Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-14
CHIMMIE FADDEN.
Mr.. Paul Discourses on Topic of Human
Interest.
WRITTEN EVENING EDWARD W. TOWNSEND.
Copyright 1904. by Townscud)

altar de mobile? No. dey walked trough do
trackless forest. lodging Red Indians Did
Dorothy carry lace parasol. her escort
gold headed cane? No she carried da
extra ammunition for de blunderblus hes
best young man held before him, ready
10 welcome de foe. 1t made a powerful
impression on our ancestors dat dey had
TO tight der way to de house OF prayer.
Man has n high regard for anything ha
risks his scalp to get. A sermon which
Is heard above de war song of a cruel and
relentless foe brings home to de listener
de fate of de wicked with peculiar force.
A man who has to keep one eye on de loop
hole he Is appointed to defend. while he
reads de hymns wit de odder eye, is more
affected by de songs of praise dan de man
who has EN- sung for him by fve-hun-
dred-dollar-a-week choir. Divine soivace,
Chames. is no fashionable function to do
man who is pulling an arrow out of de
small of his back with one hard while he
passes de collection plate wit De odder.
so. dere, as l shall prove in me book,
We're de causes-soil. climate and environ
ment,which formed de moral ideas and
standards OF our reVered ancestors.
what is de result? We, who are de-
scended from dat good and sturdy stock
know dat it is wicked to seek comfort for
comforts sake; dat il is sinful to take our
ease wit out taking our aches. Derefore
we do not foley de sun. we do not chase
de summer If We did de whole population
of dose United States would hike to de
sunny suut to biuc-skyed California.
NO. Chances, we know our business: 1t
is 10 suffer and not complain. Lei Us walk
abroad in de SHOWS of yesterday and de
week before. not ScornIng de humllc germ
of pneumonia. not ignoring d. Gcsolvng
microbe of chillbains. De land ODDS of de
mort have vested rights which only nan
nychist would destroy deny. We have
made our bed let US lie about Il, and say
we like it. AS have Sown. let u weep.
I'VE have inherited much from cur CO.
lonial ancestors besides furnitura enough
to supply a mighty nation. ana shGuIds be
duly tankful We know how to shun de-
lights which don't pay. but have to bc paid
for. Here in our nordern cities are mil
lions suffering from cold and proud of II.
They know there are parts of orr great
and glorious country whore de sun shines
on de links. where dc mocking bold is not
silent in furnace-heated room, but pours
his flood of melody in de bright. warm air
of a twenty -dollar-a-day Florida hotel Dat
is what lends keen edge to de enjoyment or
de misery we suffer where are. we
prove our courage, our Strent of mind, our
Joy in sorrow. and de tight hold have
on our pocketbooks by not going to dose
hauntS of winter golf and outdoor mock
ing boids.
Many men have wondered why dis is so,
and my book shall tell 'em. 1 shall begin
woik on it in de spring, Chances. If L live
trough de rigors of dis winter. In de
meantime. | shall not go out before
dressing for dinner, bring my slippers and
house coat, put anodder log on de fire,
fetch me a box of protectors, and place
anodder bottle where you can open II if
feel a chill coming on.
Now dat We have provided against de
woist, let US consider what, if any, advan-
tage we gain by denying de call to sunny
climes. Are dere any?"
Just den little Fannie chases into de
room like a small whirlwind, folleyed by
dat boy of mine who was home for his
weekend, and dey says Mr.. Paul must go
out on de back lawn and see de snow man
dey had made. He slips on de coat and
rubbers I hands to him and we goes out
with de Riddles. Dey sneaks behind snow
fort when Mr.. Paul was sticking his cigar
in de snow mans face, and dey opens fire
on us wit stock of balls dey had in de
fort. Dey gives it to good and hard be-
fore we could get into action and we was
having Port Artur of time when Miss
Fannie Whiskers and Willy Wildly drives
up in de sleigh, and We gives 1t to them,
for fair.
Take sidesr' yells Whiskers, hopping
out of de sleigh like a two-year-old; and
we all gets into de game and makes
much of holler dat Duchess comes out to
see was one of de kddies hoited. She got
SNOWFALL in her peppers, and den it was
rough house all over de lot, till de women
folks was bowed and near dead wit laugh
ter. Den all hands piled on de coaster,
and we started down de grade at a mile a
minute, wit de extra weight to make it go.
kiddie was steering, and, misjudSing dc
pace we was going, would landed us In de
ice water of de sound if | hadn't twisted
de back bob, and give us de loveliest spill
you ever see. Dere was more tings going
trough de air dan is seen when folks is
standing DER feet. and for five minutes
we was digging women out of drifts. Snow
tingS was doing, for sure, until butler
comes out and asks Miss Fannie would he
take tea off, or would any one come and
have some.
Dey eats enough bread and jam a tea to
make dinner, and was so keen about de
fun of winter sports dat after dinner dey