Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

price of de beer, and we starts off.
De meeting was I'm a cellar saloon.
pretty chap, wit whskers beginning at bis
eyes and ending at his belt line, and who
had de smell of de steerage strong on him,
was making de principal talk. De interpre-
ter puts us wise to what he was saying,
IN de country already for more dan twenty
four hours, and had been insulted by de po-
lice. had to pay car fare on de trolley line.
had been chased by a baker for hitting a
loaf of bread which belonged to him we'll
as to the baker. was treatened wit arrest
for not paying for a drink. had been re-
fused a job in de post office because he
could not read or write or speak English-
de langwudge of plutocrats and murderer
and he wanted to know what tell kind Of
a country dis was. anyway
j taught dis was pretty hot stuff, but lie
interpreter told US to wait until de star
of de evening, beautiful star, spoke his
little piece. When de foist speaker had
finished wit his little kicks de star he
gets up, and he says de odder speaker
was coward. Any gentleman who had
been so shamefully treated ought to REM
edy his condition. says de beautiful star.
And" says he, what Is de remedy
''Sassinationr' yells de crowd.
Oats de talk" says de star. de goods
of dis cart belong to de noble people of
de cart. Who are de noble people?'
We're it, says de crowd, delighted to
have de real trut give to 'em.
What is wealth" he says.
Free beer" says some.
mo" says de star. "wealt' Is de result
of de toll of de people. IL we are de peo-
pie. who does de wealt' belong TOP
It's oursi" screams de crowd. getting
excited.
Now you're getting on" says de star.
IF he -robber barons who hold de wealt
we has made-hold it by de aid of muir
derous police-was deprived of de protec-
ton of de police. what would happenT'
WED take de wealt" says de people.
Den what keeps you silent and suffer-
ing and inactive when you can have your
own by asking for it-wit dynamite?"
Dat was de kind of talk de crowd want
ed to hear. and dey goes dotty. De star
saw dat he had made a hit. and gets de
big head IF had a dozen good and trua
men I'd soon have dis company eating at
de table of de rich. drinking I'm de parlors
of de hated ristocrats. singing at de
funerals of de ruling class. dancing
around de flames of de mansions of de
plutocrats who withhold from US de lux
uries which our toll has provided. but
which de hated law has kept from us md
our starving wives and children.
He never done stroke of honest woik
in his life" says de Interpreter to us as
de crowd was yelling. and deserted his
wife and children in Russia"
Il choose him." says Tommy, who want
ed de fun to begin.
Wait a Bit" L says. until choose
mine 1 didn't have long to wait
De star goes on: And what is de hated
emblem of dis hated govement?"
Nobody didn't seem to know, for dere WAS
no answer. De star glares at de crowd. and
says, And what, l ask. is de emblem which
de poor serfs of dis country worships. dough
it is de symbol of DER slavery to a social
and Industrial system mean to abolish
by de bomb Does nobody here know what
is de symbol of American slavery. de dirty
rag dat de native-born slaves are taught
to worship; de rag dat dey is made tn be-
lieve is de emblem of DER liberty, where
dere is no liberty: de rag dey is forced 10
show a reverence for while it disgraces DER
manhood
Dis is it," screams a mug standing near
me, and he hauls from his pocket a little
American flag, and he uses 1t for something
he didn't have in his pocket-for a handker-
chief
Well. 1 soaked him. Just as de crowd
TONED to see what he held up, and began TO
teer 1t. and cheer him for de use he made
Of 1t, soaked him. Maybe in all me life
give harder punch. but 1 guess not. He
didn't need any more attention, so TONED
to de next man. Tommy jumped for de star
of de evening. L never saw de little Jap
again for ten minutes. for 1 was quite busy,
having a real nice time of IL. At de foist
punch de Interpreter had jumped from de
room, and Tommy and me had de rough
house all to our lonelies. I didn't see
Tommy, but heard him. 1 don't rightfully
know what he was saying. for he was so
enjoying himself dat he trun back to his
native Jap langwudge, but heard him. He
seemed to be going all over de room, and
taking dat star Of de evening wit him for
company. After I'd had quite little sport
wit me fists, and got good knock or two
on me konk, I Jumps behind de bar and
grabs de bung starter. OATS a lovely toy
for a rough house. I must have put out
near a dozen gents who had cheered de man
wit de flag before de interpreter retoined
wit de police. When de cops had got tings
cleared up some l asks 'em to look for me
fren Tommy. We found him under de bar
wit de stars head between his hands. and
he was humping dat head on de floor so
regular and strong dat de sergeant of police
near fell down laughing. 1t was like un-
fastening de bull pups jaw from a piece OF
rubber hose to get de little Jap to part
from de star.
AS 1 was saying. dey amt Chnks. dose
Japs; dey are Yankees-born away from
home.