Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-12

drunk, too, same, as De res Nv en-. Bob, he
don't git drunk much-jes' sloshes roun' dc
he's next to bill-'oout forty year old. Dsy's all
married-all de fanily's IN srriei-ssp5 80 ne of
de gas. Dare's fo'feen. It's de bi gest family
in desc parts, dey say. Dars's BilleRin Nub-
hes-Nuobles Is de name; Bill an Griz, an
Duke, an Bob, an Nan, az Tab, an Kit, aa'
Sol, an 81, an Phil, an Puss, an Jake an
Sal-ssl she's married ami got Hoss Is what De
most always calls him, bat hiss got another
name that somehoE disrenember IT'S go Kind
chil'en a. big as is-sn' Hoes Nuhb!es, hes de
las, o'hsrd to git de hang OF it, Then observ-
Ing t1at hsd been taking down tnis extrsordi-
nary lot OF nick thames for sdul's. he said: But
In de mawnin' can ask Bill what's HossS other
name, an den IN come up an tell you when
ietcnee 20 breakfast. An may be 1 done got
some o. dem names mixed up, but Bin he kin
tell me. Dey's fO-teen."
By this time he was starting of with the
waiter and pecunisry consideration for his
moment and said:
dad fetch it, somehow dat other name don't
come. But, any ways, you 'jes read dem names
over an see If dey's o-teeu." n read the list
over from the fyleai Of Longfellow's New
Epeiand Trasedies"l Oats right, sab. Days
all down, I'll fetch mp Hoss' other n anne in de
mawnin', sab. Don't you be Uneasy"
EXIT, whistling Listen TO the MOcking Bird
CoLoRBD Nuns IN BALTIMoRR.-Among the
other instrumeLtalities intended to benefit the
hlored people are the Institutions of the Oblate
Sisters OF Providence In Baltimore. they have
under their charge IN Baltimore An efficient and
n0urtshing academy for colored girls, sltu ated
at the corner of Chase and Forest streets The
order was established in 1922 by the Rev Father
Joubert, 5. j. Having obtained the year before
from his superiors permission TO teach CathoIi,
doctrine to- and hold Sunday schools for, the
colored people in the basement OF his church
ne found that most of the children forgot one
sumo ay what they learned the SUNDAY before
so he thought it proper to establish a school
where at least they could learn to read and for
mat Work he engaged two colorad women who
were capable of doing il. But fearing tn At
us school might be broken up either by
the death of one of those teachers or
otherwise, he thought il very necessary
10 form them into a religious community
having obtained a third TO join them, aud the
permission OF the diocese, they were formed into
community aud made their vo ws July l. 1922
Ihey were solemnly approved by his Holiness
Eiegory ANl, in 1888, and aggregated by the
Oblates OF Rome. They were first established
on Richard street, and in course of time re-
corner OF Forest place, where they own m bra
than half square of ground and a very l.rys
and well arranged building. About eig DC wears
ago they also opened an orphan ASYLUM. which
has already done some good, aud now contains
thirty three orphans. pupil who received her
education at their academy Is now in Rome
studying sculpture. AS an evidence of her pro-
bciency and artistic talent, we NAV say AT She
both modelled and executed statues of tha
Blessed Virgin and Holy Child, which she pre-
sented to the institution in Baltimore as m ark
of her gratitude. They were 20 n ghly appre-
ciated by the Marquis of Butte that he paji
$500 for two copies OF them, which she also eve
cuted-CdtbO}ic Standard.