The Washington herald., 1918-05-21
he Careful sam.

he Careful sam.
Gentlemen should not swear at the
ladies.
Not even in Anacostia should they
do that.
Side by side live the Thompsons
and the TayIors across the Eastern
Branch.
Sam Taylor has garden. There is
no fence separating him from the
Thompson family.
Mr.. Taylor asked Mr.. Thompson
why he did not put up a fence.
Don't need fence" remarked
Mrs. Thompson. who was not very
far away and heard every word.
shut up your blankety-blank
mouth snapped Taylor. "or 1 will
blow your hlankety-biank head on"
Indignant Mrs. Thompson had Sam
arrested for making threats.
The threats themselves do not
amount to much. And they are not
unconditional threats. such as the
law requires for a conviction.
She has been sworn at before, Mrs.
Thompson said, after relating the
above incident.
THE case Is not made out" re-
marked Judge Hardison, but the de-
fendant should not have talked to a
lady in the manner indicated here.
No gentleman would do thing like
that"
And Taylor wss released with a
reprimand.
Georgetown Case No. 1.
Here is another threats case that
fell down.
This time 1t is the ladies who use
swear words, and make conditional
threats.
Ida Hill and Fannie Benz work
in the paper mill in dear old George
town.
In the dressing room last Thursday
Ida got sore at something. She cut
loose with some choice swear words
at Fannie and threatened to chop
her to pieces.
She didn't say exactly that-hut
that Is the nearest to it that we car
print.
Fannie had q fuss once with a friend
of Ida's and Ida didn't like 1t very
much.
And when Fannie looked eToss-eyed
at Ida-all was ready.
''This Is indeed disgraceful conduct
for young ladies to engage In, "said
Judge Hardison, after hearing a few
feminine euss words that were used
that day.
1t Is a shame that Georgetown had
to be the scene of such doings-but
Ganr0nfauyn IL oil hi
picked on by somebody.
The next thing we know these girls
will be sticking hatpins In one an
other.
II am sorry that I cannot fine YOU
remarked the court as he dismissed
the threats case.
Georgetown Case No. ..
Poor old Georgetown is in again
The girls are still fighting. And
still swearing.
This time we have some otheI
people. Mrs. May Hillman, formeri,
of England. but lately a residenr
OF Georgetown, and her stepdsugh,
ter.
Appears that Fannie Benz Dor,
mans step-daughter to go to q
dance.
Fannie and her two sisters, Dol,
ly and Mary, met Mrs. HiIlman OF
their way to work on Potomac
street.
Some more. naughty words wer,
used, And then they elinched.
Faces were scratched. Hair wal
torn down. Screams, yells and
broken finger nails.
FahRie's sister Mary got q war,
rant for Mrs. Hillman.
Mrs. Hillman hired James A
OShea, an Iriah lawyer. The Eng.
lish and Irish agreed for once.
Everybody said that the othel
one did the scratching.
O'Shea insisted that no case had
been made out-because everybody
and nobody was to blame.
Fred Rice argued the other way
but Judge. Hardison was doing
some tall thinking,
Evidently he was sick of thess
Georgetown escapades,
And he accordingly reprimandec
Mrs. 'Hillman and released her.
A Chicken Stew Case.
1t was on Sunday night and Charlie
Roane and his lady friend were
Hungry for soms chicken stew. And
some iced tea.
They stopped In q Greek lunehroom,
charlie ordered two stews. two iced