Putnam patriot., 1924-07-11
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chel Crothers and played by an ex- eelleut company. There are also the revues: skoguesf ''Scandals.s sfe and the usual leftoyers of the previous season held for the summer fare Of the oat-of-toarn visitor.
 Then there is still the conventszsn which promises to provide more or leas amusement until a seas0nable blizzar | drives the Democratic and obstinate donkey into its stall again. We visit- d the convention on Monday after Heon when the names of all the eandf- dates had faded into the background while all America waited ard prayed for the suffering man who today holds the office that Is under contest.
 Al its best Madison Square Garden is a smelly place l. retains the aroma Of circuses and prize fights and six day bicycle races. and another layer of sd8r has beer gwen it by the crowds that have alle4 its thousands af seats since that infermlnable roll call began with a radio-ed nation listening impa- tiently to Alabama twenty-four votes for Under wood E.
 Inside the Garden
 When wp entered the Garden on Monday the sigHf was a pitiable one. There was over the whole auditorium pail of the most intense boredom. Roilcall followed ruilcall with tiresome regularity. Frowzy haired lady dele gates waved theiF fans trantically. Al efforts af sartorial completion on the part of tne men gave way 70 sweating effort towards comfort. Col lars were loosenefi or discarded, coats were reiegafed f3 a cooler calendar. F here were those who slept. Ginger pop and sandwiches were indulged m in a rather helpless fashion. The roll eaIls went on Once in a while there vas q cheer. CT an effort at excitement shen one vote CT half a vote changed from the column of one candidate fo another TheH there came an electric moment From Washington. where the almost unanimous choice 0f tha op- posing political party was praying be- side the bed 9f his dying son. there came 70 the convention a message uf gratitude for vote of sympathy that had been passed earlier in the day. The convention forgot its sweat. its boredom. its ImBatience and contests. and there wHs silence that was at once significant and impressive. Then began the Folieall again -AiabaHa. tWenty-four votes for Under-
 We fled to the crowded benches gf Madison Square. filing our laa5ys deeply with that clear ozone of gsaso- Line and carbon dIuXide which. for once. seemed Ike the eiixer If a maan- tain hreezs.
 How the New Yorker Feels
 Ask any New Yorker and he gill teIl you tlfat he s bored o death sTith The convention New York Ikea ita performances on time. 4 play fhnt must continue unul midnight oses patronage A for peri ormanee that continues any longer it cannot hope far public support The Democratic show is tu5 loHe l. has had too uauT acts Moreover. New Workers have found thar the actors are not what the. tho vhf fnav were going b he The theatres thar hoped for aH addI- IIsHai season uf prosperity fH#m the convention have closed sneir doors and dHrkened their signs The csnarets that were Co hnfu been the playground of the delegates are sewing oHlY their former patronage and the usual visit 8rs. The shops have not gleaasd any golden harvest af dodars. fhe dele ratrs have been q appointment. the convention & trying iucldert m the season record. PefAaps when thls ls published It Vdli nave come ta Its taTriF end New York today is fervently hoping