The evening world., 1911-09-02
down WENT
MG|NTY" FLOAT
IN MARD| GRAS
Followers of Candidates for
King Are Busy Piling Up
the Votes.

Perhaps the funniest host In the Coney
Island Mard. 0ras fleet to be seen every
evening from Sept. II to is. and on Sat-
urday afternoon. Sept. 10. in the Carni-
val OF Flowers and Song. IL devoted 10
depicting tho predicament OF the gentle-
man for whom the song Down Went
McGAnty' was composed. The Hoat de-
signers a v devised an optical Illusion
which makes II appear that tho much
Jung Mr.. McGinty 10 really at the bot
tom Of tho sea. He has plenty Of good
company in a bevy Of pretty mermaids.
who help him sing his own ditty. but
there Is a very wide-mouthed shark in
uncomfortable proximity, and the dane
ing Milesian IN ''hio beet 1uit OF clothes"
n traditional g.. patrick's Day high
hat gets both thee envy n the sympathy
Of the beholder.
The foat and the song have no sug-
gestion as to the fate OF the three can
didates for King of the Carnival whose
portraits are presented to-day. J. J..
Spelman. who 10 the candidate of the
Brooklyn Democratic organization which
bears his NAME. n who Is being
groomed for the nomination for Assem-
bly,. 10 declared by his campaign lar
ayers to be the dark horse" who Is
coming IN irst under the wire next
Thursday noo when the polls close
and the counting of the ballots begins.
He lives In the Stuyvesant section Of
Brooklyn, is thirty-fve and q bachelor.
and he hesitates to say which one o; his
! myriad fair friends Ia to be his Queen
lest he lose the support of all the rest. =
STORE EMPLOYEES WORKING
HARD FOR CANDIDATES.
John c.. Blake, manager for Whalen
Brothers. the Brooklyn furniture people.
Is being pushed 10 the front by all his
fellow employees In the several stores
OF the concern. v'h confidently predict
that It will be ne upon whose head Pres
ident Jackman will place the crown on
Monday evening. Sept. II. while the only
difference OF opinion between them and
the John Ennis Democratic Club on that
point is that the latter insist that II
will be their candidate, James A. Ksl-
sey, who will wear the crown and royal
robe and WELD the scepter over the
week-long frolic at Coney. The gentle
reader Ia invited to watch the score
as It Is published day by day to mad
out which Of these prophets Is right.
Having pushed to the front. the Noe
Baronites are making an effort to hold
the top OF the column. and $500 votes
sent in to-day keep him there with
1854.
How the campaign IL being waged 4,
told in the letters TO the Mardi Grai
Editor accompanying ballots, a few Oh;
OF the scores received belng given es'
low:
Kindly credit John c. Blake with SOL vote.
which Is ouly g small portion OF what we vii
Tiiffr "'Y"drNG LADIES oy rHE OFFICE oil
WHALEN BROTHERS.
Iuclosed find lOO cpupo:s. which kindly plao
u MIR, ~Spelman's credit.
ALVIfNE UNITED STAGE TRAINING
SCHOOLS. GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Inclosed find seventeen votes for Moe u. Baron
Wishing him the best OF success
Inciosed find fifty votes for our captain. Johl
@. Blake. who win surely DO crowned Kin
" I'M ~ swosTIKA FIELD CLUB.
WRITER SAYS MOE BARON WILL
BE POPULAR KING.
Inciose5 find 2 800 votes for Moe H. Bap
t0I hing ot consy Island Msru GgS. Ills els