Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04
BOYS ,FAFE CHANGED

The other day." said the reminiscential
man. with Gle am pie waistband, lone Of
my boys wae shifted from knee-pants into
long trousers suggested the change my
self. The boy was becoming sort o. big and
overgrown and lodtish, and he didn't look
right to me in gknee-pants. Well, dye
know that that boy actually felt sore over
being put into long trousers? had thought
that he would be tickled almost to death
when told him that T was going to buy
MIN suit OF clothes with long trousers;
but when did tell him and took him down
to the store TO gets the suit with the long
trousers, blamed r. the youngster wasn't
actually sulky about II, / was never more
mystlned In my life. When / stopped to
Iehect on what great and glorious day 1t
was Ior me when / put my first pair of
the long ones l couldn't make out that boy
OF mine at all, nor the change which seems
70 nave come over the spirit of boys dreams
nowadays. Another thing, when this young
ssel OF mine made his first appearance on
ons S.Ieet with his long trousers on he dion t
aRped. 10 create any sort of sensation at
an. All or the other boys on his staff of
Irlel,us ana pals appeared to take the thing
Wholly as matter Of course. and there
the matter at ALL
L sure member how, when l was that
ooy age and bulk. yearned and hankered
" slaoudte from the knee-pants into the
lons trousers l was ashamed of the knick-
% oochers Tor years before l ever managed
10 ger out Of them. and looked forward
TO gettlng on the long ones as one of the
events OF my life
IT wasn't until I'd earned the price Of a
~ oi. win the long trousers that l contrived
~ siauuate from the knee-pants class, at
.lat went to work at the beginning Of
INC summer school vacation, resolved to get
enS 1. as. suit of jeans at any old cost.
i HIu aiter ABOUT couple of months of fierce
lapor' cleaning up back yards and cutting
grass and splitting neighbors' wood and
chores IKE that. and exercising the most
slueHhg economy, 1 saw an outfit of blue
Je a IN prospect. The Saturday night
wien annexed that suit with the long
trousers-I got 'em particularly long. too
~! Ing Ia 1act, SOS I could turn 'em up at
tne poetoms on muddy days-and carried 'em
Iolae e,, ! was pretty proud and chesty tad.
Z couio hardly sleep all O. that night for
nguring on what the 'fellers' nd saw when
, 10y ga" me clomping around on Sunday
ih.oT T ing with those long trousers on.
oil III, .sil pretty sheepish about going out at
aud IT, got EN- on the next morning.
hafa iIisered around the house long time
~ mustered up enough nerve to show
up on the vacant lot across the way. All
.ie ieiiers were over there when, with
ths 49, nurst OF resolution. strobe out of
nc . muse ana went over to join them.
10u could ha' heard the yell they set I'D
~ DOCKS away when they saw me with
anone ions trousers on. They gathered
around me. the younger tads still In knee
pants obviously impressed. but the larger
noSs' aiready in long trousers themselves,
IN IN deris1ve humor. They did the Indian
lance around me. of course. and a lot of
the larger fellers' of course .christened,
NOSE long trousers of mine by filing their
NOUNS with water from the corner pump
ana SQUIRTING the water on those jeans of
mime. mat was regular part of the initia-
ton into long trousers in those old DAYS.
ana no hoy was supposed to register any
sort or kick over the 'christening.' Be
.;u the day was spent, however, the sensa-
member how from that day l gradually
ceased to have much to do with the young
sters IN kneeTpa 1 grew sort O. pa
tTonlzlng In my conduct toward them, and.
although some of them were older than /
was mad distinct feeling that they were
more or less out Of my class. But boys
must must ma changed nightly when they no
longer take delight in being graduated into
long trousers"