The Washington herald., 1917-08-25

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| Some one stole Bessie Hunters
I nightie. Who did this beastly act Of
robbing the LADY of one of her most
/ intimate" garments? Bessie accused
! Blanche Hawkins, but Blanche says
/ no. she did not A few days ago Bes-
sic left her service place to go to the
4 hospital. While she was there a %
cent ring. a watch and a chain disap-
/ peared. Bessie says that Blanche Wis
/ ited her in the hospital with the jew
I elry on, but Blanche Indignantly de-
MED it.
The mystery is so great that the
court is Investigating 1t. The jewelry
has been recovered, but the nightie,
goodness no, 1t is still missing. In
, the meantime. Blanche is on pins and
needles, while her lawyer and the
prosecuting attorney are hunting evil
dence to finish the case in court this
morning.
So Nice and Quiet.
Four of a kind-Bessie Tillman, Nell
lie Van Buren, Alice Harrity and Lulu
Bell-live in the same house. They
had visitor one day last week by the
name of Isaiah Herndon. They all
| liked Isaiah because he brought them
something. Soon the usual happened
and a free-for-all tight got started
and tha music began.
1t was four against one, and natur-
ally some one had to get hurt, and as
far as Isaiah was concerned, il wasn't
going to be him. and neither it was.
He swung his fist like a pile driver
and used it on one of the girls. They
all Clipped in and had him arrested
- la thu of them
backed out and there was left only
three charges of assault against him.
For these Judge Aukum gave him
ninety days.
FooIing the Women.
"Jedge, All axed this-yere womun
three times to shet up and she sisted.
on 'busing me, and All smacked her,
said Joe Green. Joe has a great big
palm and If he ever let loose with
it in earnest he could smack down
the side Of a house. Mary Green,
his ,s.ie, argued about some change
and Mary knew she was right and
would have her way. Joe insisted
that Mary had all of his salary she
was going to get, but he couldn't
fool her.
He had gotten a raise and Mary
did. If Joe hadn't smoked a ten
cent cigar, he wouldn't have been in
court.
This is. however. the first time that
Joe ever undertook. that we know
of, to chastise Mary and she asked
the court not to hang him or send
him up for life, and the court took
his personal bonds to be good.
Hattie Was Irate.
Rosie Cleavers and Hattie Halves
have been rooming together since
the first of March. Each paid a half
of the rent. For two weeks Rosie has
lain down on the job with the rent
money and Hattie has hinted sew
eral times ABOUT it, having had to
make it up herself. Rosie packed up
and left and took with her some of
Hatties things.
This was the straw that broke the
camePs back for Hattie, and she
went after Rosie good and hard.
Rosie. with her conscience now thor
oughly dulled, walloped Hattie with
hair brush until she yelled for help.
"Ah'n hab de law on yo' 10 dis"
said Hattie. En- Ah'n hab dis hair
bresh on yo' for dat" replied Rosie.
Hattie appealed to the warrant clerk
and had Hattie locked up. and event.
uaiiy Hattie was out IS.
Looking for n Soft Spot.
1t sounds alright to sleep in an ice
wagon these hot nights, but the police
department objects. Bill Uhlrich can
sleep anywhere, but his pet hobby is
to crawl into an ice wagon and sleep
the sleep Of the peaceful. II he had
Stuck to this he would neya.. have
landed down the river. The other |
night he broke into shooting gal |
lery and went to sleep on the floor. |