The Washington herald., 1912-06-22
SINGERS ACQUIRE
FINANCIAL OUINSY
Teddy's Ragtime Choruses No
Longer Sound Through
Hotel Walls.

Chicago, June H.-This is foot-ease day.
On Tuesday, under the influence Of that
now famous Armageddon phrase. there
was a craze for loaded canes; wednes-
day was flower day. when every man
had to buy a calla lily, a sunhower, or
a sweet pea Just to protect himself from
further onslaught of the amateur lady
florists; to-day, in spite OF the bolts
which Teddy has been threatening and
throwing broadcast like another would-be
JOve, will go down into history as foot
ease day. Every one last night, Taft
adherent and Roosevelt delegate. Sena-
tors and bootblacks, bellboys and Gov
ernors,' princes and the pedestrians Of
Peacock Alley, all grabbed for the tai
cum. It had TO come.
There is a limit TO all human -endur-
ance, and even Col Roosevelt himself is
said to be suffering from chronic sore
throat AS matter Of fact. the only
colonies in all Chicago, which, outside Of
T. R.. have not completely succumbed to
the strenuous active service OF the past
three days, are the three tiny ducklings
which swim at their. will in the pocket
edition Of a pond which decorates the
entrance Of that most beautiful and ar
tistic hotel in all ChicagO-or in the
world for that matter-the Blackstone.
All Tired Out.
To say that the situation has become
debilitated, temporarily at least, is put
ting 1t mildly. Every one Is so tired
and tagged that it is as. much as he can
do to stand on one foot without coming
out fiatfootedly for any platform or any
thing.
The harps that once through Tara's
Halls are no longer sounding fine music
through the corridors of the Congress,
the Sherman, and the convention hall.
In other and palmer words, the many
glee clubs Of the coloneTs singers which
were expected to gurgIe on Teddy's be-
half are all suffering from a frightful
attack Of financial quinsy and 50 per
cent sore throat The conditions under
which they were brought here include
a promissory clause to the effect that
each singer should receive $50 a day.
Since their, arrival they have discovered
to their disgust that they are to receive
only $1.25 a day. A number Of them
have stopped singing altogether. but the
conscientious ones and the few finan-
ciers in their midst consider that they
are still keeping their consciences clear
and are rendering full due unto Teddy
Caesar by singing soto voce.
Music Not for t. r..
A man who came on the train from
New York with the Roosevelt brigade |
tells this story: While the train stopped |
at Illyria Col. Roosevelt was in the
dining car was some distance. outside |
account OF the length Of the train the |
dining car fas some distance outside |
OF the station shed. A man coming |
into the dining car remarked to his wife |
that there was a great crowd Of people |
on the station platform and also a brass |
hand. Col. Roosevelt overheard the re-
mark, jumped to his feet and with his i
table napkin in his hand rushed up the 4
line Of cars. After travelling through
two cars he came upon the train con-
ductor and exclaimed: It's perfectly /
disgraceful having a train as long as |
this when receptions are likely to be
given to me at any station. Now here
these people have turned out in force
with band and everything and want
q chance TO speak TO them
"Eh. but you've made mistake, sir, !"
said the. conductor In what was in
tended to be comforting tone. The