Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
By
SEWELL
70 R D
&HNzazka
Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson

developed burrows the wa
brow. Ever do much of it ".e MH
yourself? Well, don't begin. ,<f ~ y 81
It only gets your mind all #.sfT
churned up, and even If you Il
do happen to puzzle out ~ ~
an answer to something iIsNl
other, ten to one it amt s:Ep,N'
true bill. So what would be
the use? N
Sometimes get the notion
I'd be better off if / had
loft that empty alto
gether Now look at Swiftly =
Joe Longs he amt sepa-
rated from his reg lar meals,
and knows that he still has
the clutch on his job, he
don't do any more worryin than kitten seepn'
in the sun But me! Why, little thing like runnn'
up against such chap Ogden Beverley gets
askin' myself conundrums
What l want to know is right here: If this Mr..
Beverley stands for the last word in the perfect
gent line, about how far down on the list between
him and the educated pig am L T., En- Too hot
But you wait until you've put in a few hours with
one Of the Ogden Beverley brand, and perhaps
you'll be doin' some guessin' yourself.
1t was my little trip into the woods that got me
up against him close. Course, I'd seen him be-
fore but we'd always been able to dodge each
other. l hadn't got any real line on him. But
this time there no duckln
YOU see, Sadie had gone to the Adirondacks with
the Blocker Fish crowd for week, and she
sends down word that they havn such bully time
she's goin to stay over, and must come up Friday
night WE'LL l amt registern' any kick on that
program. m just about ripe for couple of days
9 the f Fishes at JOINT ike 'S Dan ''S'S camp o.
They're the kind of folks that believes in gon'
back to nature and takin all the comforts Of home
along with EN-. They do their roughin it in a nice
little twenty-room shack Nothin but rocks and
logs outside and hardwood floors, electric lights,
Turkish rugs and porcelain baths inside With
the aid of French chef and about dozen other
help they manage to live the simple life without
gettin' any callouses on their hands or strainin'
their backs.
Take the three-seventeen mountain express,
says Sadie the long distance phone. and
Henri will meet you with the car at Pauls Mrs.
Fish wants you to look out for maid shes expect
ing See that she out with the others There'l
be Sally Dressler and Ogden Beverley on the same
train"
How NIGEL" says 1. ANY instructions about
NO of course not" says she; only don't shock
Ogden any more than you can help. He's been in
vted up expressly entertain Lady Ellen Bung
thor Be- ,,,,;o,, >, cave
"Thorpe-Bung- thorpe On spell it yourself ell
Sunday. Great swell, you know Fathers big
six-cylinder highbrow herself So we just had to
send for Ogden We're such frivolous bunch
up here that we simply had to have some one like
him to take the Off
If you ask me- says l, I'D say better let the
curse stay on He gives me goosefesh the soul,
Ogden does.
TOO bad about you, Shorty, says she. For
get him, and remember the maid
PUT that's easier said than done. The first party
- l sees after I've got through the gate is this
Ogden gent. pacin' up and down the PLATFORM nm
ishing cigarette before the train starts And say,
for all his other points, wish could wear clothes
the way he does. Course, l might shy the gray
CATERS and maybe l wouldn't have the front to
sport a shepherd plaid suit with cap to match;