, 1905-10-12
III Vas pRUDpER coNsoLAauuN wHIrE.

II WAS OSScLASIJN WHITE.
years ago ana has now spread all over
dc land. out o. cherry hundred culid
folks in any community YOU viii find
ninety-fivc lihin bcyand DER means
and de oddcr five mad bcknsc dcy can't
do de same.
"In my time a calikcr dress was
thought good 'nuff fur any Guild WON
an to wear anywhar's, and tie Guild
man who had on IL clean shirt was
dressed fur Sunday. Today de Guild
woman who would appear on de street
wild caliker on would lose her standin'
in society widin two minutes, and &C
Guild man who went TO Il weddin' or
prayer mcetin' in his shirt sleeves
would be thrown out on his head.
Il don't want to be personal i'll dis
matter, but | want to refer to Brudder
Giveadam Jones fur Il mint. Bruddcr
Jones am Il iaintor in Il public buildin'.
His pay am SD per week, and he has n
wife and three chillcn. If Brudder
Jones would cuddlc right Town and lib
Scnsibly he might be happy. but he
Wont do it. He wants his plug hat and
cane. He wants patent leather shoes
and a diamond pin. His wife wants
silks and satins and ten dollar hats.
His chillen want bikes and dey want
circus tickets. De result is dat de Jones
family am constantly on de verge OF
bankruptcy and Whichever way dey
turn dey behold a yawnin' chasm in
front of en-. If Brudder Jones was
suddenly called upon TO pay back de
50 he owes me he would fall in 4 fit
and he no good fur de next two hours
He am putin on style, but am he tax
in comfort? 1t has brought him gray
hairs mt thirty-live. and don't believe
he finds de game with de candle.
81 was passin' Samuel Sims cabin
de oddcr day when his wife called IN"
in to see If de baby was gwinc t. have
dc measles. | decided dat he WA not.
but how l der got out Of dat cabin
alive is a mystery to me. Oar was
eight day clocks, rugs, vases, pictures.
lookin' glasses, gilt cheers, green sofas
and lace curtains, and Mrs. Shin sat
dar III Il red dress and blue slippers ana
bossel Il hired gal around. Brudder
Shin Arms S13 per week. How he man
ages to live in sich luxury on dat sal
airy am beyond me, but jest rs shore is
we lib II calamity am gwinc TO hit him
plump between de eyes some day and
knock him into lie middle of next year.
He can't keep it UP. Eben If he had
Il dozen hencoops TO draw on he couldn't
keep it up.
''Onc night two or three weeks ago
Trustee puilbnck come ober to ms
cabin at midnight and woke me up and
aXed me fur de loan of Il dollar. Next
day lie was borrowin' money of Elder
Toots. Three days later he was pawn
in IL rug. | didn't know what it all
meant till l heard later on dat he had
gibcn IL party TO de elite of de town.
Yes. sir, he had gone at it and gibcn q
party and had ice cream and angels
food to pass around. Trustee PullbaCk
jobs around and Arms about 81 pcr
week. but his wife must have her gold
watch. and he must have his plug hat.
and dey must glib parties same ms II
dey had a millyOn dollars. Oar am
gwine to be n result to dis. Some sum
mcr day when dar hain't Il cloud in de
sky and dc birds am singin' der song
dar am Il crash comm, and after dc
dust has settled down you will find de
Pullback family scattered ober sixteen
acres of ground.
''Onc night not long since l was
aroused from my sleep by what l
Thought wac de wailin' of a cat under
de winder. I got up TO throw n club
at her and diskibered dat it was Brud-
der Consolashun White on de doah-
steps. He was weepln' and lamentln'
and calm hissclf all sorts o. names.
I invited him in and lit de candle, and
don he told me dat he was behind in
his rent; dat his chillen hadn't shoes
dat his wife needed medicine; dat he
owed de grocer and butcher; dat he
had conc dat day and pnwned n fenth.