Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

1t Is found it takes a strong heart to admit
that it is good.
On de level what's wrong wit de woild ?
If it was up to me to say what is good I'd
ask what is de matter wit Riddles, wit de
sunshine, fresh air, friendly gossip wilt a
fren over a can of beer, story books and
de flowers dat grow out of doors? What s
de matter wit de songs a cheerful woman
huns when she's busy at her woik, or de
little talks you can have wit de waves,
if you chaSeS yourself down to de shore of
de sound when you has done your chores
around de house, and dere isn't any job
for you until you has to get ready for de
dinner woik or help de maids get de five
O. clock tea ready? What's de matter wit a
stroll trough de woods, looking for de little
dinky flowers dat it's always a surprise
to find out SO early, and dat Miss Fannie
will pass you out a pleasant smile for
your Miss Fannie? Everybody has some
Miss Fannie.
Is dere anything de matter wit a five
mile walk at good gait as you can
hit up. and keep up, wit dog along wit
you what is willing to admit dat you is
good enough to walk wit? Is it no fun
any more to hunt up an old pal who's down
on his luck, and telling him dat de woist
Is over, and giving him something to make
him believe it. or looking up fren who S
got a good job and telling him you're glad
of 1t?
On me void, I sometimes gets de notion
dat it's bad form desc days to look at a
ting dat is likely to make you cheerful, and
out something datS bad. Dere must be
something good happening in de woild some
where, but de way dat folks keeps such do
ings out of talk and out of de papes makes
me tink dat anything jolly is to de foolish.
and a cheerful ting is no better dan 1t
should be-if it's as good!
But / shouldn't wonder. after all, If dere
is a lot of quiet mugs who would get out
and trun up dere bonnets, If dey had "a
chance to, for de mug dat would come out
and declare he found dis very decent sort
of woild, inhabited by very decent people;
But de kind of mugs dat would give de glad
hand for a cheerful finder like dat don't
make any noise-dey wouldn't be hold If
dey did-so it's not known dat dey is still
on cart.
Say, If I was de editor of big pape, wit
steen millions circulation, or orator wit
chance to get up and sing me little song on
de floor of Congress, I'd take chance at
dat game. I'd remark dat de knocker bust
ness has been overwoiked, and dat dere
was some folks left dat was doing fairly
well, tank you, and was entitled to hear dat
dey was doing so. I'd get right into de
middle of de ring and ask what tell! OATS
what I'd ask. 1 tink I'd have a gang to
foley me; and, anyway, I'd be de biggest
sensation afloat. What!
But perhaps it isn't time yet to spring no
such sensation de discovery dat every
ting and everybody isn't all to de bad.
Maybe dat man will be & main baZoonus
for a few years more who says dat he's
de only good ting going, and prove it by
making faces ana Gaining names tlll ne
chokes to deaf. l hope it will be as pleas
ant a deaf for him as for de rest of US.
But dat wasn't what l was going to tell
you about, only il was on me mind and L let
it 60 thinking it wouldn't do no harm.
/ was going to tell you about me getting
me discharge de odder night. 1t all comes
along of me not knowing what me job is.
Duchess, she says, I'm de family steward,
but don't know is dat right or wrong, be-
cause l don't know what a steward Is.
Whiskers pays me me wages, but he has a
valet of his own; does some buffers woik,
but he has butler; sometimes when Miss
Fannie is going on a particular shopping
trip l rides on de box, dough We has "a
coach footman as well as a house foot
man. In de place foist had we now has
little buttons, to run Grants and help de
house footman; so / looks out after what
ever needs looking after and fuses around
to keep de house running right and see dat
de tips de cook and butler gets from de
tradesmen don't come to more dan enough.
Anyway de odder night lets de footman
off. and den buttons he comes and says
could he have night off, for him and his
nal was going to DE teeater.
.Haye YOU a nickel for peanuts?' says,
and he says he hasn't.
How can you go to de teeater? l says,
and he says he has de price OF seat and
shows me a quarter. Well, gives him a
nickel for peanuts and let's him go, for all
de folks was to be out.
Pretty soon / hear Whiskers making