The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-10
New York Cotton Market.
BoWERY ELoQUENCE.
The Mayor OF Chinatown" in the
Role OF the Good Samaritan.

tNlAl AiN AlilAaey AAiNtN- Alf4a'N-I
In New York the other night 1 had the
pleasure Of hearing two highly dramatic
appeals for charity Both were well done.
but what a contrast there was between
them. At the Garden Theatre Mrs. Lang
try recited Kiplings 'Absent-Minded Beg
gar. with all the theatrical aids which 70
was thought might touch the American
pocket There was a great waving Of
American and British flags. a band played
martial airs. a bugler sounded a series Of
calls between the stanZas and the Lily
no longer a lily OF the valley. or a Gala.
but Tiger lily-wore a khaki gown Ivy
Worth. There was great deal Of az
plause: but not one cent went across the
footlights TO help the cause championel
by English beauty.
Afterward ! accompanied a party OF
friends TO q meeting Of a private Bohemian
club downtown composed OF artists. ac-
tors. actresses. musicians poets. newspa-
per men. politicians. and men about town.
A fine vaudeville programme was render
ed In the mids. Of IL there was an inter-
rupuou-the door opened and a queer IN
calmly young fellow came in hurriodly and
strobe into the middle OF the room Ny
nearest neighbOr nudged me and vOiul-
teercd the Information that the newcomer
was Chuck Conuors, the Mayor Of China
town Il may De necessary TO introduce
WI ANAu0lS TO AlINABO ItdltINs 'lAl lL
New York everybody knows him. I'm ap-
pearance he is the toughest tough that
American stun life ever produced In
comparison with him Steve BrOdie. the
bridge jumper is a Fifth Avenue swell
lie II was who served as a model Tor r.
w. Townsend's matchless "Chimmie Fad
den sketches. Imagine. IL you can, a
clozely-cropped. bullet-headed chap with
the outward characteristics of the tramp
sentence with wonderfully made Caths and
chatters glibly In a slum patois which at
times IL is difficult 10 translate into En-
glish. There you have Chuck COuuurs-
the man whose word is law throughout the
whole BoWery district and whose heart
most wOefully bellies his appearance.
IL appears that a BOwery woman known
as The Rummager' who picked up pre-
carious living by rummaEing In ash bar
rels and garbage boxes. had just died and
Connors had started out TO raise enough
pOtter's field. Somebody suggested
that perhaps he could get some
money by passing about The hat, D"
and he had bOtel into the Bohemian Club
for that purpose. Al the moment he en-
tered a pretty English actress had the floor
and was giving clever cockuey limitations
Conuors gave her a single glance. Hey
dere," he shouted. Cheese IL. viii ye2'
The young woman subsidized and the May
or OF Chinatown" addressed the audience.
Say youse BOXES he cried. I've got
a spiel comm Z me. and il won't eat up
more'n a minute. Do ! get ito"
No one said him nay. and he continued.
Il amt foeliu none too much L de good
might and l wants L tell ys how De
games a-ruunin' wild me Sec De Rum
mayer s croaked and it's up { me l. plant
'er. She's gOiu' under de turf an she's got
L 20 under right I've got q make good
now. Understand It's me fer it. Wot
tell else could I dO2 De woman wuz good
& me. She wuZ whiJr-cltar trough she
wuZ Many q time she's staked me when
! WIZ agiu DO. good and hard. and she'd al
ways split 'er last nickel Wild ye IL sc
needed a lift Maybe some O. youse guys
never kuowed DE Buumager' I've kuoweI
'er ever since she blew in. When she first
struck de Bow ~ she WIZ as pretty peach
as ever tumbled of a dago's cart-dat's
right. IL wuz de same old ting wild 'er as
ii is Wild EN- all-sCmebody over i'm Eng
land done 'er dirt er friends truu 'er
down sr folks give or de run and she slid
across de pond where no one couldn't rub
Der. Den she began C. hit de booze. Bimeby
she begins @ cry and NOPE and when she
thinks Of what she left behind 'er she goes
again de bottle harder'n ever-and dars Dc
finish. fer woman. every time.
Well now. she's quit Let's give er a
big buryin' I says q de hloke what's got
'er. 'BuCky yOuse fix 'er and youse fix 'er
right and I'll stand Ter IT, Sec Now It's
up L me-Ive got L stand De gan. clear
from de icebON 10 Calvary. ] went down
de line and I touched de bunch for twelve
and I'm stiu fifteen dollars o de bad. IN
derstand2 DE gangs busted We couldn' Z
shake de price Of a match outen my clothes.
and OATS why I'm siuEin' dis song TO yoCse
blokes. I'm goiu' c git dat fifteen If has
4 80 out on De street. kick some silk-bon-
net dude in de shins and take IL away from
him. OATS me- De Rummager got T. 20
under right.
1T don't cost uothin L live: but it takes
coin & crOak. We've got T. have a bunch O.
pOsies. l don't 90 much on pOsiss, but De
Rummager' liked EN- and she's a-goin' T.
have EN-. Den well need a couple o. pref
ties and a rattle two hansoms and cab
L chase out L Calvary wild. Terry. de
duck what runs de gospel mill at 81 Bend.
says he'll have all de glims QiFnts) lit.
and yOuse can git yer lamps on 'er (see herr
once more if yOuse wants T. Wot tell
youse guys settin still fer now? Yves all
got { play out de same game De Rum
mayors finished. Ye can't chase I'D an
alley and dodge tits a cinch. Dig I'D
Wot are We good for? Drop yer dough in
me bonnet"
When his battered hat came back to him
there was S21 in il. and the face OF Chuck
COnnOrs was as radiant as the dawn ~