Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14
YOUNG STAR MAN
WAS SPANKED BY
BEDFORD SAvANT
Told to Go Home and Let the
Cows Alone in Peace.
RAILROAD WAS TO BLAME
RAILROAD WAS TO BLAME
No Private Citizen at Fault Because
Town Was Torn Up.
PROVIDENCE RULES THE RAIN
Arguments From the Learned Journal-
list, Which the Press Agent of
the Special Did Not Meet.

Not all the humor on The Star
Special was the glittering gold Of
fneSsed wit and veneered amuse-
ment that rippled the risibilities of
the folks here at home and
made white caps of fun. Once in a
while the ball rebounded and the
blue milk refused to turn TO cream.
There is mud-laden town in the
Old Dominion that hides under the
pseudonym of Bedford. Up
staggering, red clay street." be-
You'd where that cosmopolitan CEN
ter gets lost in the country. lives a
gentleman, profoundly and knee
deep versed in belle lettres. He
and the professional humorist of
The Stars Commercial Hotel On
Wheels ran anluck one sun-be-
decked day. Read the body of mat
ter herewith and the accompany
ing addenda and you'll find the key
note to fun as side issue of in
dustrlal enterprise, and perchance
also learn something about the rela-
tive merits of humorists reared on
the one side in the bowling traffic
of city streets, and on the other
amid the greeneries and SHOWS of
Bedford's country lanes.
1t is humiliating TO hefty, stable per-
son to be scientifically and comprehensive
ly spanked. This is true. be the time and
the place what they may. But it is partic-
ularly humilating to be so treated just
upon ones return from a successful tour
through a welcoming and hospitable land.
That's just what has happened to me.
While in the southland with the Greater
Washington special 1 many towns and
people and things that Interested me- and
in my limited little way | tried to tall them
as they told themselves d me. Bur never
again. A bunch of human interest may
steal up behind me now AID rap the
head. I'll promise not to notice. For I've
sworn off. I'm through.
Down in Bedford City Va, I was par
ticularly interested. The town appealed to
me. 1t got close TO my heart. And, again
in my limited way, 1 tried TO show it,
spoke of the town in the same breath with
old wine, raved of its beauty ard its pic
turesqueness. In fact l treated that town
of Bedford like a fond and favored child.
But Bedford would have lo1e 81 IT. Bed
ford didn't care for my remarks. Bedscid
sat up on it's hind legs and Snprted with
rage Bedford paved the air and got short
of breath. Bedford acted scandalousy.
The Bedford Bulletin, organ ana mouth.
piece of the town of Bedford, has had some
things to say since the visit Of the missions
airy party tn that section about the Greater
Washington special in general and about
The Stars staff correspondent m particular.
Here are the things the Bedford Bulletin
said
Now Come One, Come All.
1.-The much advertised Washington Special
came quietly into Bedford by the back way
last Thursday night, when all good citizens
were asleep, and anchored on the COAL
yard track, south of the freight derct The
merchants Of Bedford had not shown mucn
over the project, stating that
drummers were bad enough to handle
singly, and a carload was an overdose But
some of the citizens went around and per-
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