Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27


n one who invented base ball
~ batting averages. or some
L thing. Never trust your new
years resolutions any further
than YOU can throw piano"
And it was hrooding over the above
warning got | and George. that's my
husband, tn make the exception which
proves whose rule. In other words.
it got us where ! was able to think
UP one resolution for the both of us
that we amt broke as vet. and the
coming week is conner show can
new yrs. res. actually last an entire
annum or not.
This all come ont Of the experience
we had last year. when the season OF
post cards of greetings and postmor-
TENS of Christmas presents was at its
height. and we was pretty we'll en-
hausted, both by the presents we had
bought and give and by those we had
reed. and hid away. Well, says Geo
to me. ] suppose. you will want to dash
out on New Years eve and wear away
the city payings with the rest of the
folks that are keeping each other
awake until midnight. the same as
usual? And | says why dear, | says
hat night stuff is all boloney. far
as | am concerned. | says. | have
seen too much of it in the past. Hot
Rozo, I SAYS. remember the time we
WAS out with the Joe Bush of the
Hawthorne club and his wife. and YOU
and Joe would insist on riding up on
the front with the tax driver? Do |?
SAYS Geo. | sure do. Ia ha. That
was hic night. Yeh. | SAYS. and a
bic expense as well.
But how about the time we went out
to the Hawthorne Club and had all
them paper horns and paper caps and
paper plates full Of chicken salads. not
to mention lapfuls Of the same before
the riot was over. nor the paper dust
ers or the rolls of paper ribbon we
tried to sock each other with acroSt
the room. why Geo. ! SAYS. if all the
paper that was used that night was
To he wadded up there would of been
sufficient to make nests for all the
nest eggs of the combined population
OF England. America and the Malay
Peninsula. | says.
And Geo, says yeh,. hut that child
ish nonsense makes me tired in more
senses than the one. he says, for the
lUvva rripe. | hope YOU amt going to
want to so out there again. And |
says no, | swallowed enough confetti
that evening to stisk in my crop for
some Time To come. but ii wasn't near
50 bad as the select home party we
was 10 last VI. when all we done was
set around and watch Mabel make
WEIGH rarehit WEIGH when the fatal
time come when we hadder eat it. and
then set around the rest of the night
waiting for New Years and the doctor
to come. True says Geo. hut whatll
we do then. to celebrate? And | SAYS
Whatter YOU want to celebrate the
new year for. anyways. don't YOU
realize il is merely The date when a
lot of bills come in? What say we
60 to bed early. get a good nights
rest, and have our strength to handle
the mornings mail with. instead?
WELL. Geo. says, that's A fine idea,
let us do that little thing. lets rs
act just the same as if it was any
other evening. don't let US even make /
any good resolutions. And | says
sure. that suits me fine. what's the
sense making new resolutions. when
the same as any other fiat tire, the
Old ones can he patched up to run for
a far as We'll want to go with EN-
And Geo. SAYS well maybe, but l he
1ieve I'm conner cut down on smok
ing whole lot this coming year. Ard
| merely says do You believe it, ]
don't, | says, but ! tell you one thing
for a fact. and that is. | am not
conner spend cent for anything this
next two months sos We'll get
chance to catch mp with our bills he
fore they get beyond speaking dis
lance. And Geo. says aw shucks. at
the end of two more months you won't
need to he caught up with them bills.
YOU will of seen EN- so often YOU will
know them by heart. without.
Well anyways. with them plea san mt
little domestic remarks, we agreed to
have a sane. quiet. peaceful ineXpen
sive y. Yrs eve and by the time the
day arrove we was actually sticking
to il. nobody having tempted us to
anything else. | will say, about four
O'Clock of the afternoon of the 3lst
inst this made me feel little like a