Evening star., 1923-04-02
R0LllCKING YOUNGSTERS
MAKE MERRY ON
PRESIDENTS LAWN
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Cd by ideal weather and forced TO
keel. steppin' by the slight bite in the
air. the little merrynakers began ar
irwin with their beee-utifuIly deco
rated eggs as early as 9 o'clock. and
by noon every knoll in the keerfully
kept grounds was literally covered to
capaCiy with rollickin. light-hearted
Joy-breedeIs Of every class and d. :
scriptiOn; and once left To themselves
all fiddie-sticks was swept to the
winds and children Of the best in the
city were hob-nObbin' for dear life
with the less fortunate OF the COM
munity,
O course. d s per usual. the Kids un-
accompanied by gruwn-ups werr moi,
permitted past the gates. and. also as
per usual, the same thronG OF parent
less bratS kept SerGt. Dalrynple and
his sturdy White House guards on the
move. and ! might add here. that bein'
possessed of ruther marshmailow
nature. my flddlin' with the schemes
of these crafty outsiders nearly got
me in Dutch with the guardeens OF the
law,
Dopey Gets in Dutch.
Eearln' TIL east gate on my arrival
was approached by snaggle-toothed.
me 10 cents to become his father for
jus fifteen minutes. Ever leery Of
bribe money | Indignantly refused the
coin. but did agree 20 act as fond par
ent until the watchfuI eye of the law
had been ''buffaloed." but there's
where ! erred for no sooner had
slipped my charge in q. X. than he
Immediately started to beg me TO adopt
~ l. ~.
ton, over to the west gate, I'd almost
succeeded in my nefarious work when
/ was brought to sharp halt by
William S. Reeves. superintendent Of
grounds. who expelled my latest son"
and warned me 10 he kcerful.
1t took more'n a call-down to
dampen my spirit. however. for once
mixed up In such innocent merry
ment I forgot about hard-feelin' and
messed with the young. becomin' so
thick with one darlin' little dimple-
checked cherub that nothin' would
do but | roll down d hill. The cum
min tot had long since rolled all her
eggs. and aCceptin nav profered
friendship for what ii was worth.
wouldn't rest content until I'd join
ed her in the frolic-I hate 70 think
how | will feel tomorrow.
; Dopey's Protege Starts Something.
/. This strenuous exercise over, I hap
pened TO notice quite a commotion
over by the Executive Mansion. and
Yushin' to the scene. much TO my
chagrin. found my recently adopted
son" in the center Of a great crowd
arguin' hts head off with Maj. Bal
nnger, who has charge Of the police. :.
Always a believer that a game bird
sticks up for its own. l buried my
pride and made TO the side of my
"offspring," only TO find he had
started a false rumor that President
Harding would soon appear, and that
no amount of argument on the part
of officials could convince the little
rascal that such was not the case!
We'll, if he amt here, he oughta
be" snarled the latest addition to
my family, when | finally persuaded
him that the Great White Father was
down where the birds sing and golf
rages wild. He was here last year.
cause ] seen him, and if I'd a-knowed
he wasn't gonna show up today I'd
have stuck around home and helped
mudder with her washin
L sixteen EGGS Do the Trick.
L And SO it went throughout the day.
every now and then a wee bit of ex-
citement to keep the sting from the
breezes. and just before 1 left an
other hulabaloo was occasioned by
the condition Of an egg-eatin' con-
testant, Around this little runt who
was stretched out on the greensward.
willin' hands We're doin all possible
to bring the kid to, He had bit the
dust after gettin' on the outside of
sixteen hard boiled eggs. while his
ad n frn
over Georgetown wav. cnntemptuous-
ly sneered as he eyed his sick victim!
How'd it come about. bub?" I ask
ed of the victor, who still remained
sullen. >.
'Ah. that .wop kid had some kind
of wild idea he could eat aigs' l
bets him a nickel he don't know
nothin' about aigs. we starts about a
half hour ago. and here he's knocked
fiat cold with only sixteen aigs ett
There amt nothin' to him. mister,
homes there amt" and so sayin' he
grinned.
: Marine Band Plays.
Unable to wait for a verdict on the
Won kids condition ! beat it from
the grounds just as the Marine Band
was preparin' for it's mammoth con-
cert, specially arranged for this egg
rollin' occasion, Only sorry that j
couldn't make full day one of the
most unusual oldfashioned customs
that is carried on yearly only here in
the District.
But / did have TO slip out to the
Zoo. where a similar demonstration
was also under way! Time wouldn't
permit for a definite opinion from the
animals as to what they thought OF
the nroceedin's, but all seemed to be
| in the best of good humor. and from
1.-The chesty way a brood of hens
strutted about and wiggled their
feathers, none were more dee-ighted
than the cause of the excitement!
T. thank you,
! DOPEY DAN.