Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

up for autos they was still mortgagn land for Cort-
land buggcs. An that the females of the species
in big towns wear slit skirts the ladies hereabouts
are organizn' an arrangn' to doll up in garments
made OF tin with fringe of barbed wire.
(Which leads up to INTERCEPTED while he rellghted
his smoke.
This said Bi1nblc The peculiar specimen of
humanity w'ich YOU gents now gain knows all
about the animal ich makes this portion of the globe
its habitat guess that habitat is bad.-an l1sin'
this knowledge your Uncle Ezra intends to crab the
temperance conference tomorrow.
Mccain still wanted to know how he going
to do it. So did |; but neither OF us had to ask.
Bimble wound up, and kept on going.
CENTS" said he, If you will glance across this
- thoroughfare, wich might add, is the Fifth-ave.
of Okra YOUR lamps will be attracted to poster 1t
adorns the window of the Mayors front parlor,-th
where under lock, key, an glass are kept the
family heirlooms, consstin of four horsehar chairs,
horsehar sofa witch can't be without the of
glue, flowers an shells the mantelpiece,
two crayon engagements of the Mayor an his first
wife worth four cents apiece, but witch his Honor,
ben' rube, paid twenty-five bones for, three chro
mos-Washington Crossin' the Delaware, Clusters
Last Stand an the Signin of the Declaration of indie
pendence-a kaleidoscope, the family Bible, two pho
tograph albums, book of Thomsons poems, Volume
II. of Young's Night Thoughts couple of Aunt
Hetty's hand painted plates,-one entitled Bananas
the other 'Gladioas, an in the melodeon.
it's there.
you see the poster, don't you? WE'LL in the middle
of it appears the awful mug of the Hon. jeremiah H.
Regain. He's be the big smoke, the loud noise the
star the prna donna, the John B. Cough, the Francis
Murphy the Bryan the General Coxey, the Teddy
Roosevelt, the Kaiser Wilhelm, an the Sousas band
of the temperance gathering tomorrow. That is, he
thinks he is! But he ain't-not while Hoang Ho an
Yours Truly retain their health an vigor! Don't you
gents ever eat?
We've been known to, said Mccain; "but from
where am leaning | should say this is fast day.
The butterfly Mr.. Bmble fits from flower to flower
remaining in blossom longer than is necessary
sip the fragrant syrup secreted in its center The
bumblebee symbol of business, loters not but buzzes
from bloom to bloom intent only extracting Natures
from the store the butterfly has overlooked The
graceful swallow the lifting lark, the wandering gypsy,
all spend the major hours of their brief existence the
But it has been proved that once IN awhile each
of these nerant creatures does ght For the love of
for the love OF anything you love best, will you
emulate their example and come to earth long enough
tell Mr. Coleman and me what Hoang Ho and the
Hon. jeremiah Regain have do with the undertakers'
convention how the casket makers connect with the
Temperance conference, and in what way the Mayors
parlor furniture has bearing the possible
possible receipts in the red wagon of the Mighty Har
kins Show"
Spoken like gent! I'd knowed you was the
little ladys sister, said Ezra Bimble light of hon
est admiration in his dishonest eye. "You think I'm
driftin'. 1 amt. I'm just gettn down to cases. In
fact I've got there Listen!
HOANG HO will bring about the temporary fall
down of the Hon. Jeremiah With Jerry out of the
way, the meeting of the teetotaers busts This temper
affair is to be the big event tomorrow: not so
much the fact that killed it, the way the deadly
pill has been dealt will halt the grave dggers and coffin
nailers. The minute they halt they're lost Result,
The town of Okra will be filled with mob of strangers
with nothin to do but go to your show An the town
folks will have the alternative of spendin the holiday
sittn the parlor furniture or trailn along with