Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27

Ladies and gentlemen, the days of the big
show are numbered Soon the tent will be
struck, the matinees at an end The per-
formers Will go on the vaudeville circuit
and the unexampled managerial attractions
will look for summer quarters outside the
confines of the disfranchised d. C. In the
meantime let us get busy. Let us use our
eyes Let us open our ears. Let US take 1t
all In and have something to remember
when the big show has gone.
But even here we butt into a large husky
difficulty. There is SO much ripe fruit
There are SO many distinguished person
ages. There are so many easy marks
Weeks ago our searching glance landed on
the Honorable William Handittotim Roden-
berg of East st. Louis. He looked good to
us. But at a recent distinguished public
function the Honorable William nominated
And later in the privacy of a Connecticut
avenue car, he clasped usf to his pearl
studded bulger and wept into our back hair.
So ladies and gentlemen, we will leave the
Honorable William alone We suspect his
motives but we cannot slight the facts. He
is immune for the nonce.
Suppose. ladies and gentlemen. that we
let the day suggest the, man. Yesterday
was chill with the breath of a lingering
winter. Tomorrow will doubtless be sultry
with the heat of a precocious summer To-
Gay is just bit of gentle spring-immature
and sweet, youthful and refreshing. Let
US take something along the same line Let
us view the Honorable Buster Wharton of
Chicago.
Many things have we witnessed within the
confines of the big tens. Varied emotions
have rocked our souls We have toyed with
the whiskered chins o. crafty statesmen
and TESTED oft anent TIE patriots silvered
crown. Our hearts have been moved by elo-
quence and our drums shattered by
noises OF the Nashville kind. But never be-
fore. ladies and gentlemen. have we stopped
at the nursery department. Never have we
swayed the wabbly cradle or tuned our
chant 10 the soothing cadence of lullaby
Let us remedy the omission. Let US get
busy. II is tmei
First of all, ladies ard gentlemen. let us
remember that the American people are
gifted with the saving grace of humor
Mark Twain Is not the only man who can
recognize joke Out In Chicago the people
are wonderfully humorous. And particu-
larly is this true of the people of the old
fourth district. They just love q Joke
They are fairly foolish on the subject of a
jest. There were IS, 4St practical jokers in
the old fourth district Last election day. |
could prove It II cared to. / could make il
plain But why pile up the evidence? Why
duplicate the data? Tie Honorable Buster
II
1t was a great occasion in the old fourth
district-that last election day. Folks drift
ed into the election booths smiling broadly
They came out laughing. They went home
In good humor. They chuckled In their
sleep. They were still chortling at break
fast time.
Do not mistake me- ladi es and gentlemen
crat
thing was done In proper formi Nothinp
was left to the lima gination When the
votes were counted in the old fourth dis
trict committee was appointed to notify
the successful candidate. They climbed
into a feet of sea-going hacks and sailed
to the doors of the Wharton residence
Excuse me-" said the spokesman sun
pressing with difficulty some seething emo
tions but is Bus-tht, Honorable Charles
Wharton to homer"
II will. see,' replied s dignifed function
airy, retiring into the recesses of the Whar-
ton domiciie. Anon he returned
us It broken windows" he inquired re-
spectfully of the spokesman.
NO." replied the spokesman with more
difficulty. at is not broken windows"
rs II cats? inquired the funetionary.
anxiously
No" replied the spokesman. with In
creasing difficulty, sit is not cats"
us tt" began the functicnary with a
worried look.
NO" replied the spokesman indistinct-
ly, ut is nothing like that"
Then said the functionary. with a re-
lieved expression, Il don't mind saying