The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-30
ALONG THE SKIRMISH LINE.

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'DO you believe IA accepting the In
eyitable?'
81 don't see what else there is 30 dc
except to let it accept me-"
The difference between affection and
affeetation is two letters and whole die
tionary full CT eDithets.
It is hard to convince some people that
the decline Of the stage Is not due to the
fact that it has declined their services.
81 feel said the ambitious sutton.
that the fire of genius burns within my
soul, and that you would be my inspir-
alton, my support, my"
The long and short of it is" inter
rupted the matter-of-fact maiden, you
want me to be the bellows for the are of
genius, and don't think I should like it.
THE motto OF the rising American lit
erary man is Exceisior." exclaimed the
enthusiastic president of the literary
club.
Perhaps that is why we have SO much
stuffed literature, replied the cynical
outsider.
1t is a curious thing and not very fiat
tering to mankind that when We want to
praise a mans judgment and discretion
and general ability We say be has horse
sense.
He laid his plans deep"
That explains it He hadn't time to
dig EN- I'D when they were needed
t-GiIpfn declares his paper is going to
be the party organ
And does he intend to be the monkey
The History Of n Battle.
AT the other end Of town:
What's the row."
Boy (pantingl: Big riot down On de
South side- Race war. T'ousand people
scrappin'r'
Ten squares from the conflict:
What's the trouble down there2"
"Aw, the whole alleys out tgyin' to
clean up the neighborhood. More'n a hun
dred Of EN- Ambulances been there from
the hospital"
In the next street.
Has there been a race war down here 2''
How should know? believe I did
hear some hoIIerin' awhile ago
n the alley;
What was the fight about -
Carolina jim got drunk en- scrapped
wild er white man. en- de perIce done
rested EN- bofe''
Z believe I have found out why Welsh
rabbit gives a person such dreams
Why"
1t is probably full Of Welsh dialect. and
nobody could dream comfortably IN that
Virtue may be its own reward some
times, but eontePtment generally is
What do you suppose Is meant By the
wisdom Of TIE serpent -
Keeping cut from under foot when you
ought TO be stepped on
They say revenge is sweet"
Well, it ought to be, to take the taste
out of ones mouth after all one has to 20
through to get it"
How are you these days. Uncle 81
mon"
Poly. poly, son I amt got not to
say no pain, bun I been feeHn' SO well
know IN goin' ter be sick befo' long.
Yes said the Wall Street broker
we are not entirely uDHterary- IN our
tastes ii the Street. For instance. yes
terday several Of Us spent nearly the
whole day discussing Lamb"
You can talk all you've a mind to
about romance. gFowled the man who
can never keep anything TO himself. I've
had enough CT 1t"
Why, what's the mattef2~
Well, you know I have always judged /
people more or less By their voices. Tie /
other day I got a call on the telephone +
from somebody up On Connecticut Ave
nue., and the voice was sweet enough to /
make you dream Of peaches and crear1. 1t /
was real sweet, ceaxing kind Of a Voice.
! looked the house up and found there
was one unmarried girl living there with .
her father, vidower. and I got an in
PRODUCTION just on the strength OF that
voice
Well, she was forty years old. with
voice like a buzz-saw. me girl who had .
come to the telephone was the maid. and
she was about the color Of good cboco-
late"