The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Public Men And Thinps
(By the Sage of the Potomac.)
(By the Sage of the Potomac0

! tleu tHe can 10 Ian Murray, Richard
| Horner and Charley Fillmore. in DO
lite English, the club made them hit
| the down-and-out trail-dropped them
from its membership rolls. Now this
IS what we uns" who live on the
border OF Lake Tippirary, not far
from the castle of Killarney, would
call low down dirty Irish trick,
begob. I've been investigating the
rumor, and although the members are
very reticent, and decline to discuss
the incident, yet they freely admit
that they went and done it. 1t is US
| uaIly customary, however, in all or
| carnations where the membership is
made up OF repllCaS in bronz, to make
pubic all private dOings Of the organ
I 1zat1on. Even bronzed masons who
swear they Will gambol to the tother
end OF tilmsy cable tow do it, and
| bronzed Odd Fellows-why they sim
ply revel in the publicity of secrets.
The only real colored organization
| that ever came in contact with that
kept all its doings secret. and never
told a soul what it did, was an organ
Izatlon composed of deaf and dumb
people.
But getting back to my mutual
| friends Dan Murray and Richard Hor-
ner, whom | have known for several
years, especially Dan Murray who is
an old c1t-nearly so, | think the Mu-
SO-Llts failed to cover themselves
with glory when they passed these
two worthless over the Custer Trust.
Dan Murray can buy and sell, in job
lots, some of the people who wear a
Musollt badge III order to climb into
mauve society, and he has more
brains / ma few days than some of
them ever figured on having. Why
he's real author III embryo-been
for years compiling a Negro Bibliol-
Ogy. Now 1t amt to be expected that
busy man can always remember
that he owes IS cents as dues to a
black and tan organization for the
privilege OF hearing some weeping
willow sigh IN broken English And
Mr.. HorneT's position as a Board
member, as an attorney who has an
occasional client ought to have en-
titled him to the consideration that
would have writ into his case the
Supreme Courts term, reasonable" "
But mebbe these two gentlemen feel
they are just as we'll off out of the
club as II it, and | reckon they will
exist just the same | heard two sup
posed members, who doubtless broke
into the organization under false pre-
lenses, and through suspicion, gloat-
ing over the dropping of Murray and
HOrner. They were couple of fel-
lows that never would recognize an
idea if it pa-aded down Pennsylvania
avenue behind the Philippine band.
As near as | understand, the name
OF the club is a contraction or abbre-
Walton of the words musical" so
Cial,' and literary and yet it has
members who couldn't qualify under
either. | may be a little prejudiced
myself because about two or three
years ago when my name was pre-
sented for membership they had no
room for me. Now l just naturally
have a bit of justice Jerking around
my anatomy, and so therefore can't
stomach a few overdue promissary
notes who think they are discredit-
ing their betters when they drop them
from an organization that apprOpiates
ali the halOs in cold storage fit to be
worn by real musical, social and lit
eTary celebrities. The Mu-SO-L its
have some members who couldn't tell
musical note from ten percenter's
note; who wouldn't be recognized in
the social circles of a deserted island, |
and don't know any more about liter
ature than an almond-eyed celestial |
laundryman knows about Sanskrit. |
And get it is Just such fellows who |
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organization with q jimmy think they
own the town and rule the people |
therein. Many of the Mu-SO-Lits are
bang-up fellows, but it is the dizzy
walters, the chicken reelers who are
darkening the hole. Dan Murray and |
Richard HOrner are peaches and
cream compared with a filligree of |
llmbergeT cheese along side some of |
the fellows who are gloating over
dropping them from the Mu-So-Lits
After this, | know there amt no use
OF my trying again to get in the club |
Have you seen copy of the new |
publication, The Black Pen?" You
aint? Well then envy your peace of
mind. 1t has been said 'see Venice |
and die That used to be a favorite |
expression of aesthetic parasites. Now |
the slogan is see the Blacl- Pen and |
become a somnambulist." [ secured |
a copy Tuesday, solemnly preceded to |
my $27.5o per month palace, meth |
Odically climbed the steps to my Ii
brary de lux, "sitzen" me down in
my student chair, and proceeded to in
spect The Black Pen. My first intro-I
duction was to an eagles nest of con-
tributing editors, or rather a staff all |
of whom wore long tails to their
names heavy, bushy, long tails, such /
as D. D., L. L. B., B. S., and A NJ
Jesse Lawson, the New Jersey mos-I
quito, who has glued an A. NJ on to
his name, will write heavy metaphys-
ical articles, and indigestible articles
on the occult force, or something like /
that DR.. J. Milton Waldron, who |
once again brings out that old D. D. |
pennon and bitches it to his name,
is advertised to contribute articles on
Religion, something we are all long
on in theory, but mighty darn short
on in practice Then there is Alfue
Mcdowell, who went them all one
better on initials, by tieing L. L. B.
to his name, who will do heavy editor
in-chief work. Now if McDowelPsi