The evening world., 1909-02-20
Mrs. Reily's Daily Supply Falls
on Viggiano and Ruins His
Brilliant Raiment.
LIKEWISE HIS TEMPER.
Combination of FreakiSh Wind
and Flapping Shutter Start
the Torrent.

Joseph Nigglano is the Berry Wall,
Beau Brummel, Beau Nash. Pctronus.
and all the other dudes you could i'm
agine OF the West Side Court Bar As
ISOLATION. He not only sets the fash
ions FOR his fellow barrIstcrs, but
leads them by about sixty-rour sar-
torinl knots
Yesterday he was fairly radiant In
pea green suit with n delicate pink
square In II, n lavender necktie and tan
shoes with black uppers and pearl but
tons. But to-day he was there with
the real creme de la creme piece de
resistance--a coffee colored suit with
deep.blne braiding and II delicate Grim
son stripe criss-crosslng the bias seven
ways from the seam. The coat was
cut swallowtail. the trousers semi-dl-
rectoire. aud the waistcoat princess.
In addition to this he wore tall
French hat OF the famous Rousseau
pattern, Il lap!s lazuli necktie, pale yell
low shoes and submarine green spats.
There really wasn't much doing In the
courtroom when Vlggano arrived. but
that little stopped. Three San Juan Hin
dudes, who sat In the back OF the tri-
bunal. tainted from sheer envy and there
might have been more casualties hadn't
the superb young lawyer suddenly re-
membered an engagement he had around
the corner.
Never Saw His Peril.
SO, swinging a dinky little cane and
twirlng his little waXed m,lstachios, he
sauntered to the laundry of r, Grobet
at No. S96 Eighth avenue. He wished
to instruct Grobet concerning the
starching OF his pleated shirts.
| Just above the entrance to Grobet's
laundry lives Mrs. Hannah Reilly. Mrs.
Reilly weighs not quite 800 pounds, and Is
considered by her neighbors as one OF
the jolliest women In the world She is
very fond OF milk, and so are her chill
dren. They absorb about IA gallon or so
Of pure lacteal per diem.
The supply had arrived about the time
the beautiful lawyer started for Grobet >
shop. Mrs. Reilly turned It into a large
white pitcher, a substantial eleven-pound
pitcher, and set the pitcher out on the
window-sll to keep cool. The wind was
blowing. A shutter OF Mrs. Reily's win
dow was walloping back and forth in
the region OF that pitcher. Across the
way Mounted Policeman Hughes sat on
his charger, alertly scanning the thor
oughfare.
Hughes's eye happened to fall on Wig
glano and the milk pitcher at about the
same time He blinked and binked
again at the lawyers coffee. colored suit,
and then noticed that the window shut
ter was walloping that milk pitcher
pretty hercely,
punches" said Hughes to himself, and
that pitcher goes over"
And Then the DeIuge.
The words had scarcely passed his lips
when bang. over went the pitcher. No,
the pitcher did not strike the street
gentle reader nor was that gallon Of
milk wasted upon the unfeeling pave
ment. Mr.. Joseph ViggIano got It all
/ nc MIX lclt IIIe plltHcl WINE tlidt Vts-
sci was In downward flight. 1t was u
pure white cascade. which broke upon
| the summit of that beautiful French hat
and then poured Us quarts. plnts and
gills all over that coffee. colored suit.
down the pulchritudlnous dandy's neck;
into his ears, eyes and mustache. The
pitcher followed the milk swiftly enough,
landing squarely on the roof OF the
French hat and driving It neatly over
V!ggienos head.
y don't know how many languages
that chap peaks" said Policeman
Hughes afterward, but tho Errilsh
that came out OF that hat wlsl't 1T
to repeat. OF course he was handicap
ped some. not being able to get the hat
up and on but when he got up to Mrs.
Reilys landing he said enough to her
to spoil her good nature.
when I got over there he was COM
ing down stairs, neatly balanced on his
ear and the rim OF that hat, and l re-
greet to say that Mrs, Reilly was send.
Ing remarks and odds and ends OF
household gear down after him.
81 Enlightened the thing out as best
could, by explaining the accident. but
that lawyer is convinced he was the
victim Of 4 plot"