The sun., 1918-07-16
KAISER UNDER FIRE
IN LITTLE ITALY
Gay Masquer in Parade Did Not
Expect to Be Taken
So Seriously.

One ambitious young italian of histri-
ming nursing a number OF Jumps on his
head and numerous bruises about the
body with the feeling that he had either
been the goat in a totally uncalled for
proceeding or a martyr to his patriotic
spirit. This young man conceived the
| rather daring idea OF disgusting himself
as the Kaiser for the edification OF South
| Harlems Little Italy and in so dolrs
offered himself up as a rather unwilling
sacrifice to the patriotic indignation Of
his brother Italians.
1t was the eve of the Feast Of Our
Lady Of Mount Carmel. perhaps the
most widely celebrated of all Italian
, feast days. That quarter OF South Har-
lem bordering the East River from 106th
| street to 10th street and reaching as
| far in as Third avenue determined TO
celebrate as never before and a parade
Of great proportions was to give full
clinations OF that quarter. Vigorous is
, the word, as this young Italian. who
| shall be nameless. is willing to testify.
All Little Italy was out to see the
parade. The district was brilliantly H.
Illuminated with lanterns festooned from
wall and post. Little affairs on which
| gl!nimered candles doomed everywhere
and the sidewalks were crowded with
impa tient spectators. In the hands OF
| many of these spectators were suspicious
! looking bundles. They were waiting
for the histricnic young Italian, although
he knew 1t not.
d. IL ~
street and East River the procession
! started. led by a handsome young ltal-
ian girl dressed In armor and riding a
black horse. She was Joan of Arc and
&C accompanying her was a bodyguard OF
Italians in uniform. Then came boy
scouts. naval scouts, draft men, bands
Italian societies. auto ambulances and
flo, Is. Everything was quite striking
and the feelings Of the masses OF sons
of Sunny Italy gathered on the curbs
we're worked IN to frenzy OF patriot
ism. Then. alas, came the young ltal-
ian, and the tragedy ensued.
Attirsd in a steel corselet upon which
glowered the Prussian eagle. with he'll
met Of only too familiar design on his
head and with conceited mustaches thai
| stuck up their ends in the air 10 the
| aRgravation of the crowd. there was ne
| doubt as to who ne represented Il
made no matter that he was riding If
an ashcart, which OF course possessed
| symbolic significance. 1t was Kaiser
| Bill and that was enough. A howl wen
up from the indignant Italians. Kaiser
Bill in their beautiful parade? Mon
strous.
A dead cat gracefully described ar
! arc in the air and landed with a gentle
, thud on the steel helmet A moment
| later a tomato that had known thu
| sun not wisely but too well whizzet
| through the atmosphere and alightet
with a loving smack on the kaiser''
rather panied and bewlldered face
! With a gentle remonstrance he turned
| to the crowd only to have a large anC
we'll aimed brick crash against hi.
! corselet, putting a dent in the PrussiaI
eagle.
Then followed a barrage that com
! pletely encircled the ash cart and landed
with frequency in II. Old beer bottles
bricks. ripe fruit shoes and other Eas'
Side confetti whirled. whizzed slammed
| whistled roared and shot through tn,
air. BY the time the parade had reached
! It's terminating point the ash cart wa:
| filled to overlooking with rubbish anC
garbage,
Painfully removing the dead cat from
his neck. the> young Italian with som'
! difficulty crawled out OF the ash cart.
ITO hell with da kais'" he exclaimed
and the mob surging about him fer
vently repeated his prayer.
| 1t was a good parade though, and /
established beyond a doubt the patriot,
propensities of South Harlem's Littl
Italy