The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-02
MAN ABOUT TOWN

The small boy who enjoys cooling
drink of red pop during the summer
months will probably be obliged to
pay more for it in the future. Manu-
facturers have sent out circulars to
the effect that owing to the pure food
laws pop prices will be advanced 10
cents per case. The Man is very sorry
about this. 1t seems too bad that our
luxuries must be put so far beyond
our reach. Prunes scarce, pop higher
and next it will be peanuts-misery.
Frank Dudley has some new records
for the large Edison monograph that
are considered very classical. 4 re-
production of high opera is given in
very realistic manner, which reminds
one of Billy BaXter's description of his
visit to hear grand opera when he Sc
cured true lovers seat three miles
from the stage" "Dud" is authority
on Photographs and these records are
undoubtedly o. k, but the song is sung
in foreign tongue and the Man could
hardly appreciate it. 1t sounded like
George Washington, the boot black,
on bender.
The small boy had his inning last
i0hf OF T,I,,
ton. Young America gathered in
numbers about the hotel Dacotah por-
tico and as persons passed they were
hailed by name with cries of speech,
Jones, speech, speech" One staid in
dividual passing was inclined to take
the invitation serious and respond,
until the peals of laughter from the
urchins advised him of the joke.
"lf there is any doubt us to the feel
ing of the laboring man for plain John
Dinnie that ought to convince man."
said prominent citizen to the Man
as we surveyed the crowd gathered
at the depot last night.
Those are the boys who wear the
overalls, the men that work." he con-
tinued, and the Man noticed that he
was right-it was representative and
democratic audience and that their
hearts were with Dinnie was evident.
Great band we've got" said the
Man to certain individual who stood
across the street from the Dacotah
last evening watching the demonstra-
ton and listening to the music. Come
On over and let's hear the boys"-but
our friend acted peculiarly and moved
OF with gfowl for an answer. The
Man was worried and wondered
wherein he had offended, but gen.
tleman who had overheard the con-
yersation, or rather the Mans mono
logue, volunteered an explanation
when he said with laugh, Don't you
know what's the matter with -,
he's Duis man." Strange, passing
strange. thought the Man, some peo-
ple do have the "meanest DISPOSE
TONS"
The Man is having his troubles
these days lodging people who want
him to print stories in these columns.
They go on to say we write things
Up so cleverly," etc., etc., just good
sample of the jolly in order to SUBJ
serve selfish end, but when we come
to look into the STORY they have to
tell us. we find it is simply yelled
knock at some one, and the Man de-
c]ines with thanks. This is not a COL
umn for the Anvil Chorus, dear read
er, and the "Do-Say club" will find the
Man deaf and dumb to any naughty
gossip about our neighbors. 1t is
just little filler" chat, to use the
press language, just little side light
stuff of no importance in particular
anu easily dlgested. Take it for what
it is worth. but forbid us from the rub
be-dub-dub of the knocker.
And now comes wee, small voice
from an exchange and states emphat-
ically that we never saw that Robin
Red Breast we wrote of. This is un-
Kind and an insinuation we decline to
approve of. The Man has seen Robin
Red Breast many times and is familiar
with his chirp. The world does not
often look like a robin red-breast to
the newspaper man and the Man is
no exception. 1t was robin, "sure
as preaching" and we hope he found
things comfortable.