Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

1t may teach him that the female Of
the species IL not necessarily fear-
some, mysterious crsatura-may tone
down some OF his rough sxuberance. -,
asked Sadie.
Undoubtedly" says Aunt Julia.
..There,' says Sadie. "Just what I've
always told you. Shorty: Now. want
you to see that he goes"
An right" says Ybs sh r.. sy ts. best best
thing for him. after ALI
So. only the night before ia given
Sully his orders.
But. pop" he begins, his upper lip
startin' to CULVER .
Now, none of that, son" says !
You can't work mo with the sob stun
Your mother wants you to go to that
dancin' class tomorrow afternoon. and
that's all there 10 to 1t. Those girls
ain't goin' to bite you. are they! You
take a chance, anyway.
He had his head turned to the wall
as I said good night. SO can't tell
whether he's takin' 1t cheerful or 10
indulein' In the sulks: One thing Ing. I'm
hand out straight to the youngster
generally goes with him Mostly. get
along without hayin' to lay the law
down fiat. try to. mainly because
myself But when he's told what to do
or what not to do, and can't argue me
out of 1t. then you can depend on his
mindin'.
which Is why I'm little puzzled
when l find that It's Sully who's caus,n
the domestic crisis.
Aunt Julia comes town him down
from upstairs like she WAS leadin' .
prisoner up before the bar
This is the way he dresses for a
dancing lesson" says she. Look"
At first glance l couldn't see any
thing wrong I'll bet he would have
put it over me easy: for he has his
dinky little black coat, his wide white
collar black silk stockings patent
leather p pumps and ,n evsry.n'ns'
Doesn't it strike you that he looks
MISUNDERSTANDING? suggests Julia
En- says l. givin' him the sharp
up-and-down. why. that's so. VIVA
Here" says Sadie, unloosenin' q
few buttons in the front of his white
shirt This is the way he minds you.
See!'
What she reveals underneath is a
gray flannel shirt with red letters on
It. And under the silk stockings are
gray wooden ones. In fact. Sully has
dressed twice-oncs for danoin'. once
for base ball, and az he couldn't doboth
at the same time. 1t was up to US to
guess which pastime he meant to re-
mig on.
Huh" says ]. starin' at him stern.
Regular human layer cake. Spillin'
little strategy. eh?'
He don't deny 1t. nor he don't whim-
per. expect, IL he'd been trained
proper, he ought to be scared stif In
case like this. where he was caught
with the goods on. as you might say
But all he does Is look me square in the
eye, spunky, like he was watchin' to
see what l was goin' to do next. And.
somehow, I'm just soft enough to like
to have him that way. ! hope he'll
never be afraid of me. or any one else
Still. I don't mean to let him get away
with any mutiny act.
Young man." says l. you just trot
upstairs and shed them base ball togs
Make it speedy. too
This time he behaves like he was
ready to obey orders, for in less than
Eve minutes he reports back for inspec-
ton. all costumed proper for minglin
with the younger set. 1t seems the
the usual program has been to send
Su1ly over in the car: that Is. when he
could be induced to go.
Perhaps / had better go along and
see that he really gets there" suggests
Aunt Julia.
And be sure that he actually goes in.
will you adds Sadie.
It shall take him to the door my
self" says Julia. settin' her chin hrm.
thought they was carryin' the dep
uty sheriff effect bit too far myself.
but let 'em do 1t their own way. And
sully. after givin' Aunt Julia one
scowl, follows her into the limousine.
Now" says I. 'if the revolutions are
all over, maybe I can get back to my
work"
Seems like it was goin' to be a poor