Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
WAN RIB. AbTHtNG NOW

This boy belonged to that widely dis
tributed and apparently increasing type of
! young ones ithe natural born whimperer.
He was about four years old, and was OBJ
viously ariitt3e soAt Of thes rich. He was
diked with high russell lsggings. a Melton
top coat, withbig pearl buttons and russell
Tam OShanter.~H He was a good-looking
boy. but he began to whine the minute the
white-capped and white-aproned white
nurse lifted him OH board the east-bound
4 car at Georgetown. He had peculiarly
raucous, shri1i vofce, and his wriggling and
incessant whining so badly affected the
nerves of the grop,n-up passengers, espe-
cially the four or Ave elderly men in the
car. that they looked as If they were grit
ting their teeth in order to hold themselves
I'M -
Il don't want to go!'' he began as soon as
the patient white nurse pumped him into a
seat besideher
Don't want to ride on the pretty cal? p
said the nurse. soothingly patting him on
one of his leggings.
Nav, l don't want to go!' he repeated in
his awful Notwithstanding whimper.
Don't want to go see gran ma
s.And have gran'ma give you a nice big
cake, with chocolate on it"
Nav. don't want no cake! don't want
to co.
Where do you want to go?"
Observation-Disclosures ssNowherer and he
kicked his legginged- legs .fercely. ryss.z>,
The men trying to read their newspapers
across the aisle looked over the tops of the
sheets and giared at the unintermittently
whining young one, and their hands could
be seen to twitch hankeringly.
Shall / take You to- Aunt James and let
You play with little Cousin Flossie?" asked
the nurse, who conducted herself through
out as II she deserved seat in heaven +
ever woman did. 49, IS -
re@''Nah-nahIt.. Don't want Flossie! Never
want to see her! I'd knock her teeth out!'
"Sh-sh! Why. Reggie, aren't you ashamed
t. talk that way! Do you want to go see
the chOo-choo engineer" - -
NO. don't I hate emp
Now. be good boy, and when we get
on the car I'll buy YOU big blue balloon,
with stars painted all over It. !" - ss.,,.y
L. Nah-nah-naw, don't want that, either!
I'll break 1t to smash II you DOR -'.@''te
% Then shall I buy you nice little auto
mobile like papa's got. that runs around
ring, with driver sitting up on top!,',
"Nah-nah! don't want nothtn'!
You don't want anything, you mean to
say, Reggie-what did governess tell you
about saying Il don't, want nothin' ??a,tsa.s
The old slob! I don't want nothin'-
he kicked at his nurses white apron saw
agely with his swell-shod little feet. -
There was boy sitting up at the end of
the car who carried a base ball, bat resting
dSdAASt iliS hleGSv, anu ny ILLS l1AlC Inc ivy
with the bat was regarding the whining
young one, out of the, tall of his eye and in
voluntarily grasping the bat every time the
I yeunston got, of a peculiarly horrible
whimper. The elderly men; too, caught
sight Of the ball, bat, and their eyes cleaned
when they saw 1t, and they looked as If
they newyof some great doingsa that they
could manage with the bat II everything
were arranged for the same.,g4,.f s,arysai,
Now, Amt you ashamed to talk that
way about governess, Reggie and you, know
she isn't old. and, my. IL your mamma heard
you use that awful word 'slob! pqo -a4-.F,
by-slob-slobr' bawled the horribly spoiled
young one, and then the men across the
aisle crossed their legs nervously and tried
to look out Of the windows and halfway
rose from their seats and muttered things
'Sh-sh! Reggiep' said the nurse, holding
up warning finger that had no, effect
whatever. Shall we go over to the big
red and gold fishes SWIM,
''shan / buy you. when we get off one
of those piggies. that says :bee-wees when
1hNahnnahl.s Stgi.raz~.j;, sfia tigsa1
;:Dosyou want nae 10 takeyouainwnJ where
the aN e ew.n nSaf lssa,s rs "o,a
''Oh, smy-efEufa,s groaHed the elderly
man with the silk hat and the gold spec
tacles across the way, and he twisted
around in his seat and glared at the whin-
Ing young one feroc1ously.
'Shall buy you some of those nice gum
drops like you had the last time you came
out with snursie?" 4 "a.
I'D throw EN- away. If you did,"
Shall I take you down to papa's Office %
7|.Nah-nahp'tTEf syrcEtts ~ 81 va.,.7 -:
Well what on earth is ut chat iwlielp
wants, I'd like to know,i" grewled the pei-
derby eAHan with the silk shaft unable to
b iegt aigq hinAself any longer and bending
over the aisle to bestow another glare dp-
on the whining KID. The young one sud
denly stoppede' whimpering and returned
the elderly mans glare sHIkily heinfd HE
found his, natural voice.. - -a...ts-
Il wanted to, wear my papa's sdspen-
derses when I came out, and nursie
wouldn't let me, and don't want nothin'
now" winding up in another whine.
|, Nurse" said the elderly man, rising and
dropping quarter into her lap. S.sRIy
him a pair of suspenders Buy him two
pairs-here's another quarter. And" con-
cluded the elderly man, as he stepped
toward the rear door Of the car. a"wear
'em out on him-whang the eternal dav-
lights out Of him with 'em-and il Won ever
need friend I'm your friend!" and amid
the ripple of laughter that followed he
angrily stepped OF the car-while the youne
one went On whining. so 'tIs-F 80