The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-09
NEW YORK
Is WEARY

New York. Oct. 9.-Old Father
Nnickerbockcr. battered and worn, a
woke from his sleep in the griny,
sray morn. and painfully crawled from
his little bed and tenderly felt of his
head and pressed his fore
mead. aching and dank. and eagerly
from the pitcher drank and kicked the
ca and swore at his wife. then sailed
forth 20 the toll and strife, and hang
lag on 10 an IL train strap. with his
face like a threatening weather map,
called Fulton and Hudson base45orn
Knaves, said he was glad they were
in 1eir graves and wished he could
have seen them die: and the baleful
CLEAN in his one good eye took in
the fgippery. torn ana faded, that lin
ed the streets where hosts had parad
ID, and where were the vast and
cheering h0rdes were now but rows
OF empty boards; and he wiped his
swCaty. suffering brow and swore a
2 swear and vowed a vow. and the
whole town echoed his sad refrain
Never again. oh. never again.
The Hudson-Fulton celebration j.
over please God. so far as Manhat-
tan is implicated in the crime. Let
ne rrojans have our wooden horse
which turned out TO he a white ele-
rhant. and welcomes Manhattan is
very. very tired. and fain would rest
Native New Workers. with an ex
rerieDce confined to the territory be
tween Brooklyn and Hoboken, found
naive and child-like pleasure in the
magnificent spectacles afforded by
tie celebration commission They
cheered costa ically al the sight OF
the marching citizens of Tammany
Hall and the Button-Hole Workers
Union. clad in all the glory Of rented
rock coats and ancient silk hats.
The howled themselves hoarse as the
law.lrv floats came into view, and re
lapsed into fearsome awe as real Ind
ians tramped stolidly past. The spec
ulators reaped a financial harvest
from the sale of grand stand seats,
and the police had a pleasant time.
thank YOU. in humping. pushing and
otherwise maltreating inoffensive
spectators who did not have five or
ten dollars to pay for a seat. The
crowds retaliated nv mohbing distin-
guished visitors and tearing off their
clothes for souvenirs according TO tae
pleasant custom obtained among New
Workers when out for a holiday of in
nocent fun.
The naval parades afforded other
gorgeous spectacles. Nothing more
imposing coukl be imagined when
rhe magnificent pageant OF motor
hc1ts. ferry boats. Coney Island
steamers and excursion craft which
sailed majestically M The Hudson and
turned around ana sailed right back
again. II is true that the same craft
could be seen any day of the week
tut that is another story. The celc-
bration was valuable in affording an
onnortunity for the owners of the YES
scls 70 charge FIVE or six dollars for q
ride worth twenty-five cents.
All in all. il must be admitted that
the celebration was a direct frost OF
the most frigid variety. Those who
have Witnessed a Mardi Gras festival
in New Orleans. a floral parade in
California. a Yelled Prophet pageant
in st. Louis or a fete in any European
city. cannot avoid making compari
sons which are odious to New York
ers. The metropolis is totally lacking
in the spirit TO carry out successfully
a great celebration project.
The celebration will formally pet
er out" tonight with Examinations and
bonf-es along the Hudson between
New York and Troy.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. NJ. D.. will
have his fame as a physician recount
cd at a centenary celebration arrang
ei for today by the New York Acad
emy of Medicine. II is pointed ou
that people do moi remember as clear
IL as they should the eminence of the
"Autocrat" as a mdicine man. anC
iris centenary session has for its pur
pose the remeiying of this neglect
Or. Holmes was for tnirty-five years
professor of anatomy in the Harvard
Medical School. and ihs achievements
while holding this post will be reci'
ed by DIR. NJ. Fl. Richardson of Har
ward The distinguished essayist wa
also in active practice for a numbe
Of years. and completed his meiica
education abroad.
William Loeb. Jr. Collector of tn
Port. is not very enthusiastic abou
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