A Sleigh-Ride Saloon Roams Tacoma

Big flakes of snow falling fast and thick, and blown almost on a horizontal line by a stiff breeze, turned the snowstorm today into a blizzard. It was a blizzard, however, minus the intense cold usually associated with it. The air was warm enough to make the snow pack well, and hundreds turned out to enjoy the storm. Coasting became general on some streets, with sleighing parties everywhere. There was some wanton hilarity, and one at least of the sleighing 'outfits' was offensive to the advocates of a quiet, Christian Sunday. For instance an ex-saloonkeeper rigged out a pair of bob-sleds with a card table and a beer keg on top. He and three of his friends played seven-up and 'guzzled' beer, while the driver kept the team jogging about town. The funniest and most novel rig was five jolly men astride a common carpenter's sawhorse, fastened on runners made of boards, rounded at the forward end. One of the fleetest teams in the city was attached to the sawhorse, and the jolly riders were whisked through the streets at a very rapid pace. As two of them wore high silk hats, the small boy portion of the public considered their headgear an invitation to pelt the wearers with snowballs.