Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-07-02
Just Folks, That's All

was once standing upon the corner
of one of the principal streets of one
of the prominent cities of the United
States when very "swell" rig passed
by which contained a pair of our
American aristocrats with their
noses elevated to an angle of forty
five degrees and with vacant stare
upon their contenance that looked as
blank and cold as cake of ice which
had been knocked out of the bottom of
tin wash pan on frosty morning.
A couple of little street urchins hap
pened to be crossing the street right in
front of this rig, and the driver had to
"slack up" little to keep from driv-
ing over them when big burly police
man grabbed them by the arm and
roughly pulled them away and brutal
ly showed them from the street and
was paid for his brutality by this she"
swell tossing him half dollar and the
"she" swell giving him a smile that
looked like crack in mud pie.
After they had passed on one Of
these little urchins said to the other,
snow is dem people any gooder than
we'uns? They're nothin' but folks
if they have got money"
This remark of this little ''bratn has
often rung in my ears when l would
see some of our burned fools trying to
be what they are not, and / would Of
ten repeat to myself they're nothing
but "folks" after all.
When we teach our children that
dollars, frills Fuckers and perfume do
not alter anyone, and th4t with all
their "togs" they are only "folks,"
we will teach them a lesson that will
enable them to look at the real side OF
life and not the artificial side.
1t is the people who know that they
are just "folksn who move the world.
Go into the shops, the factories, the
stores and counting rooms, the fields
or the mines, and you will find Just
"folks" without single pretense;
then, pray tell us, why the man or wo-
man with a lot of good clothes should
get it into their 'topnots" that they
are not "folks."
You will see some "pullit" of society
who will refuse to speak to poor girl
who went to school with her, and was
often her superior in her studies, but |
his little "fiirt" now refuses TO recog-
lize her simply because her pap does
not possess money.
Why bless her simple soul, she eats,
thinks, sleeps, sees, smells, hears,
astes and feels just like the girl who
lasn't silk petticoat; then why is she
lot just common ''folks" the same as
he girl who washes the "didy" for her
title brother or sister?
You will see one of our millionaire's
ons who drives fast horse or glides
bout in an automobile, refuse to as
ociate with the young man who il
perhaps foreman of his own father
nd who is the man who actually
makes the money that this young
ackass is spending.
Now, why should he get it into his
think shell' vat he is anything but
'folks?" Why bless his silk suspend
RS, his sox will smell Just as bad as
he boy who follows the pillow or the
nan who stands behind the counter,
nd if he catches cold he will need
andkerchief just as badly as the poor
oy who drives an OK cart. Then what
dvantage has he over those who only
hink they are just "folks?"
The fact of the matter is just this:
'henever a man or woman gets il
ito their crowns that they are not
ist "folks" they become asses and