Life — June 22, 1893 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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400 THE PRINCESS’S DAY. HAMFATINA GETS A VIEW NEW YORK. OF SHE ATTENDS A BALL IN THE EVENING INCIDENTS OF A BUSY DAY—HER FUTURE PROGRAM) TTCHE Princess Hamfatina had a busy day yesterday, She arose at six o'clock, after partaking of six gin cocktails in bed. The gin cocktail is the native drink in the Jagwagi country and the Princess brought a large supply with her, not know- ing that the fluid could be obtained in this country, Then after a light breakfast of poached ostrich eggs and elephant steak, she gave an audience to Commander Bloomington Blaggart, the United States representative '* near to the person " of Her Highness. The Commander announced that he had thoroughly insulted everybody who had called to pay their respects to the Princess and that the dignity of the Na- tion's guest had therefore been properly sustained, For the day, he had arranged that the Princess should attend a dog fight at Alderman O'Keefe’s palatial resort in the Fourth Ward, a wake at the residence of Assemblyman Donoghue, and a banquetat ‘Tammany Hall. THE START. At exactly nine o'clock the Princess, leaning on the arm of Commander Blag- gart and followed by one of her husbands and Secretary Umbjojo, descended to her carriage. This was a handsome hack from the stables of Flynn Bros., drawn by four pure white hearse horses and decor- ated with the mingled Irish and Jagwagi colors. She sat on the back seat with her husband, Commander Blaggart and Umb- jojo facing her. As the carriage solled away, the Jagwagi Royal Tom-tom Band started up the Jagwagi National Anthem and the Princess gracefully waived her slipper at the assembled hotel porters and waiters. AT ALDERMAN O'KEEFE’S. Some of the best known residents of the Fourth Ward had been invited to meet the Princess at Alderman O'Keefe's. Be- fore the dog fight began District. Leader McGuirk made an address in Irish, which the Princess speaks like a policeman, The fight was a great success and the Princess showed her delight by clapping her little * EVFE - hands at every exciting moment, until warned by Commander Blaggart that it was not con- sidered good form in the neighborhood of the Bowery for a lady to clap her hands at a dog fight. THE WAKE. From here the party drove to 146 Hester Street, of which the third floor back apartment is occupied by Assemblyman Donoghue. The Assemblyman is a power in Tanmany, and COMMANDER BLOOMINGTON BLAGGART. was delighted to welcome a royal princess to his grandmother's wake. Everything went off charmingly until a party of young men from Rivington Street, known to the police as the Tin-Horn Gang, attempted by force to join in the festivities. The Assemblyman's friends gathered to the rescue, and the Princess said she had not seen such a lovely scrimmage since Ward McAllister and the Four Hundred heard the announcement that luncheon was served on the royal yacht. AT TAMMANY HALL, When Tammany starts to do anything, whether it isto carry an election district or give a banquet, it is apt to do it thoroughly. On her arrival at the Hall the Princess was received by a committee, at the head of which was Garbage-Commissioner O'Rourke, mag- nificent in the regalia of the Noble Sons of St. Patrick. The Mayor occupied the head of the table and the Princess occupied the place of honor at his right. By some over- sight, no places had been reserved for her husband or Commander Blaggart, so these gentlemen had to go across the way and con- tent themselves with industriously assailing the free lunch in Waggenheimer’s beer dispen- THE STATE BALL. After returning to the hotel, for the purpose of powdering her nose, the Princess proceeded to the Madison Square Garden, where all was in readiness for the ball. She had improved her toilet by putting on the crown jewels of Jagwagi, and was es- corted by Commander Blaggart, Mrs. Blaggart, the six Misses Blaggart, and Commander Blaggart’s two maiden aunts. It was during the reception that occurred the only unpleasant event of the day. Mrs. Phenwicke Strutters, whose position in New York society is unques- tioned, when presented to the Princess, in the embarrassment of the moment rub- bed noses with her so violently that the Princess lost her temper and gave Mrs. Strutters an energetic box on the left ear. Mrs. Strutters, not being accustomed to the etiquette of foreign courts, thought THE CROWN JEWELS OF JAGWAGI. this was a special mark of the royal favor, and during the remainder of the evening was even more supercilious than usual. The Princess, being greatly fatigued, re- mained at the ball but a short time and returned to the hotel before midnight. NOTES. To-day the Princess visits the Mott Street opium joints. At the ball last evening the Princess danced but once. It was thought that Mr. Wadleigh Van Huysen Harlemlots, as the representative of one of our most exclusive families, would be her partner, but the Committee of Three Thousand awarded the honor to Mr. Terence Sheehan, the eldest son of Contractor Sheehan, a well- known contributor to Tammany's treasury. comicbooks.com