New-York tribune., 1908-02-11
GAS HOUSE GAYETY.
4N1H1ND4'S BIG NIGHT.
No One Stopped Dancing Till the
thistle Bles- This Morning.

The tonsoral pa-iors' and the shoebiackine es-
7shishments OF the 12th Assembly District-aIso
known as the Gas House" district-os which
charles r Murphy is the leader did their largest
dsy's--or. rather. nights-business OF the year
,ast night TIE ''nexts' kept coming until as late
10 O'Clock. when the early night shift quits work
the gas house
And how the NO. - hair clippers were kept
moving! Nor is there often such generous use
et sweet scented hair tonic brilliantine and
Ii1e n that district made IN the general
s.ickng-up process last evening
To have inquired the reason for all this activity
would have betrayed an ignorance that might easily
have been mistaken for political opposition 10
Boss Murphy. for what man. child OF
TIE 18th. with drop OF Democratic blood, was
tse-e who didn't know that Il was the night Of the
Anawanda Clubs annual entertainment and ball?
II the night OF the year, when the big chief
az the Anawanda takes his place at the head of
The tribe and receives the tributes of the minor
chiefs
. Francis Murphy doesn't sound like the name
G. Al Indian chief Well il isn't: but he typifed
House. and all the Tau1u1any rTibesnae1 did him
homage, even 70 J. Sergeant Cram, J. Henry
s--rrpf and L Eugene Faehner. all members of the
cub.
TIE chiertai1 lis family and his retinue occupied
Boxes 10 and II, from which point he the
vaudeVille performance, and where he held his
Ieree- Lexington Opera House held Of the
,a-gest crowds CT the season. for every Tarnmany
RUB from Battery Dan Finn's district. 10 s-dering
ca the Battery. up the extreme north of Bor-
c,Igh President Hafen's Bronx bailivici had a
delegation present and tho popular Adolf Jacobs,
ne specisl officer had bgsy time of Il collecting
.ickets and tearing off coupons
nre thing, however, impressed itself those
-ho made their wey the hall through the large
--oad Of yoguz who lined the sidewalk for half
3 block on either side. That the apparent
absence CT 2 general prosperity in the Murphy dis
+-1ct for these young shy the 20 cents for which
the tickets sold were soliciting extry' tickets Of
The more fortunate gents
MAGISTRATE Joseph Z. Moss is president OF the
srsva-da Club, and, Of course. he on hand
esrTv And that even a jurist has tine 10 think
q his attire was shown by his remark TO the man
-ho pinned his badge Of Office on his coat. lie
tzid- -'Sa-. Just sent for z bouquet TO 80 over
this
-Sav.T said the custodian o. the badges 70 an
rrher member -'Ye hired Dat suit. didn't ye?'
sure" answered the one addressed. and did
lot other guys around here, only they don't sd-
rn'- Ike me-
The first nuu1ber On the programme was Rice
snd Elmer. comedy acrohats. and the latter
E-a--e5 on forward sone-sault and midway
r-anEed II TO backward one leading member Of
she Arsvanda Whispered, He performs just like
ne syor'
The dancing list was long one. and the pro
x-sr7re SAID There will Re no interr1ission dur
taE the dancing
notwithstanding this II was nearly time for the
z-hsrle to blow at The gas works when the last Of
twenty nunter was danced
The last was two ster. Two Blue Eyes. but
.He occasion went off most orderly, and nobody
suffered the in1iction Of even black one. although
D. David Jennings there and ready for
eventuslities.