The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

| to dance and cheer aud he return cd their nuIsy
salute Invariably by raising his hand to his
forehead and bringing 1t down again. 10
enthusiastic was the welcome and so appre-
ciated was he that his arm must have eched
before a half mile OF the journey had been
| completed
IN THE JAM OK THE DRIVE.
There were stands almost the entire length
| OF Riverside Drive. A good part OF the way
there were stands on both sides. The space
between the foot Of the stands and the road
way all along was packed; those on the outer
edge OF the line standing on tho ground be-
hind them line on boxes The journey down
| to Seventy second street was thus made be-
| tween walls OF bowling. enthusiastic human
| ity. At 10th street and from there
| down to Ninetieth thsre was a great crush.
and once or twice tho crowd got away
from the police and could not be showed
back. until the mounted men riding along
the curb frightened the people. In the rushes
| that took place many women with children
| were roughly handled. 1t was opposite this
spot that, later In the day. when Troop C came
along one OF the horses frightened at the
| sight OF the struggling crowd and at the noisy
| salutcs ran away and went dashinR down tho
| Drive into the ranks OF the Thirteenth Regi-
mont 1t almost STAN peded the regiment. At
| the first dash 1t knocked down four men. mar
rowly sscaped tramping on them and finally
1t ran into the band knocking down Elk more.
| Then the policemen on duty succeeded In cap
turing it. just below Tooth street road runs
! into the Drive and a stand was built along the
| Drive itself
The crowd trying to get down the drive to q
position found itself In a pocket there. the
| stand being one side and the sharp bluff the
| other. 1t was q continual struggle at this
| point from half an hour before the start OF the
parade until after the head OF the column had
passed. Anybody who got in II was lucky II no
got out without having his clothing torn. A
dozen times It was bowling mob: the people
were fighting with each other. The police
seemed unable to straiahten out tho tangle.
| 1t was at it's worst when the Ad-
miral's carriage came along. and many
people who were on tho stands were 90 inter
ested In 1t that they didn't see the Admiral
| until the roar OF cheers called their attention
| to the roadway and by that time he had nearly
| passed the stand. There were stands in front
OF all the houses along the drive aud the vacant
lots had been bought up by spectators. for
they were all good high ground. and standing
room on them was sold.
A 30-FooT sTEPLAppEB GRAND STAND
From the drive the ships OF the squadron
could be seen They were all dressed with gay
| flags The Admiral looked at each one a. 1t
was passed and told the Mayor all about its
| virtues. This was when he took an opportu-
| nifty to give his saluting hand rest. Besides
| having stands nearly all the houses along the
drive were decked out from the roofs to the
| stands thems selves with flags and bunting
At every cross street there was jam that In
| some instances reached half way up the block
Most OF the GROSS streets were equipped with
| wagons and trucks on which thsre were seats.
! and fakirs had piles Of boxes and barrels that
they sold. As the parade passed 1t could be
seen that not only did the jam extend up the
streets. but the people were still piling in to.
| ward the drive. At EiGhtieth street pos
SCISSORS Of stepladders had improvised stands
Of these. One man had . stepladder fully
thirty feet high and he had every step occupied.
1t swayed dangerously, yet nobody In the
crowd that stood on 1t seemed to have any fear
or to be thinking Of anything except the sight
that was passing them and they shouted and
| chesred. evidently believing themselves to be
having the best time in the world
ALONG sEvENTY.sEooSD STREET.
The line wheeled east into Seventy second
street. The walks there were jammed. the
steps OF the hne residences were crowded. the
windows were all filed with people. many Of
them children. and there was a continuous row
OF heads along the roofs. The whoop and hur-
rah were amending: the crowd was good
nutuE0u uOW duu tuou tuo pOllCo WcTo lOsllou,
but they never let the people get away
from them. 1t was along here that various
contrivances appeared for making noises.
There were rattlss OF all kinds. and people in
the windows had shingles which they slapped
against the stone Of the houses. making re-
ports almost as loud as pistols. When Ad-
miral Dewey's carriage passed the cheering.
continuously loud and enthusiastic. almost
doubled In volume. and the people struggled
with each other to get look at him. The ee-
waited railroad station platform at Seventy
second street had been boarded up SO that II
could not be used as an observatory. but the
boarding didn't work. A crowd OF men had
practically taken possession and were sitting
astrids the top boards that were Just far
enough from the roof OF the platform to enable
q man to sit without humping his head. The
roof OF the station was filed.
DEWEY HALTs AT THE SCHOOL CHILpREN's
STAND.
As the head OF the parade passed under the
elevated between the mobs OF cheering people.
one OF the most beautiful stands In the whole
line came into view. It was tho only stand
hat had the honor OF stop from the Admlrars
carriage. 1t was the school children's stand.
The children were all dressed In either white
or blue and 30 arranged that those In blue
formed field and those in white spelled the
the elevated railroad a block away the sun
shining down on the stand brought out
the blue field sharply and the white letters.
hey appeared to be- perfect As the head OF
the line reached the middle OF the block the
children could be heard singing. When the
battalion OF sailors from the Olympia came
a ong and the children learned who they were
they clappsd their hands and jumped up and
down stamping. butior all that they retained
l.t. nd fha ri Ia
spelled out there as plain as day.
The Admiral was bowling his acknowledge
ments 10 the cheering crowd along the line
when he suddenly discovered ahead OF him this
display. Instantly everything else wa, forgot
ten. He had heard that tho children were 60
ing to do something Of the sort. but where 1t
was to be. and how 1t was going 10 look. he
hadn't any idea. When he first saw the stand,
he t,rned quickly to the Mayor and asked him
IL H. was not tho children's stand. The Mayor
replied Siat It was. A couple OF minutes later
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