The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04
Some Dogs and
Some Folks
BvC. B. WHITFORD
az western Newspaper UnionD


A dog with "gailus' movement ana
an oir walked into the doctors office
ond soid with a show of pride I'm
n bohemian. Doc. Is there anything
Won can do for that almentf I've nao
# long enough and | feel like getting
rid of 1t If | can.
"Are YOU a sure-enough bohemian.
lack. or are you just plain tramp
alley dog2'
"oh. I'm the real thing. ! know 1t,
because I've got qualities and haven
got home. | just knock about and
500 all there is to he seen and mix with
all sorts of dogs and folks. eat AT
any old time, and eat all the out'ahd-
fsh stuff on the market. And then I've
got genius enough to knock all the
other dogs | meet. l know lots OF
things you wouldn't think ! knew. BUT
somehow | can't get much more thah
n few bones and poor bed for IL AL
I'm Bohemian. all right, and IN JUST
waiting for some one to come along
and appreciate me. You might show
me how to promote this idea.
about all the genius that amt busy
Is in Bohemia. OF course genius don
always eat like other folks, but for ali
that the bohemian Is "A good fellow.
Every one used to enjoy buying nm
n glass of beer. and 1t was n real pleas
ure to see him eat a handout WIN IL,
lust as If II were bit of delicatessen
or some high-priced hand-picked food.
You can't pinch a real Bohemian any
where but what you'll squeeze out
little information, more especially ii
YOU pinch him in the artistic parts. lie
don't look any more like an esthe'ic
than you do Jack, but he Is esthe.c
to the core. When you find the real
Bohemian you are in luck If he VIII
let you hand him a big piece OF money
for little piece of work. one thlhg
makes me think you are only tramp
with high-sounding title Is the fact
that you are really and earnestly look
ing for lob. Dogs are just like
folks. Jack, once they get the Bone
milan habit they don't want 10 ge'
cured, at least they never go hunting
for medicine.
"Oh I amt SO stuck on getting
Job that I'll take anything that comes
along. You have got to show me some
thing pretty good, and the folks that
get me have got to understand that l
am Just little eccentric. l cam
bear to he interfered with. I've got to
have by own way or ! make trouble
don't exactly have to have new 1oD.
and maybe If ! got good one l
wouldn't keep it long. What / really
crave Just now Is change"
"Just what thought. You wouldn't
keep a steady Job if you had one You
would soon be back to the free-and-
easy life Of the alley. Men get KIND
of bullying genius sometimes that
cracks their heads Then they become
number two Bohemians and there they
stick until they get to be old enough
to be picked up by some good aunt.
who is herself old enough to appre-
ciate the eccentricities Of genius. AS
long as you can outmaneuver the dog
catcher, Jack, and can work your
genius for bone and bed. you'll
stick to the Joys Of the alley. Perhaps
when you get to be old some one Will
let you lie around their place and tell
their friends what a great dog you
might have been. Dogs and folks are
pretty much alike. They get to think
ing they have qualities. and then they
persuade themselves It's fine thing
to be ms free as air and uneasy as
bird. without steady eating place
or regular bed. You've got the
habit all right. Jack. and you won't
be suited away from the alley and the
alley life You are too young for
change"