Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-01
A PLAGUE OF BOYS.
Instances Where They Have Been
known to Act rs Bears In the Real
Estate Market.

A citizen whose residence fronts little piece
OF parking In the northwestern section Of the
city, sat, the other evening" watching q crowd
of perhaps 20 boys, large and small, who were
playing marbles in q shady spot over against
the park fence. The boys as usual with the
species, made vast amount of unnecessary
noise at their innocent pastimes, while lam
guage was frequently INDUCED in that did not
bespeak any alarming degree Of innocence.
Oaths OF magnitude and vigor out Of all pro-
portion to the puny individuals who uttered
them, and of bewildering variety that would
nave been the despair OF the Oldest veteran of the
Army In Flanders, occasionally cleft the ethe-
real blue of the neighborhood, until one would
have thought the very leaves Of the trees above
locusts. From time to time, too, as the
Play Play Of Of the .; young i9nocents became
SoSeg ysns and
the fate Of an ''alley" by resorting to electoral
commission or returning board tactics, epithets
not at all Of euphuistic character flew about
In a reckless abundance that Billingsgate in its
palmiest days could not have outdOne. Judg-
ing from the remarks heard on all sides during
the crises of the game, all the female members
of each participants family had been Of the
most deplorable laxity of morals, while the inn
were mutually and severally consigned with
singular unanimfty to q place not to be found
mentioned In either grand division of the re-
Vlseo scriptures. Then, having exhausted their
available vocabulary of oaths. curses, obsceni-
ty and general bad language, the boys quieted
''alley" absent-mindedly ignoring the writ OF re-
pievin served upon him, and play was begun
over again, TO be again Interrupted BY similar
not hear what was going on proved u severe
strain on the ladies who happened to be within
in the block, for the boys, as ali well.reSuiatad
boys from time immemorial have DONE carried
on their conversation with that whole-souled
opinion which are their chief charms to those
who do not abominate the species.
c9ar das ashes his
VOW In heaven that he would drive those boys
away, and make them stay away, II it cost him
II like to see the boys enjoy themselves" he
said to THE STAR representative who happened
been shocked by the friShtfuiiy bad Iane,n aaa
the gamesters had INDUCED in. az like TO see
them around. and don't mind their noise
when see them make q steady resort Of any
one spot, az they Of late have done with that
they are not to be trified with, any more than han,
bugs, or the Hessian fy. They become pos
structlve, and Is capable Of computation in
money e those Of any Of the vsrnin have
THO reporter thought the gentleman was get
ting excited, and mildly tntimated that that
Rn ssn as y pretty pr mys srsn
had special experience with this Kind ofplaxue
Icy uon nHuIo saIuSA LUCK or spoil your
flowers, or oepreciate the value OF wheat. What
they prey on is real estate houses and lots,
| rents. Two Illustrations OF the destructiveness
Of the boy in hisparticular direction have come
under my immediate observation and hurt me-
right here and he slapped his hand on his
POCKET TIE n last one was right in this city.
nearer the Capitol, severaa years $50. Al dirt IL
was ono OF the pleasantest quietesf, most
orderly neighborhoods one would care 10 zee.
kind, no Questionable characters TO be met
with; There we're plenty Of children and young
any loelefish instincts. They were not obiec-
uonably Iregaxtous, and II they went ia hooks
| they kept up 8heAlthy circulation uDund abouf