The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-10-18

New York. Oct I7.-IntroducIng Pete,
the Axiom Killer. Pete is known
among the growler-rUshers of the
younger set about the railroad yards
OF Harlem as Pete Rooster. He was
in the West Side court and he put
to rout more axiom. precepts and
epigrams than the presiding Judge
could shake his dignlf1ed head at.
Pete was trying TO explain that he
was not in reality the old owl that a
policeman complainant made him. He
argued that being up at o'clock
in the morning need not be incrim-
mating. One might-if one desired
be up until a. m. and still be in
dustrious or else one might he fond
of toll or again one might be work
ing on morning newspaper.
But don't you know that maxim
about early to bed and early to rise?'
asked the court.
''Shucks,' replied Pet =, that don't
mean nothin'. know another one
what says Burn the midnight oil. >
Them maXims is always double-cross-
in a guy. There's one what says A
stitch in time saves nine and then
right after it in the copybooks it
says Don't cross a bridge till you
come to it
An then that one about birds of
feather-well. don't the one that
says familiarity breeds CONTEMPT
kill that 'un? And il he who hest
tates is lost what about the fools
rush in where angels fear to tread p
My old man always said a rolling
stone gathers no moss while me
mother told me Don't let the grass
grow under your feet Now what's q
guy going TO do when he's up against
bunch of recipes like that, 1 ask
you, Judge, on yer honor?"
And the court indeed looked per
picked.
History records that a white spar
row, harbinger of peace. appeared at
Pottstown, Pa. fortnight before the
civil war ended. Many newspaper
articles of the past week noted that
a white sparrow had appeared in
Central Park, directly across from the
Plaza Hotel. The significance Of the
historical Pottstown sparrow was
pointed out to the newspaper report
ers by the press agent OF the Plaza.
who reluctantly consented that the
name of the hotel should appear in
all the articles. The press agent de-
MES that one of the reporters dis
covered evidence of white paint under
his finger nails.
The khaki-clad boys at Camp Mill.
down Mineola way, are known as the
Rainbow Boys" They are getting
ready for the trenches and a happier.
more eager lot of soldiers have never
seen. The other day | visited Camp
Mills. 1t reminded me more of re-
cess time in the old school days.
Those who were at leisure were play
ing ]eap-frog. some playing marbles
and still others mumbley peg. The
band was playing It's a Long TO
Berlin, But Wen Get There" That
is the official Camp Mills song. I
stumbled onto a boyhood friend there.
boy incidentally who used to play
leap-frog with me and steal peaches.
But he does't play leap-frog or steal
peaches any more. He is the chap
lain. His first name is Joy. And
II strikes me it is a fine name for
a chaplain.
1 remember quite well when this
master spy Bolo Pasha was in New
York. 1 also remember that there
was much talk about him in the
newspapers. One morning I read:
"Bolo Pasha will be at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel" and I was going
down. ] thought "Bolo Pasha" was
one Of those new dances and / want
ed to see it and learn it. Now
have learned that instead of Bolo
Pasha being sore kind of an ORR
entail dance he was some kind of a
man. As Old Claire Briggs says;
Some one is always taking the Joy
out Of life"