtreet an BLOC Island
| av'noo an past the Jesu-ite Church an
| counter ma-arch an dosedo till we was
covered with dust an dhry an happy.
! A-ho 10. lawn. thin was tn times.
| Hogan says the reason you don't march
| now is because you're an cTangeman,
said Mr.. McEenna.
Hogan does?'' said Mr.. Dooley. lawn.
watch fr tn second row iv the A-aho-
matches guide right. BY hivins. I'll walk
| II I have to go on me hands and knees
| An I'll break Hogan's fa-ace, i VIII that-
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