The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-21
BABY CARRIAGE DAY.
The Fine Weather After the Storm Re
suited in an Eruption of Those Com
mendable Vehicles.

suited in an Eruption of Those Com
mendabe Vehicles.
The inability of the ladies to get out
on the streets. Wednesday, WAS amply
made up in the throngs which paraded
Main street, yesterday afternoon. Early
in the afternoon, there was 3 crowd
out, and the entire afternoon was al
most dedicated TO the ladies. They were
out in fun force, the young and old,
the former decked to the highest de-
gree of perfection in the latest styles
they can afford to wear, while the old
er class walked up and down the line
pushing baby carriages. For this rea-
son, more than anything else, the day
Will go down as a record breaker for
the month in the baby carriage line.
During the afternoon, The Spy re-
porter saw and heard many interest
ing things in connection with the ba-
bies, and to the interested traveller the
Afternoon was like a circus. There is
hardly Il thing which can be considered
more interesting than a lot of lady
bargain-seekers, and there are few
things more interesting to observe than
the way they occupy attention, and get
around in crowded streets, with baby
carriages to interfere.
Yesterday, during a single half-hour
there were seventy eight women who
passed The Spy office wheeling baby
carriages. Other women We're out with
babies In arms, and still others oo-
cupied the time of the rapidly moving
public by trying to bother around with
youngster which was considered able
to walk along the sidewalk. Besides
this, the streets were lined with Wor-
cester girls, out to show the style which
was represented In their latest COS
tune, and hundreds of the fair sex who
live in the country added to the pic
turesque scene, the whole forming into
grand and varied throng, which goes
to show what Worcester is made of on
a really lively day.
The idea, however, that women can
utilize the sidewalks with their baby
carriages is no more just than it is
to believe that a regiment of wheel
men should ride pell-mell through the
crowded sidewalks. The prevailing idea
among the younger set, which devel-
ops the fact that they own the side
walk, and the immediate territory
around them, is also a feature which
can but amuse the people.
There can be nothing much more in
teresting to observe than combination
of pretty girls, such as The Spy man
looked upon, yesterday afternoon, as
they paraded through Front street
shortly after 2 O'clock, on their way
to the theatre. The young ladies were
Milford and Upton girls, and they be-
long to g. select circle in those parts
called the Theatrical Girls Club.
Another crowd of visiting women
showed up, when the train over the
| Boston and Albany road reached Union
depot at 4 O'Clock. These were from
Westboro, and they are the swell or
ganization of girls which halls from
that place.
The call themselves The Ancient
Reckless and Independent Order OF
| Prevaricators, and really don't look It,
! They enjoy the blessings of life by
making trips to such places as Wor-
cester, and visiting those entertaining
luxuries such as Worcester gladly and
proudly boasts
For an ordinary business day, Wor-
cester's thoroughfares had much in
| them yesterday which showed the hol-
| iday appearance of the thing, and TAX
en- altogether, there was much in the
life of the street which, although dis
appointing to those who desired to
get around quickly, was interesting tc
| look upon. Business was brisk all the
while, and it is days like yesterday
which the merchants delight to see
/ coming.