Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-13
SIDEWALK SKETCHES.
A Perigraph on StrOlIers on Pennsylvania
Avenue Twixt Matinee and Night.

The Teams Theatric aud Their Compon-
ents During Their Recreation Hour
When lad in the teens, one of the dining.
room girls al the Ashland House, LeXiug-
ton Ky, said TO me "The hours are too
long here. I am going over TO Cincinnati
and go on the stage. You will look me up
when you come over on the Sunday eXcur-
sions." ! did so, finding her at the White
House, an over-the-Rhine variety theater
The performance was a continuous one,
and Sunday was a particularly busy day; SO
! asked her what time In ,he morning she
had to be at the theater. Eleven o'clock,
was the reply. My train crossed the Ohio
River about IoAo. And You get through
al night" "A few minutes after O." Ny
train left at 1850. She was looking for
shorter hours Then ! don't g,t to see
you on these Sunday trips,' Oh, yes for
a moment twixt matinee and night"
one ofmy ystock phrases was then and there
ushercd into hGiug. TwiYt matinee agd
night is the recreation hour of the play
folk, their stopping peri, ds. the time de-
voted to the reception of visitors, the fitting
of garments, and the myriad essentials of
everyday life are crowded into that mo-
ment. An other hours of the twenty four
are at the beck and call Of the dear public.
Washiugtou's avenue strollers lhas been
augmented materially, the past month
twixt matinee and night by the stock COM
panies of the Biiou and the Grand. The
bunch from the former are not given to
promeuading what / ann pleased to dub the
nations boardwalk A few moments car-
rics them TO their E.street boarding house.
This word bunch is one of the pets of
Manager Grieves vocabulary No burleta
appearing at the Bijou is bona hde
Grieve's production unless this cd occurs
at least three times
For the moment I have digressed from
my intention to grind a perigraph concern
ing the teams" You have often met them
at the season above mentioned. Their
habitat is bounded on the west by The
Fegent and the Lawrence; on the east by
the Sever th.street bargain counter. For
classification purposes / divide the variety
teams into two groups. Both branches Of
this interesting family have apparently lots
faith in the axiom: Disparity in age offers
more barrier to companionship than
wealth" In Group the male is possibly
2I, the female 80. She wears the pants.
That's one reason she married him; because
she could manage him. In the act, ON The
street, at the hotel he calls her mother"
she calls him dear In dress, swaggCr,
in fact ntigsty, he is typical of the East
Side. mentality inferior to his mate.
Making uo.E guess, would say she
drafted all the contracts, attends to the cor
respondence in short, is the business end
of the line. At the street corners she is
solicitous that the cyclists do not run over
him, and at the hotel entrance puts a Grover
Cleveland veto on his proposition to Join
his friends in the bar or billiard room.
Group ?, each afternoon, take about three
turns on the avenue, he on the curb, she
] looking in the shop windows. Forty-seyen
winters have whtened the hair around Ais
temples. never like to guess too close at
| a lady's age, but can make it % with safety.
Again the axiom fails to work. He has
/ literary aspirations. Generally carries
programme in his hand, or you can note a
couple protruding from the pockets Of his
| long tailed coat A modest line just under
/ the act informs the audience that the male
member of the combination is the author
Of the production During their stroll he
catches sight of you, A moment later he
is shaking you by the hand, and you are be.
ing dragged in the direction Of the shop
window "Krew you in a second
/ Mothern-again the mother-"this is Mr..
| Omaha" calling the name Of the town in
which he claims TO have met you. You
were never in Omaha in your life, but your
denial Of his meeting you there would
never be accepted Mother placed a
trim hand, neatly eloved, in your paw and
as she does so you perceive it is attached to
a tapering arm and, looking further, dis
cover tailormade suit falling gracefully
over the hips "Oftcn listened to dear
speak of you and always so kindly too"
How well She knows the part
Down the aveuue a crowd is gathering
at the Seventh, Eighth and Ninthstreet
crossing It Is o'clock and the shop
girls are quitting work But that's another
story. III. S. SUTTON