Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-18

men laugh and be gay. but some of them
lost money. They say the horses ate the
o be- and any ssse
on to fraud and would be punished.
Buster-Let's go away. l don't want to
see them any more. They're all knock
kneed and not bit nice.
Pop-Yes, come, let us go and contem-
plate the birds.
Eagle in Small Cage.
Buster-o pop, just look at that poor
chicken.
Pop-That's no chicken, that's ar
American sporting eagle.
Buster-Why do they put 1t In such a
small cage?
Pop-Well. it's a wild, bad beast, and
fond Of sport and killing hares. SO they
have put 1t into canary cage and feed
it on hemp instead of raw meat. The
'Tweet, tweeti'' In fact. they are try
ing to reform it. and that's why 1t has
such a sad face.
Buster-Oh, my, look at Its poor feet
It's got corns. That canary could never
Pop-That's just what they want They
have broken it's spirit, and its feet are
like that because it only walks now in
stead of flying. Flying is against the
law, except in aeroplanes.
Just then the bird gave forth a belching
"Tweet, tweet. something between a
cocks crow and a donkey's bray.
Buster-Let's go. let's go: that bird
frightens me. l am sure l was right
It's a chicken. That's no sport eagle
Let's go to see the monkeys. That bird
made me feel sad. Monkeys make me
laugh.
At the House of the Ape.
Pope-Well, here we are: this is the ape
house.
Buster-o Pop, just look; who is that
ugly man talking to the Barbary ape!
He looks just like a monkey himself.
Pop-Don't speak so loud; that's Arthur
Kfllsport the member for BackofneVer.
He is the great reformer and the presi-
dent of the society here. It's his stunt,
that eagle in canary cage business he
is also anti-Darwinian, and believes that
man returns to ape, as against Darwin
ape to man theory.
Buster-That monk don't seem to like
him.
Pop-Like him, no one does. but he Is
the vogue right now. He made all babies
wear long trousers to hide their legs. he
Is trying to persuade the committee TO
put the apes in kits.
Buster-Is he a sport?
Pop-The greatest in town. He is the
best casino player, the best hop-scotch
player. and has now taken up the new
sport of babOon tree pitching, winch con-
siSts Of throwing nuts from trees at little
boys. This is preparatory to the return
of man to apedom.
Buster-Let's go. I don't want to see
any more animals, they are all SO tame.
Boxing Gloves Relics.
Pop-Wel, let's go to the museum next
door and will show you the old boxing
gloves, those relics Of barbarism now
relegated to the showcase.
Buster-Yes, do let us go: we have a
French boy at school and he says It's
just fine, that boxing. and that they are
very fond of it still in France.
Pop-The barbarians! Fancy striking
any one with the fist. We now use the
mule kick, and toe hold, the bear back
hug, the shank bite, and the rushing
motor crash when we have a dispute with
any one
Pair enter the museum and examine
pair Of twelve-ounce amateur boxing
gloves.
Pop-See, Buster, the wicked fighting
gloves. Fancy getting that on your mas
saged face. Men used to fight with these
for ten rounds, but Killsport stopped that
they used to make each others nose
bleed. KillSport'S mode Of settling dis
puteS is to exchange cocoanut throws at
100 yards, and the worst that can happen
is to get little cocoanut milk spray on
the face, which is splendid for the COM
plexion.
Buster@Say. Pop. I'm for home: and.
say, can't you take me away from my
school and send me to that school in
Franco