The Washington herald., 1917-09-21


by the back of the neck. threw her
on the ground, and stamped on her
back, bringing down his whole lN
pounds. She got a good lesson In
''kultur." She doesn't love him any
more, and never again VIII she let
him kiss her on the parlor sofa. Ana
now the gentle little Joseph must
serve sixty days.
Geo'town's on the Map Again.
There Is what is called a ''yock-
omie" Joint in Georgetown. There
are other funny things there, too
but this particular place interests us
now, The other night a bunch OF
colored boys went in and filled up
on some of the stuff and came out
side at the curbstone to let the effects
of what they ate wear of. some
of them got real excited and others
went home 1t was about time for
the milkman to come around and
pretty soon the noise on the sidewalk
woke up the neighbors. Policeman
Matthews was summoned and he or
dered the bunch to vamoose. They
all did but one. Jim Lane.
He stood still in a half-dazed con-
dition. He heard the order to move
Just the same. Again the stern order
to move rang out in the night air
and again Jim failed to move. The
first thing Jim knew Matthews had
him, making him move. This peeved
Jim and he drew a knife. Fortunately
he had eaten something awful and
he lacked the strength TO do harm.
So he kicked the cop on the leg. Re-
covering suddenly he ran, with the
cop, who really knew how to run,
| right behind him. The next thing Jim
knew they had him in Number Seven.
The court told him to come across
| with so.
Shine! Shine!
Cash registers have always fascin-
ated Dan Hawkins. He likes to hear
the bell ring. 1t sounds like music
| to him. 1t sure do. Dan shines
snoes Dominic Vitali hires him to
do that and TO put all money he col
lects in the cash register. But no,
it was a case of "a nickel 70 me.
en- a nickel TO de boss" policy with
| him. Wednesday he took s. out of
4 the cash register and sent the other
| boy in the shop for change. Then
| he pounced on the helpless machine
and left il empty He got $3.50. He
didn't figure on someone looking in
from the sidewalk.
That person reported him to Dom
inic. Dominic told his troubles to
the police. Dan figured that Dominic,
being a foreigner, he would naturally
not be able to count. Here is whsre
he got fooled. He couldn't deceive
| the register. That told the truth and
when Dominic counted up that night,
he knew full well what was wrong
and who did it. And now instead of
shining shoes and getting paid for 1t
Dan will shine pots and pans at Oc-
coquan for thirty days. That is. of
course, if he fails to get hold of a
so bill to pay his fine.
The End of n Perfect Day.
George Goings has a nickname that
fits him like the paper on the wall
He is called Butcher" And it sticks
as close, too. The other evening ho
spied a man he knew, by the name
of Emory King getting off the Balti-
more trolley at Seventh street. 1t
SO happens that the butcher was aw-
full thirsty and his pocket book was
bone dry. He hadn't a red cent. He
asked Emory to buy him a drink
Emory complained of being short al
so. Then Butcher argued the matter
as he suspected that Emory had just
gotten paid off, else why was he in
| town.
They walked up the street together,
Emory all the while trying to shake
Butcher. But it couldn't be done, h.
stuck to Emory like a wet shirt. On
| up the street they went and soon
the patience of both men became ex-
hausted. Butcher pulled his knife
and slashed Emory all over the face.
Emory ran to the station house,
looking like he had just come from
the dissecting room. He was a lovely
sight with plasters stuck all over his
| face, like warts on a pickle. When
he showed up in court, Judge Pugh
looked the plasters over. and then at
Butcher, and fined him $40.
Richard, the Lion Hearted.
! Two girls were seated in a movie
: theater. Back of them were two
men. The men kept putting their
feet on the girls chairs until they
were politely asked to quit. One
of them did and made friends with
one of the girls. The other one kept
! it up.
The girls asked the other fellow
if he couldn't do something about it.
He was afraid to himself. he told
them. but he knew someone who
would. He stepped out and brought in
another man.
The latter was Richard Carter.
| strongman. streetsweeper and all
around sport. He looked at Joe Gillis.
the impolite person, took him by the
shirt collar. dragged him outside and
pushed his nose in. Then he slung
| him upside of a fence and bruised
his jaw. After that he picked him up
/ again and set him on the curb. all
tagged out. Then Joe got a warrant
! for Richard.
The court approves of chivalry-
absolutely--it also decided to fine
Richard $40.
All For Two Dimes.
Twenty cents is not an awful lot
of money. Not near enough to go
to jail for. But as a man is al
ready in jail for twenty years, all
Il for fifteen ond