Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27
THE HJrORS or NEW YORK CTY'S FIRST
r1KRRIHGE LICENSE BUREAU

hardly to be equa1led. The two youngsters who
appear of this type-tal and straight as
young pines; eyes bright, teeth white and even But
the girl is undoubtedly young.
you eighteenY
"Yassir."
when will you be eighteen?" (the foxy form of
query).
"Fo'teenth of mex Mach"
"Wel you'll have to wait till you're eighteen, you
know. Nextw
But the masterful man behind the desk is reckon
ing without the chaperon. rather young little
yellow woman, whose mouth is set in sharply drawn
parentheses hurs herself upon the horns OF the pres
ent dilemma She is of wiry build and is dressed for
her part bright red felt hat perches mpertinenty
on the back of her head the brm turned sharply up
at the front. waist of purple, with large polka
dots and bright blue tie proclaim her spirit Her
chief endowment, however, seems to be language
She shows every disposition to climb over the top or
the desk and supply muscular punctuation for her re-
marks.
'Who say dat gal amt eighteen? Who say it. lac
to know? The ideer Cord sake, cose she say she
anti She dat nervous pear lac she don know whut
she am sayin'i Why, when Use bin gittin' ma1ed
couldn't toll nobody whit Use sayin'. Hadn't bin fur
ma brother Che am the Minister nobody would have
knowed what Use sayin'. He dun toll en- wuz
eighteen masef then, an that bin-Gord SAKE
amt gwine t. tell YOU it amt your tuneral nonoW.
Huccum 1 know she eighteen? Why, ledge, Use
knowed her sence she's lille kid down in Vginnle.
With ffty-seven irrepressibe variations rung upon
this theme the charm of its novelty Is perceptlDy
worm but the chaperon shows no sign OF WEAKNESS
and the girl herself earnestly avows that she was III
truth eighteen in March and the license Is granted
Il
nations clear the stage for Mrs Rugg. She Is lazy
of avoirdupois and determination and SAILS INTO tne
Office with flying colors. In her wake 1ohows nel
middle aged daughter created in her exact image but
fired by such dominant spirit she looks ouI anu
discouraged and has probably long been source Oh
discipline of her parent Last of all comes tne man
He Is powerfully built and muscular and Is passive
with the meekness of the shorn Samson.
There is a CLINT in mothers eye and an edglness IN
her tone which bespeak the spirit reused. There Is
fine steel of stern resolve to put this deal through ana
land daughter Gin a home of her own" From ponneC
strings to shoe acngs her manner breatnes denahce
throughout the ordeal. She answers all tne quesuons
even raising her hand to high heaven anu eaAine 'ne
OATH
"5ow soon do you expect to Martyr
'Right away young man" Ut is the voice OF motner)
~Afn't there nobody here can do it?
In that same moment the trio are shown the way 10
the Mayor, who presumably uoes IL "AeAVS
notice or delay
Into the midst of all this too prosperous none
too clean gathering comes Rosy, the pride OF tne
Mulligans. Dantly clad, blond PeuIe' pi9 f11i1
amused The good looking Italian lad VINO accom-.
NAMES her thinks is the incest ever and does not
hide his thoughts
HAS either of them ever been married before?
Did YOU ever hear anything funny2 Wasn't once
enough for anybody? Dear, dear, how funny men in
as Louis the young mans name"
Eyes" is the reply.
"Beng Italian isn't it really TuigfT
RIue Mugan ewes are clouded now, for the moment,
but the admission comes reluctantly Yes II Is Luigi
off comes the sixteen button white kid glove, Tor MISS
NuIipan is the scribe and the must be filed in
correctly The incident is closed in a minute and,
waving gay goodbys they disappear down the corrl-
dor.
TTnon feminine observers a certain grim humor in
the masculine attitude in the genus Americanus is
not lost A sort of to man appeal flashes dumbly
across the desk The matter or tact clerk REGARDS IL
with ewes that see not Lucky dog" 1t to say,
you're out of this yourself, but make 1t easy for
fellow. 1 suppose look as uncommonly foohsh as