The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-24
doing it, They'll say, Do that!' and

doing it. They'll say, Do that!' and
the same scramble, will follow
"Youngster, it's time something was
being done to work a revolution, and
l don't know but what the decision Of
that justice yesterday was one of the
best things for the country that ever
happened. But the American people
have memories no longer than Section
% of the constitution allows, so they
may forget all about it in the course Of
two weeks. Politics is out Of my line,
old man, but some things get so plain
that one must read the handwriting.
However, in the face of the approach
ing holiday season, We must forget all
wrongs and settle down to enjoy the
happiness that is dished up in our
daily bowl of mush and milk.
But 1 had an experience on the. in
terurban yesterday that l wanted to
tell you about. You know, trip to
Milton was among one of the more
pronounced pleasures l enjyed, and it
resulted in complications which would
certainly have been fatal could one
Walla Walla dame have seen her hub
by boy sitting in the lap of a painted
beauty who occupied a comfy seat.
Christmas traffic has resulted in an
excess of business on the car line and
when L boarded the car last night on
the return trip, the car was crowded
to the limit. For a mile or more 1 was
forced to content myself with standing
in the aisle, with never so much as a
CT hnv
reeled off in the direction behind and,
on turning a curve, l was precipitated
into the lap of maiden. Mortified be-
lyond expression 1 at once started to
extricate' my anatomy from the deli
cate posture, when little hand was
placed on my shoulders, and the
words, whispered gently, caused me to
deElst, Stay where you are; l am
comfortable OF course 1 could not
do otherwise than comply with the re-
4uest, and the remaining miles were
ripped off in a. manner that was most
surprising.
But Leo, the uneXpected ALWAYS
happens, and you can about imagine
my surprise when, on reaching Bla-
locks, my wife boarded the car. The
moves I made in leaving my seat and
assisting her to a seat in the front
end were works of art, but the balance
OF the trip had lost all charms for
me. l was afraid the damsel in the
other seat would sound a recall and
mus place me- in a most embarrassing
position. And wiley isn't wise yet to
the narrow escape of yours truly"
Gee. but the weather mans got a
mean disposition"
! This is the, general concensus of
opinion every where in the city today
After having raised the hopes of every
lover of real Christmas weather, by
dishing out a freeze for skating and
! then a light snow for looks, he turns
! in and cooks up a regular Chinook
wind which takes all the snow off and
! the frost out. Adding insult to injury
he poured rain on the mud to thin it
and make the streets sloppy for the
last two days of shopping. And now
he says rain tomorrow, Chris mas
day! He, certainly has a mean dispo-
sitiOn.
But weather is not his only method
of showing his mean disposition. He
has been royalty treated by the news
paper men. They have advert sed his
fake brands of wind and rain without
cent of compensation. Six times a
week have the evening papers perjured
themselves by printing his predictions
in atmospheric conditions. They have
told how he was the only reliable
weather man in existence and on the
strength of their newspaper reports
his salary has been increased in big
punches, and often. More than that
they have whiled away his tedious mo-
ment-he works but three hours a day
by telling him funny stories and Civ
ing him all the news six hours in ad-
-ance of the publication of their pa
pers. Listen to the story of the graft
tude they got in return.
Having heard one of the bows say
he wanted a Morris chair and another
that he, needed new pair of shoes, the
weather man looked wise, winl5ed his
off eye and smole a smile of extra or
binary sweetness. And the boys took
hope, they knew what they had done
for him. And this morning when they
went to the weather office to get a
story on Christmas weather. each was
given neat little package, tied in red
rihhon-the ribbon was twisted paper
Inside one box was a picture of a pair
o. shoes, inside the other a picture of
Morris chair. Both had been clipped