Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-06
BALTIMORE "WETS" SMALL AND
SWEATY PROTEST. PARADE EVOKES
HUMOROUS COMMENT FROM SCRIBE

of juniper oil and a clothes wringer
could have taken the shirts Of the
wet paraders and turned out real
gin in a few minutes. Representa-
tive Fill could have been nominated
for president on the spot by sending
his iee-wagon horse off for some
ice.
But it was too hot for clever
thinking 1t was too hot for par
ade, for that matter. The promised
army of $4,000 actually turned out
to be about 1000. The "crowd OF
women voters" proved to consist of
two-Mrs. Mortimer w. West and
Mrs, George D. Iverson. The Is
bands dwindled to three and the
nine floats" to exactly none.
And as for going after ice, Repre-
sentative Hills horse had had
enough to do to carry John Philip
himself. If he had had a chance to
get to the icehouse he would never
have come back.
The boys had their nerve at that.
Most men wouldn't have walked 10
feet Monday in a protest against a
prohibition on lemonade. This is
borne out by the fact trait most men
stayed away from the wet parade.
Start 20 Minutes Late.
1t was 20 minutes late in starting.
Not, however, because of any fight
over who was to lead it, Marshal
Henry S. Barrett explained The
Liberty Defense League, Willett e,
Dentinger, its president; the Balti-
more Federation of Labor, George
D. IversOn and followers and every
body else seemed to have decided
finally that anybody who wanted to
could lead it. The delay was, first
III getting enough men together to
narade and, second, in finding a
5orne out by the fact that most men
ill.
None of the horses present was
'9willing to carry Representative
ill. 1t wasn't that. But all the
4orses looked so much alike. 1t
was agreed among the parade mar
shals that Mr. Hill ought to have a
horse that looked like none of the
other horses, so that the wet
hope" of the country could be prop
erly distinguished from the side
walks. There was nothing sighting
to Mr.. Hills own distinctive appear
ance in this. but simply the desire
to make him far and away the most
distinguished thing in the whole
parade.
Wore His Tall Hat.
With TONY" Dimarco present
this was a hard proposition. Mr.
Dimarco, who has gained some
fame in Baltimore as Christopher
Columbus press agent, was on hand
with his tall beaver hat. Ordinarily
the presence of ''Tony" Dimarco in
his beaver hat means nothing ex
cept that there is going to be par
AIDE, and nobody comments on it.
But yesterday there were mutter.
ings. Some of the foot-marchers
started a rumor that he was wear,
ing a mint julep under it. A man
from the Tenth ward wanted to
know who would wear an April Fool
lid on day like this if he wasn't
wearing it to hide something.
They finally solved the problem
by getting Mr.. Hill. the whitish ice
wagon horse, all the other horses
being bays. 1t was the best they
could do. The horse wasn't much
to lock at but he was the first thing
the eye fell on, and the rest was up
TO Mr.. Hill,
He did his part nogly. He greeted
the loud huzzas from the East Balti-
more street delicatessen belt with
wide sweeps Of his nobby straw.
When there We're no loud huzzas he
greeted them anyway, Under the
spell of leadership he expanded sew
eral inches, and the soul of the ice
wagon horse groaned within him.
Seemed To Be Mays Fault.
Mr.. Dimarco muddled things
somewhat by dashing out ahead on
his bay nag now and then. In just
ice to him it may be said that this
seemed to be the nag's fault and
not Mr.. Dimarco's. He seemed to
be lighting hard to hold him SO that