The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-22
WITH A LOCAL SETTING.


WITH A LOCAL SETTING.
One night last week when the streets
Der of young women boarded a car which
was going out Virginia avenue They
rushed to the forward part of the car and
began to make themselves conspicuous by
their loud laughing and testing, which for
the time they confined themselves. Over
in the corner opposite them sat youth
whose clothes We're of cheap pattern
and despatched with mud. indicating that
he had been travelling much that day. His
face was covered with a dark, stubby
beard, and his complexion being dark. he
resembled a man covered with coal-soot.
The giggling young girls noticing the form
sitting in the corner opposite them began
to make remarks about his appearance.
One girl in the crowd spoke of the young
mans beard as being lovely growth Of
human ivy" and another wondered if
the BARRIERS were not working? These
and sundry other remarks were passed
about the young mans condition. He sat
through 1T all without murmur until the
car was only a square from the place
where he was to get off. Throwing one
hand in the air TO signal the conductor
to stop he jumped up and exclaimed: II
am going to have fit AS he uttered
these words he staggered to the rear of
the car and sat down. The young women
who had been ''guying" him before had
now become a terrified group and hud-
died into the corner near where they had
been sitting, wondering If the young man
would do some dire act which would
haunt them in their dreams. AS the car
came to a stop the young man got off, and
as 1t proceeded on its way the young
women were made the butt Of many jokes
by the other occupants of the car. The
"guying' became so embarrassing to the
girls that one with her face flushed, arose
and said to the others, 81 cannot stand this
any longer, will have to get Off the car"
Oscar III. Piumm, draughtsman for the
Board of Park Commissioners. is very fond
of candy, especially the delicately favored
cream caramels daintily wrapped in tissue
paper, but it will be some time before he
accepts any sweet things from his co-work-
ers. The cause of this is due to Bert Fei-
bleman, clerk of the board, learning of Os-
cars weakness in the candy line and play
ing cruel joke on him. Mr.. Feibleman
purchased quantity of candy one day last
week, mostly cream caramels. He sat
around the Office for some time, mincing
at the candy before he attracted the atten-
ton of Mr.. Pfumm. The latter then said:
"velI, L like candy. Give me a piece.
Bert"
Feibleman accommodated him, and it GER
tainly was delicious. He then unwrapped
a cream caramel and ate 1t himself. ask
ing Oscar if he liked that kind of candy.
Io< oh al Id ho
caramels were his long suit. He ate one.
and it was also fine. He asked for another,
but he was sorry Feibleman handed him
what was supposed to be a caramel, and
as Oscar smacked his lips and tore off
the wrapper, Feibleman could hardly
frain from laughing Oscar placed the
caramel in his mouth and bit it I'm two.
look of horror flashed over his face. He
took the supposed caramel from his mouth
and. detecting the odor. exclaimed:
You leetle rascal dat vas not candy, dat
vas laundry soap!'
He hurried to the water tank. and in
rinsng his mouth the water caused the
soap to form a fairly thick lather. 1t looked
as if Oscar was fairly foaming with rage.
He swore vengeance, saying:
''Py golly, / will Get even nit you when
you are not looking for Ii once. / will
make dat kinky hair of yours grow out
straight nit rage when ! catch you. Dat
vas dirty trick. for 1 do not pelong to
de laundry union.
Even dignifed city controllers are guilty
occasionally of trying to play jokes on
their younger friends, and "Dore" John
son is no exception. Last week. while in a
facetious mood, he purchased loaded CT
gar He told Clerk Spencer of the pro-
posed joke. and they agreed that John Red
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only had one good ten-cent cigar besides
the 'infernal machine" and Spencer came
TO his rescue by loaning him a cigar for
the occasion Spencer then went back into
his room, and soon Mr.. Johnson entered in
a very liberal mood and handed Spencer a
cigar and also rendered Reddington a nice
clear Havana. The latter accepted, and
Mr.. Johnson was forced to leave the room
for fear he would laugh and spoil the joke
before the explosion took place. Reddington
lighted the cigar and leaned back in his
easy chair to enjoy ii. He smoked and
pulled and smoked, exclaiming every few
moments that IL was an elegant cigar and
thanked Mr.. Johnson profusely. The latter
became anxious and made frequent trips
&c the room to ask Spencer If IL had gone
on The latter replied disgustedly that
II had not, while Reddington kept putting
away. He smoked the cigar until II nearly
burned his lips. Then Mr.. Johnson ex-
amined what he supposed was the really
good cigar he had kept for himself and
found ne had given Reddington the good
one and kept the loaded cigar.
She was a woman, one OF those who have
minds of their own and have set ideas of
what they want Also one OF those who do
not hesitate to express their opinion. She
had a temper all her own and with that
temper in good working order she walked
into a justice of the peace Office where