The Washington times., 1922-09-17
De Blood -
o. De Poo
By Pa'son Nose.

80 'lightenment dis eben de
wo'ds as foun' in de book O.
Jer'miah-de secon' chapter, an
de 34th verse: "Also In thy
skuts Is foun' de blood o. de souls
O. de poo innocen's: I have not
foun' hit by secret search, but
opon all desc"
! calls yo' 'ticular 'tention Z
do wo'd skut; foh, back In de
days o. de Lawd, day woe skuts
'la'ge huff t hole de blood O. de
innocen's; but, t'day, day amt
la'ge 'nuff T. hole de blood o. Q
peeled tu'nip! An day jes keep
gittin' mo- an mo- skimpshous
all de time, till I Is minded O. de
wo'ds O. de 'spired poet, who say:
Twinkle, twinkle, little skut,
Why you all time tryin' t firt
Wild de sta's up In de sky7
Is you really gwine dat high?
How come GenI Gawge Wash
ington whip de debbil out O.
Co'nwalrus down dah at Yok-
town? I tells you: cause he hab
a sho 'nuff white nanny. what
wea' 'spectible skuts, an think
mo- bout teachin' huh chile
readin', 'ritin', an 'rithmetic den
she think bout shimmyin', an
chamoisin', an rouged lip-stickl
An how hit come dat Ma'se
Thomas Jeff'son know how t.
write de Decoration O. Inter
pen'ence? Cause he hab
nanny what amt no poo white
trash, but longs t de a'stocrisy,
an what re'lize huh duty t. huh
chile. She know she amt got
no time t be paintin' huh knee
an trapsin' off t. some moon
shine pokah patty. No sub; back
in dem days wer' sho huff wo-
men, what use de knees t kneel
down on in pray'r t. de Lawd,
an not t 'splay as adve' 'tising
sign-boa'ds! fr',.,
, s>De wo'd sLut minds me O. de
powde'-puff. I done heah de
udder day jes why de powde'-puff
is 30 poplar wild de females: hit
3 gifts on t all huh wrinkles. Now,
!, de question wild me am dis: IT,
hit git on t. all huh wrinkles,
why In de name O. common sense
doan hit stay on jes a few O.
them. II hit do dat, hits cha'ity
would sholy coveh a multitude O.
SIX )ins!
De. ref'efcs T.. skuts mex me
think: o. de teachin' b, do Wise
=, Man. From. de numbe' he have
TO s'ply, he sholy mus know
what he talkin' bout. Solomon
ssy:. Bring up a chile in de. way
he should go, an when he am
ole, he amt gwine t pat from
. hit, De :, little roll-'em-down,
knee-dimpled, doll-skutted man.
mics o. dis day, say dis: Bring
up de kid in de way he weuld
go, an TO he is ole-awsy she
gol ..,
>, AM modem 'ligion is jes like
de skut :, dah. is less an less t
!, hit day by day. Hits too much
o. de !"fuss an fedder"s bran;
=, Wild fine churches, silk ca'pets,
!, piped-o'gans, an tweedle-dee-dee
. se'mons, =. Some O. de membe's
goes t. chu'ch t. see If de styles
Is. comm mo- Eden-like; others,
/, Z drap buttons an safety-fust
pins In t, de election plate,
/. ythinkin' dat the hethum gwine. t
use 'em, since days goin' out O.
fashion heah. Buttons an pins
amt gwine t. build much O.
Z, mansion in de skies-an' day is
plenty O. hethums right heah at
s,home. But day all goes t. de
. movies, an hans In a good two
bit piece .foh mission. Well dah
is gvine = be sho 'nuff movie
one o. desc days, an day is ali
p gwine; Z hab free tickets t. de
show, which Is TUX from de den
,.tical Book o, Life, presented by
do Lawds an released to de pub
Lie by dc Lamb o. God. Bredern
! an sistern, my vice T. you am
dat you hab on dat 'casion
q ga'ments suitable foh yo'. i'm
\, mortal soul. Let yo' skuts be
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