Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-23

miss connections. These were young men
in Iarge-striped pink shirts and large
checked suits, pointed patent leather shoes,
muCh-tilted hats and flowing badges that
proclaimed them members of the floor
committee. or the dancing committee.
the sports committee. or the reception COM
nittee. or the chowdcr committee-all kinds
of committeeS-of the Michael NJ Mug
hoolihan Association.
Some scores of them were on hand on the
pier early as o'clock and to keep their
spirits up until the main crowd arrived they
preached a couple of barrels of beer that
hadn't yet been removed from the pier to
the waiting barges.
Much beer either Immediately before or
Immediately after breakfast isn't consider
ed precisely hygienic by the best author
flies, but the members OF the Michael NJ.
Mughoolihan Association dom; much on
authorities of any sort. The beer dshed
out on the pier seemed to greatly revive
their spirits. so that by the time the young
women and the old folks began to arrive
they were merriiy moved to make humor-
Gus comments on he grandeur of the girls
raiment-nOt in asides stage whispers,
be it understood. but squarely to the young
women themselves.
Airy PersiHaEe.
''Tsay. Min. give us piece offn dat skoit
4 make choke wild. hey?' and ''Djouse
win dat pair o. freckled skates playin' de
mules down at d Bay. Mag?' are speci-
mems of the airy persifage with which the
young men with the badges greeted the
young women. The young women by the
way. were a hearty. huxom lot of girls
most of whom had got the day Off from the
department stores that employed them
They didn't mind the comments of the
young men in the least. "C'wan youse lob
steers. you didn't buy me toys. did youse 2"
was about the way they parried the repair
te" of their admirers with the badges
The members of the Michael NJ. Mughool-
ihan Association began to arrive on the pier
halt "a
stout. red-faced mothers. proud of the Or
nate finery of their daughters and little
old weazened-faced men. who had lived In
TN War-rd' for more than half century
and Slews Of miGdle-a sed men with boards
cut la Croker and silk hats that looked
as If they must make pretty warm head
covering for sultry day but by far the
greater number OF the members were young
chaps or the same general short haired
Sp". ana young women beribboned beyond
all belief. At ten minutes before there
was biare of brass up the street and the
band Of the Michael Mughoolihan Associa-
non came marching on to the pier at the
heaf OF large party of Mr.. Muenoolihan's
lnfimdtes- The arrival of Mr. Mughoolihan
on the dock greeted with yociferous
cheeFs He was d man with a reddish beard
ana an alert eye. arrayed in very expensive
ana yet characteristic clothes with a huge
diamond shirt stud. and an always-unlight-
Ell cigar at an angle of ~ degrees in the
left side Of his countenance
'.OG in IL BUNCH"
Ihe three barges were purposely DELAYED
Ten minutes to give stragglers a chance
ana then the lines were cast off the tug
began to snort and pun the young men
with the badges yelled in chorus ITS a
good break AT de Gut-all in a bunch,'
And the tugs were hauled into the stream
When the last Of them was about twenty
Ieet from the dock youth with a bright
green band around his straw hat ran un-
steadlly down the pier and yelled
Defe ; one left at de pOst,' was the
shout on board the last barge But they
reckoned little sad of the finish The
young man on the pier gave a look at his
purple and tne linen, that indicated the
grief he inwardly felt. but also showed that
he was going to the clam chowder OF the
Michael NJ. Mughoolihan Association or
bust Ihen he cast away his Stump of n
cigar. sailed his hat after the slowly NOV
Ing rear tug, made as pretty dive as
you'll see in natatorium. bobbed to the
surface almost instantly with the tumul-
tuous cheers of the boys on the rear tug In
his ears. and then he began to swim to-
ward the barge with strong practiced
strokes He overlook the barge RAPIDLY
for the string of barges wasn't yet under
full Roadway. and his friends passed him
line. and with the hat that he had picked
up tauntily set on his left ear he was up
the side of the barge. hand over hand and
drippingly receiving the back-slaps and
CONGRATULATIONS of his fellow members.
beer and Music.
There was "Dago'' band of four string
musicians on the rear barge, and 1t got In