Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

| Don't think me thick, boss, but
on the level, what ails q guy when
| folks say he's nonch'lant?" asked Lon
of Dopey Dan as he pulled out the
makin's.
| "Why, Lon," replied Dopey Dan,
with a twinkle in his eye, '.nonch'lance
means GOODNESS. Indifference, uncon-
! Germ! A nonch'lant 'grasshopper' is
J one who don't care a picayune parti-
Gle one way or the other; a keerless
| sort of a rooster who prides himself
on his ability to keep from gettin'
| ruf1ed, no matter the occasion; a
cam. even-tempered specimen of per-
simmon' who'd moren likely greet
| the announcement that the United
smitherines with a ha1f-drawled-out
| inquiry as to what kind of bomb had
been used!
20 course, this ven-stephen. vel
vet kind of temperament is to be
| found among all classes an kinds, ir-
| respective of locality, but I reckon
greater cluster of nonch'1ant folks
congregated in the liz old District O.
| Columbia than in any other equal
amount of space throughout the
| length an breadth of our glorious
Union!
why. lad. the quiet, passive, is
that-so?' manner with which real,
homes -to-goodness, ny-fidy, history
| maxim Happenings regular world
beaters-are received by the average
taxpayer of the capital of the ma
ton is rully inexplainable! An to
n'-f0 vie -h1'c "
used to red-fire celebrations every
time his own congressman returns to
the village, an whose Teller towns
men are usually itchin' for some stel-
lar attraction this nonch'1ant attitude
on the part of the citizens of the Dis
triet ain's nothin' moren less than
perfectly incomprehensible! Iay
down. GingerD
stellar attractions, did I say! Why,
think. lad; just think! Within cou-
pie o. weeks. the short space O. four
teen days, the Inhabitants O. Wash
ington have saw more headliners fea-
tured than the average small burg
will see throughout the rest of their
existence!
They've saw real, live, reignin'
monarch, accompanied by his queen
an princelet, enter the sacred halls of
Congress for the first time in the his
tory of our Incompatible Republic,
while standin' in the chorus-I mean
audience-was the unbeatable COM
mandfn' general of the greatest bunch
O. flghtin' men ever modified on
earth
They've saw the first assembly of
the international Congress of Work
in Women ever staged in the world,
la convention Of the female of the
species from every section of the
globe. who, in about sixteen different
languages, are goin' hot-feot after
theirn!
They've saw the openin' of the
great international labor conference
{gents only, which was put in the
runnin' by the treaty of peace, an
which, by the way, is expected to do
yeomen service in helpin' to better
conditions for the poor likes of you
n me all over the world!
They've saw g. mammoth labor
demonstration, with 10000 liz labor
ties skiddin' down the lane; they've
saw the last solemn rites performed
on poor old John Barleycorn: they've
saw the arrival an departure of great
fureeign diplomats too numerous to
mention, an last, but not least, they've
saw the Georgetown Citiaaps' Associa-
disputin', brush prejudice aside an
affiliate themselves with the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations of the
District of Columbia! All of which has
been entirely exclusive Of the stupen-
dous continuous performance that's
open to 'em daily up on Capitol Hill!
Gee, boss, with all them momentous
Happenings bein' pulled, why don't
they can this nonch'lance stuff an
start a lii roughness! Wassa matter;
are they short?" Clipped in Lon, as