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Show St Patrick's Day Is Cosmopolitan Representatives of All Nations "Wear tho Green All Hallows's Fine Decoration. Nothing could better Illustrate tho cosmopolitan cos-mopolitan character of St. Patrick's day than tho wearers of tho green on tho streets of Salt X,ako yesterday. Tho few Irishmen who undertook to honor tho memory of tho patron saint of their beloved be-loved islo were lost In the crowd of Greeks and Auatrlans from the Dmelters wearing shamrocks as large as saucers, Scandinavians Scandi-navians from tho settlements tricked out In green neckties and worsl Irony of nil Japanese from tho railroad gangs wearing bright green bows In their buttonholes. Passengers on tho East Second South street car lino had their attention attracted at-tracted by two lings that floated over All Hallows college. Ono was tho stars and stripes, tho other the golden harp of Erin set on a green field. Green souvenirs were, os before mentioned, men-tioned, worn by all sorts and conditions of men. A few business houses draped their windows In tho samo vivid color, and oven the lawns In tho eastorn part of the city wore greun. The celebration of tho day wo.4" entirely informal, and it Is to bo feared that a number of tho cole-brators cole-brators almost overtook tho reptiles that tho good St. Patrick evicted from tho Emerald Isle. The. offcurs mado allowances allow-ances and were lcnlont wherovor leniency was Justified. It was not Justified, however, in tho case of Frank Ettor of Centcrvlllc, who was arretted about 5 o clock by Officer Bert Seagcr. Etter had been drlnltlng and indulged In nn argument with an acquaintance ac-quaintance which was In a fair way to bring on a light when tho policeman came up. "You had better go home," was tho advice ad-vice of tho officer. "Who you are already yet." asked Etter, "vat tellln' me to go home was ven I my padron salmi's birthday was rejoicing re-joicing on?" Etter became quite abusive and finally landed In the drunk house. lie will appear ap-pear before Judge DIehl this afternoon with a green shamrock" in his buttonhole and a seal brown taste In his mouth. |