Evening star., 1914-12-20

am investigation OF th, premises lie
tooh up the subject of pIE=' feet and
rNamiN"d enough TO ,pulp centipode.
Then came liv.rs She studied lNcrs
with tn" critical ey. of medic" l
Specialist. Had the bovine o~ uers OF
those livers heeu present and alive
they would have wept. Next came
ChiChenS-alSo hog.
And through it all Mr.. Joe. patient
smiling. attentive. stuck to has post
Finally tn" woman spoke. =
You haven't anything here tila' |
want" she stated coldly, and march
cd away II wasn't what she said but
the way she said it that almost causeh
the individual to get "a meat cleaVer or
something and argue the matter Will
her. ,, go
+h.. day before Christmas her type VII
bc augmented one hundred toid
Mr.. Joe" being an optlmlst, did not
believe this
People are a lot easier to deal with
around Christmas time, he SAID
:; =
Denartinr from Mr. Joe's" estab-
l,ehment the individual came upon a
tall and saunt policeman who was rub
hing his hands while he watched the
activities of an elderly and slightly IN
toxicated negro. who was dragging
heavy christmas tree through the
streets and singing something to the
effect that he didn't want any money
because when he died he knew that ne
would wear some sort of wings
Pour am" repeated the police
man in reply to 4 question. wv ny SaS
SOM, of these old hucksters come IN
and stay in town all nlght so the4 can
open shop before dawn
..Nherc do they Sleep"
Some of 'cm sleep in their wagons.
Mighty cold business, too.
Mighty cold business, should
think" agreed. the individual And
rather rough. too-on the commo odltA-
Now after u man had slept all nlEht on
sack of cranberrles they Wouaa a.
most certainly suffer by comparison
with crtnberricS that had not been
slept on.
"They take the stock out and have it
all arranged in advance. All they nave
to do is to throw ID horse blanket over
them and go to sleep.
What about the police" asked the
individual
satisfaction. "wc don't change We
have our regular eiGht-hour shifts. |
remember one year had the early
morning run. 1t was on when things
sick looking. The market at 4 O'Clock
would knock the Christmas cheer out
of old Henry W. Happiness himself
Not far away was a dealer IN VeSc-
ii =,
Yep" said the vegetable dealer, we
sure do have our days strung out on
Christmas and the day hcfore-and this
year the day ;.fterWard Thursday
dawn until midnight: day--close in
the afternoon. Then comes Saturday y
You'll have hundreds of customers
each day. I SUPPOSE? Hentured the IN
divdual.
The dealer in vegetab ables gave him a
queer look.
You aren't trying to be funny. arc
you?" he asked. Then seeing an cN-
preston of wilderment pass across
the individuals face he added
why. man. we have thousands Of
customers, There have been times 'n
Christmas eve when You couldn't Set
to this counter with a stick of dyna-
mite and squad of police. Hundreds
say, that's right
There is one advantage which the
small dealer has over the man who
runs Il market stall. If he will but go
to that vacant space III front Of the
New National Museum he may build
himself a fire. Usually, on Christmas
eve, a little cluster of men will group
themselves around blaze From the
group will come the sounds of sing
ing. some good. some bad and some
even worse. Nor is range in har-
nonE more varied than the selection OF
songs. From one group of negroes one
Will hear, rich and clear. plantation
hymn that was old when the ances-
tors of these men celebrated Christ
mas eve IN the slaves quarters And
battling with it for supremacy Will be
Casey Jones, as rendered iN a COM
pany OF holly sellers.
Varied. also. are ways by which the
vendors while away their hours. y
lull viii come in the holly business. the
chestnut business some one of the