The sun., 1894-05-13
ALL HUNGRY FOR FLOWERS.
HITsE THs YoUNe EJTs PoINfERs
LIKED THR sCRlMBEE. 200.

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The Five Points vas the scene OF . juvenil,
riot yesterday afternoon. Five hundred boyi
and girls charged repeatedly upon the musl'
stand At the centre Of Paradise Park. and th'
members ofthe Moderation Society who wer,
doing their best to hold the fort against over
| vhelminR numbers were all but lost In the
| scufIle When the stronghold was finally cap
tursd the defenders fed, leaving to the victors
the spoils and . battlefield csrpeted with
flowers
It was ell about the free distribution Of
flowers By the Moderation Society. which puts
up free iee-vater fountains and does other
smiable things Now. flowers don't grow In
the region Of Five Points. There are . few
scru bby trees, to be sure. which would not be
40 scrubby ~ they are II the little Five Point
srs hadn't pulled OF all the lower twigs and
leaves. these being the nearest approach to
floral decoration sttainabie; but real flowers
are:
scsrcs ss bank bills when agent. beg for mi,,ous
People In the country who know. about these
things send boxes and barrels OF flowers 10 the
Moderation Society to be distributed at Para
disc Park. Some OF these boxes and barrels
came Yesterday. and that unknown msssen-
ger that carries news abroad told all the little
Five Pointers about II. so that they were in .
fever OF expectation when the express wagon
numbered up. carrying With Il ths n overs
sylvanus LION. Vice President Of the, society:
A. b Hoyt Chaplain sof Lafayette, Post, @. A.
n: two ladies. and two assistants came with
the flowsrs,. Thsy mounted the music stand.
andths bstrsls and boxes were carried up and
placed In the centre while the children stood
around In breathless eaeernessi A boz was
n a.
the crowd Of children. %, .D.i
"Laylocka" Horseohss'nut nov.rssa"
whats that yeller sturr' II want some O.
them big w'ite onea" "Dandylines, gimme
some dandylines." 90 oo-oo-ohl Throw
EN- out wontohe. mistsrr'
Now. children" began Mr.. Lyon. "you
must keep quiet There's enough for all Of
you. One at time now. You can come up
here and take"
"whoopr wow Get out tn WAY,
Ouch LeRgo me-" Mister. mister; gimme
that bunch" Il asst yer first. mister" "owp
Don't Yer ppshn' me off," 81 Stop shown"
Give us the w'ite ones mister"
Before he knew what had happened Mr..
Lyon was surrounded by hundreds OF push
ing. showing. grasping youngstera Small
Rrimy hands tuRged supplicatingly at his
coat sleeves. Others reached for the flowers
which he held above his head. Other children
were sndeayoring to break the line Of defence
which had form ed about the boxes, and every
second more besieRers were ewarming up the
probable that MI. Lyon was going to BE- torn
Sis out tSi: ss. gel" oa. oopsS tsi: :sh GTSs&
the gintsmIn this way wen hes brSna I 'S.ss S.ea
posiesi G'won now. or yees II be gittin hurted."
showed and sna aos .Sa .PS
is lame. shook his crutch viciously. though
.sd Il for
young assistant seized small boys BY the
sask Ss thrt Rs5%snts 55 and drNnped them
the whole crowd went tumbling. humping
scrambnR to the ground in heaps. and the
GIIsd. Gns wonder was that dozen of them weren't
In an instent they were up on the railing
knight Of the Broom. Here andithere. how
eyer one one IS Mould sneak under the railing creep
ter. only to be showed away -by the parsons
.crutch or to be caught In the act By the broom
nd nrsSin IGna a6S n 4, SSt
ts:sSsndins 'sfs oSa sa. ssa tss ss
:. The j9s. giri. Ter, 10 the .tsirrsy. ,whersn
ball sSzest vssh Sesshs the 'isPs on , 4 paese
behind w? took their places Then The % de-
posed would begin at tho bottom and work
fSwers Tor prizes, AMI it went on right met
rily until all the boxes and the barrel wero
Mr. Lyon st.pped from in iront @ it ~ II. Stairs
and was swept up against the rAilinga by the
swarm OF youngsters. They fell upon those
flowers like football snthusiasts and the man
with the broom nearly had a .convulsinn. A
small hoy got hold q; the barrel. which was |
half full Of water. a fact that he had nj taken
into account lie rsached the head OF the |
steps. and down 10 rolled. taking turns with |
ground was reached the barrel was on tor and /
a flood OF water was pouring over the enter |
prlsing nrchin.
Meantime Mr. Lyon. with both hands full Of |
flowers. held high above his head. was rush Z
Ing through swarms Of children who jum ped /
for the blossoms as a terrier Jumps for a ball. !
By tn" time he reached the wagon the fowers /
were all gone and the chill ,lren were exulting
In iacs, horse chestnut hloom. and dogwond !
to their hearts content. The others got in the |
wagon. which ratified of. Mr. Lyon shouting |
" "Good-by. Wen come hack with more some ,
day" and the children shouted "Good-byl |
Good-by! Bring US more flowers"