Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-15

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Mr. Dooley-.'I
NJ Afl don't know whether
NJ AM K\ We ought to inter
A"x MI NJ fere or not.
NJ MNN [A IN Mexico?' ask
NhSWRO ~ Ell Mr. HennessS.
HTWi u Don't talk like
YM ny congressman" said
%9At AI M. Dooley. I'm
%ERl ~ nos half as much
~ bothered a bou
Mexico as am
about TIL auarls an love affairs " U
eats in tn hackyar, next dure. It's
sthrange what thin Fellows down III
Wash'nton thinks Is inthrestin' to III
American people Whin they're thryin
to iniooce us TO saws thin firm tn priva-
lions " life at home they tell We that *
they land they'll devote thimslives en-
tfrely to our intlirests Put whin the-
get into tn innervatin' atmospheric "a
Hogan saws " Wasli'nton heefdifa
house they f'rget all about us ar spi,ld
their time solvin' picture puzzles " tiah
finance an high diplomacy that are no
more use to me thin go much alt!hbera,
be hIvens.
9TH mex time that long-haired Prince
Albert coat an white necktie that thinks
II riprlsints me IN Congress comes In here
an, thinks to wheedle me out " vote
that ought to be worth s. " amy tnan'a
money I'm Roin' to say; 'Whin l pitt se
where We are ye promised to devote Se'er
time to maxim life more merry rr me,
An what have We done bevant movin'
tn furnace, or looked afther Tn piumhln,,
or mended tn beer pump. Or swept tn
snow off tn sidewalk, carried In tn
coal. stopped TIL dhrafe undher tn
front dure, or fixed tn broken springs "
tn matthresS, or kilt TIL organ Grinder,
or sthawed out TIL wather pipe THIN
are til things that affect me lie, not tn
CONTROVERSY between William jennings
Bryan an TIL Frinch slcrity " state f'r
affairs-that re-none-iv-his- business-ayther
over tn throubles " Beloochystan Don't
tell me about ye'er vote on TIL income
tax.
"Th' on'y people that are bothered about
TIL income tax ar-re tn few that have
incomes 50 large that they're not both
cred about anything. ! received an IN
come tax blank to fill out mesilf FRI
jocoee goyernmint among me other mail
on tn Fourteenth IL Feb'ry. I will say
this, that. though, like all comic valen--
tines, twas a little vuiHar an personal
an touched on wan " me principal de-
forrrities. got a hearty lauvh out " II
befare ] thrun II away with IN others
that joshed me about me bald hcnd an
thu size " feet. But other peo1le
might re more snstiv. l can aiEiiy I'm
misilt not be relished be a man thst had
tn misfortune to be born without an
income an hadn't been able to make wai,
grow on him since. I must say that half
thspieasure have had thinkin " lawn
d. ge,tin' cramp In bis wrist maxim
tn return has been spilled be tn thsrshf
iy 'hundhreds ~ onforchnits who have
had to explain to collector " etarnal
revtnoos that they niyer see that all tn
time they have been pretndin' to have
a rale income they've been stufnpiH'
around on an artificial wan.
.sNo. sir. III things that people talk
about In Wash nton m tn thinsn they
talk about where they have vote are
not tn same. II pains me to see Dock
Wilson agytatin' his mind an wastin' his
time writin letters to Sir Ed Grey about
Paacho Villa an other gunner whin our
own country Is on tn brink " civil wa-
over tn baseball situation. ye dent
catch tn King ~ England wastin' his
time on such thrivyalities. No, cir; he's
at his post tv jooty In tn front seat "
tn gran'stand with bottle " pop in
wan hand an chunk ~ cracker-tack in
TIL other yellin' .Rotten. at tn empire
an callin' on Mike Donlin to jump feet
fist. into tn shortstop's lap. He's a
smart little king, that same George tn
Fifth. He knows how to cemint til
Ang.o-Saxon alliance whin It begins to
crack at tn jints. Wen niver fight with
monarch that can figure out double
play, Collins to Barry. to McGinnis. He
understands betther thin tn hired hands
undher him what institution we're proud