Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-18
Liiae Reassy's Notoetok
FIRE! FIRDl

scene. outside OF house bernihs Wy
In flames.
Lady. My goodniss grayshiss, there
wont be thing left. and that's tho
ony house ! got!
Ferst sitizen. Look at those flames.
Amt they bewtifin?
Lady. They're more bewtifill than
wat they are useful, Ill tell you that.
II ] had another house ! wouldent
mind 20 mulch. o. my goodniss
grayshiss, help. help. help!
End sitixen. Wat kind OF helpf
Lady. Save my child! Shes on the
top floor and she'll be berned to deth
and proberly suffercated.
Ferst sitizen. wy dide1t you bring
her down with you7
~ Lady. i was in too big Of hurry.
End sitizen. That amt eny Excuse.
Fire engines. Bong! Bong! Bong!
and sitizen. Heer come the firemen.
Lady. Help, help, help! Save my
child on the top floor! She berns
awful easy! Shes SO delicate!
.Ferst fireman. Wy dident you save
her vile you was saving yourself?
Lady. was in too big Of hurry.
Snd fireman. That's q heck OF tx
cuse.
End sitizen. It amt eny.
Ferst. sitizen. Heer she comes down
the fire ixcape by hersilf! Herray!
Herray! Herray!
: lady. Enybody says she amt brite
don't know wat they're tawking about.
Everybody. Herray!
The End.
Yestidday our frunt hall was full OF
mud rite after ] had came in without
wiping my shoes. proving I must OF
did 1t, making ma so mad all AFTERNOON
that she was still mad at mite and
wouldent leeye me go out, pop saying,
Now mother. now mother, be broad
minded. boys will be boys.
And dert will be dert, sed ma.
That's rite. boys will be boys and
dert will be dert and never the twain
shall part. be broad minded, mother.
sed pop.
II you had had to clean 1t up you
wouldent feel so broad minded about
1t, sed ma. Meening the dert in the
hail, and pop sed, Serteny would. we
must remember. mother, we use to be
boys once ourselves, figuratively speek-
ing. and IL we are. not broad minded
In our treatment of Benny how do you
Suppose he will treet his own boy in aft
er years wen he has One Of his own?
I hope he will treet him to good
spanking IL he tracks tile hall all up
with mna. sea 80: :::::. ard sed, Nc man.
no mann, I'm never going to spank him
or keep him in mites or enything.
Well, well, lissen to the broad mind
ed little chip of the broad minded old
block, sed pop. and ma sed, It sounds
very wonderful, very wonderful in
deed, must say. and If he has a meer-
shum pipe wen he grows up, and his
little boy drops 1t and brakes it in half,
l wondec how broad minded he Will be
about that7
Watts that? wy drag in a meershIm
pipe? sed pop. Me thinking, q, gosh,
holey smoaks. And ma sed, II You will
look on top Of your chiffoneer you will
find some very intristing looking
peeces. Meening Of pipe, and pop
SEQ; Benny. II You broke my meershum
pipe
No sir. It fell out OF my hands vile
was tryingto blow soap bubbles VIII
II and broak itself. It dident fall very
hard. pop. I've dropped 1t harder than
thaf lots OF times and 1t never broak,
! sed.
zee gods. sed pop. and ma sed, You
: can 30 out and play now, ,Benny-you
lucky boy to have sutch broad mind
ed papa.
Wich I quick started to do, and pop
sed, Not so fast there. you COMPOUNDED
pipe rocker. waite. WITCH did, and pop
looked at ma. and ma sed, Hee hee
and pop sed, Go ahed, out of my site.
Not saying it very broad minded. but
me not caring how he sed it jest 80 he
sed II.