Evening journal., 1910-12-17

and the boxes. They overflOwed
every nook and corner in the theatre,
and they were all telling Noodles" as
loud as they could how they saw
what he meant. and how they were
going to remember It, too.
But that little talk on patriotism
isn't the only thing that the boys are
going to remember There was so
much else I'm Noodles straight
talk today that the boys are thinking
about, and are going TO keep. ON think
Ing about, just because it's all too
Jolly and interesting to forget
Why, how were the boys TO know
that some funny Indian women way
out in Arizona or Colorado or some
far-off place painted their faces with
stove blacking and thought they look
ed nice, If Noodles" hadn't told them
Wasn't that the funniest thing?
Noodles" said he didn't think il was
much sillier for red women to put
stove polish on their faces than for
girls with white faces to put corn
starch on their checks. And that was
/ even funnier wasn't it.?
Newsles Amazed.
And there was that man in Hawaii
that was 125 years old, and was sell
ing things just like a newsboy.
I Noodles" said that lots of people in
Hawaii lived to be 1875 He said they
lived out Of doors. and they knew
queer things about wonderful medi-
cines that could cure smallpox in three
days. and that they were awfulIy queer
people to be sort of Americans. They
really are sort Of Americans. Mood
les" explained.
The Poorest People.
Then there are those Mexican fam.
lilies that live on 16 cents a day. Well
some Of the boys had done that on
slow days. Guess they knew how those
Mexicans felt, all right.
Noodles" \said that the people il
Mexico were the poorest people in the
world. That was funny. too, wasn't it
And fellow would never have heart
Of It if Noodles" hadn't told him ant
shown the picture.
And those funny poles with dogs
heads on the tops that the people il
Alaska prayed to when they wanted
anything-werent they the crazies
things? Noodles" said they wer,
idols. and that they belonged to th,
religion of the queer people. only nov
there were missionaries trying to tel
them that dogs heads on poles would
not make the weather clear Off in tim
for the ball game. or give a chap
good day when there wasn't mucl
news.
The Greek woman who was given
gold medal because her son took
prize at school and her house was al
ways kept In good order-she didn'
look much like an American, did she
Noodles" declared she was the bes
housekeeper in the world. and sh
must make money at It, for she had S
much jewelry on.
And, oh, say, mustn't IL have bee,
great fun to jump on skis-that's wha
Noodles" called them-in Norwa,
Noodles" told the boys how tn
youngsters in Norway could jump tw
or three blocks-iust think of that
on their sl1isl It certainly was fine I
! hear abouttit.
Il almost made the boys feel as
they had been all over the world wit
Noodles" themselves. The picture
were so pretty, and so funny. to,
Every single word that Noodles" sal
the boys could understand Ii WASH
one of those book lectures, where
3 fellow doesn't know what a man
talking about and tries to preten
he's wise when he really isn't Moo
, dies" wasn't bit like that
? Tears for Mckinley.
The talk wasn't all about the travel
of the world, though. and il WASH
|. all funny. AT the very beginning
T. his address Noodles" talked to III
5 boys about the late President McKiI
Z, ley. He told them how he spoke |
9 the newsboys in Chicago not long b'
u fore he was shot at Buffalo.
y And he showed them, too, picture
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