Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-12

my pocket book ain nuffin' but trash, no.
Turning away in disgust. Judicious start
ed once more with his speech when an al
tercation caused a second Interruption.
Whuts de mattuh?" he inquired
Dah has been some remarks passed
which calls fob er specialization" replied
MR. Rosewood Robinson. lone er desc
tarzfaced venetians hab said dat warn
nun1n but hammer-chewer actor"
Don pay no 'tention ter i'm. Eysybodv
Knows bettuh. You ain no hammer chew
er; fous scene chewer. Well skip dat
talk an git further inter de piece
Looky hyuh," said Mr.. Pinkley; might
4 take up time ter AK who wah disshere
gemman you's actin? War he Awrish? I
notices dat mos er de gemmen dat stahts
dab names VIII o. comes fun Ireland i
knows Miss O. Brien an Miss O'Hagan
put doesn know anybody dat eyvuh
knowed any OThelia family"
He wah cullud gemman."S
wan all de res oh EN- cullud Cemmen
an ladies?' e''e"
INC" No: de res er dem wah white folks"
Mhut happens ter 'img'
he got jealous of his wife an kills buhp
"How?' ~ num-
He taken a pillow. an he shet of huh
No, subj" exclaimed Mr. Pinkley. mo
sun. L wants yer to unstan' dat dis lady
Is a frien' er mine. an she gwineter nah
all de air she wants An futhumo'. when
you shows cullud gemman takin' a cullud
,auy NE by shettin' of huh BRET you is
taihpefin VII de Jacks an castin' discredit
"hah you ortenter. No cullud gemman
would shet Off lady's BRET. Eff he meant
IT, he'd take razzer"
Il 'spose he could use n razzer- co,-
coded Judicious Morgan. But I'd like ter
git mo information befo' takes too many
nDuties. You see, dishere play"
.,, re was interrupted by the notes of
ditty. which Mr.. E. p. U. Mott (whose in
i,lals stand for + Pluribus Unum) was
singing. 1t ran:
L wucks In de brick-yahd day by day.
An L shows my gal politeness:
but shes sittin' ready fob to run away
WI Niger of halfway whiteaess
Hes de new head waiter in de big hotel
Dat TO my place has risen;
plowed my money fob ter treat huh well.
An now he's BLOWN hisa.
An OATS de reason dat done turned out
A &C mmon crap-shooter an a race track
tout,
An if ever L wins on dis here stake
Oar ain no end to de trouble I'll make
rs shootir'-umph,-foh dat pair o. shoes
An hiGh-neck collar like de whit men
use:
takes dem bones. an turns EN- loose
III rs lucky, maybe
I'll win dat baby
Is shootn' TO buy me razzer keen
10 hyahVe DAT niger whah de meat am
An a gor-head cane an de white kid gloves.
is shootin' to win de gal loves"
Judicious had succumbed to the influence
Oh the music ana raised protest until
another verse was started Then he raaI--
lied his Responsibilities.
KANT you all I'm muffin battuh ter do
dan dat?' he inquired
We knows a lot mo- songs" replied
Erastus Pinkley
An 1 knows a ballad" chimed in Miss
Prosperity jenkins.
An kin dance" added the young man
who had started the ditty.
Sho. exclaimed the cid man. ANY
body kin dance" $780, .-... -.. ....-..- -.
Il rackons anybody hab a right TO
ironic emphasis. rs wi!lin' to stand COM
Parsons"
kin you play de ban3or
"Tass, indeed"
We'll, you jes' wait a minute tell I runs
oNuh TO my house an gifts my banjo. I'll
Play fob you and you kin show whut you
Kin do Den you play fob me an I'll give
you lessons"
As Judicious was returning with the
banjo, he paused beside the door where
the announcement for ''Othello' had been
posted He took 1t down, and, turning
over the pasteboard. proceeded to write
laboriously on the other side with a lead
pencil.
What is the natter" said the man who
runs the coal yard near by. and who had
taken some interest in the enterprise
Aren't you going to give the show"
Yassuh," replied Judicious; ives gwine-
ter glib de show. But we ISM gwineter play
othello De trouble desc yere times is
dat de legitimate drama doesn't stan no
chance. You's gotter glib de public whut
1t wants. an it won stan de legitimate
1t doesn' make no diff unce how good you
does 1t. de public won hab IT. Some time
We may glib er puffo'mance of 'Othello' jes'
for our own artistic satisfaction, but fob
public an glib er high-class vaudeville en-
tuhtainment"