The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19

to know why, then. they were not made
in two equal pieces Whereupon was
Stunned.
The third draft that craved from
the fount of knowledge was enlighten-
ment concerning the character known
as "a man about town" He was more
vague in my mind than a type should
be. We must have a concrete idea OF
anything, even if it be an imaginary
idea. before we can comprehend it.
Now. have mental picture of
John Doe that is as clear as a steel
engraving. His eyes are weak blue.
he wears a brown vest and u shiny
black serge coat. he stands always
in the sunshine chewing something.
and he keeps half shutting his pocket
knife and opening it again with his
thumb Aud, if the man higher up is
ever found. take my assurance for it
he will be a large, pale man with blue
wristlets showing under his cuffs, and
he will be sitting to have his shoes
polished within sound of a bowling
alley, and there will be somewhere
about him turquofses.
But the canvas of my Imagination.
when it came to Inning the man
about town, was blank fancied that
he had a detachable sheer Qike the
smile of the Cheshire cah and at
tached cuffs, and that was all. where
upon | asked newspaper reporter
about him.
Why" said he, "a man about town
is something between a rounder and a
clubman. He isn't exactly-well. he
fits in between Mrs. Fish's. receptions
and private boxing bouts He doesn't
well. he doesn't belong TO the LotOs
club or to the Jerry McGeogheghan
Galvanized Iron Workers Apprentices
Left Hook Chowder association
don't exactly know how TO describe
him to you You'll see him every
where there's anything doing Yes
suppose he's a type. Dress clothes
every evening. knows the ropes, calls
every policeman and waiter in town
by their first names. No, he never
travels with the hydrogen derivatives
You generally see him alone or with
another man"
Ny friend The reporter left me- and
l wandered farther afield. By this time
the 3,126 electric lights on the RiaIto
were alight People passed but they
held me not Paphian eyes rayed upon
me and left me unscathed Diners.
heimgan@ers. shopgirls. confidence men.
panhandlers. actors. highwaymen. mil
lionaires and outlanders hurried, skip
ped. strolled. snealled. staggered and
scurried by me. but | took no note of
them knew them all. | had read
their hearts; they had served. want
ed my man about town. He was a
type. and to drop him would be an
error-a typograph. But, no. let US
continue
Let us continue with a moral d.
gressfon. To see family reading the
Sunday paper gratifies The sections
have been separated Papa is earnest
~ scanning the page that pictures the
young lady exercising before an open
window and bending but there. there.
HidulItd IillGIGolGu tflluS ~ SueSo
the missing letters in the word Nv
Yo-k The Oldest girls are eagerly
perusing the financial reports. for a
certain young man remarked last Sun
day night that he had taken fier in
O.. x. and z. Willie. the eighteen-year-
old son. who attends a New York
public school. is absorbed in the week
~ article describing how to make over
an old skirt, for he hopes to take q
prize in sewing on graduation day
Grandma IS holding to the comic
supplement with two hours grip.
and little Tottie. the baby. is rocking
along the best she can with the real
estate transfers This view is in
tended TO be reassuring. for it is de-