The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16
WAR HEROES JUDGED.
Admiral Dewey Put First by the Gallery
Gods and Col. Roosevelt Next.

Admiral Dewey Put First by the Gallery
God and Col. Roosevelt Next.
The gallery gods Of the east side have settled
the standing Of the various war heroes. II
anybody wants to know how Dewey and Samp-
son and schley and the rest Of them stand with
the multitude let him listen to the assorted 0p-
plause from the galleries. At one continuous
performance the wargraph has two or three
innings q day. and In ten minutes anybody can
get o concrete expression Of public opinion on
several interesting points.
The moving pictures. which are not partie-
ularly Interesting. are sandwiched between
ordinary slides giving portraits Of certain we'll
known personagd The sliding scale Of APP
plause with which lse portraits are greeted
is worth preserving In the nrst place. rs q
matter OF prophecy. compare the reception
given to the two candidates for Governor OF
New York. Van Wyck's picture is shown first.
and gets an ordinary round Of applause. the
sort of perfunctory, party applause which. being
interpreted, means: "Oh. yesl that's our can
didate. isn't itl This is the time when we
are expected to applaud. Well. all right
Then the Hon. Augustus scoots off the screen
as II he were glad to get out OF sight and
his place is taken by another image. 1t Ia
that Of . man wearing q campaign hat and q
campaign uniform. and framed by laurel
WAaC SSANhAho NJ ubC I'D
Athlete, soldier. cowboy" and 80 on. When
that picture appears there is q wild shout. 1t
isn't any this-ls-our-duty applause. It is
heartfelt, spontaneous and OF q staying quality.
for minute after minute. goes by and the en-
,thusiasm grows instead Of slackeninR. There
given to the. Hon. Augustus and that which
Kreets Col; Teddy than there is. between q
wooden hobby horse and the bucking broncos
Having settled the election to its satisfaction.
the, AUDIENCE disposes OF the war heroes In
Skater gets more. but there is Q sneaklnG hiss
or tw9 SmonG the hSndelaps; Leo is well re-
Of all. Best. that is, of the army men for when
II comes to popularity, the navy men are the
peoples IDOLS: Among the army pictures.
The picture OF the Seventy first marching to
peal most to the sympathies OF the audience.
6nt When IL comes TO the navy. there 10 NO
there. for every man ms shown u IS a hero o. and HfR hsS
proved 1t; The procession begins with Samp-
son. who has q fair round Of applause. schloy.
s SstSSaion CAPT RS.6 si dn ! e ! also IYotI has r q |G9tt = iPg
the din there is q peculiar smaeking sound.
Maybe MAJ a stranger would think that the gallery
but Il isS't chat. The gallery s1IsHH S 20 d44ssSsS'i are
east Sides yayoi recognizing Hobson. the hero
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Up TO this time Hobson Is, tho tavorite so far
Is applause goes, not counting Col. Roosevelt.
who gets AS much as all the rest. save Hobson,
put together. There cannot be q doubt, after
hearing the applause which Rreets Dewey's
picture, as TO who is the most popular hero OF
the war. Admiral George Dewey can give the
rest cards and spades and still win.
After settling the matter OF the war heroes
the canvas showed q moving picture OF the
launching OF II. NJ. 8. Albion. The spectators
liked II we'll enough. As o sequel came a por-
trait OF Queen Victoria. and the gallery god
rose to the occasion like q gentleman and q
scholar. Far be II from him not to be polite to
q lady: Then came the Prince Of Wales. The
h0ndclaps In honor OF the Queen subsidized and
one could, almost hear the noses OF the gallery
go up, The applause lattened out and died
ava like a whistle when the steam Is ahut OF.
Last Of all came five other portraits. None Of
them had q name attached. There was no need
Of that First there was the ine. clear-eut face
Of washington; showing like an old cameo
alter the Irregular types Of to-day. And they
say; You're all ,rlghtl' Then they doubled
that welcome for Lincoln. and after that they
hAlyed It again for Grant. Applause and Misses
Ia pretty fair proportion fell To the next conner,
William J. Bryan; And finally. with an enthu.
stasm which would have warmed the heart Of
the ,orlein1lh they eheered the portrait OF
William Mckinley, President OF the United
States, Altogether 1t was about as interesting
aquarter OF an hour as one often has. 1t set
tied questions with q handicap aud wrote his
tory With the point OF q thumpiuR umbrella