Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-10
Peculiarities of Fourth of July Gel
ebration in Washington.
SMALL BOY AND CHlNANEN JOYOUS
HiIarity of an Iowa Fourth is Painful
Iy Lacking in the Demonstration
People Gather by States to Observe
Anniversary of the Event.
| Washington Bureau the Courier.
Washington July 8.

| Washington Bureau the Courier.
Washington July 8.
If you desire to celebrate the Fourth
of July in Washington, arrive here on
the evening of December "a.
| The small boy and the Cinnamon are
apparently the only people in Washing
ton; who become wild and hilarious ov-
er the anniversary of the day when
our national independence was pro-
claimed.
| Washington is southern city. 1t
does not seem very far south when you
point it out on the map and the eli
mate does not justify the claim that it
is down SOUTH but these things do
not count. People, not location and
4 climate, make a city. The people OF
4 Washington are southerners and
/ Washington is a southern city.
You May Be Pitied.
/ Ii you are so unfortunate as to pause
a portion of each day at a boarding
/ house and take on some tissue-build-
ing material, you will find that the
| young lady at your left is from Virgin
la. When you intimate you are from
! Iowa she will give you superlative
glance, say "Oh," and pity you. On
your right you will discover an elderly
man from North Carolina At the 9TH
er end of the table will be located a
citizen of Kentucky and an Arkansas
damsel and q rollicking Texan will be
found somewhere about the board
Possibly you may find man from
New Jersey or woman from Massa-
. chl1cntfS n, tho hut to- of
/ guaranteed.
Do Not Talk War.
If you should. Eerchance, happen to
fall into this situation, do not presume
4 to assume too much. Let the war
question violently alone If you must
talk about the war, do not say any
more than that both sides thought
they were right and were sincere ac-
cording to the light given them You
may also say that Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson were great gener.
ais, if you care to be personal. If you
care to preserve your back hair and
the continuity of your features do not
hint that the south was in the wrong.
May Arouse Old Jealousies.
OF course the war was fought forty
years ago and the new generation has
risen superior to the old jealousies OF
the actual combattants and the pearl.
colored dove sits about conveniently,
whenever the war is discussed, in
your mind. am told by people who
have been against it that they had
rather discuss the war with an eX-con-
federate than with his daughter OF
granddaughter. You might as well try
to negotiate blaze by rubbing a
clothes-pin against chunk of ice. as
to try and make South Carolina wo.
man admit that her father, who was a
confederate colonel, was wrong. Don't
try 1t.
Have No Iowa Celebrations.
OF course, there are considerable
number of northern people in Wash.
ington, but they do not seem to be
sufficiently numerous to get up an
Iowa Fourth of July demonstration. AS
a general thing the northerners get
together according to states or sec.
tons and put out of the hot city to
some nearby resort or grove and have
a picnic. The masses of people, how,
ever, pull down the blinds and sit on
the rear porch where it is coolest.
am told there is a reason why south
ern people pass up the anniversary
day OF our national birth without dem
onstration. Perhaps you can guess
the reason.
Christmas a Festal Time.
i Christmas day. however, 1t is differ
ent. Something is doing from the ear
hest streak of dawn, no matter how
cold or stormy it may be. The IRE
cracker is not in evidence, but the
band and tin horn and human beings
are present Everybody cuts loose
It's a continual uproar and unceasine
din all day and all night am told
this is the case in all southern cities
also that the same apathy may be