Evening journal., 1916-05-25
contlnued From First Page.


His ennymees kali him Slippery Sam,
an say as how he is so slippery he has
to ware ice-kreepers on his heels and
awtomatick sand-boxes on the arch of
each shoe in Summer 10 keep him
frum sliding down every time he takes
q step But that's a lie. ! know hit,
bekaws I've seen his feet often on fer
a good menny months an I haint
never notised eether ice-kreepcrs or
sand-boNes. Tom is mi deer ole Tom
Hooper. a member OF the bord. He's
the jannyter's unfailin frend In see
son an outten seeson he stands
showlder 10 showlder with the ianny-
ter. We're a-goin' to eieckt him an
honorary member Of our yoonyun an
konfer upon him the therty-therd de-
gree of the Exalted order Of Dert
Dodgers an Salery Drawers oil
this yeer benfghted=sitty tf
us fellers wants ennythiRg we go to
Tom an git hit. Ef emmy of the prin-
sipels OF teechers want ennything tnat
we don't want them to have, like keen
an sannyterry surroundin's, they go
TO Tom. an they don't git hit SO long
as Tom Is a membir of the hord we
kaws he's def on the side they talks
TO an has wot the medikel iellers kali
a jannyter eer an jannyter under
standin. Ef all the teechers IN the
Hi Skool wuz to go TO Sam an Tom
an say. Fellers, this yeer HI Skool Is
gittin' derty.' an ef I wuz to say to
them. Hits lie. fellers; look aroun'
an see ef VA kin find emmy dert,' they'd
belum so neer-sited In mint that
thew kudn't see a mud pie ef hit hit
'em in the eye Them's the kind OF
trends 10 have. Bill. They're trends in
need They KUN 10 the frunt wen a
Teller RELY wants a friend. I'm the
boss Of all the iannyters In the sltty
skools. Our motto is TO git all yu
kin an to doc as little as possibil Ter
eettin' hit We're opposed TO wastd
ennergy. We rockognize the fact that
there's sech a thing as keepin' the
skools too kleen Hit wuz wize tel-
Ter hoo sed that everybody has to Get
his neck OF dert. an them III Skool
teachers an stoodents Is meerly gittin
wot they're entitled 10 an haint
chargin' them ennything eXtry fer MT.
Thev hainf got no right to kick until
names and set out rooharb an moss
raddish In the korners OF the rooms
an korryders an Civ orders Ter the
boys an gals not TO muss up the
CROWN krops. But even then ne
leeve that ef I wuz to do hit ana say
hit wuz rite. Sam an Tom wud eil
rite nm back of me an say, Hoid yore
Ground. Mareen. an tell 'em ef they
dont shet up yu1l plant skunk-kao-
hare in the winder sills an graveyard
hoSwood around the washbords! In
fakt they'd doc almost ennythihs
fer me-
sez "Mareen. I also herd sun
tomplaint as how 700 swept the kor
ridors dry an kompelled the teecher
an, stoodents to walk throo klowds o
dust nassin' TO an frum klassrooms.
He sez. "Yes. that's troo; but then
neenil don't stop 10 konsider thar
beleeve in dry-farmin' Bill. hits IN
onlv kind OF syentifick farmin'. n
hit bekaws I red hit in bulletin sen
out bi the Yoonited Stats Depart
ment Of Agrikultyoor. That bulleth
eed sWurk the soil wen hits dry
an dam the dust" So. I'm doin' TN
wurkin' an they're doin' the dammin
and hit makes a perfeck kom pl
nashun'. Werkin' the soil dry let's II
the nitrogin without wich nunthln
kin live. Konsiderin' everything, th'
mortality in this yeer skool rs ser
priSingly low. I allow hits dew u
the fackt as how everybody has 4
eet his or her peck Of dert Ef yo'
don't think hits fattenin', look a
sum Of our teechers an stoodents.'
I sez. That's a butiful frunt dor
you've got" He sez. Yes; that's IN
dore yu've bin reedin' about In IN
noospapers Hits mi dore-that y
hits mine an Sans ans Toms onf
the seleckt kin yoos hit an then the
have 20 be mitey keerful how the
doc hit Sans Altered TO let the boy
an gals yoos hit together bekaws h
thinks hit1l enkeredge them TO 90
huggin' an kissin."
/ sez. sez I. "Mareen, how du y
werk that frunt dore?" He seq. sez h
Before we begun putin up this zee
annex neether the gals nor the boy
uuz allowed to yoos hit az all II
wuz reserved for me an Sam an To-
an uther distinguished vissiters. III
gals yoosed the dore on the Munro
street side an the boys yoosed th
dore on the Addims street side. Bt
these yeer kontrackters filled up We
Is left Of Munrow street with so mute
bildln' mateeryel that hit wuz nece'
serv to klose the Munrow street dor
an let the gals yoos this ye'
frunt dore with the understandin' thf
hits yoos shud not be regarded as e.
tablishin' a pressydent Hits su
mine an Sans an Toms dore. Bill
hits sertenly tetchin' the way Sal
luks after the morals Of thees yet
children. He's the sardyen angel
the yung an unsofsUkated as
in slippery places like this yeer !
skool. ] don't know wot wud bekul
OF the morals OF the yung Of this kou
munity ef hit wuzn't fer Sam. II
even extends his pertecktin' arm ov,
the teechers an has give speesifc fl
struekshuns fer me TO keep enuf de
on the flores OF the korriddrs 30 kes
emmy OF them frum slinpin'. The Lol
sertenly moved wot he wuz a-doi
wen he made Sam Wi. Bui eff Z
wuznt fer Sam. this yeer hole komr
yo0nity mite be slippin an shdin
the bottomless pit He's the grit
the track; the brake on the trane N
runs to perdishun; the safety klut
on the ellyyater that runs frum W
mingtun 10 Hades. an the fel
that's konstantly a-hustin hal
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