Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08

A prominent local official who, with his
family is spending the summer at one Of
the New Jersey coast resorts. has written
in the following interesting manner to
friend hero:
This place is essentially domestic plant.
and 1 am getting large and somewhat
cloying dose of domesticity. There are in
Vulnerable children and nurses and they
have their troubles, which react on the
parents. One of my little girls has just
been somewhat painfully extricated from a
difficulty with another child who rejoices in
the tropical name of Ximena. My daughter,
with her usual capacity for trouble. In
sisted on calling her Excemina, which was
finally shortened to Eczema, explaining with
the palliating remark that the girl looked
as If she had some disease. anyway!
X X X
A colored man all the way from Georgia
stood on the sidewalk near the Center
market one day this week, and gazing upon
huge pile of melons that had come from
his native state made the remark: THE
man who says none but the wealthy can
enjoy life knew what he was talking
about"
Standing near the colored man were two
of his white friends, who were taking par
tcular notice of the fruit because of its
size. One of them turned to the old man
and asked him for an explanation Of his
remark.
TT don't need no explanation" the old
said. Look at me and you'll see all
you want about the reason. On the pave
ment is the melons and my mouth is dry
and 1 amt heared nobody say can have
one. And Its all cause l amt wealthy. II
1 could only get down in Gods country and
go back with my old boss things would be
different
of the bystanders, would you mind telling
me something about your old boss, as you
call him?'
MY boss don't run a watermelon farm"
admitted the colored man. but he gets all
the big red melons he wants. You see, he
prints the county paper in the town, and
the people through the country are told
every year that the one who sends in the
biggest melon will get the paper a whole
year and won't have to pay cent for it.
AS soon as the fruit commences to get ripe
the melons pour in at the paper office until
some days you can hardly walk through
them. After 1t gets dark the colonel picks
out one for his family and sends the others
to his friends.
And" concluded the talker with a SMILE
''he never forgets his faithful niggers."
X
us this where the police hang out?" in
quired small boy who needed an applica-
ton of soap and water when he called at
police headquarters one afternoon this
week.
what can do for you, my little man?'
he was asked
Get my old dog for and I'll be hap
py.'' he replied. II just got tag for him.
and colored boy took the tag and ALL l
wish you would please send a man out and
get him. for he's the only playmate I had.
He's all I've got to play with and 1 want
him mighty bad"
What makes you think a colored boy
got your dog?"
Because 1 saw him with my own eyes
And didn't run after him?" interrupted
the man at the desk.
''Of course. l didn't" said the boy, with
an air of disgust. THE boy was bigger
than 1 am, and he could have licked me,
and l didn't care about getting licked"
The youth said his mother does not let
him go out of the back yard and for that
reason= he is especially anxious to get back
his dog. If the dog is gone he will have no
playmate.
why not go out and pick blackberries
or go tishing?" the boy was questioned
None of that for me, because | don't
want to get copied If the police catch
boys getting berries and run them in you
know it goes hard with them, for the cops
can swear hard"
Returning to the subject of his dog, the
boy repeated his statement about his de-
sire to have his dog returned, and said he
could fix the colored boy, as his uncle is a
police lieutenant
My dog is six years old and / am eight,
ana we've been together nearly all our
HVes. AT this time, when he's getting old [
60 cont want to part with him. and 1 amt GO
ing to give him up. either. love my old
dog and I'm bound to get him back some
way"
He left headquarters declaring he would
see his uncle and have him restore the lost
pet, as we'll as having the colored boy put
away.
x X X
L had horrible experience at one of
your big hotels in Washington when was
down there last winter" said a Kentuckian
to Star man out in the blue grass not
long ago. L was putting up at the best
tavern in the town and had a fine room
There were electric lights, fine bath tub
that looked SO inviting 1 could hardly walt
Tor Saturday night to come to get in it.
and. above all, telephone rignt in my
room That telephone was a great insti-
luton and l was mighty proud of it till
one time.
/ had been out the night before with my
congressional delegation, and we had a
pretty extended session. l woke IN In the
morning feeling pretty tired and allowed
that needed drink right Off So I went
10 the telephone to order II up when 10
and behold, l found 1 had lost nv voice
during the night; was just that plumb
hoarse L could not talk
1 whispered loud l could, Please send
me up cocktail
Speak a little louder saws tha tela
phone young lady.
Madam 1 whispered loud's I could.