The record-union., 1896-06-21

at last, and to Judge Dy the fnulcdllO1S,
1t has come to stay, for a while at least
The citizen places himself on terms of
closest intimacy during these days OF
broiling heat, with milkshakes, ice
cream, soda and lemonade with pleas
ant clink of ice in it. Some of the sterner
sex fancy they must indulge in sterner
stuff and the Corner Grocery ID does
a thriving business ir consequence. L
came by the Exposition building the
other day while the Democratic Conven-
ton was evidently having a recess.
Such a mob of broiled and melting NOR
tails it would be hard to find anywhere.
BY the wayd do you ever attend these con-
ventions? This is meant for the woman
folk; of course men all go, that Is, when
business will admit of it. Lots of ladies
do so and find it great sport sometimes.
There was a ba1dheaded man who used
to get UP and spout at the Republican
Conventions; he was a great favorite-
I have forgotten his name, but he spoke
well and held the attention Of everyone
the moment he took the floor, keeping
his listeners in an uproar Of laughter
until he resumed his seat. But his
manner was the thing that attracted my
attention and held me fascinated AS
] said, his head was bald, the top Of 1T,
and as you'll often find to be the case
with baldheaded people who dislike the
idea of wearing a wig. he had let his
back hair grow long and combed it up
over the bald place with most artistic
effectiveness When speaking he would
invariably grow very much excited, and
just at a critical point in his remarks
the long lock of hair on top of his head
a. f7@i,7 ? t,0
toboggan act, slide easily off over his
crown, thus exposing to the startled be-
holder his broad and shiny pate. He did
rot discover it at any time until he was
seated. so that the shout of hysterical
laughter that always greeted this per-
forrnance he attributed to his own
sharpness of wit, and it spurred him on
till his eleoquence finally won for him
an enthusiastic burst of applause
People are talking everywhere of 60
ing away. One hears nothing nowadays
but plans for camping expeditions, sea-
side cottages, and the springs" Sac
rsmentans are all on the wing, and
there will soon be left to us not even a
corporals guard TO serve as companions
in our misery. Oh, for a cool, salt breeze
thing don't turn up in the way of a
breeze inside the next few weeks L
shall fold my tent like the Arab, and
as silently steal away"
The last note for the requiem of the
hicvcle face has hardly been sounded
before 10. another species OF counte-
nance makes its appearance far and
frc+
face of the "Masher." Until recently
the most noticeable feature of the bicy-
Gle countenance has been that of
banobfv reserve. not unmixed with
melancholy. Often has cyclist been
known TO fail to recognize his own rel
atives if they were walking, and ex-
cept by way of collision, has shown lit
tie or no inclination to mix with other
neonle. But this order Of bicyclist Is
once more assuming relations of cour-
teev and fellowship with the rest of the
world. and with the universal spread of
the wheeling fad amongst citizens of
both sexes his reserve has asits successor
a particularly offensive type of rude
ness. In this new phase of character he
becomes that disgusting specimen of
the lower order of humanity dubbed a
"nasher,". and these creatures, spring.
ing up both recently here, have increased
alarming numbers The pleasant free
dom afforded by bicycling and the nat
,1ral feeling of comradeship which has
arisen among these knights and ladies
Of the wheel has been seized upon un-
dulv by mounted mashers as an OPP
portunftv to approach lady riders with
true nasher impertinence. Unlike that
of his predecessor, the face of the
masher is mobile In the extreme. AL
ways pleasant, his eyes are rowing and
dilate as If by magic. The straightfor-
ward look of the "scorcher' is entire>
~ foreign to him, while his head seems
10 be on pivot and able to turn in any
and all directions at one and the same
time. He loves to cavort with one
foot on the pedal; to ride with hands
off, and display his prowess IN this
line for the benefit Of supposed admir-
ing female creation. In the presence ct
comely young women his maneuvers
are often ridiculous, and become great
~ exaggerated If he fancies himseff 90
served. He never hesitates to address
women on the slightest possible pre-
text and annoy them with either hisvul-
garity or inanity. / have in mind as
write an effeminate specimenof his Kind
whois strongly suspected by the girls liv-
ing in his neighborhood of doing his
hair in curl papers, curling his waxy
looking mustache on an iron, and they
even declare that he wears corsets tc
give himself the made to order figure