Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-29

Bar-Room.
"ThereIl be a hot time-to-night at
the Turner's Hall-at the grand camp
fire and ball to be given by Company
G, Fourth United States Immunes.-
ALI the candidates will be there
The hoarse. stentorian tones rang
out upon the mellow evening air. The
working man. bucket in hand, wend-
ing his way YEARLY homeward, heard
it. The shop girls, tired out at the
conclusion of the days drudgery.
heard it. Everybody within a block
of the man with the leather lungs"
heard 1t.
Comfortably enconsed in an open
carriage. the horses driven at walk.
clad in duck trousers, regulation army
blouse and campaign hat, with rife,
at fixed bayonets, held aloft on one
knee, sat he who was once the pride of
the Nationals as far as coaching is con-
cerned, and shouted he his announce
ment about the crowdesd business dis
trict, just after six o'clock, as the big
plants, factories and department
stores gave forth their surging masses
of humanity at the close of the day.
"A hot time, quote We Phygmalion?
Well said, 'twere even SO"
Shortly after eight o'clock they be-
gan to arrive. They came In punches.
pairs and singly. Good lockers. hap
py mediums and sad eyed ladies,
whose countenances told Of many a
stormy rough house. These latter
came early, so that they might "kop"
something out before their more for
tunate sisters. endowed with at least
a semblance of beauty, arrived. But
it was not necessary, as there were
more than enough men to go round
There were all kinds OF costumes to
be seen. Some, in very truth, looked
as though they might be the creations
of Parie modiste.
Ten o'clock, yes eleven o'clock
and still they came until both
hall and drinking apartments in
the basement were crowded to
oppressiveness. There were all
kinds of men. good, bad and
Indifferent looking, some elegantly.
others fairly well and some few poor
ly dressed. But it mattered not, eve
ryone was out for a good time, and
everybody seemed to be having it. at
was the browning rag Of the season
and that's no hoarse cry
In lieu of special attraction, such
as a cake-walk or prize waltz, all
the candidates were to be there, and
they were. They commenced to blow
in about eleven o'clock. There was a
mad rush for the bar downstairs when
the game was tipped off. Many were
the drinks, drank to the invitation Of
everybody have one on, -, can
didate for - And the ladies
were not forgotten, for even though
they couldn't vote, their "steadys"
could, and it's good policy to keep
strong with the ladies. Many were
the drinks that went over the bar to
satiate for the time being, the thirst
of the man who makes the candidates
existence burden, and many were
the shekels that went to swell the
till.
Outside, shortly before eleven
o'clock one young man stopped a
friend who had just come up the
street.
Say, stake me to two bits, will
you? There amt no way I can break
in"
"Awnus t. Gawd, Bill, 1 would if 1
could but l only got the price myself
and I'm going to play the grandee.
Say, I'll tell you good game. Tell
the boy ON the door you amt there on
that dance game and you need the
money to buy drinks with"
On the dancing floor there was an
awful mess" A really excellent or
chestra furnished the music. Nobody
looked where he or she was
going. and after the dance
had been on for several hours
there were very few who could
have seen, had they looked, especial
ly after the, candidate booze had been
handed out. The crowd was good ma
tured, with all the beer that had been
mopped up, and although there were
two stalwart arms of the law in the
house their presence was unnecessary
as the rough workers were conspicu-
Gus by their absence.
On the floor, as usual thing, the
gentlemen kept their hats on for fear
they might turn up missing. But
everything went, and the floor mana
ger cried gentlemen will please take
off your hats" in vain
Over in one corner of the room a
bunch Of boys who were not strong
enough to buy the girls d drink, sat by
themselves, and said things about the
couples dancing on the floor. When
ever one of them caught sight of some
couple who had trouble in keeping
with the music, they would say:
Pipe dis and the gang would ap-
plaud the efforts of the two. One
heavy set lady, especially, seemed to
be the butt of their remarks. Say.
Missus,' said one. where did you get
next to dis game. You look like one
of dem trick elephants in the face to
me-" The lady paused long enough
to tell the young man what her opin-
ion, forcibly expressed, OF him was.