Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-06

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| Colonel Fillmore Helsley, of Bellalre, II
command.
| Gang No. TO to a red, white and blue
| umbrella.
Gang No. $50 to yellow transparency
| Gang No. 9-76 to a red light in a car
| rage
Gang No. 10-45 to a drum corps.
| Drum corps-l0.
Gang No. 1f-45 to an umbrella.
Gang No 12-95 to a torch.
Gang No 1S-1S5 to a stick Of red fire.
| Gang No. f4-175 to a man with a broom
Drum corps-10.
/ Gang No. 15-24 till reporter lighted
stogie.
| Gang No. 1854 to a woman with dress Oh
| fire.
| Miscellaneous-25
| Miscellaneous No. 2-27.
| Carriages-32.
Drum CORPSE.
| On foot-39.
Carriages-7.
One wagon Qost)-22
TotaE1,442.
The sidewalks were denseiy packed,
| the crowd having been exceeded in
numbers only upon Roosevelt Day.
To attempt to mention all the anus
! ing incidents in the line and on the
streets, would require volume. There
was but one transparency, which con-
| tanned on one side the inscription,
vote for Irwin and On the other,
vote for Taylor" One big wagon dis
played a rooster, while the "women"
were engaged in the shameful occupa-
ton of drinking something drawn from
keg, which looked suspiciously like
beer.
The real things rode in. carriages.
The young man who impersorated Mrs.
Gait was it. 1t looked decidedly out
Of place, however, to find two bearded
ladies in the same carriage.
The procession was headed by Meis-
ters band and there were a number
of drum corps. There was also a Dis
cordant Band in wagon, which could
play nothing but the "houchee-
couchee, but it was executed with a
degree OF skill, which was evidence Of
at least week of patient practice.
Some of the mals hers who were with
in ear-shot of this wagon INDUCED in
the ''gouge" and other dances not
usually executed in polite society. For
the most part, however, the marchers
were well behaved, and there were very
few, if any, suggestive conduct.
Some of the female impersonations
were excellent. 1t was at times diff
cult to distinguish the male women
from the female women on the side
walks. In many instances they march
ed arm in arm, and some of the boys
derived a great deal of amusement
out of mock Hirtations with their gen
tlemen friends. 1t was not unusual to
find girls quarrelling with big brothers
upon the discovery that missing arti
cles of female wearing apparel were
covering masculine frames.
The costumes ranged from sun bon
net and plain Mother Hubbard, to the
most complete and elaborate make
up" Some of the boys wore wigs
the blonde style being the most popular
with hair dressed in every known
style, from the Psyche knot to old
fashioned bangs, and golden hair a
streaming down the back There was
evidence, too, of powder and rouge, and
in some instances the corset effect was
produced-but of course none of the
boys wore corsets. There were silk
gowns with trains, in the line, and
when they were lifted out of the mud
there were displayed very ornate pat
terms of fashy hosiery, and in some in
stances very delicate and costly lin
geries.
1t was all for fun, and no doubt the
parade did much to relieve the bitter
ness which has been created by an ex-
ceptionally hard fought political cam
paign.
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The Mother Hubbard Military band
is rival OF Forepaugh's goose band.
Several merchants Of the city report
ed boom yesterday afternoon in the
Manila rope trade, but it was not
stated whether this fact had any con-
nection with the fact that many of the
young ladies" in the parade wore
light hair
Who said Mother Hubbards had gone
out of style?
Quite a little excitement and merri-
ment was caused at Twelfth and Mar
ket streets by one of the participants
in the parade setting his clothes on fire
with a red light.
Did you see Mrs Gait?
The Mother Hubbard military band
gave a concert after the parade in front
of the Mcclure.
There was everything in the parade.
from scrub woman to a ballet dan
GER
Many lady observers of the parade
said they thought it was horrid the
way the men made fun of them.
The parade was the biggest and
funniest yet.
Some of the make-ups were very
handsome.
Wheeling is the only city in the
United States that ends the campaign
in a laugh.
If a stranger had come into town
at about ten o'clock last night, after
the parade had disbanded, the style of
beauty of some of the young ladies he
met on the street would have not i'm
pressed him.
There is many big sisters ward
robe that will have to be cleaned and
re-arranged to-day.
A wagonload of East End paraders
were going out Fifteenth street, when
Mr. William Taylor, who was sitting
in a chair, was struck by branch of a
tree. and thrown backwards out of the
wagon He fell upon his head, and was
badly stunned. He was not seriously
injured.
The Sixth Ward Democratic Club
turned out eighty-five marchers.
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