The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-11

passing of representatives in the mar
tial life in the persons of infantrymen,
artilleryman, marine and sailor. Tall
people, short people, tall and slender
beings treaded the corner and each was
observed by a representative of the
other. One of the funniest of these OBJ
serNatiOns was from a short French
woman, who could not give voice to
her surprise in the English tongue.
She skipped around the corner and al
most cOllided with a tall man, bring
ing her to a stop until she comprehend
ed that the obstruction was a human
being and then she swept by with her
head in. the air trying to keep a sight
of the MANS hat. AS she got a broad
side view and went under the mans
chin she gave voice to her wonderment
in the exclamation, Mon Dieu"
This same tall man remained on the
corner most of the time the Spy man
was there and he was frequently call
ed upon to hand down matches and
give his views of the weather about
his ears.
In the fifteen minutes the corner was
held by the pencil pusher, 249S people
| passed the doorway of the clothing
store, Some people were probably on
to the fact that they might be counted
and they refused to pass the doorway
and be given their number, but cut the
corner and went across to Green's cor
ner where they got number in spite
of their fOXiness. With that number of
people passing the corner before $50
O'Clock when the people have only be-
gun to stretch their legs it is easy to
figure that upwards of 10000 people
pass the corner in an hour and more
/ than $4,000 trod the pavement in the
/ evening
/ The vicinity of The Spy office is al
ways the busiest part of Worcester, and
/ when Worcester is on parade the crowd
J is nowhere denser. except perhaps
at Harrington corner.
Visitors to Worcester marvel at the
Saturday night procession, a throne
/ that resembles the scramble for a foot
hold that ensues when the last band
wagon of the circus procession disap-
/ pears in the distance and the spectators
| move for home to persuade the child
/ rem that they have seen the whole show
! The stream of humanity that flows
/ along the east side of Main street COM
| ing from either direction is turned at
( the city hall as by a dam across the
street The broad stretch of granolith
/ in front of city hall is deserted except
/ by an occasional loving couple thai
/ talks it over near the wide steps. or a
chance couple not so loving withdraws
out of hearing of the crowd for a little
| argument.
/ Green's corner is an immense vortex
| into which pours four rushing torrents
of hurrying people. The Spy man stood
] guard last night and amid unkind sug-
/ questions that his neck was elastic es-
sayed to count the multitude.
In fifteen minutes between SIS O'Clock
and $50 not less than 2204 people passed
the corner going north and south. Nc
1 attempt was made to keep tabs on the
number that passed down and up Pleas
ant street. 1t takes little figuring To
show that 1852 people passed aIong
Main street in two hours.
! The lady with abbreviated skirts and
| pushing her bicycle through the throne
! took little souvenirs of skin from the
shins of passers-by; so did the woman
! with baby carriage. But the crowd
was good-natured. Many were on par
ade, others were shopping and were
laden with bundles and what-not. II
/ was good looking. well dressed. tyDt-
/ cal Yankee crowd such as might be ex-
| pected to be found in a wide-awake.
hustling, New England city.
The Viking lodge, K. of H. met lasr
night in its hall at 20 Pearl street. one
/ candidate was initiated. Arrangements
| are being made for a picnic on June
% at Grafton on Peterson's farm.
Alfred Douglas Finn, first office a.
/ sistant of the metropolitan water
/ works. will deliver an illustrated le,-
/ ture on the metropolitan water sys-
l TEN in South Baptist church, corner
| OF Main and Gates street, on Tuesday
| evening, June l., at S o'clock.