Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-19
AERIAL WANDERER
NEVER TOUCHED Us
Never touched me.

Never touched me.
Mother is cleaning house this morn
ing and brushing the comet dust out
into the street, that is. that part of
the dust which the kids have not gath
cred into empty bottles for souvenirs
Otherwise, there is not thing to in
dicate that the world whizzed through
the tail of Halley's comet yesterday.
The great thing about it is many
human beings never have had an OPP
portunity to pass through the comet 5
tail. 1t happens only once in seventy
five years, so we have a little comet
tail aristocracy all of our own now
this morning. We passed through the
tail of the comet, by jingo And it
never hurt hair of our heads.
1t is a real mean person this morning
who is going around saying, Il told
you So" That sort of conversation
will go after prize fight or a council
manic election, but nobody ought to be
allowed to tell us that he knew blamed
well the comet was as harmless as a
kitten.
Lots of Los Angeles people were
scared and they never let on. Sew
eral of them did not hesitate to let
on, and they were ready to dodge when
the big crash came. All kinds of prep
arations were made for the fireworks
Reception committees sat up late last
night waiting for the arrival of the
wild sky wanderer. Some of them
were out with butterfly nets to grab
some gas, others were out with their
football clothes on to make the shock
easier, and others were low at the
feet Of Billiken asking that the little
god of things as-they- -ought-to-be al
low them to get through the tail just
this once and they would never ask II
again.
A comet is a wonderful thing to ex-
pose human nature. Human nature
has been mighty thick for the last few
days right here in Los Angeles. From
every section Of the city have come
stories revealing strange phases of it.
DRESSED IN WHITE
On South Hill street in a little corner
grocery last night a mother lowered
with her four small daughters. all clad
in pure white. The mother had read
of the coming Of the comet and she
had gathered her children about her
to await the frightful end. They We're
all to be smothered in an instant, she
thought. Yesterday at noon, after
having washed and ironed the four lit
tie white dresses and her own white
dress, she dressed herself and the girls.
Then she drew them close and waited
In many cases persons eXpectd that
yesterday would be the last day they
were to have in this life. Prayer and
supplication has been heard from all
sides for the past week. Dusty Bibles
have been drawn from the lower shelf
of the parlor table and studied as
never before.
An old candy wagon man on North
Main street had it figured out that
when the comet hit the arth all the
people on the earth would shoot off
into space and land on other planets
1t was his theory that the world has
outworn its usefulness and that this
means was to be taken to transport
the inhabitants to the stars and the
moon.
one man was found who believed
that after the world passed through
the poisonous gas of the comets tail
the entire human race would be of one
color. a bleached, ghostly white. he
held that the race having been
bleached. all men would be of the same
disposition, speak the same language
think along similar lines, have similar
ambitions. War would be no more
and civilization would advance by
leaps and bounds.
DIDN'T CARE MUCH
"I don't care if the comet does hit
us" said an old man, well known
figure. who sells shoe strings at an
alley corner on Spring street. Il low
that it will. and I hope it does |
ain't sellin' as many shoe strings as
used to- and I am gettin' so that l
can't see very well out OF either eye
IF it wasn't for my sister back in
Ohio I'd almost ask the Lord that He
send it right along and smash things
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Only one person was discovered that
did not believe in the comet. She is a
peculiar old lay who lives IN quaint
cottage up on Boyle Heights. "There
amt no comet" she said when asked
what she was going to do when the
comet came. "The women folks out
here have been gettin' UP in the morn
ing to see it, but don't think anybody
ever saw it. I don't take any stock
in the reports"
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