The Washington herald., 1917-12-20
~ RUDOLPH PERKINS

/ VINO leIt neT NOME IN Ine country
because there were no bright lights
or movie shows there.
| She was tired Of sitting around
wishing for something. Against the
wishes of her parents. she left the
home where she was leading the
simple life.
She came to the big city. She soon
! found a job. 1t wasn't long before
she missed the real butter and real
| cream on the breakfast table.
Her salary was always chasing her
living expenses and never catching
up with 1t. 1t got on her nerves.
| So she did the easiest thing. She
swiped. At the place where she
worked folks were careless about let
ting their money lie around.
| She sold a dress to another girl
Then she "swiped" the dress from
! that same girl and wore it herself
The girl had her arrested.
In court the Judge was reluctant
to send her to Jail to associate with
hardened criminals. Her parents
were willing to take her back and
see If they couldn't reform her.
| And so Alberta Burke, Just II, was
! turned over to the tender mercies
of the probation officer. Her folks
! promised never again to spare the
rod and spoil the child.
Would You Believe 1t.
They say that women are not as
good at taking a chance as are the
men. Alright. We'll see about that.
Beatrice Brown had just secured a
Job as a maid. Her job was to sweep
the floors and dust the furniture in
a big boarding house.
| At the end of her first days work
she picked up a basket Of trash and
started for the cellar. She saw a
dollar bill on a table.
She thought a minute. Would It be
profitable for her to take n chance
on spending her Christmas in Jail or
had she better remain honest and do
without something she needed badly?
In a minute she had a scheme She
would never let any one say she got
/ cold feet She crammed that money
into the waste basket with the trash.
She had an excuse all ready. 1T
! was nothing but a piece Of green
paper l found and so l didn't think
it was any good" she told the cop.
! However. the cop was no bone
! head. He had heard such excuses be-
fore. Beatrice had gambled and lost.
They found the green goods on her.
But she was game. She never whim-
pered. It's thirty long days for her.
The Ladies' VIII Smoke.
ledge. one day All axed NAH gal
to loan me a quatter. All looked
in her pocketbook to git 1t en- dere
was two packs of cigarettes in dere.
! "Ah axed her how dey got dere.
All nebber knowed she smoked. She
told me dat her odder beau always
J brung her cigarettes when he cum
ter see her. Eff dat amt enough
to mako man mad. All dosen't
know VIZ t is"
| "W,H. | Gr6ss your girl has a right
to sm1-ie If she wants to-" said the
court to Albert Dixon, land IL she
does that does not give you a
right to try to kill herr"
ledge" piped Rosa, the girl, dat
man showed me how to smoke. He
used to bring me a segar hissef en-
show me how to smoke it. All said
dey was too strong en- All got an
! udder man to git me some cigar
cites.
or course Albert said it wasn't so
1t was all right, he said, for rich
women to smoke. but dead wrong
for poor women.
Two OF Alberta's teeth are miss
ing. Her head is all bandaged I'D.
But she Is avenged. The court fined
Albert $50.
Her Fatal Curiosity,
Two women were standing in the
'-and-lO-cent store talking about their
neighbors. One Of them, Josie Fran
els. noticed that the other, Rosetta
! Bailey, had a new locket around her
: neck.
Josie examined it very closely. She
! inc red of Rosetta where she got it.,
ho\f much it cost, and everything like
that.
| Curiosity prompted her to open 1t.
Thcn she almost tainted. She said
nothing. though, except to urge
| Rosetta to go home before it showed
again.
The two women rode home in silence.
When they reached the house where
! both roomed. Josie opened I'D and
started something.
She demanded, fiercely, to know
where Rosetta got a picture of her
CJosie's) beau in the locket she was
wearing. Then Josie told her that she
was engaged to him and that he gave
it to her.
This ended the talk. Also a friend.
ship of several years. Josie pitched
INTO Rosetta and tore most of he,
hair out.
However, Josie didn't feel so bad
about it. She has taken Rosetta
beau away from her. She didn't care
about seeing her go to Jail Her wed,
J ding to the man will be sufficien,
punishment for the woman. sh,
thought.
And so the court was persuaded &c
release Rosetta on bonds to keen the
peace.