Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02


weary. One Of them had travelled before. but
the other had not. They Glanced. he said, to
meet an elephant. The untraveled bird was
thoroughly disguised with the elephant He
said that one of the tails was much larger than
the other and that the wings were altogether
too small TO Nv with While the untraveled
bird was criticising the other dined heartily on
the parasites he found In the wrinkles of the ele-
plants hide.
THE ONLY JOKE.
so have become simply an on locker and as
much Of Welshman as l know how 10 be.
When country people Gsk me questions in
Welsh say, Don't know. Ask a policeman. ="
IN Welsh / have discovered, however that
this IL usually regarded joke As the aues-
ton usually asked is. What time is it's the
answer Is really the popular joke of the wear.
The refrain of the popular song that immedi-
stely proceeded ''Ta-ra-ra-,la Boom-de-ay'' was
IF you want to know the time ask police
man. As the story of this is the ONLY real
English joke / have encountered will tell il
YOU In Washington. where a policeman has to
report TO the st.ti..p b. telephone every hour.
he can always tell the time without hunting I'M
. clock In store. The London policemen
don't have to do this They never carry
vatches-there ar many pick pockets about
you know-and are VIGOROUSLY ignorant Of the
Hight OF time The street bows ask them the
time just to annoy them. One day a London
policeman arrested some one who ANNOYED him
BY asking the time and the court fined the
prisoner two whole shillings Hence the song
These delghtfui Britishers never get tired Of
anything. Ibis song has been sung for some
two years in the music halls and probably
would have continued to be sung had not Ia
ra-ra" knocked IL out this spring In Sir Ed
ward Arnold > London Telegrdph-and there ia
not in the wide world a nicer, more good-hu-
mored editor than Sir Edwin. as | had the pleas
use of finding out while he was IN New York
there was two days ago the announcement of
the debut of o young woman of some social pre-
tensions in a comedy. during which, the feIe-
graph said. she executed a new style OF terpsi-
chorean art called skirt dancing And we have
been yawning at skirt dancers in America for
two seasons
But il il n mistake to say that Englishmen are
not fond Of humor. There is a I.ondon-publica-
ton called Sndp-S shots that is wholly made up
Shooting Stars" occupy a prominent place
In it.
MANY THINGS TO WONDER AT.
An American sees many things to wonder at
here and have been wondering a great deal.
i wonder why Americans spell it wagon" and
Englshmen Wagon; why an American editor
sends you check and an English editor q
ehecque-sometimes. Why does America leave
the u out Of parlour, or why does England
put IN! Really. though, an American
10 very apt to be surprised 10 ind the hes,
people Of England so ike the best people he
has known at home OF course. Englishmen
don't know as much about what is going on in
America as Americans do about what is going
On In England Ii Is the fault of the news
papers. There is a deal of difference between
dividing 10 cents word cable tolls between
5000 or 10000 daily newspapers in America
and 200 or 800 in England The chea nest
telegraph news service for an evening paper
that IL to be had here costs fs week and
aHords less than quarter as much s'cooy" as
] am sure THE STAR throws away every day.
But what flls me chock full of wonder IL the
kangaroo style Of carrying babies that l. in