The sun., 1908-09-01
GAABOLS OF THR SULLIVANS
GEE ANNUAL PICNIC SURELY A
. GANESOME AFFAIR.


Lots to Eat. Same TO Drink. but Fist
| Pishts Are Severely Frowned Upon
Big Tim, who is going back to the
SENATE next year, pulled of his annual
raolret at Dopnelly's Grove yesterday
and every gent below Fourteenth street
Who could dig up FIVE bones or who could
lay his hand on his heart and swear he
was q friend OF Little Tim or Fiorrie OF
Christie or Larry Mulligan, or Of any
scion OF the reigning house, left his pick
In the air, provided himself with pair
OF trained dice and got aboard the Grand
Republic or the Pegasus.
Long before the rays Of the early morn
ing sun lit on the top OF Paradise Jimmy
OlIver's ancient silk hat and photographed
excited messages to other little sun elants
that were whirling about Col. Mike Pad
den,s i,7Oc sunburst 1000 husky Bowery
boys Who ilre good for at least one vote
ary time the Big Fellow winks boiled in
front of the Sullivan headquarters.
Sailing TO Big Tim. Little Tim. Florrie,
JohnFry White. Paddy Roohe-anybody-
Cor tickets; grub tickets. boat tickets.
besr lfickets. anything DO 1t was a ticket
and free. IL took two police captains.
ewo inspectors. fifty oops and lot Of
plain clothes men TO shepherd the crowd
Into any sort Of order.
Eventually when Col, Mike Padden's
newest and most resplendent silk scarf
Of .delieate violet. exactly matching the
Colonei's socks. had run pink from sweat.
and the face Of Big Tins half brother.
Larry. was a shade and a. half redder
Asa common and Johnny Whites
Enuokles were blue and swollen from
landinK oh the faces Of grafters who
oareleSaly asserted that thcy were 4menn-
bers Of this club, forgetting that johnny
White was president and could oaii.the %
!. out OF the Dowery and into Third street.
beadsd for the dock where the Sullivan
psSs Xxsinss q se0IS tSs G Gssneplank of the Grand
Republic, where Johnny White and
Charley White were holding the right
q YAK sSsnst rs%%isS %nt, with snd the dn.sp help
SrsSsS way minions. @ the crowd piled up
HE tie rollers at Manhattan Beach.
LET 'er gols yelled Big Florrie at 1880.
sNoi Hold 'er q tninutel Here comes
RAady Rochel All right. Paddy Cast
Away went the Pegasus upstream. and
dass fiying, whistles footing. everybody
yelling all at once and fifty foot banners
on the sides of eahh boat bearing In high
red letters the name Of Sullivan. All the
way upstream to Donnelly's there was
ohb big noise. The tugbohts kowtowed;
the little excursion steamers shrieked
hello to the Big Fellow. every factory
let loose strdently. The steam pressure
n q big brewery up near Eighty first street
must have gone down fifty pounds in
BlackweiIs Island was aossied up
especially for the occasion. The green
,s~n Vas s STUDDED with whitew @ ssSed ash stones
which made In letters ten feet long 1T. d
Sullivan At the lower end q guard on
the breakwater yelled and fred of
pistol ak times. It was the signal for
popgun salute from the guards all along
the islands edge 4 dozen gentlemen
Wheeling stone dropped their barrows
and ohSered Justify. Y.
Up In the captains cabin Big Tim.
Sheriff Tom Foley, Bob Davis OF Hudson
county and rthree or four Of the royal
suits were busy trying to hook mp a third
queen to pair Of the ercsllent ladies,
10 Q fiuah. No rude and rancous sounds
we're permitted to disturb their scientific
cslc,,l st tious. The captains cabin was
sacred to the mob. 1t was rotten, bad
form even TO peek into the windows.
Big Tim. It may be mentioned In strict
When the Grand Republic bumped into
Tho dock at Donneiiy's the Big Fellow
Was about Sr.e0O to the good, a mans
alice Of which was propged from Jersey
DAVIS, who had a good deal more con-
Adsnce than he ought to have had in
the staying qualities Of a diamond flush
hsaded by the curse OF Spotland' Blg
anf pair OF deuces.
= Down below on two decks the pas
eanRers Of the Grand Republic. aud Of
the Pegasus too. were In groups OF ten
or . dozen shooting craps. playing the
bank, bucling old Hieronimus and play
Ing draw at every limit from 10 cents
heard the monotonous voice Of the bank
desier, O voice pitched always in the
sane sad, mournful key: The jack
Wine and the king loses! Pay the high
Are you ell down, gents? The trey loses
and the deuce wins: Pay the low!' The
faTc game did AZ old fashioned business
,holds ofYloe Of high degree tipped a silver
dollar or q Eve dollar note onto one OF
the little squares In front OF the dealer:
IA had no case. this dealer, but tipped
tbs cards OF tight deck with his fingers
There was . red hot crap game every
I've feet OF the deck. Half a dollar
make my point!' you heard, Two bits
hA's wronel Easy wild dat hook, you
multi Throwed seven; out! Take tn
bones, Tony Oh, you Kid!'
As for the poker games, you stumbled
ovkr one wherever you walked; but there
was nothing doing for the sure thing
sreftefs. There was q gent who tried TO
do business with the old humble bee
game and the suckers vere biting ,yora-
Goukly. Along came Dinny Sullivan
and was into the crowd like a terrier let
loose among rats.
You So and Sol yelled Dinny. -Th'
amt ieoin' to be no CRAFTS OF that kind
worried on this boat + catch you
woriih' that wheel again, into tn river
you 70, you and your game! Now blow!"
And the CRATER blew and was seen no
more.
Republic and the Pegasus had emptied
nearly 5000. Sullivanites into Donnelly's
Grove. The Grand Republic, loaded to
within an inch Of the law. carried nearly
5000 UP the river. Later. OF course, trains
and ferry boats brought up at least 1000
mora, making IL perhaps the biggest pic
ric Big Tim has ever had: But this year
y 4 big year, with the Big Fellow going
baok III the Senate and all kinds OF cleo
tons 10 keep the boys on the jump.
There was Paddy Roche, with his stiff :,
and sweeping fmustachios; Charley White
Who held the standard at Denver; Tom
sksrkey and a mosquito feot Of small