The sun., 1910-03-28
ALL fHB AVENUES PARADE
COLOR RIOTING GOES ON Az
MOST UNCHECKED ALL DAY.

Fsfth Avense Itself FIecs On HOrTsF ana
Takes Refuse IN the Piazza. where
ItsCars Are kaleSdOscSped-Nlgh
AIOne Brings Rest 60 the weary Eyes.
Unbeknownat 90 the great mass of the
people OF these United States and wholly
without tho sanction Of popular approval
tho people Of First. Second. Third. Fourth.
Sixth, Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth
and Eleventh. avenues paraded up and
down Fifth avenue yesterday from II
A. N. 70 4. p. n. until thsir clothes drowned
the shrill whistles Of the traffic polics and
tho small band Of Regulars and COnsti-
tutiOnAls were completely routed. The
CONSTITUTIONS sustained great losses Of
appstite a. tho Spring Street Resurgents
pressed and bumped them all the way
from Madison Square 20 the Plaza. In
thsir thirst for soda tho Resurgents in
vaded candy shops and drug stores alike.
and many a Resurgsnt became hops
leasly observation-disclosures and derelict.
Tho parade. for which no license had
been secured. was started az soon as
church let OUT AZ first there was no
kind Of viOIous. Neatly drcsscd people
marched mp or Nown Fifth avenue. evi-
IDENTIFY on thsir way 20 their fats OF suites.
A. soon. however. as the good, lRw-of-
taste abiding folk who were out had had
chance to note how suspicious was the
weather. 90 what an absolutely impossi-
bio standard OF virtue sun and sky had
attained. thay needed no weather bureau
In tell them that the worst was 90 lie
feared, and with one accord fed TO
their alleged homes. sure enough. their
hOrrlblest forebodings were more than
vsndicated.
A male order rarann entered tho nvenue
just where Thirty-fourth street rivisects
IL. He wore a chscksred suit that
matched his checkered careering and a
pearl hued Fedora which ever Arturo
Toscanlni could not have conducted
without n score and blue spectacies.
The pavement sizzled under hts spa's as
he strolled. when you saw him you
could not refrain IL you were game from
crying Domino
As the harbinger Of the Spring street
resurgents sauntered up the avenue a
multitude gathered around him and the
color rioting began. The police seemed
powerless to stop IL. Men and women
dressed in miscellaneous and unclsssi-
fled tints made a bewildering spectrum.
The colors still obeyed the traffic police
men and at the whistles blast even the
chnnzeabIe silks waited heiore crossing
from red into purple.
IL Was a picturesque sight and the shy
dwellers on Fifth avenue were at first
inclined TO treat n lightly. Guests al
the Waldorf and other lodgings along the
avenue leaned out OF their windows and
gleefully. laughinRly piucked the hoW@s
from the hats IN the street outside.
But at length the color scheming got
on the nerves Of even the most recent
Fifth avenewers and one by one they
began to PACK their trunks with dinner
and gathering together all their goods
and chAtelaines they set out IN their
automobiles to escape TO more rcstful
places. without exception they made
the mistake OF heading for the plaza
The plaza lay shimmering IN tha sun
shine, the air magic and tremulous just
like that emerging from the hot air regis-
ter in winter time in Brooklyn two family
hotises Two multicolOrcd balloon men
lent a touch of sohcrneSs to the scene.
A the fleeing inhabitants of ~" avenue
drove hurffedly into the plaza the re-
-urRents surg,.d and re-urged around
them till it seemed a. II th" fugitiye=
would bS niaroonsd or purpled In spite
81 themselves. A. II was the cars Of
many Of tho Fifth Parvenu-= kaleido-
scopsd and in several cases tho occu-
PANTS are in a serious condition and likely
to dye.
As the shades ~ evening were falling
fast and the window shades were bsiug
pulled down ton the color rioting quieted
down and IN" resurg~ut- went zach ons
20 ths place where hiz ianitor doth domi-
ciIe him and the taNiCah- c"1-''d 20 0fer
up incense 20 people presenting five dollar
bills and the Fifth avenue stage with
their searching headlights showed the
sights Of this town o. fewer aud fewer
strangers from AqueboR'is. l.. /. and
piaC~ful night settled over every man
and object that was not liz up.