Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
CHIMMIE FADDEN.
MIR. Paul Makes the Kiddies' Dream Come
True, and Startles the Avenue.
WRITTEN THE EVENING STAR BY W. TOWNSEND.
Copyright

After visit home by dat kid Emmett
of mine 1 has just one word for to say
on dat DIR. Osler proposition: Instead of
doping men when dey gets to be forty, boy
kiddies should be doped when dey is born
and kept doped until dey is forty. Den let
'em into de game. OATS time enough. boss.
On de level OATS time enough.
Let me tell you: Riddle comes home for
his spring vacation. We has him at our
house, because Little Fannie likes him for
to play wit, and Mr.. Paul says dat de boy
can't come too early under his phil soph' cal
teachings. / amt just got strange holt
on what dat philosophy is, but 1t comes
under de head of CANNON, and is good
for old and young. and should be took tree
times a day just before eating, and after
meals. and during grub times. l don't
know is 1t good for COILS and women, bat
Mr.. Paul says it's better dan gold for boy
Riddles. It's better dan de gold cure any
way.
Well, Kiddie arrives wit bote feet. and
his suit case filled wit marbles. tops and
Paul says to him. well. Master Emmett,
what shall We do to be saved?'
II like ice cream and de soicus wit
plants on de side best of ALL. says KID
die but If dere is any odder kind of amuse-
ment, and things to eat, dat suits you bet
ter" he says. ''Tll not stand out for my
choice
You has struck me just at de high
tide of me most loved amusements. says
Mr.. Paul, 80 can start in d s very
afternoon as ever was wit visit to de
soicus. 1 suppose we might take Little Fan
ME along, eh?"
"oh. yes" says Kiddie, Coils can't
be helped; and as long as dey don't say
noting, and don't get scared at de ell
plants. we may as we'll take her along.
MY views of de fair sex, exactly" says
Mr.. Paul, $50 We will call ii de soicus dis
afternoon, wit ice cream trun in after
wards"
Duchess and me was drafted to go along,
too to help keep de youngsters In good
order. / wish we hadn't been, or dat dere
had been dozen of us. After piping OF
de freaks we all sails down to de basement
where de animals was. and soon rounded
up at de stalls where de sawed-off ponies
are, dat de groom let's kiddies ride If dey
looks like tip for it. Kiddie has pocket
full of dimes dat Mr.. Paul staked him W.T.,
and dey was all to de good wit de stable
groomS, and was riding all over de base
ment, de bote of EN- to once. Duchess and
me trots along wit 'em for a while, and
Mr.. Paul goes upstairs to see dat we has a
good box.
When de men begins to take de ELEPHANTS
out of DER stalls to get 'em in line TO go up
for de grand parade around de rings.
Duchess, she gets cold feet over being SO
near de big beasts, and makes a sneak for
de box, too. When | was giving her de
check for her seat de k1ddieS gets out OF me
sight on DER ponies, and | makes hurry
hunt all over de basement, and pchee dey
was missing. 1 links dat dey had went up
stairs, too; so 1 hustles up to our box. No
Riddles. Say, 1 was getting queer in me
coco as to where dey could waltzed deir-
selves when all of a student Duchess lets
out holler and points to de ring, and
fops over. Down and out for her!
But l seen what done de trick. So did
about ten tousand odder folks, and dere
was all kinds of cheering at de new feature
of de parade. 1t wasn't much. Oh, no,
it wasn't anything except Emmett and Lit
tie Fannie on DER ponies heading de herd
of ell phants and smiling to beat de band.
and holIering to a dozen clowns who was
ahead of 'em, and waving DER hands like
dey was2de whole show.
/ looks at Mr.. Paul and he didn't let on
dat he sees EN- at all, but when dey comes