The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-29

Theory but Lang had not then made tne
! touchdown. Just how many silver ooi-
| lars crossed the North Carolina nne ih'o
! Virginia territory may be estimated iater
! by the number Of unpaid taiiot oiiS
1 in North Carolina towns.
Quite a number OF young men from the
Capital City Club. in Raleigh, which en-
tortains the Chanel Hill men on their
trips TO the Carolina capital, drove over
/ the city In one OF the handsomest taiiy
hos here. 1t was decorated from bit OF
brides to the rear hub with Whit, en-. and
Blue. The party joined the 'aroni'lah
rooters at the grounds later In the
| day.
Up AND DOWN THE STREETS.
Up and down Broad, Main. Franklin.
Grace, and other streets. the siue-
walks were thronged with the holiday
crowd. and the air was filled with the
noise Of numberless tin horns. Par
piercing blasts from orange ana niue
horns were answered with defiant screams
from horns Of blue and white. both
Virginia and North Carolina men were
cheercd at every corner. Before noon
the streets were CiCwded with every spe-
cies OF vehicle. bound for the grounds.
Everywhere floated the colors OF the
two teams Upon the corsage Of the
feminine throng they were in no Tess
prOfusiOn than upon the lapel OF the
masculine multitude. Everybody alln
everything was benbboned dainty silk
III ons that rippled softly In the passing
breeze, broad. nashy widths Of color
that Haunted hither thther. everywhere.
and I'm everybOdy's way, and wide. stiii,
gaudy lengths OF ribbon, that tapped
against the clothing OF the wearers Ike
banners Of tin. II was a remarkably
good-humored and merry crowd that
passed onward 10 the park.
Never was there urettier weather in
| Richmond. Cloudloss skies and tinse
Of frosty feeling tempered the sunshine
which poured in radiance eyer the city
OUT TO THE PARK.
one o'clock 7. NJ was the hour set for
opening the gates Of West-End Park.
where the game was to DE played. and
long before that hour people began TO
pour towards that place on foot, on bicy-
Giles. i'm trolley cars and by every sort
and kind of vehicle. They poured into
the grounds and swarmed over the
grand-stand, and into the other seats
with great alacrity.
The students frop both Universities
and their friends were i'm evidence large
~ and noisily. and the air was filled with
shouts. college songs set to popular airs
and blasts from horns of varying sizes
and degrees Of strength.
All Richmond came in the gates. Bank
ers merchants, business men, clerks
shop-girls. preachers. lawyers. physicians,
and ali sorts and conditions OF men theie
were
There was a very large attendance OF
ladies and children also present ana tne
flowers and feathers and gay attire ia
which they were mostly clothed, lent a
beautiful fringe Of color to the sombre
BACKGROUND of black and grey, when the
men were I'm.
Accommodations had been made for
seating about six thousand. the seats
were soon exhausted. Hundreds crowd
cd all over the fields.
COLLEGE SONGS.
Some Of the Thanksgivins-Day songs
u.hfch wore printed and bound in pamph-
lot form. were clever parodies' ana "heh
sung with the full power OF the stuuei's
and their friends, were quite llsl,iilis, ~,
rbe prize song, by J. ID. Smith ana l.,
A Turner. was sung 10 'he 'u"o ~
"Tommie Atkins" Here II is 49,.
oi, we take him from the country or the
And we train him and we teach him
every sign; $500 eo,,.,
vvo chow him how to bring a runner GO"
And how TO buck and how TO MT the
line. ~ ,oor,en are
matters niue VIM '''- q,
or how the crowds around MN yen
shout. .,,a.ro
o,ce he's gone into the batue,
Vou will find him hard to rattle
Carolina's fated. soon to ma II GU"
Chorus:
con. Cari-Cari-lina,
Vou're a peach ] understand
You're a credit to the pig SKIN
,rhroughout all the football iahu-
nm Virginia's going TO Hex yo"'
A. ehe's ever done before
| cod bless you. Old Virginia,
here's YOU. health for everniofe'
Another popular song wa 'f c,l,.. D"' D.
,,ir@,nia" TO the air. My GIFTS
Tber clever and suitable lines, urenth-
inc announcement 20 Virginia anu
coat 10 North Carolina were SET 10 ''.
airs of America" Aud Lam syn;
/ "ri.,,en.ine" THE Bowery,' IN MY
parl canoe" Sweet Marie Johh
proxyn,s Body" and others.
Tbis was an old familiar yen lla'
sornded rom the threats of thousands
'.Vah-hoo-wah wah-hoo-wah' ny
vir-cin-i-ah: Hoo-rah-rha. hoo. rah-'""'
pho-rha IVA" And then ms
psb' rah, rah, Rail- rah. ran. Kan
~ahl rah, Nir-gin-i-a'