The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-15

ing. How much do owe this joint"
Five bones"
There Is your dough-"
Where in the dovil did you get all
that money!"
Il went up to the tabernacle and I
heard Bill and I cut 1t out and l am
on the water wagon. Now. Bo. IL you
don't mind. you can just whack off a
little sirloin and porterhouse steak.
Ne meyer Pa any al ol5 house,
%ifst rides - @f,utesny9 bikes, but Lara
going TO buy it,
An right. up comes the next drunk
ard and buys Deefsteak. / am trying
to get the working men to spend their
! money for something good. instead of
spending 1t for booze. When that is
done the butcher runs out of meat.
He says
Hey, Central, give me the slaugh-
| ter house."
Got any beef"
Yes"
Nice pork"
Yes"
Mice mutton -
Yes"
Send it up quick
He sells out all he has and ne runs
/ .~sNo Ns'NsAAASC' AAGyp 6AVp 1hC
Chicago or Armour, Swifts, Cudahy.
Nelson and Morris Hey, send down
becfsteak. send down mutton. pork,
send her on the Twentieth Century
schedule Put two engines In front
! Get her down here as quick a. you
| cam
What's the matter Whats the
matter?~
The whole bunch il on the water
wagon and cant 2ffnnlv the a.
mand"
What's the matter with tho ooun-
try7"
Oh! that meat. that ought to be in
the stomachs Of women and chill
dren, giving them nourishment, ia
yonder in the slaughter houses and
the whiskey gang is picking the peck
cts of the working men and they
can't lug it home to their kids
that's what the matter with this
country
Forward! March,
Come on! Are you ready? Mind
you. Forward Hip! Hip, Hip! Hip:
Hip. Up in front of a grocery store.
What do you want?'
Flour! Flour, Flour! FLOUR
rings down the line.
The drunkards are all buying -four
instead of booze now and so they rush
to the telephone. They call Mime
apolis Wash burn Crosby Gold
Medal Flour--"Es Eventually. why Not
Now -
Hey. Wichita; hey. Kansas City:
hey, Topeka. hep. Fargo; hey, Grand
Forks--send -four. send wheat:-
What is the trouble? Oh. the
wheat that ought TO be ground into
-four and the -four into bread and the
bread in their stomachs, 1t Is yonder
in the elevators, yonder being specu-
lated on by the Board of Trade. The
drunken man hasn't money to take
1t home The whiskey gang has
picked his pockets.
Come on. Here l am. Walt a
minute. line up boys. We are ready
Are you ready? Forward march,
Hip. Hip! Hip, Hip. Hip, / am in
front OF a dry goods store.
Hey. what do you wapt!"
Il want calico. calico, calico" rings
down the line.
They sell II out and they telegraph
to Fan River, to Lawrence and all the
big mills Hey. send calico" They
telegraph. Buy cotton, buy cotton."
What's the matter7 The cotton
that ought to be made into cloth and
the cloth into clothes to cover the
shivering children. il yonder on the
shelf OF the merchandise. down yon-
der. my friends. in the great store
houses OF the Southland. Why? The
working men haven't the money to
buy it The whiskey gang is picking
their pockets and they haven't got the
money.
Here am. The drunkard. the
booze holster. ] got my pay. stag
gered up to a hell-hole. threw down
my dollar and got y quart OF whis-
key. staggered homo to my wife and
a
Now then. I've cut Ii out I'm on
the water wagon now. bless God. I'm
going home. Here / am. I've got q
sack of -four on my shoulder. got the
beefsteak under one arm and my
calico under the other and I'm going
home to Molly and the babiea What's
that l hear? BE 1t ever 30 humble,
there's no place like home"
They say. Hello pa. what you got
there7'
Got some bcefsteAk."
Where are you going to take -?
Here"
What are you going to do with it7'
Your mas going to fry IL and hit
you kids in the stomach with 1t for
supper"
Flour. and your mss going to
to make some biscuit.A. and we'll have
some hour bread"
What have you got here. pa
Calico 10 Mako DrcAA
II bought some calico to make you
a dress. Molly. and l brought home
enough to make mary a new dress
You've patched hers 20 much It looks
like a crazy quflt and ! brought home
enough cloth to make Tommy q pair
of pants. You've patched the seat
Of his breeches 70 much. It looks like
a map of the United States."
Now, ! see q fellow going down the
street. staggering along and I say.
Hello. where are you goink
He says. Il am going to 60 to hell.
Bill
"whyr- say, don't 30 there"
Yes, am going"
WHY"
Welt. the Good Book says no
drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom
of God
but the Good Book says you can
repent and God will forgive you and
you can 90 to heaven"
We'll. it's too late, Bill. I'm too
far gone"
Well. didn't help your"
Yes, II I'd heard you two years
ago, I wouldn't be here, but goodbye.
old man. you're on the square. you
told the truth. Goodbye
And will enn 1xsf NJ