The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-05
EVERYTHING WAS ON FLORRlE
Music, FJZZ AND ROCKETS AT
SULLIVAN FESTIVAL.

He Was on q Trolley Car While IL Rubber.
neck wagons TOted the Elect Of do
Ate" to Sulzer's-C0nventiOn Of Pic.
eOiOs HeId-The Bellies Dance.
Seventeen rubbeneck automobiles
bowled up Third avenue last night, pre-
coded by the fire OF a hundred Roman can
dies and followed by a trail OF corks. Forty
times seventeen voters OF the city and county
of New York, good men and right. dead
right, whooped aloud for Florris Sullivan,
by whose generosity they were riding free
to Suffers Harlem River Casino.
Florrie himself rode in an electric car
to show that he wasn't proud. The car
passed the procession in review, and Florrie
was recognized. Three intelligent voters
fell of the rear seats OF the rubberneck
wagons in their haste to get OF and ride
with Florrie The car and the rubberneok
carts reached the Casino at the same mo-
ment. and Florrie ran into 400 waiting arms
and 400 glad hands.
In this fashion did the Florence ]. Sulli-
van Association proceed to It's grand mid
night festival ball and fireworks display
In honor Of Its standard bearer, who was
marked officially by a badge which bore
his own photo button and the designation
OF his high Office.
Florrie himself opened the ball. He
approached tho belle Of The Nghth-far
be IL that jealousy should be stirred up
against her In the word by the mention
OF her name-and said:
.This Is yours. could Just die waltning'
And Florrie glided away With the proud
belle draped over his arm, Judge Leon
Saunders and Senator Fitzgerald and
many another light Of the bench and bar
chose sub-beles and followed. Even Bat
terry Dan Finn, who had brought a rubber
neck wagon from his own district, and was
doing his best to repay the call which Flor
rio made on his party last week-evsn
Battery Dan waltzed.
There was free champagne out under
the trees-not for every one, 1t is true. but
for these close in; II you eenjeyed the
could make q great impression on your
girl. The champagne was bought IN the
district. It was right. The band which
footed for the waltz was raised in the dis
trict, 1t was dead right, Fiorrie Is ter,
riby fond Of piceoSS ,I mI ,his k so..s
him how they could play the piccolo. Flor
RE gave them all Jobs on the band: After
the first waltz, and whom Florris had as
sumed the throne In box near the mldoie
OF The house. the leader, approached him.
We've got nine piccolo players and they
all want to play" said the leader;
"Well, that's all right said Florrie.
Cant have too much piccolo music. Put
EN- all In.
The leader explained that it would spoil
the balance and things.
"All right. said Florrie. Play EN- one one
at time, then But they're all on the
payroll That goes.
So they had piccolo solos. duets and
trios, all on Florrie.
Pretty nearly everything was on Florrie:
The ladies' who tried to buy admission at
the door we're waved in and told that their
money was no good. 1t was on Florre.
Gorgeous bombs and sparkling star mines
broke and spouted from dusk T 4htil mid MD
caTousel footed itself hoarse and oiroled
itself weary with voters Of de Ate who
will begin to vote right about O. fifteen years
Because" said Florrie as he ordered
two more bottles sent over to the legal Iii hts
IN the next box. because I'm here to make
'em enjoy themselves. Get that?'