The Washington herald., 1907-09-15
NO. 5.

that she didn't beat the Dutch, an I
thought every one could beat the
Dutch. even the Irish. was read
ing to Jamie about It and ! tell you.
Job. that's a smart boy. lie made a
verse about it something about
When the terrible turbirSs turn 70 home.
Real cute. 1t was.
Il don't hold with all this rushing
about so fast, though. do you, Job?
What. a drink OF watsr-well. you
know where the hydrant is, II may
be all right on the ocean where we
lucky Americans haven't got enough
ships 20 be hurt. but they're doing it
on land. too. There WeTe-Ive for
gotten-wheres the paper? Oh, never
mind ! haven't got my glasses-there
were over 500 automobile accidents last
week or year or something. Luckily
lots OF EN- run into each other, so II
don't matter But one Of them run
into a trolley car and left a poor girl
hung up in tree, Shameful. ! call
1t! Most Of these people only have an
automobile TO show they're rich.
Seems TO me they could do just as
well If they kept EN- at home, OF only
ran 'em at nights when decent people
was IN bed. Look at Mr.. WeIlman-Of
course he's got his automobile engines
hitched on 10 a airship. but he don't
go around smashing people up, He
takes the machine up there in Swe-
denbOrgia or somewhere and writes
magazine articles about what he's
gOin' 70 do some day l think that's
much the best way He's got plenty
Of gasoline and he carries his food sup
plies IN a rope, and it's a dangerous
undertaking. but so long as his type
writer don't get broken he's all right
I like Mr.. Wellman-I think he's a
great explorer,
I didn't think Il was true, did you,
that Secretary Metcalf was going 10
resign2 Now he denies il himself. I
shouldn't think he'd want 10. Here's
Mt. Loeb saying that the navy isn't
going 20 the Pacific, but President
Roosevelts taken II away from him
in spite OF the elephants tail-and is
going 10 send 1t on a trip. That's so
much less worry for Mt Metcalf He
won't have TO bother about painting
the ships or anything and can take a
nice long vacation. ! think he's a real
nice Old gentleman, but l reckon ne
don't know any too much about ships;
do you. job?
Want 20 go upstairs and get TO bed.
Well. ! guess not, Job Shrew. I've
waited down here 10 entertain you
while you was eating. ! guess you can
wait for me. 7 haven't told YOU about
that nice fat Mr. Taft yet He's on
the Pacific, they say. and as he's such
load the ship won't be able 10 get 20
the Philippines IN time, but they're
not a-going to hold the Parliament un-
III he gets there No picture Of the
Parliament would De complete unless
he was sitting on the rostrum-seems
10 me every Parliament has % have a
TOstrum, but ! don't know what for.
Then he's going TO P0tsdam. or some
other place with bad name. 70 have
Mrs Taft meet Mrs. William. the
Emperor's wife. Why, her name is
william, stands 10 reason il must be
Wish't I could see an Empress. The
only member Of the royal family I
ever saw was Larchcheekee. the Queen
Of the Egyptians: she was at the
county fair al Anderson once. She
smoked a big. black pipe-how il didn't
make her sick can't understand-and
the language she used was awful
Potsdam was nothing 70 IL. Funny
how these royalties run 70 cuss words,
amt &?
7 90 hope Mr.. Taft'H be able TO FIX
up something between him and the
MikadOo Of Japan about these Japa-
nese woTkmen. It's all out on the Pa
Cifc Coast somewhere. I don't just
understand the right Of IL. but Il seems
that the Irish are killing the japanese.
The Japs are killing the Hindoos, and
the Chinese are breaking the immi-
grafton laws. It's a terrible time alto
gether. All I know is that England's
in II with us. and maybe MT. Taftll
speak q good word for the British