The Washington herald., 1918-05-10
ButtinE In.
sY RUD0IPH PERklNS

W RUDOLPH PERKINS u
Butting In.
Three little girls were sitting on
the sidewalk on K street wednes-
lday afternoon after school. digging
j in the dirt at tree-box.
The oldest of the bunch. Ella
Jameson. threw some dirt in the
face Of one OF the others.
This one, Hattie Green. got rid
of q mouthful and slapped Ella in
the mouth.
The third one got up and ran
away to tell on the two who were
lighting.
The mothers Of both came on the
run. The children had each other
by the hair. pulling away to beat
the band.
! Margaret Jameson. mother Of
| Ella, was the first toI arrive. She
grabbed the Grant child and shook
her.
Just then Louise. mother of Hat
tie. got there and grappled with
Margaret ~
Louise arrived at the courthouse
first and got the warrant.
4 She charged Margaret with as
sault. -
And after hearing the testimony
and warning both mothers that
children have a right to fight their
own battles, the court told Marga-
ret to pay a fine Of IS.
She Spoke the Truth. -.
ledge, that woman called me a
drunk. All amt been; drunk since
day befo yestiddy. Ah axes her to
refrain and she slapped my face"
But what did you black her eye
for?'' the court asked Harry Peter
i son. charged with assault on Mamie
Gales.
said Harry, surprised. Her eyes is
Jest nacherally black"
"Yes, but you made them blacker." >"
the court said.
A man who lives almost in con-
slant association with a bottle Of gin
can expect to have his feelings hurt
sometimes or other.
Harry was Fostering Mamie and she
thought of him.
His own statement tells a lot. He
hasn't been drunk since the day be-
no eoyss anu tiCH BCNS hhau
when Mamie reminds him that he is
a drunk.
And furthermore you couldn't ex-
pect Mamie to stand still and let
Harry punch the life out Of her.
She hit back. and it must be re-
membered that she has sharp finger
nails
The court sent Harry down to the
| river farm for opa y,oopth
Walls Have Ears.
Just as the street lights were being
lighted last Tuesday night Josh Co.
hen Che is not a Hebrew, was stoop-
ing over in the middle of the street
looking for something.
"Whatcha lookin' To- Josh?" spoke
up Milton Warner, coming up from
behind.
Los a dime a minute ago, en- durn
ef All kin see It," answered Josh, still
looking.
j ''S'dam funny you can't" said Mil
ton with a sneer. Dis is de fust time
All eber heerd yo couldn't see in de
dark.
"Yo could see de odder night In de
dark when yo come 'roun to nah
house aftah All had gone out to talk
to NAH wife,
Josh looked up very much surprised.
j Some one must have squealed on him.
he thought.
However. he said nothing-but reach
ed in his pocket, drew out his razor
and made for Milton
That individual took to his heels
and Josh right behind him.
The cops landed on Josh before he
got very far and locked up both him
and the razor.
1t only cost him s5e-which he didn't
have.
Just Think of II.
These trips to Baltimore are get
ting monotonous.
Especially when they are made
for the purpose of buying some rot
ten whisky.
Last Monday evening. George
Craig took 81 which he had given
Sadie, his wife. to get herself a
pair of shoes with.
Sadie got very sore when she
found out what the money was to
be used for.
And George warned her that II
she wasn't in a better humor when
he came home he was going to fx
her business.
She paid no attention to that.
And when he came home she was
as pouty as ever.
He asked her for a kiss. She re-
fused-because she could smell the
whisky ten feet away.
He took one by force-and then
another and another, until Sadie
got terribly mad.
She pushed him from her. He
grabbed her by the hair and threw
her out of the house.
In doing so he dropped three un-
opened bottles of liquor and every
one of them broke.
Before he could get to Sadie and
hit her again the cops had him.
1t took the court but very few
minutes to fine him S25,