The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Public Men ARdThingS

ain d SOIl u d Ielu Oh DdShSl Ddii
like 1t nearly as we'll as | do base ball,
and that's liking it some. But unless
our boys get letter OF introduction
to the bath tub before they play, l will |
have to cut them out-that is, cut the |
games out. You know when a genial |
son Of Ham who goes in strong for |
athletics gets to doing strenuous
stunts, and the perspiratiOn begins TO |
| OoZe from the pOuTs, II he has not
| been baptized in about a foot and a |
| half of water before he enters the |
game, there is sure to be lot OF OdOrs |
come forth that will almost strangle |
/ the olefactOry cells. l would suggest
TO our basket ball players that just
before they go to the hall TO play a /
| game that they take plunge into the
waters of the bath tub, sprinkle a lit
| tie Florida water into the bath water,
and then when they have rubbed
| themselves dry, rub about a drachm of
| talcum powder over their bodies ItI
| hey will do this, those of us who sit
in the gallery will not have to cork
up Our olefactory organ with a pinch
of cotton to prevent it becoming coIi-
gested with odors that are not at all
similar to the odor from after of roses.
like my basket ball, but oh you
OdOriferous Odors!
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| This column is a sort of looking
glass. 1t gives you chance to see
lyOurself as others see you, and to read
what others are saying about you. l
believe it was Bobby Burns, riotous,
Ijolly Bobby Burns, who wrote give
us the power to see ourselves as 9TH
Iers see us" That's the English of
it-I can't quote his Scotch dialect
4 Now l am presenting you with that
u opportunity. | just record what /
hear as | move in and out among the
lily whites, high yalleTs, tantalIzing
browns and over-ripe brunettes. l get
: around considerable, too. / always
was sort of a rounder. | like to
= talk and hear others talk-that aC-
counts for my propensity 10 get
around. There is really no occasion
for any one to get hot under the col
S lar over what appears III this column
/ because | really don't mean to hurt
S any ones feelings. | am on good
;, terms with every living soul, except
r my creditors, and they treat me nice
t ly. Everybody has treated me as
|, twould have them treat me.
e Speaking about seeing yourself a;
c lOthers see you reminds me that Ar
S thur Gray once said to me, a Ions
:. while ago, that when a fellow get:
e out IN the lime light ne ought not tc
e be too sensitive" That Arthur Gray
e by the way. is a sort of q philosopher
HES what they call "a pippin" Ou
II in the adobe regions of New Mexico
&c Once in a while | drop in that coin
e age factory at the corner of 18th anC
E, You run by Arthur and his wife un
l. der the name of a pharmacy, and cha
= with him. | have never heard hin
'r say real mean thing about any one
He comes pretty near being an idea
fellow. And he's got lots of brain
and 4 ton or two of hustle. / don
iknow who Arthur and his wife vii
leave their money to, when they eros
the River Styx, for they have n
children. | often notice that the
have their window filled with Negr
ldoll babies 1t may be that they eX
-ipeCt to experiment on these doll
TO with some of their drugs in an effor
C to put life into them. If so, the
as they will have several heirs. Some {
c. ing about what a hard time a blac
1y man has, ought to take Arthur Ora
Il, as a pattern. Now no blind man eve
ed would take Arthur for a high yale
On and yet his chief thinks he's a card
e nal, just because he delivers the good
c. in unbroken doses His wife, who
or also a hustler, joined him IN Openln
'p. lup a coinage factory, and now the
he are eating and sleeping under the
ng own vine and fig tree, and are pickin
Ie- fruit off of two or three other tree
n which they own. He's popular wit
to every one. Arthur never thinks abOl
IT. his coior-doesn't consider that as
liability, and the result is he succeed
es Whenever a fellow whose color
n about three degrees removed from
or box of Howard's shoe dressing is a
ey ways worrying about his complexic
nd as a liability he must take care {
generally that fellow winds up Wi
he a shovel and a boiler with which
'es make living in putting in coal.
ng mans a man, white or black, for I
ely of that" and all he has to do to su
he ceed is to do just what Arthur Gri
~, has done-hustle.
Id ~
he Well, l dressed up IN my cla1
he hammer coat, of vintage OF 1900, al
ed, went to the Monican's assembly F
are day night. This society buslne
don't appeal to me much any MOI
in but when you have women fol
pa around your hut, you have just got
be do the silly act once in a while.
was a pretty affair, and the WON
aid sure did look good. l danced,
on- best l could, but really dancing h
the gone up on me. One thing, life is
ing little TOO serious, and the handicap
ca little too strong for Ham to spe
zen much time dancing and making mo
nd, eyes at black bellies IN hobble ski
I'd or low-necked gowns. If / only h
the two per cent of the money color
people of this city spend on pleasu
nes could erect that Lincoln Memoir
OF building and then have about $1,000
lad to lend out on three per cent. 3
led / suppose we have TO have that pie;
OF ure, and we will continue to reas
ing that "all work and no play max
re- Jack a dull boy" This Monte
red crowd will give one more assemb
the I understand, after Easter, and tn
what a long wait Heck, Lansburi
Kan's, and some of these other stoI
r &.