The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

CHICAGO, June lowell, anyway u
was a good party. In fact both Of them
we're. Music and games were INDUCED
In until a late hour. especially nj the
overflow party up to Mr.. Perklns's place.
and an enjoyable time q had by each
and every n and all.
And nov while the hired orchestras
and both functions are both beginning to
play "Home. Sweet Home to waits time
doorstep or another shaking dada to the
hosts and twlttering. We've had simply
a delicious time. Mr.. Perkins, or We've
enjoyed ourselves immensely. Mr.. PEN
rose" a whole crowd of other folks is
either packing up their badges to take
home to the children or IL all set with
toes and finger tips on the mark wait
ing for the pistol shot which Is to start
them south toward st. Louis and the
Dimmicrats' party.
It's an open secret that the party at
the Pcrkinses would have been tremen-
dously enjoyable. especially toward the
close. II II were not that the Perkinses
were too generous In inviting a lot OF
tough little boys from the gas house
district. who the minute they got inside
the Perkinses' front ate never once
tried to act like little gentlemen. but
started right In TO get too new.
some Rough kids.
And the contributions which the gas
Louise gamins brought to the party as
their share of the general contributions
to the feast at the Pcrkinses finally next
TO spoiled everything. A lot OF the
rough kids like Bricktop Murdoch. Fatty
Johnson n Willie White thought they'd
he n lot OF smarties and come to the
party loaded down with bags Of cayenne
pepper. sneeze powder and rock salt,
whereas everybody had hoped they'd
behave like Willie Finn and Willie
or like Morgie Perkins. who brought the
sugar.
Also far too many brought only
lemons. the result being that when IL
came to making lemonade the supply
OF lemons was out of all proportion
TO the supply OF ugar. But outside
OF these details and the added fact that
the gas house urchins at the Perk!nses
party got SO rough towar the close
that some of their playmates with bet
ter manner picked up what was left
of their dishes and went home, outside
Of that. the Pcrkinses party was really
a delightful affair.
About the time the Perkinses' party
was all over except for some fnal de-
tails such as attempting the hopeless
task of strengthening out the furniture
and trying to hide the broken pieces.
the older folks party down at the Coli
scum was all over. even TO the fnal
cleanup. Therefore the oldsters and
youngsters began to run into one an
other on the street.
Some show Rese n
Bricktop and Willie White and the
other leaders Of the gas house boys
gangs did not make any public show OF
resentment over the fact that they had
been invited to the Coliseum marty |
at all and also had had troubles with
their hosts up to Perkinses' place. but
some OF their followers in the gangs did
20 in for "A lot of street corner wrang-
lings for some time.
There was "a diversion Just about this
time. however. Down Michigan ave
in the general direction Of the
coliseum. there was "A general hulia
ha'oo of boilers and toots and Other
noises. Wherefore word went out here
and there that the unsuccessful Repub-
lear candidates for the Presidency were
forming in line in Michigan avenue,
right resting on East Fourteenth street. |
and were about TO march up tho ave-
nue. in grand review.
But a moment Of wa.chful waiting
that the noise down the street
was caused by some OF the regiments
OF fiction folk and other special writer's
who had already formed in line and
were marching with their bands to the
Wabash railroad station to climb aboard
passenger. trains and star, for
ST. Louis TO write about the Dimlcrats.
Major-Gcn. George AIDE was the grand
marshal of this first line OF special
writer's to mobilize this afternoon. with
Peter Dunno. wearing n vintage
high hat and "A green sash and mounted