The Washington herald., 1917-09-05

dressed up in paradin suit" ex-
claimed a black nanny" as she
saw the colored attendant OF the huge
Liberty" float get down to the pave
ment and hold by the bride a re,
fractory chestnut horse, one of the
six which pulled the big pisplay. And
! he was indeed all dressed up in a
| combination OF costumes and Yards
OF gold cord such as would make
John Philip Sousa, or a Mexican gen.
eral, turn green with envy.
The solemn and thoughtful express
sion on the face OF an officer of Cana
| dian Highlanders, who seemed to
realize the full significance of the
event. broke into a canny smile when
he saw two Red Cross ambulances,
! with natty women drivers. A veteran
| of the French battle lines himself
| it did not fit in with the picture OF
war as he had witnessed it for wom-
en- to be running the little gray cars.
! A bystander. much to the officers
| amusement explained 1t as not indi-
eating that the neatly uniformed wom-
en- intended TO drive over the shell pits
| and ruined roads ''over there" but
/ that 1t was merely a society stunt"
as the young man phra sed 1t.
| Say. you fellows, how do you get
| that way? Don't you know l belong
\ in 'front.'" This sounds like a little
dispute in the Boy Scout division. but
it is verbatim talk of dignified United
| States Senator. The days OF real
sport" seemed to come back TO the
usually staid solons and while form
ing in line on the Capitol steps there
was much friendly banter as to who
should preCede who, and whether the
rule Of seniority ought to decide mat
! ters. Talk about Senatorial cOur-
tesy!"
/ Pa and Ma Simpkins were jammed in
crowd at Thirteenth and the Avenue.
| obviously they were from "Old Vir-
lginny." PA" she says. give me,
me hat. and let's go. l have never in
! all my sweet life seen so many people
at one time"
| As the First Separate Battalion
| District of Columbia National Guard
| was passing at Fourteenth and Penn
| sylvania avenue. one loyal colored
man yelled out at the top of his voice,
dem dere niggers shure does make
fine appearance" lie got an ap-
plause.
! An old ColOred man standing on a
soap box at Second and the Avenue
| confided to his better half that he had
never seen the President. Each took
| turns standing on the box looking
| over the heads of the crowd while
| the parade was Just about to move up
! the Avenue.
The man got a look at President
Wilson and as the wife lifted her
some 800 pounds up on the box it
broke and she sprawled all over the
| sidewalk. "Drat dat box" she said.
"Ah neber looked at er Democrat
yit but wot somefn' happened to
me-"
Two men, one with a decided Ger
man accent, stood on the hill at
Sixth street and were seeing what
they could of the parade. The short
est of the two, a man with light hair
and students spectacles, remarked to
his companion, "A marvellous rebre-
sentation OBJ Americanism, und me
dinks dot il der Cherman army was
dere to lead der parade, it would look
naCheral.'
Boss, de Kaiser should see dat big
army of milisha," said big brawny
colored man sprawled on the top of
truck at Seventh and the Avenue.
But l CANT see 70 de life of me
why dey sends men to war wild white
pants on, because the fust German
wot sees 'em he might think it means
surrender"
Twas a breezy day, but neither
breeze nor parade could stop the
girls from knitting. All scattered
throughout Lafayette Park. before
the parade commenced to pass and
while it was passing the reviewing
stand mothers and daughters. wives
and sweethearts, knitted away.
pausing only when Johns COM
pany" or 'Henry's department"
came along. Then back to work
again.
Talk about golf hazards. the best
golf links in bonnie Scotland had
nothing on a combination of gravel
ly walk and a thorny bush in La
fayette Park. while the parade was
passing. Hardly a hurrying pedes-
trian. eager to "see the President"
VI VIC" lht pal bAl W il6iN ltll n
victim to the rolly little stones on
the slopes of a brick waterway.
Probably the latest novelty in
portable grandstands was seen yes
terday afternoon. directly opposite
the Presidents reviewing stand. So
small was it that it could easily and
comfortably be carried in the hand.
What was it? Simply a common
garden variety OF cigar box. And
used? Say-if Clark Griffith's
| American League Erandstand was
patrOnized in proportion to that lit
tie cigar box stand, different tales
might he told about the way Wash
ington's supporting her ball team.
Keeping right up to modern
styles. the Goddess of Liberty's
skirts were fully as short as the
law of fashion demands. Not many
years ago. the Goddess was dressed
la Barthold's statue. in long
flowing draperies. But even Liberty
had to be remodeled at times, and
yesterday in the parade she appear
ed in the latest-and they were
fully fourteen inches above the
ground.
Speaking about appropriate mu-
sic for selective service parade
or any other one for that matter
II brought many a smile to the faces
OF bystanders when the members of
the House OF Representatives
marched past the reviewing stand to
the tune Of Onward Christian SOL