Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-22
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN


.ne eu,iy -heaoeu niue son Oh MT Is.
q. Bradford. Is wise in his generation. He
is just at the age when his teeth are show
ing signs of a desire to mart comnanv with
him AMI carly last veal ono 90 ,ha,, 90,
i' N col! iase WEN ohe VI enenl eoe
loose enough to become the subject Of do
nestle dentistry. His mother tied a string
would he II he rnuIled n ont himself ana the
,..., 80, - e
Ae~~ nahiuy oooA noio Oh ehe loose
ehos. he couidnt summon courage how
ever, to pull up from his mouth, but salts
fled himself with tue,ging gently at the
string vitbout .nnarant .ffsct o., The tooth
a. =. -. ~, .,-s..-N -
n. ias.' unuer 'he suo'eriuee 'nat she was
going to tie the string tighter, Mrs. Brad
ford managed to get hold of it, and in less
than a 1fffy the tooth was dangling in the
a. Sts't
w ASH oood 10 et 90 pull my toot WV
vout kyin instantly inquired the shrewd
youngster, desiring to claim entire credit Tor
started on waving the tooth In much glee.
He met lady. who complimented him
gravely on his courage, and informed him
mat when her boys were little they always
put tooth wnen II was pulled out under
the pillow and found In the morning that IL
had changed to 5-cent piece. Carl was
over)oyed 70 hear this and said he would
plant his tooth the same way. That
night his mother went in the room to find
MASTER Sari sittihg up IN ped ana puiing
away az ms mouth. she asked MIN what ne
was doing v" ~, -a-'~
II los de toof 90 pulled out" he returned,
still tugging at his gums. so I'm tyin' TO
pull out zis ole toof an pant it unner re pill
ieT III ao aro re N, n Gems Gems, .,.,.
ne got the nickel without waiting Tor 1t to
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49,. .eu Sreecy mas an interesting quartet OF
li.,'e ohes, anu .hs hainesake OF MS uncle
E-atoh is continually giving instances OF be-
ing downrsght smart Early In the spring
the proposition OF moving out into the coun-
Try Tor the summer was being considered by
the Ianiiy at table, and the suggestion was
MADE that cottage could be erected on a
piece OF SUBURBAN real estate Mr.. Creecy
owns
Have they got any trees out there?" in
Quired Eaton. Upon being told there were
Iees IN apuhuance, ne graveiy impaired the
lnIormation that ne could tell how money
oouid De saved DICK, the eldest. shifted
S S lnp.iousy al ,his IN the way elder
p,o.hefs anscI Out MT. Creecy directed that
, Ea.on snouid proceed ard eiucidate his
piorosl,,oh.
saio tne youngster. confidently,
we coufd cut down the trees an saw EN- up
INTO boards an bull the house out o. them"
DIGh grew more arrogant stiil-
nat 90 you know about sawin'?' he de-
"anaeo win nne scorn:
On l know all about It., answered
I mol, amiaoy.
well, how do You do it?" persisted Dick.
DO you know how to do it?'' returned
Eaton, giving his big brother a sidelong
glance
We'll. should say So" replied Richard.
lofuly
Then that's how to do it," said Eaton,
and victory perched on his banner, with a
regular gCnaw. +-- .r'
Il was examined for promotion not very
lcrg ago." said a clerk in one of the gov
eminent departments to a group OF friends
the other night. and / had an amusing ex-
perience As some OF you are aware, i am
what hiay be called, with all due modesty,
an expert shorthand writer, and have been
frequently assigned to duty requiring such
experience since / Lave been in the depart
ment. When / was notified to appear for
examination 1 went before a dapper and
debonair young man, who Informed me that
ne would examine me in shorthand. This
struck me as mighty funny, because 1 was
familiar with his record as a shorthand
writei, but told him-i was at his service
He picked up a book and proceeded TO read
one of tGarfield's speeches at the rate of
nearly four hundred words a minute. Sud
he