Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-19
TURKEYS ON THE SIDE

serve" puts in Leon. ME, have
seen them with my eye. Truly they
are as in life"
why, after we picked them last
night | saw you throw them over the
fence"
Even So" says Leon. "But come
Wen. this time we had full COM
mittee--Vee, auntie, Basil, Mmes Bat
tou, old Leon and myself--and we all
trails out to the back lot. And say.
are. all huddled together on the lowest
branch of bent-over apple tree, and
every last one Of EN- as shy of feath-
ers as the back of your hand. It's
the most indecent poultry exhibit
ever saw. III
MY word" says Basil, starin'
through his thick glasses.
That don't half express 1t. Basil, |"
says I,
"But-but what happened to them?"
he insists.
II hate to admit it, says I, .'but
they had party yesterday. Uh-huh.
Wine dregs. And they got soused to
the limit-paralyzed. Then, on the.
advice OF turkey expert'--here i
glances at auntie-.'we decided that
conserve their feathers. Swell idea. EN-?
Just little mistake about their
being utterly deceased, az Leon put
it. They were down, but not out
Look at the poor things now,
though" Ri
And then Wee has to smoker
Aren't they just too absurd!' says
she See them shiver."
II should think they'd be blushin',"
says I. Whats the next mover
asks auntie. do put in steam heat
for 'em?''
1t takes auntie a few minutes to-
recover. but when she does she's right
there with the bright little scheme.
we must make Jackets for them,"
says she.
Certainly" she goes on. They'll
freeze If we don't. And It's perfectly
practical. OF course, I've never seen
1t done, but I'm sure they'll get along
just as well If their feathers are res
placed by something that will keep
them warm" M
Couldn't get the Red Cross ladies'.
to knit sweaters for 'em. could wega
| suggests.
Auntie pays no attention to this, but
asks Wee If she hasn't some old fam
mel shirts, or something of the kind
well, while they're plannin' out the
new winter styles of turkey cos
tunes Joe and Leon rigs up wood
stove in their coop, Shoes the flock
in and proceeds to warm EN- ups;
They took turns that night keeping
the fire going. understand,
And when I comes home Monday at
ternoon from the office amt even
allowed to say howdy to the young-i
ster until I've been dragged out and
introduced triumphant to the only
flock of custom-tailored turkeys In
the country. Auntie and Wee and Nine.
Battou sure had done a neat job Of
costumin'. considerin' the fact that
they'd had no paper patterns to go
by. But somehow they'd doped out
one-piece union suit cut high In the
neck with sort of q knickerbocker
effect to the lower end. Mostly they
seemed to have used an old near-silk
quilted bath robe of mine, but / also
recognized O khaki army shirt that i
had no notion of THROWN In the dis
card yet awhile. And IL you'll believe
it them gobblers was struttin' around
as chesty as II they hadn't lost q
feather.
Aren't they just too cute for any
thing?" demands Wee. ss
Worse than that" says l. they
look almost as human as so many
floorwalkers. 1 hope they amt going
to be hard on clothes, for my ward
robe wouldn't stand many such
.Oh, don't worry about that" says
Wee. 1--WE shall be eating one every
week or So"
'Then don't let me know when the
executions take place" says I. "As for
me, 1 shouldn't feel like tellin' Joe to
kill one without an order from the
And say, lie I'm ever buffaloed into
buyin' any more live turkeys, I'm GO
ing to demand written guarantees
that they're prohbitionists
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure syndicate.)