Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-29

! fessors of music, language, etc. No
English was spoken during our brief
stay. and We were honored with eye
! com pliments OF very hostile nature.
| We had interrupted 4 conversation on
a topic then unknown TO us.
! Two hospital ships had been sunk.
! and these friendly aliens were aware
OF the tact several hours before ii was
limited 1T in the papers.
J The German national anthem car be
heard every night in Little Berlin
The Ems fischer" hears It as he passes,
goes his way unheedingly. pays his
/ taxes. and looks pleasant.
LAWYERS MAKE LAWS
TO FATvTE'N on THEN
II is common cant that "the people
make tho laws They do not. Law
Eers make them. and make them in
order 70 fatten on them. II the peo-
pie made tho laws there would DO no
( such hide"us sights as that saw
when l passed through Infamous Pet
/ ticoat Lane alias Little Asia, alias
Londons Rathole.
And ratholc 4 is--a Eatopolis. a.
/ workable Utopia OF rodents They were
tumbiinG over each other in thou.
sands.
/ Rats from every country. and every
/ capital from Calabria to Cathay: rats
I from the garrcts and cellars Of South.
crn Europe, rats from the Sums and
sh"'toes OF Asia. have poured In
through the open door in tens OF thou
sands roured in for a bite OF Eng
/ lands big cheese.
! These he the poor. oppressed aliens"
I for which your SOLDERING pacirs, sp.IIs
/ mis- ready tears and claims The rich.
OF asylum in the sacred cause Of lib
er;y
i.ibert% for swindlers sharps. buIlins.
foSHeS. weishcrs and ticket atchcrs.
IIbcrty TO rob and cheat and plunder.
, 'iher'E 10 crowd US out and increas.
our rents; 10 reduce the I.nElishman's
standard OF living: liberty 10 dissent
h"'c their unspcakablc diseases. to
ea'"hi'Sh their gambling halls and
"7o'heIS' their sweatshops and sedi
""n'r'onEerinE places: lii erty 10 defy
ana openly express their hatred a3,,
cohtenIpt for tho land and people ma,
extends such liberty They stick on,
'h"ir tongue at your liberty
Huns AND HUNGARIAys
MAKE GRAY on SUNDAYS
Sunday is the day OF DAVIS i, aha
Lane: it is the aliens raE fair r,s
d-hand clio and junl;-sbop c,r,i.
val. II is thickly lined with stalls and
packed with black masses of peop,,
The varlegated mass OF rar tar ana
hoh'ai! merchandise on sale included
hair dyes. pills. razors. hooks. nm
breIias. china. damaged victuaIs. purs.s
thousands OF purses--"speckIed"
'fu't' drapcry with flaws in. and cheese
and sausage with flies on.
The unspeakable Hun was thor. vrb
his skin" game, and unwashed I'm
sarians We're gulpins down sausage,
that looked dangerous enough IN ~.
YOU. Raw Mornings we're being de-
voured here and there with black or
rye bread and raw cabbage
You could no, question the antiouitv
81 some Of the cdb!es the evidence
was ovcrpowcrinE.
Here In Eatopolis took careful s,oc,,
OF the rats. beautiful traits. and wit.
messed his attempts at chicauery .rb.
rats were black. and white, and vel
lo" and full OF dirt and the sovop
deadly sins.
=" them clean shirt would be an
unknown luxury. and a bath A deplor
aoie accident You shudder at the nm
Nempt boards. nifty hair, soupy faces
and graduated eyelids. Faces raw
with foul BARRIERS itch and sill,
tonlcr lupus fairly sickon you.
hut watch the glare in the cunning
eyes or thcs" poor, oppressed aliens.
as theF argue and swear and chatter
over der price" All tongues arc in
eruption. and how they shout. and we'll,
and recH. ana rage over noney--over
hait-pcnny.
And tho vo!lcy Of foreign curses thew
send after YOU If YOU won, buy, n,
melancholy truth. ] actually saw n
oirtN. Eiobering simian, who couldn',
sneak ton words OF English, pushing
the homegrown Cockncys away from
: his stall
Eu' except for tho purpose OF sight.
g seeing, only Londoncr Of vilc taste
ana s'inEy purse visits "thc Lane"
quitting the God -forsakcn. evil.
s. SIN" cling sight ] turned into the bv.
streets where the foul brood has 1t.