The Washington herald., 1917-07-18
keep Onen Nah Feet,

| "keep Onen Nah Feet"
Some one trod on the corns of
Charlie Atkins. 1t hurt, and Charlie
| went after the offender. This was at
Thirteenth and H \streets northeast.
In less than no time there was a real
| fight in progress. Charlie saw a po-
liceman coming and chased his spar
| ring partner onto a sreet car. The
conductor happened to be a lover of
peace and told Charlie to let up fight
ing or get OF. Charlie would do
neither. he said. The man whom
Charlie was fighting jumped of the
car, and right here 1t was that
| Charlie lit into the conductor as he
/, still had plenty of fight in him. And
he ripped out a few old-tme 'cuss"
| words. He reached for a knife and
started to dissect the conductor. when
a policeman interfered and locked
him up. There are plenty of spuds
to peel at Occoquan and Charlie will
have six months practice with a
| knife.
King booze Abdicates, Too.
| II ex-Czar Nicholas and Ed Marion
were placed in the same cell, side by
side. you couldn't tell them apart, ex-
| cept for the fact that Nick does not
| get drunk. that we know of. Ed was
walking up Wisconsin avenue Monday
afternoon and he was using up the
| whole street. Even the stree cars had
to. halt for fear of making mince
| meat of Edward. He had abdicated
his position OF respectability, got very
picked and the court exiled him for
so days. because he didn't have so.
| And Edward thinks it's a tough world
when a man who looks like a king
can't get drunk and get away with it.
We Hate 'em Too.
Mary Boston. she is from Wash
1 ington, just naturally hates collectors.
So do millions of other people She
, had bought some furniture on the
dollar down and dollar when they
caught her plan" aand when a collec-
tor showed up on Monday, Mary was
so embarrassed that she fired a
pitcher at him. She had a right, she
said; this man was trying to separate
her from some of her money, and
why couldn't she prevent it. Then
she used a few bricks. This collector
was not making a collection of bricks.
pitchers or other weapons; he had
come for money. and couldn't make
Mary understand it. But Mary under
stands it now, as it cost her a s.
bill in court. ]. Murphy now has as
surance from the court that he can
call to see Mary and collect some
| thing else besides bruises.
Man, Booze, Razor, Jail.
Standing in a barroom Monday aft
ernoon, Ed Fletcher remembered an
old argument he had three years ago
with Ed Jackson about 70 cents, which
changed hands in a crap game. As
luck would have it, Jackson showed
up at the bar and turned up his nose
at Fletcher. Fletcher invited Jack
son to have a drink and Jackson said
something to the effect that he had
too much self-respect to drink with
such a person as Fletcher. and then
walked out. Thoroughly enrageo
Fletcher followed him and chopped
Jackson about the neck with knife.
Then he slashed him in the side for
good measure. A policeman took the
amateur butcher in tow and locked
him up. Jackson dripped his way to
the hospital in the wagon. And now
Fletcher will not invite anyone to
drink with him for so days.
France For You, Ida.
Soldiers are not the only fighter:
Ida. Jackson while she never hac
on a uniform. gave a good account
of herself on Four-and-a-half stree
on Monday. when a soldier made q
remark about her weak musclec
Ida walloped right and left. and Il
became necessary for a policeman
to rescue the man, before Ida woulc
have had him in the hospital. A:
1t was, the soldier owed Ida s.
cents for some washing and Ids
threatened to collect 1t with hel
fist. The soldier expressed hi!
doubt about the matter and he wa.
very much shocked when she lii
into him. 1t would have been bet.
ter If she had let the 81 cents go