New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-13

>u beneath the Mayors box and struck
uq -ilaH 90 the Chief" The parade halted.
AID q policeman dashed across the street
to remove the human snag.
"rs~, Leave him alone cried the
Manor. What kind OF cop are you.''
The officer IL the law obeyed. and the old
fiddler resumed and finished his serenade,
after which ne extended his faded derby
aim u7permost
Mayor losses Him a Quarter.
The Mayor fshed a quarter from his
trousers pocket and tossed it into the hat
TIa members 81 his court Immediately
followed suit with quarters halves and
hills. While the crowd. banked on the OPP
yosite Sidewalk, whistled and cheered.
The nddler passed on. and behind him his
Cnvious colleagues. Then a gap I'm the
Iaradc interviewed, and the crowd opposite,
.mboIdoned by the Mayors action. broke
tho police lines and wedged itself into
cohesive mass in front of the grandstand.
calling on the Mayor for a speech. The
only speech the Mayor would make, how
ever. Was his angry admonition 20 the po-
Hcemeu who were trying 10 restore order
20 leave the citizens alone. Whether the
police heard him is doubtful. bat at all
events they didn't heed him this time. and
gradually succeeded in pressing the voters
hack 10 the sidewalk again. SO that the re-
ualnder Of the parade might pass.
You'd ought 10 be our next President.
Mr. Mayor" shouted one cNuberant
narcher as the news OF the Mayors
lsrEesse passed down the line
Come round and shake hands with me,
tho MAYOR shouted back.
And ,ust then terrifying comuotion
arose Just behind him. and his honor
turned -o dnd jimmy March falling over
an tho empty chairs I'm the stand I'm an
entirely successful. n somewhat precipi-
TONS attempt 10 reach the Mayors side.
The marshal Of the seventh. or Italian. d.
vision OF tho parade wore q plume Of red,
white and blue feathers ON his marshals
hat & broad band Of tho italian colors
disgonslly across his person and on the
gold lace and taeselS and brass buttons
and medals that man of normal strength
could staEEcr under.
Hello March" laughed Mr. Gavnor. as
some one helrcd this respondent guest to
r's feet Did you brirg amy maple sugar
with youe'
You look like circus" remarked
Frank smith why didn't son bring your
horse along
Nh March roto-tcd by silently passing
out psnatellas wrapped in gold bands bear
inc his portrait
II took from 3.i5 o'clock until 5.i5 o'clock
for the paraders. who started shortly after
O'Clock from Washington Square 10 pass
tho reviewing stand The line of march led
up Fifth avenue 10 50th street and through
tatb street To columbus Circle. where the
parade disbandad
Handsome Dave" Heads Parade.
50 its head rode a platoon of mounted po-
lice, with Handsome Dave Mccarthy in
command Colonel Lewis j. Conley. the
grand marshal. and his staff followed, and
behind them came three attachments OF
United States regulars under Major Sidney
s Jordan. They were followed by a de-
tachment Of the United States Marine
Corps. commanded ty Major n. f. Davis
and bv three battalious Of United States
sailors from the bsttlesiups Delaware and
rtaL. under Commander ". w. Phelps.
Lieutenant Commander ,. e. Bloch and
IJeuteuaut 3. A. Weaver
The national guard and the naval militia
nlgde up the succeeding, or third division
Major General Charles +. Roe command
Ing. Squadron a got generous applause
the 9Th Regiment a little more but when
the oath Infantry. under Lieutenant Colonel
Charles IIealv swung along. first 10 the
strains Of "Garryowen" and then TO
"D'Donrcu Abu," the crowd broke loose.
But even this reception was eclpsed a
few minutes later on the arrival OF the
Exempt Fremens Association. the feature
81 the fourth division. which also included
tie United Spanish War Veterans and tie
Catholic Benevolent Legion. Those old
"vamps' tottering along with their hose
cart won every ones heart
SIX thousand Knights Of Columbus com
prscd the 0fth division. an estimate based
on the number OF times Mr.. Smith nodded
his smile and his silk tile 20 acquaintance.
He rested while Lieutenant John =. De-
vane passed with the cadets and Boy
Scouts. comprising the sixth division. and
then resumed his labors when the forty
one Italian societies began filing by. Mag
istrate Freschi said this number was only
cne-oighth OF the Italian societies I'm New
York City and represented only about ten
thousand Of the hundred thousand members
OF these ORGANIZATIONS.