Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-08
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

| Little 1rrna's teacher was instructing a
number Of tots to sing. and say their lines
in an operetta. which was to form the prin-
cipal feature Of the commencement ex-
| ercises.
Irma. though only six, had been cast for
ore of the leading roles. and really played
her little part. to quote the older girls. $50
cute /" that much applause and petting fell
to her lot. This is generally the case,
caused the little starting to take upon her
self many airs not down In the books Of
the opera" She went to rehearsal one
| afternoon SO naughty that her teacher
could do nothing to change her tricks and
manners" and finally. though rather over
grown for so airy a creature. had to play
| fairy herself
| When taken to task that evening by her
| mamma, who said how grieved she was to
hear of the naughty behavior of a certain
| little girl. lrma, although she claimed not
| to recognize the little girl whom her mann
ma described. promised nevertheless to do
| better. and, desiring to strengthen her good
| resolution. offered the following prayer a
| she knelt at her mammals knee:
| oh! Lord. bless mamma and papa, and
got something else to say" she added. hest
tatingly. digging her pink toes IN the car
pet but you will laugh, mamma"
No. darling. mamma would never laugh
stroking the bowed head.
well, then. God. II you know anybody
thats been naughty; please to make then
good" concluded thi. non-committai little
sinner. with q relieved sigh.
On sth street. just above the patent ONCE.
| there is q poll parrot. who literally hangs
| cut on the stoop every afternoon TO take
the atr. She "a an unusually bright bird not
| only In piumage. but her admirers, the
small boys. say-mind-as well They
Of Poliy's society they never pass without
| having q chat with her: q sad thing II ts
| to be feared for Poll. for she has begun to
her mistress has been compelled to put q
stop to all association with her naughty
playmatee.
She gave the passers by a sample OF what
when she became the rival Of a slender and
shrfll voice nevsboy. "E-e-e-vening News
sung out the boy as he ran around the cor
ner. Star here" said Poll in her deepest
tone.
The boy. paying no attention. continued 20
cry his papers. when Polly. growing excited
over his persistence, spread her wings and
making mighty effort to drown the voice
of her small competitor shouted back:
Star here. D--n IT. star-r-r here!'
A young gentleman called a few evenings
ago at TIE home OF some friends. when
their small daughter came in TO entertain
him until her parents came down stairs.
She had often heard her mother entertain
| n
ably some magazine article Desiring like
the wise and dutiful little girl that she
was. to follow In her mothers footsteps.
she opened enc the sG nv era ion by sve,y
That Pass in the Dark"
One who has visited the grave. says Chat
In a small town in northern Alabama. the
tombstone Of a child who hes buried there.
In life the little one had answered TO the
nickname Of Billy Sugar"
| Sacred to the memory OF
Little Billy Sugar,
Who now rolls his little wagon, beats his
little drum. and blows his little horn
| In the streets Of the
| New Jerusalem"
Little Rilly' must have found the realis-
tic heaven with which Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps has made this world familiar.
|
A small boys father took him up to the
House one day when he went to call on
his member. 1t was before L. O'Clock, ard
finding the member of Congress on the
floor. their conversation took place there.
When the interview was over the boys
the corridor before he discovered that ne
was alone; returning to the floor. he found
| the boy leaning on the members desk
lille the latter appeared to be busy writ
Ing. He called to him TO come away, say
ing that the member was busy.
Yes replied the boy. he is writing an
| orQer Tor me.
I. On their way from the Capitol the boy ex-
| planned that he had requested the Congress-
man to give him an order for some gold
| fish.
He said all right. my little man I'm
| write TO the fish commission and ask them
to put your name on their list" quoted
| the boy, and then giving a wise shake of
the head, added. but have heard SO much
| about Congressman promises that just
told him. II he didn't mind. he could give
me the order right now. and I would take
| IL over myself"
The lOng-sunering Office seeker may well
| take dots.
|
| While sportsmen have been giving their
undivided attention all the week TO or.olan
and reed birds on the marshes, another
| feathered visitor Of interest to gunners
mas put IN appearance, and every evening
from row. until the middle Of October the
bull bat or night hawk, as he is variously
| termed, will lie found In numbers circling
| soaring and dashing here and there at
| dizzy angles over the hills around Washing
| ten. The bull bat not only affords excellent
| sport to the gunner. as well as splendid
practice preparatory 30 the opening of the
quail season, but IL Is enc of the most de-
| lcious morsels when broiled that a palate
| could wish. Many persons have an am
| tipathy TO the notified black harbinger OF
| evening on account OF it's name. The sound
| OF either bat or hawk does not an
| spire appetite. but individual who win
| sink such qualms sufficiently to eat a broil-
| ed bull bat will thank their gastronomioal
| stars Tor having been introduced 10 such
| epicurean pleasure. The birds begin fiyinc
| about O'Clock each evening and pasture
land on any of the lines Of electric RAILROAD
| going out OF the city will be very ant 10
prove feeding place for them. When they
first appear their flight is high. and a n
| useless shooting at them with ordinary
| loads In an ordinary gun, because despite
| their apparent closeness they are really a
| hundred yards or more above the earth
As evening comes on they fly lower ana
| shoot back and forth. feeding on gnats ana
| small bugs. Then the white marks ON
| their wings can be seen, and a good slot
| will knock one down every time IL sails
| over him. In Virginia every gun is broae hit
into reQuistion at this time of year for
| bull-bat shooting. and along the heights
| that girt the water courses the bull bat 10
| sure TO be q regular accompaniment Of the
| sportsman's breakfast Around Charlottes-
| VILE. along the Revanna river, the bats ny
In wonderful profusion. and knocking down
two or three dozen In an evening lie not
considered worth talking about much by the
| man who does IL. In many sections the bull
| bat 10 believed to be nothing more nor less
than the whippoorwill. as the marking and
physical construction Of both birds Is ex-.
actly alike.
|
Little people have a queer way OF mo
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