Evening star., 1925-03-29

~ sword dancer, used to say,
~ You can't fool all the people
4 a all of the time, especially on
April Fools Day"
And I learned last year how true
sa4E saving is when at breakfast I
and George, that's my husband. found
where Junior had put a little dash
of salt in the sugar bowl The worst
of this Columbus stuff was that 1
didn't get hep until the first gulp
of coffee was we'll down. When
Junior seen my face he give happy
holler and says April Fool!
Well, George give that the ha. ha,
too, but my sense of humour wasn't
working so very good right then,
and 1 got sore.
Say Junior Jules, I says to him, if
you wasn't late for school, I'd punish
you good for that! Just wait until
you come home tonight.
Well Junior was starting right
then, with a few remarks as he went,
such as aw Ma, that was only fun,
aw Ma, today is April Fools, you can
do anything you want to this day,
that's what it's for. And l says run
along, get out of this now, l like my
salt on my tomatoes, and when l
want ii in coffee I'll tell you.
Well no sooner was that kid out
of the house then George quit laugh
Ing and gathered hisself up in order
TO fill his usual seat on the Com
hunters Special.
Now now, Jennie, he says. you
mustn't get mad at Junior on ac-
count he plays a few natural kid
tricks on US. Here, he says, slip
ping something into my hand, cheer
up, forget it. and go buy yourself
a new hat. Oh George. 1 says, you
are a dear, thank you a lot
We was at the door by this time.
and as he went out, he looked back,
laughing. April Fool! he says, hur-
rying off down the street. I opened
up my hand. and there, instead of a
ten dollar bill like 1 had expected,
was a piece of newspaper.
x X y
pY this time he was too far away
~ for me to say anything to him
without the neighbors all getting the
dope, so | didn't lose my temper, ]
merely slammed the door and broke
q coupla dishes washing them, and
knocked over a vase busting the par
lor. and when Annie Gooch, our
comparatively faithful ginger bread
kitchen queen, come to do the wash
ing. 1 was all set like hen on a
bunch of snakes eggs.
She hadn't been in the house over
10 minutes before she come to me
with long face. Say Mrs. Jules. she
says, 1 guess l can't do no wash
ing today, they amt no hot water
why, l says that amt possible, 1
lighted the heater myself over a hour
ago.
Then Annie Gooch commenced laugh
Ing one of them big laughs of
hers, and says April Fool. Mis- Jules.
de wash is in dem tubs already. And
] says pull one more OF those, Annie,
and you will be in all the hot water
you can use.
Naturally after three in a row like
that l was well on my guard when a
few minutes later Mrs. Joe Bush
called me on the phone and she says
to me l got a coupla matinee tickets,
Jennie, she says, and Id like to give
them to you.
Well / wasn't going to fall that
easy, so l says no thank you dear,
] don't care for them. And she says,
over to Miss Demeanor And I says
she says why dear, is this April FOOLS
day? And ] says why my land didn't
you know, and she actually didn't.
I guess that Joe Bush of the Haw-
thorne Club she is married to amt
with If he had, there would never
of been a wedding. And to end off
with he evidently hadn't even played
one April Fool trick on her so far.
She really had the tickets, so I had
lost a free show that could only be
got back by advertising, and natural
Iy l wasn't conner ask for that pair
of checks after turning them down so
positive