Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-05
Little Bobbie S
Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

II RoFEssoR zINGzOw is cum
ming UP to the house tonite. sed
Ma His wife a is old trends
q met them while ! WAS shopping
the other day. l toad him that
knew you wad be pleased to meet
him, beskaus you was always glad to
meet celebrities.
wiah you haddent toald him that,
sed Pa am not one OF those nuts
that Ia always anxshus TO meet sum
body Jest bsekaus that sumbody hap
pens TO be Janus. l always Ike to
meet regular fellows, Pa SD, but
wether they are Janus or not maiks no
differens TO me l suppoas he is sum
old pcutsr pigeon with his chest out
a q distant manner about him. Who
10 he, q what is ne professor Off
He 10 a student OF the stars, sed
Ma think It is one of the grandest
things TO be a student OF that thare is.
Think OF how luvly It must be to be
abel TO look UP for hours at a time &
think about the vast-ness OF the uni
verse, q he isen't bit chesty eether
sed Ma, He 10 a deer. good old man
Jest then Prof Zingzow a. his wife
calm TO call She was a thin littel
woman & looked scared. He was a
big fat man with a loud voice & he
held his chin way up in the air. l
thought at first 1t was beekaus he
was swelled up, but afterward he
toad Pa that the reason his neck was
crooked back beekaus he got that way
looking at the stars all the time.
shud think you wud be afrade OF
Citing ran oaver by East Point car.
sed Pa.
newer go down town excep in
the daytime, sed the professor, & then
thars are no stars to watch, so /
can see ware l am going. But at
mite, espeshully wen it is a cleer mite.
stay at my hoam In Hapeville.
have a room fitted up in the attic
with big telescope in it, & can see
the hevings vary plain. Thare l stay
for hours. he sed. noting the glory Of
the varus constellashuns | suppose
you notised that the big dipper was
upside down last Mite he sed to Pa
No, sed Pa. l was watching the
sidewalk all the way hoam, as it
wass full q Ice. l did notice that
was upside down myself twice. Pa
sed, wen / slipped & fell, so l had no
time to look at the stars.
Pnt raYha xyosE had Tina To M
tice the relative posishuns OF Ursa Ma
TOR q Ursa. Minor, sed the professor.
That Of Itself was a vary startling &
Interesting phenom- eny, portending
sum CRATE event within the year 10
cum.
No. sed Pa, l dfoen't motifs anything
about the Ursas eether. In fack, sed
Pa, l am afrade that ! was newer
beefoar & am not now much of a
skolar Wen l was at skool | always
picked out the eesiest words TO spell
& the eesiest problems to Tern & pass
ed the others up wen the teacher wud
let me
He who does not study the stars is
a dullard, sed Prof Zingzow. The
stars contain many strange e. butt
full lessons for him who is pashunt
snuft 10 rs5c them * reed them care
fully. ! wud not trade all the wis
dom ! have gleened from the stars
for a CRATE deel. he sed
Can YOU lern by rubbering at the
stars, Pa asked him. how to get beef
or eggs a littel cheeper, or how to
git raise in yure salary?
II is not such erthly things that
man lerns from gazing at the hevings,
sed Prof Zingzow, He lerns OF i'm
mortality, Of the mistick beyond.
Well. sed Pa, / have two mouths to
feed & he mistick present keeps me
hustling.