New-York tribune., 1906-04-16
PARADERS In DRIZZLE.
Continued from first page

waved desparingly again at the sodden avenue
you can't expose vacuum q,
But" objected the fatueus Chsery, y,ose9
don't anything wrong about IL. lhiii" -
all very jolly, you know. , , =,
"JoIlyl" roared the great exposer, with sucn a
return of professional zeal that the gas gIasses :
jigged again. "Jollyl It's fraud! rake; ,,.
humbug! That's what's the matter with 1T nt. %
"How-how do you make that OUT Ia Ike "
know" demanded the astonished CHEEKY
'T'li tell you" said Lincoln Phillips Slapgooa
and don't you forgot it. The Easter paraue Is -
composed of two parts One part is there 10 ue
seen and the other part is there to see; now,
the people who there to be seen ihiashie
that the other folks think they are ths mower ps
not And what's more, the people VINO are ehele 70 =
to see know they are not. Now, If there are m not
the elements of double barrellea frauo q hhe
TO know where you'll find EN-.
Mr. Slapgood glared triunphantly at MI
CHEEKY
good many nice people who make it their Gus
tom to take part In the Easter parade
SMART SET STAY IN COUNTRY
"of course you do" retorted the great exposer.
But there's only few OF the real smart people
among EN- Most of this class now spend Easter
at their country places, OF at Tuxedo or LenoA
or Atlantic City Aiken"
But CHEEKY was not to be downed so easly;
II think you've got it all wrong ne sa'u'
stoutly. ,..
"Wrong!' roared Lincoln Phillips Slapgooo
Wrong! Me! Lincoln Phillips Slopgood! Got IL
wrong!' is.
Il think" insisted Mr. CHEEKY. though a trine
abashed that the Easter parade caiis out q
crowd of amiable folk from all sorts or walks li'
our city life from the humblest TO the nlgnese,
who have been thinking for some weeks nov
glad thev were that the bitter winds ana SHOWS
of our Northern winter were gone 10 olner iasi
tudeS that the spring was at hand, that lno
birds were beginning to sing. the trees TO IT'S oresS
themselves in their beautiful leaves the eIaSS
to display its tenderest green and our monte inoener
earth once more to wear her irnmortaIiy chdrii-
ing smile.
TIME OF THE Spring RUNNING.
"And. thinking OF all these things. mother
earth's children though pent between city walls
feel their blood to pulse more vftally through
their veins and their hearts to expand with de-
light at mere existence in so beautiful a world.
And feeling like this at this time of the year.
they have come to make it a custom .on Easter
to don their best and most beautiful clothes
and flock to the city's greatest promenade. just
for the joy of being together. citizens of this
new countrys greatest city, with their hearts so
full of the immemorial gadness of earth l
think''-
Here Mr. CHEEKY broke off with a start and
looked hastily at his watch.
BLESS my soulr' he cried leaping to his feet.
I'm going to be late. You must excuse me.
I've an appointment with er-with a lady Good
by. Slapgood. Don't forget to send me The Pu-
tridity of Pittsburg. and don't be too hard on Our
poor Easter parade"
odds fish," cried Mr.. Slapgood, irritably,
Don't you see / can't expose the blamed thing
till next year! Didn't tell you You can't ex-
pose vacuum? No magazine editor would take
it. 1t wouldn't be timely"
Mr.. Slapgood gazed moodiy out into the ave-
nue. and watched Mr.. Cheery's hanson vanish
into the rain. Then he went to the hotel desk.
Clerk" said he wearily, what time does the
next train leave for Pittsburgh"