New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
JCURNEAY & BURNHAM
"A CAKE WALK. SHO' 'NtFF"
BIT THE NAME. SHORTY rs FREE 10
MAINTAIN WAS ALL THERE
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WAS TO TT
"ttt WIZ or cake walk. all right nun On then
again hit t'want Deed n deed | neooer seed
sucb COINS on in all my born days. Oar vuz r
~ for sho' en- sartin on dar or loi er coors
or walkin' en- or cavortin like all possessed, On
rtah, d,r is whar all de 'semhlance dun ended
Land or massey, Twas nun for 10 break W hesn
the way they carry on. I nehber seed inc IKE w.
on don't s'pect will again: no sab. not 81 "as
TO live Till wuz ez old 90 Me'h"S'u"'''' 49,
Deed don't. 70 fact
The il the way that shorty has been deliver
,rg himself on the subject Of cake walks for tho
last two days shorty" who would scarceN 10
Identified by any other title lives IN h'th "'a'h'
and has risen 10 fame from the circums'Hh'e mat
no drives a Kerosene wagon fact which j. re-
sponsiblc for his large circle OF Acquaintance ana
which gives him entree into the most oN''nHNe VI
the below stairs" sets along the Bay shore
When one Of these most exclusive sets COM
prlsed in the Union Club. an organization coinposea
of the most select Of the colored heip OF h~'n
Reach set forth to initiate its many nam"sakes ana
prototypes and give an 'anair' SHORTY "'S one
~ ,he first 10 be consulted. The reasons for thls
gore twofoId-nrst shorty is recognized society
loader and secondly he Is a resident OF ne bearh,
and therefore better fitted TO arrange the deias II
being decided that economy ana enjoy h'hi s"o"'
20 hand I'm hand Therefore. when AFTER mncn do-
liberation II had been decided that the anair should
no n cake walk Of the old-fashoned variety.
handbills announcing this fact. as well as divers
other bits OF information regarding the OCCASION
were scattered broadcast.
The place where the cake walk was h'' was
HINES coal wharf M the end Of Bay tieni''n'h'
ST and the night selected was last N'an's''9-
The Committee on Arrangements had secured ihFes
rsnaneeo lanterns whorewith 10 enhance the beauty
~ the scene and a number Of ordinary lanterns.
loss prctentious but more servic'ablo. were sta
toned along the wharf There WIS committee at
Judges appointed. which boosted OF brooklyn ~
Judge n Bath Beach hotel proprietor and TWO N"H-
York newspaper men And as there can be no CAKE
walk without music. an orchestra. consisting "'
violin mandolin and guitar was sr'ui,L . ,,
The dusky ''swells' Of the l'arh WI ~, rs
i'm reaching the wharf glittcring ana rtsp'lu"' ;
in aaring coors rhinestone lcwclry ana u'it.M'i
"spiketails" But II was not until the WIKI W.
gan that the fun started. -, ., ,o,,,r
The first complaint arose uun "a a, isrea'
woman who stepped out Of the Inc ana ',, "a
'Nassa iedges YOU gotter stop dat muse. l'h' "a'
band done play sallop time std er playin ,r mar N
Lake see how Use gwine marcn Ter F''''P '''''
Jess 70 keep yo' eyes on dat cake. linay
shorty responded Il knows what ~ march IS;
What you needs ia funeral music Tor 10 gNe ~
time ter M dem biz feets o. yourn ..,.,.. h,.
Then Shorty was ruled out FOR stnhUns ny
toes Reckon knows who's goiter SCI rlk 'se'
now" was Lindy satisfied reply -. 81. ,,l.
bats FOUL No iedgos amt got no rlEnl UT 'u''
out Dcy less Judges dat's all dey does =.
But the Judges prevailed. and all csc pi 49, NV |.
three couples were ruled on 90" moor neiy's :, r.
walk ende, Some OF them Wei, aIioN w "anaiv
AWARDED together with a gold-h headed umWehN
'Shorty's' disgust was undisguised - ,,,r,
go So 'twuz cake walk. he sald io ~
'bleeged ter be But dat wuL al. Oar warn INV"
else To II. 'copt name. ~. "a,
Nevertheless there are dissenting voices WIN s~'
that the affair Was success. "i''T ~"