Evening journal., 1908-07-08
SIDELIGHTS OF
THE CONVENTION
Funny incidents There That
Divert the Mind From
Politics

DENVER, Col. July s.-The most
beautiful spectacle which the hotels OF
Denver have had 20 offer so far 10 tho
advance guard Of delegates and con-
vention visitors is the Hon. Jim Ham
Lewis of Chicago, who has brought
here the same set OF red whiskcrs.
which have decorated other conventions
in the past and which, his friends say.
grow more beautiful with advancing
years.
MIR. Lewis arrived in town wearing
suit of vivid gray, with pearl gray
spats over black shoes and with
waistcoat to match the spats.
Noticing the becoming styles OF hats
they were wearing here, Mr.. Lewis hur-
ried up to his room and sent out a
bellhop for a whole yard OF blue ma
torial, which he tastefully wrapped
around his Panama and pinned with
common. ordinary pins. With this hat
surmounting the red whiskers Mr..
Lewis Immediately drew the biggest
kind OF a crowd when he appeared in
the hotel corridors later In the even
ing.
AS he stood there in a circle of adj
ticians who watched him stroke and
curl those whiskers along came Rep
resentative Henry ID. Clayton OF Ala
bama.
"Jim." said Clayton. there's only one
trouble with those whlskers, you ought
to have them scrambled a little bit
more"
Picturesque Headgear.
The array of picturesque headgeaI
seen around the hotel corridors here is
the marvel OF Eastern visitors. They
have never seen anything like a. The
felt hat is the most popular. Some OF
the hats seen here are cone shaped
, and as high proportionately as a Rocky
Mountain peak Then there are som
breros. helmets and funny lookinl
brown straw hats. IL Is the Eastern
men who wear most OF the straws and
they have quickly found out why thr'
are not popular with the natives hcre
This is the city OF the big wind I
. comes along in the afternoon. sweeping
over from the plains. and what II doe
10 a straw hat is a shame. Many o
these Eastern straws have been pickle,
out OF cutters so many times that the,
are turning brown and lot have beei
discarded for the felt hat OF the plains
= Largest Bar in Country.
Denver is TO have the largest bar II
. the United States while this conven
! ! tion lasts. II Is to be half a blocl
long with a lunch counter half tha
length F'orty-four expert drink mix
ers and thirty free lunch servers an
; porters have been engaged TO tend thi
! bar and the head barkeeper says tina
u he will be able 10 refresh 800 thirst
s individuals at one time over this ba
Y It is in the Hotel Albany, where IN
= johnson boom and many delegation
! are 10 be quartered.
J. The booze emporiums Of Denvg
q don't seem 10 fear any loss of trad
le from the high altitude here, and g.
o the bartenders are prepared TO te
O. folks from the low countries that
lot Of this talk about the effect OF boo7
I'm Denver at least Is exaggeration.
1T won't affect you unless you'g
taken too much, and OF course no gen
tleman, East or West, ever takes 20
much" said one big bartender as
pushed the beers and highballs acros
the bar TO some OF the timid ones {
the East.
Herman Ridder for Vice President
n said Martin Littleton in a surprise
tone. what is the particular reaso
\. for urging him?'
8 He will be the pulp candidate" an
swered a bystander.
i There Will be about twenty pul
r candidates for Vice. President when n
steam. roller finishes its work." sal
l. Littleton.
sss
N Gray Boom "Dead"
v The most difficult things 10 fnd
Denver today were the johnson an
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