The Washington herald., 1912-06-22

Chicago, June q.
These are great days for the bands
All the brass musicians Of Chicago are
footing their horns day and night In
the hotels and streets to inspire the
delegates. The Western delegation
brought their favorite cOrnet and from
bone players with them and grow en-
thusiastic as they hear familiar airs.
Embryonic orators are airing their
lungs. In the hotel corridors wherever
a group Of four or five delegates gather
there Is always one who can outdo his
friends In volume Of noise. II Is not
long before a crowd cOngregates. and
the speaker launches into an address
which would bring him great applause
In his home town.
Only a few rours after Wednesdays
demonstration at the convention in hon
or Of Gov. Hadley. Of Missouri. blue
and gold badges bearing his portrait
and advocating him for President ap-
peared on the street.
The street venders are selling colored
tissue paper limitations Of the Taft
steam roller.
William Jennings Bryan last night ned
through the Congress Hotel kitchen to
escape a small mob Of admirers. Leaving
the dining he was beset at the door
by an increasing group OF persons who
insisted upon shaking hands with him.
At last he turned to the manager and
said:
please show me a back way out of
here"
He was conducted through the kitchen
into the alley, and fcd to his room.
The sale of Taft and Teddy souvenirs
having died down, the great army OF
street vendors has loaded up with toys
Of al! sorts. A common cry is Take EN-
home to the kids"
Those OF the convention hall gallery
who have tired OF the political gabtest
are eagerly sought out by the street ticket
spectators.
Bands playing for the T. R side have
been having great sport kidding the
Taft bands. The latter. stationed IN
front OF the Taft headquarters in the
Congress Hotel. will strike up Every
body's Doin' It. and just get nicely start
ed when the T r. musicians will join in
but the T. r. musicians take great care
TO hit every other note a little bit on the
bias. The combination OF on and on notes
is horrible.
They've put the ban on the bear dance
and the turkey trot in great many
dance halls in Chicago, but that hasn't
prevented a number Of lively couples
from executing the dances on the side
walks opposite the Congress Hotel to the
raRtime tunes Of the campaign bands
The political maelstrom took on the
appearance Of real joyfulness when some
dental college boys invaded the hotel lob
bies. They gave a dental YELL sang
songs and ripped through the crowds
carrying Teddy banners. Some Of them
were voters.
Reporter W. J. Bryan was at the Con-
gress Hotel getting news. As he walked
through the lobby a man began to whooP
II up for the peerless leader. Bryan
scowled. turned suddenly and grabbed
the enthusiast by the shoulders. stop
!tr' he rosred This is no place to yell
for me. Don't you know this is a Re
publican convention
The weakened delegates have found
A place TO sit down. The benches in the
Congress Hotel lobby have been placed
in the subway that runs under Congress
Street into the Auditorium Hotel. Here
the weary ones spend most of the day
reading the papers.
This seems just like old times" said
Col. Harry New. as he visited box Just
before the convention met. You know
1 covered four Of these affairs in my
time. It was a lot more fun, too. than
l. 20 fG1,1r
on from the press box"
Ugh, what a jam! You know 1 don't !
like crowds, ChaunCey,' was the dis
gusted wall last night of Mrs. Chauncey |
NJ. Depew to her spouse as they squeezed |
through a hotel lobby from the elevator |
to the dining-room.
Well just look at my shirt. don't
like them any better than you do" De- |
pew retorted, laughingly pointing to a |
shirt front. My" he added a |
moment later, I'm certainly glad I
bought myself a thin model watch; an |
old style one would be squashed in this |
mob"
William Allen White is the living an
thithesis Of Sockless Jerry Simpson, his |
fellow Kansas. White is showing the |
city folks" that Kansans wear socks as |
we'll as all the latest sartorial fads. Last |
night he attended a dinner attired in
evening dress, topped on with a Panama |
nat. IT'S all the hat brought with me |
and had to put on all the scenery I |
could" said White. gazing at the effect |
n a mirror.
Col Roosevelt laughed to-day when he |
-ead letter written by V. A. waIlxup. a
cowboy Of Apache, Okla, to Ed F. Her
i'll, a delegate to the convention.
ED, stand for Roosevelt and the rest"
,aid the letter, "as long as there are but
ions on your clothes. II Roosevelt wins |
We will Just simply tear the tops cff the I
hills here. In spite Of that damnable |
.hieving National Committee, Apache is
It'll on the mountain top"
The former New York Senator. though II
/ Taft supporter, simply could not keep
lway from the wildly enthusiastic crowd 4
hat massed itself about the headquarters
aSt night where the Roosevelt delegates
we're meeting behind closed doors and
houting wild encouragement to the T. r.
,ause. Chauncey, in full dress. paraded
) half dozen times along the human Y