The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-25
CHIMMIE FADDEN.
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By EDWARD wv. TOWNSEND.
Copyright. 1903. by Robert Howar
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NOF4A &flltlr I IN44o jill do Il h44, bAN . -
fine haired end Of de woild has got il
bad only since de time I began to pipe
it Off-since I got me job in Miss Fan
MES house. When I foist come here
all and o men, would 20
tru 4 Summer without baking dere
skins brown while trying to get long
on muscle and short on fat. l fOIst
tough II was only a bluff. and dat So
ciety mugs would get old feet before
dey got muscle bound; but nay. nay:
dey sticks TO de game like it was
ready money. You can tell wedder dey
is III earnest about it when a man like
Nh Paul will cut off his shot of
small bots in a evening before I has
ne hand we'll into de game of pulling
de plugs.
Shall I fetch anOdder bottle. sIr?"
I says to him. wanting to know wedder
I could make q sneak, and butt in wit
de odder sOivants what was down on
de beach. taking a salt bat by moon
light.
y more tonight, Chames." he says.
after counting over on his fingers how
many he has had. No more tonight.
l finds dat I 0 2 off in me tennis if
I do not deny meseIf. Take away de
empty bottles; dey reminds me Of me
toist.'
in me Coffee I hears
Miss Fannie say after dinner. Sugar
runs me above me best riding weight.
and I've promised to ride over to de
polo game tomorrow. Will you ride
Wit US. Papa. or drive?" she says.
I'll drive. me dear" Whiskers
says but not in a trap. I'll drive q.
golf he SAYS. "Chames, I'll want You
to go to de links wit me early in. de
morning. to recover balls. while 7 prac-
tice driving. It's stOnishing," he saws
to Mr.. Paul. "dat [ drives much bet
ter when Chances is Wit me, dan when
I has one of de caddieS."
! Wonder, De Caddies isn't on to de
graft. When Whiskers drives. [ hangs
out on de fair Green. about eighty
yards from de tee. Wit n club in me
fist. de way caddies does: and when
his ball comes along. looking tired and
ready to stOn. I gives it a swat care
less like. and sends it on its way about
fifty yards furder. Whiskers never
sees. cause he can't wear glasses when
he COLTS: and he's so tickled wit his
good WOik dat ne tips me liberal
and near goes crOiSy dat he can't make
dose wonder drives when I'm not dere
TO help a good ting along.
Well. having get me folks cOmfOrta-
BILE for he evening. l chase down to de
badiug beach Wher EIDE odder hands
is having water sports in de light of de
moon and I Joins in.
Duchess is dere, but she IS shy on
salt T-ateT. Take Il running jump.
and come in" / says to her. D wa
ter isn't feard of you but I wonder de
moor doesn't go under a ClOud when it
sees you in dose toys. What are YOU
make up for. anywIy2" I says to her.
Don't be impUdent. Master Chames.'
h a v I'm made up for style, and
dat has noting - 10 wit salt water.
1t would never hang right again if I
got dis skirt Wet" I'm glad you Civ
Il Il name | says. IF dats n skirt
Won ought TO give it something to make
1t grow. What is dose tings o have
on your feet says I. trying to grab
her ankle 10 drag her into the water.
and p'chee. dat gOil had m high heel
shoes
But even Duchess has de crOise.
When de folks is all away from de
house she plays crOquet wit Maggie.
de house maid: for she says it makes
her belt line smaller to bend over and
swat de ball. But CrOQuet is no more
exercise dan reading de baseball news
is playing ball.
Even Kiddie has to be brought up in
de fashion. Every morning de oung-
ster IS fetched to de nOissery, in pa
iamaS for exercising close. and /
teaches her 10 swing clubs OATS a
good looking job-club swinging-and
I was de champion of de ROseleaf So
ciaI Outing, and Life Saving Club.
Duchess piped me giving Kiddie her
morning lesson for a few DAYS. and she
81 " Chn would -nEa y hand in do
game herself. She did De next time
l give Duchess u lesson in club swing
ing I'll hire de wide, wide WOild for
de gymnasium, and move out de stars
and moons, and tings like dat. so dat
Duchess will have roo mt WOlk in.
She broke everything in dat noissery.
not barring her head and mine. Ouch
oSS told Kiddie not to tell dat she had
been playing rough house: and to
sweeten de Kiddie not to forget. Ouch
esS got some marmalade for her.
Tank You HOrtense'-dat'S Duchess
Tank you. HOrtense," says hiddie
but [ must not eat sweets in de morn
ing. because dey distrOy me waist
line" and de little one went on her
way. wit her figure all right-like a
little kegi
And Willy Wildly, Say. honest. yOu
WOnder h she gets de time to take
de exercise n must take TO keep her
figure as fit as it is. If dere's anything
but poIO-in de line of exercise ports
dat Wildly doesn't play 1 never heard
de name Of it. Duchess says dat de
minute Wildly lands Whiskers she'll
give up all her exercise. and grow so
fat her trusso-how's dat? Trousseau
Tanks-her rousseau won't do her A
bit Of good. It'll do Duchess a lot of
good. for what Wildly can't or don't
wear. Duchess rakes of like a mice.
But French COILS can keep dere figures
WIt0uJ training. and OATS why WOmen's
styles comes from Paris. Duchess says.
Wildly plays golf wit WhiskerS. 1
know her game and I know dat she can
give him a stroke a hole. and make
him look like ne was playing checkers:
but p'chee! he always beats her. Even
when n takes a stroke from him on
lie long holes. he beats her.
Tell me why dat is?" I says to
Duchess. a man wouldn't play off
his game like "a TO be made Presl-
dent OF Washington and go to his OF
flee every day in all de yachts in de
American Navy"
president. bah" saws Duchess