Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29

Some men get good natured when they
are drunk and some get belcose. There
Is one member of the legal profession in
Washington who has the latter failing. and
the boys telling a tale on him of the
past weeks holiday revels. 1t seems that
he went Off on bender as the result of too
many friends along the cocktail route, and
late In the evening blew into one of the
midtown hostelries. Lining up before the
refreshment dispensary he announced In a
loud tone:
II can whip any bloomin son-of-a-gun
behind the bari"
Nobody paid any attention to him, and
after waiting a few minutes for the chal-
lenge to sink in, he widened his offer bit
and said
Il whip any bloomin' son-of-a-gun in
front of the BARI
Still the def went disregarded, and SWELL
ing his chest he called out in clarion tones:
II car whip any bloomin' son-of-a-gun in
the house!"
At this a small man in the back room
arose. and elbowing his way through the
crowd tackled the big man, literally walk
ed all over him and trampled the starch out
of his collar. The encounter was short. but
there was lots of 1t while it lasted, and
when II was over the chaStened big man
picked himself up, busted himself off and
murmured reiectively:
Il know what was the matter with me.
! was takin in too much territory
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The associations connected with Christ
mas in some cases at least among the
most enduring and certainly the most prec-
tous of the influences of life observed
man who was chatting the other day about
the great holiday and some of the sugges-
lions which the recurrence OF the day re-
called to him.
1T happened one year as the Christmas
time drew near that l staying at
house which was occupied by two women
OF rather advanced age, that is to say, they
We're no longer young. There were no chill
dren IN the house either at that season or
any other much to the regret of the ladies,
whom | am sure would have been pleased
TO hear the voices and the footsteps of
children in the halls and rooms. for they
were of kindly natures and full of affec-
ton.
Under those circumstances you can
imagine my surprise wnen on Christmas
ever a tree of good size was brought I'D
into the parlor. where the ladies proceeded
to trim and deck it as If they expected
troop of little ones to surround 1t with
dancing feet and joyous eyes the follow
ing morning.
"As far as 1 could see there was no detail
omitted. and the tree was dressed out with
as much elaborateness as could possibly
have been bestowed by the fond parents of
a house full of children This feature of
the day in my mind has always been asso-
had none should go to all the trouble to
have Christmas tree in the house had
never occurred to me-
But when / saw how happy these two
lone women were and how much enjoyment
they seemed to get from this tree even
without the presence of children. then
understood how the associations of their
youth were centered about the tree and
how II could hardly seem to hem that the
holidays had returned, unless they had this
symbol of the day in their home.
X s
Washington storekeepers now have time
IN tall of of hai brIc
experiences. manager of a large
clothing store told Star reporter a good
one. stylishly attired young woman
entered the store. and after inspecting the
full line of smoking jackets finally selected
one
Now" she said with a winning smile,
'of course your company will pay the ex-
press charges on this jacket for me-"
Yes replied Mr. Cans I'VE will express
1T free for you TO any point within a radius
OF a hundred miles"
What will the express charges be to the
town Of Bankville?'' inquired the miss,
naming place In West Virginia.
Never mind how much it will be-" was
ever II may be-"
But 1 want to know the cost" persisted
the woman.
Why do you want us to call up the ex-
press company by phone when l tell you
the eNpressage will be paid ?"
Because l am going to Biankvilie myself
ana VIII carry the package with me- and l
want you to deduct the amount the express
company would have charged you from the
purchase price of the smoking jacket"
Then with the sweetest of smiles she add
ed:
Remember the saying of the good old
woman, Let nothing go to waste "
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The holiday shopping is ABOUT over" re-
marked the representative OF local busi-
ness house to a Star reporter. land the
main shopllfting season is over with it."
What the loss through shoplifters would
total he could not estimate but said it was
only where the stealing was done on large
fhat hn