The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11
IT'S VANITY FAIR.
All Worcester Out
Each Pleasant Sat
urday Night.
SOME AMAZING STATISTICS.
Over $4,000 People Pass
Two Corners in
Two Hours.

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collection of all kinds of people makes
a separate world. then Worcester is a
planetary body and peopled such as few
spots in either hemisphere can equal.
The city has always been noted for
many things that place it high among
the cities of the world, but the one thing
that strikes observant visitors is the
cosmopolitanism of its population.
There is hardly a country on the globe
that has not a representation within
the 34O2 square miles that constitute
the city of Worcester, and there are few
cities besides New York which can
| equal that record.
| This cosmopolitan population is
| spread over nearly the whole of the city
| territory and would require some time
| to visit, but the representative of each
| colony can be depended upon to pass
| on parade in the center of the city at
! least once week. AS if by common con-
sent, the strangers to the land and the
native-born choose Saturday night for
their parade, and the crowd makes an
| interesting study for one who has time
| to watch it in passing.
The city, owing to the location of its
| business houses. which are centered
within a short distance of the city hall,
| has two of the most densely populated
spots in the world on Saturday night.
These spots are at the corner of Main
and Front streets and the corner of
Main and Pleasant streets. Everybody
who has business to transact on Satur
day night has to pass either of these
| corners, and almost everybody who has
nothing particular to do manages to
pass either spot at least once during the
night
All the world and his wife, that Swift
speaks of in his Polite Conversations,
| is abroad and student of human ma
| ture if he had pull with the police
man, could not pass a more profitable
| hour than to take up a position al either
of the above named spots and see what
he may. All phases of life are portrayed
! in the passing throng. The humorous,
| the pathetic, the amOrous the gentle,
| the brutal, the sensible, the ignorant,
| the thoughtful, and unthinking sides of
| life are all shown in the actions and
| mannerisms of the people as they sweep
along or pursue more leisurely gait.
| Some idea of the field that is offered
| may be deduCed from the fact that
nearly $4,000 people pass the two spots
| in two hours. These figures are no eX-
| aggeratiOn of the multitude that is out
at these spots on Saturday night, but
| are compiled from observations of The
| Spy man last night.
The fair weather brought out every
| body who had the flimsiest excuse for
| leaving home, and two Spy men who
| were assigned to watch the crowd
would have had a pleasant evening, but
| for the fact that they were working and
every attraction had the odium of work
| about it. The passing show could be
given but glance and each particular
| CT oh Ia ht1t
| ton must be directed to the next in the
| kaleidoscope.
| The most noticeable thing about the
actors on the stage, which ShakspeTe
| says is the world was the quality of
dress. The poorly or unattractively
| clad man or woman was an exception,
and all carried an air of prosperity that
| told of well-filled Wardrobes and lard
ers. The two spots were tramped by
people whose aggregate wealth would
| make the head swim to think of and
| whose aggregate conversation would
make the queerest story ever compiled.
| The majority of people showed regard
| for the convenience and comfort of
others, but there We're exceptions, and
| these were made up almost entirely of
women. The women complain that
| they are made the butt Of all unpleas-
ant remarks regarding lack of sense or
| regard for others, but a student of the
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