The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-15

while" said the woman on n
per on Tho first day Of the Potlf
time for general reloicing--but II
stay close 10 your mother, III turi
before all these folks. You see I
Then tte Band Blared.
Everybody stopped talking then.
for suddenly the band blared. aua-
The head Of the procession swung
up the street And everybody Tor
got his or her discomfort For the
Eiks were coming In droyes.
Certainly Some Elks.
Long lines of Elks In white flan.
neIa. Elks IN autos. Elks IN violet
apparel. Eihs on elephants. Eiks
on camela. Elks from Capitol hill
rnd Eiks from Alaska. Elks aud
I bands. Banda and iclks. And a
Z bald.headed Elk ia violet and white
carrying a sirn announcing that ne
represented lodge No 5s3. and that
T he was "all alone" Policemen and
+ ElkR Lady Elks singing from tai
lyhos a familiar song emphasizing
+ by rciieratlon how dry they we're.
how dry they were. Indeed. an IN
/ finite knowledge only could appre'
clate how dry they we're.
And There's Mrs. Jones.
Suddenly the woman on the curb
Easped and cried: why. for the
lands sake, Mrs. Jones. how long
have YOU beer hereY'
Mrs. Jones had been sitting be
side her.
sloeline Talk.
why. II II amt Mrs. Smith
Wen. II that amt the funniest
And Willie, too.
Say. have you seen Johnny OF all
children, he's the worst. I've mad
my troubles with that boy, II ever
mother did. Beside me one min~
ute. gone the next. And can't
find hide nor bair OF him
Oh. well. he'll look after himself. i
suppose. any how. ] amt worrying
I said 20 my husband only THIS
morning"
MA, Ma Look at them ele-
plants holding on to each others
tails with their trunks"
that | was going 10 enjoy my
self this week II never did again.
That's Just the way feel abont
Il. Mrs. Jones Honest. my house
IL a sight. I never stopped TO wash
dishes. or make beds. or nothing
Just dressed. had breakfast and
come down town--me and Willie
and we're going 20 make day of
lt And II YOU folks behindll quit
showing. III bc much obliged. oh.
don't mention IL, smarty."
The Carnival Spirit.
Oh. yon Elks. You carry the car
nlval spirit with you wherever you
20 The crowds along the way
caught it. The very flags seemed
to get the coptagion. for they fint-
tered with a violence not warranted
by the strength OF the breeze.
The elephants wagged their
trunks ioyfully. and rolled their
piggy eyes roguishly, and even the
camels seemed to drop for the time \
the supercllious sneer and the
weary. blase pose. which they ordi-
narily affect.
Ma"
Willie snuggled close 20 his
mother.
Those Funny Rubber Men
The procession had wound its
serpentine way through the streets,
and now the tail was numbering
past. And there was an auto three
times the ordinary size. and in il
two men three times the ordinary
size--snd you had to look twice TO
see that they were not flesh-and-
blood men, but rubber men.
OF course. they were an adver-
tisement. but the crowd forgave
that. You have seen these rubber
men in the back pages of the mag
azines. They represent a certain
make OF auto tire.
They acted as we all would act
II we could forget ourselves as we
would like to do and be foolish
They kicked their feet. and waved
their arms. and rolled in their seat
In paroxysms OF laughter They
went into Mysteries. and laughed
until their sides ached. and they
doubled up, ana Topped around IN
utter, mad abandon.
And Everybody's Happy
And the crowd laughed In SYM
pathy And Mrs Jones apologized
for swapping az the young man for
planting his knee in her neck; and
the young man apologized to the
fat man for objecting TO having his
feet used as point of vantage
from which to view the parade; and
the fat man bought the young man
drink. And Mrs. Jones said she
didn't care II the beds never did
get made. And Mrs. Smith said
she didn't either