Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-05
Another Lie Nailed.

Another Lie Nailed.
Apropos of the interest excited in Masonry
by the coming conclave, a conversation over
heard at the Bilson domicile the other morning
is worth noting. The family were waiting
breakfast and Mrs. Bilson led of:
Mr.. Bilson, were you at the lodge last night
again, that you fell up the stairs this morning
| at 2 ann"
Eyes, my dear: Very late session; but isn't
| breakfast ready?"
And, Mr.. Bilson. did you have another cleo
ton, that find some more of these red and
blue buttons in your pocket"
Yes, m darling but can't we 20 to break"
"Bilson, was your hat crushed and your cane
broken this time also in an effort to save from
wife?'
Yes sweetest, but let's 60"
"Bison listen to me. We viii go TO break
fast when have finished. Four nights in last
week, Bilson, / let you in with the sun. when
you said you had been to lodge meetings. I
became tired of this, and wrote to O high off,
cial In your lodge to find out about these mat
tiers. This, Mr.. W. Bilson, is his answer:
Dear Madam: Your letter at hand. and, in
reply, 1 will state that our lodge meets only
once per week, and that 1t is far from true that
there are any awful penalties attached to being
absent from meetings. Your husband has evil
IDENTIFY been cruelty deceiving You. We have
never had case Of a member being charged
| with dlvulging secrets to his wife. William
Bilson, whom you mention, was suspended from
the lodge over a year ago for non-payment of
| dues. was unable to surnise for what the
round piece Of ivory you inclosed could be
used for. but on inquiring OF friend find il
and is used rs q representative Of money In
gambling
Very respectfully, JOHN snrrH.'
"Now, Mr.. Bilson, what have you got to say
to this?" But Bilson simply looked mournfully
at the letter and muttered: "John Smith, and
to think loaned that man a. 80 last night to
keep him in the game"
Two New Games.
The long winter evenings are almost upon Us
and little parlor games, which are interesting
and at the same time improving, are so much
in demand. The following have been arranged
with much care:
No. For this game several sticks must be
prepared in which are fastened large pins or
needles. Choose one of the party, usually
small man, blindfold him, tie his hands and
and stick the weapon in him. II he guesses
the one who has last stuck him he is free and
you can play something else. The party
blindfolded should be careful who he plays the
game with, a. even with the best Of people it
10 wonderful how long he may sit in the chair
without guessing the sticker. There was once
party Of players who sat down around the
person in the chair, while o small boy, whom
they hired, did the sticking. This man was in
the chair for several hours until, at length, he
succeeded in chewing through the rope on his
hands and killed one Of the players. He was
of . hysterical disposition and should never
have been allowed to play. The one in the
ring should be careful also to find out the
names Of all the players. There was once a
man who kept insisting that a man named
Damn" and q lady named "Hellen Blazes"
were sticking him, when, in fact there were
no such parties in the room.
No. 2-Let some one choose q card Then hand
him the pack and let him shuttle 1t in. Tell
the party you will now guess the card. Try it.
You can usually succeed in ffty-two trials.
A Reformation.
Samaritan-"Come, old chap, you want to 90
to bed"
Toper-"No, don't Chic); goin' reform; be
secon' George Washington (hic). Stay up all
time. Cam; go bed (hic); too much semtashun
An Invitation.
MrA Malaprop invited few friends the other
day TO partaks of Q cold relation"
They Won't be There.
parker, get all the fun you can out Of this
Knights Templar parade. 1t is as near heaven
as any Of you'll ever get"
Flows that?''
Don't you know the good book says there
shall be no knight there?"
1t Leaked.
SLOWS your new house in this weather,
Jones7"
awful; my cistern's the only dry place in
Only One Case.
"He's no lawyer. He never had but one
genuine case in his life."
"When was that?"
"When he prosecuted his studies"
His Title.
''They call Jones general; do you know vhy?"
mo Tell me-"
"Because he wasn't colonel"
"But they used to call him colonel"
s'Yes, but that was because he wasn't . ma
jor."
A VIse EoP r.