Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-21
THATnLIULE GIRL OF MINE

Eight, Washington Elks were sitting
around "a tabls in one of the cafes off the
board walk in atlantic City on the Satur-
day night precious to the beginning of the
recent Elks' convention, exchanging talk
about matters Interesting to the order and
absorbing damp things from tall glasses
There was justfthe slightest lull in the con-
versatioh, when the man who always
breaks in with a story about one of his
young eaes cleared his throat and began:
well. ssirs. my little girl said one Of the
cleverese-' al
by the ways interrupted one Of the men
Of the party, albert and militant at once
ne knew wha-N was coming from long &C
quaintapceship with the man, VINO always
springs stories about his young ones
talking about clever things, I was in De-
troit the other day
And, talking about Detroit. isn't that
pretty town, all right?" cut in another OF
the eight. 81 was out there myself on
rather delicate mission a couple o weeks
ago. and
My little girl saw billygoat hitch ,nia to
rupted in strident tone, when the heavy
weight Elk at the opposite side OF the table
broke in. with:
| ought to be stopped by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals don't
you think SO. fellows? l mean TINS thlng
Of hitching billygoats to wagons and max.
| ing em haul big, husky kids around, just
as If the billygoats were Percheron horses
and as If they
There's no doubt that Humane society
| in Washington does a whole lot of good,
interrupted still another Of the eight, wink
ing with vast ,solemnity at the man on ms
left. II was riding out to whitney avenue
| on the 14th street car the other evening
and at the foot of the steep 14th street NH
I saw a sign. put up there by the Humane
Society, requesting drivers to uncheck
their horses before beginning the ascent OF
he Str
very decent idea and ,
The man with the only children on earth
glared around the table, cleared MS throat
again with great force and began:
We'll: sirs, my little girl looked at the
billygoat for while, studying his horns
particularly, and then she looked up at me
and"
THAT reminds me of story fellow was
telling me in Baltimore the other after.
noon,'' put in one of the eight VINO nao not
yet done any interrupting OF the nuisa me-
hard of hearing since her oirth' II seeiiis'
and she-' -.
That's a pretty hard MISFORTUNE .. isn't
it?' said the heavyweight Elk. but i
think what with the wonderful strides tnat
are being made in whatever you cali that
science that has to do with the ears. tndl
children that are born with that afiilctlon
now have some hope Of having their hear
ing restored, and
Talking about deaf people," cut in an
other of the eight Elks around the table
| who hadn't vet put up his little fight to
squelch the man who tells stories OF his
own young ones, 1.-The funniest thing 1 ever
saw happened over in Anocostia one cold
day last winter, when signify deaI Irleho
of mine over there
THAT reminds me that took drive over
to Congress Heights the other evening",
chimed in the man who had first risen to
the occasion and started the cutting off OF
the nuisance, land l was surprised at the
beauty Of the
There was a. heavy scowl on the counte-
nance of the nuisance by this time but he
planted his elbows on the table with a thud,
took a long draw from his cigar, exhaled
the smoke with loud. putting noise. looked
all around the table and tried once more:
"Well, srs. that little girl of mine studied
that billygoat's horns for a long while. and
then she looked up at me, cute-like, you
know-funny how cute children can look
sometimes, isn't 1t? and she said to me"
But one of the eight had craftily left his
seat and walked up to the gallery immedi-
atey overhead and asked the conductor to
spring the loudest bit of music In his whole
repertoire. and the crash came just in time.
The seven Elks didn't have to listen to what
the nuisance's little girl had said about the
bilygoats horns, for soon as the music
struck up they, began to sway with it and to
hum the tune in unison. and for once the
man who is perpetually talking to his
friends about the only children the face
of the ,globe-namely. his own-was baf-
fled. 1t is odds on. however. that he told
the whole seven of them that story sepa-
rately later on.