Show BO AS A PHILOSOPHER CJCETLE mo gra yon a y-on dat let heel I II hors said Bo o = t he run the dripping sponge around a ct f 4 shoe that had an m Impatient foot In it I tP A lectio moo on do Ult let 1 den yuh kin d go The customer jumped down hurriedly I 7W hur-riedly tossed a I 1 dime In a big mlt I waltln for It and l walln rushed out the door I 7 Ir Dat man said duliVph I i Ii Bo as he turned to 1 shine the next pair oC tats dat man um de cheapest K l yiJ dat comes In dc house De oddah night he didnt l get shined but he gives I me a leetlo easy mon y enyhow fo brushln1 him on Gee Ah thinks derea a prince throwln away dat good pie j money En what yuh think nex night I ho come an get do gravy an1 when Ah ask fo de dough ho say dat dime de night beroI pay fo It What yuh think ob a guy like dat Boss Pretty bud actor Bo Worsen dat Ah aint got on use 10 no such people said the man with the brush aa he went ou shlulng Everybody knowd Bo hut nobody known him better than be knows them He works In a certain tonsorfal palace on Brokers Row and his quiet shirts and socks are the envy of every masher In colored society Dos real name Is William Rued and he nays he is 1 related to exSpeaker Rued because his aunt used to wash for the Speakers wife Bo J IH a product a typical product of old Missouri and he says when be gels money enough nos going back cause dey don knov how tuh make blueberry pie In dls mans count Bo Is a veritable pic fiend and breaks away from work as many times during the day to get a pic as any other colored col-ored man would to go to 0 policy shop Aa he says Pie Is de bes thing yuh tn cat cause Its got de gravy tuh IL I run all out dc conah ob do mouf an nuthla calnt bent It but chickin an1 wutahmeJon Dat man across do street who sell dent don know Ah cat em all Yuh know why Ah tell him dat Ah nevah seen such plecatahs as dem Bahbahsis i wha1 Ah works l de time sendln1 mo fo pie Chicken am bettah dough If yuh knows how tuh eat ter De bos he Jes cat de bres but when Ah gets trough dahij only let I de heel an de yeahs Bo has u girl named Jessie at least he had but ho has been looking sad > lately wearing plain socks and old clothes and It Is thought that someone else has copped her out I is said the other boy won her because he coud go around the Salt Palace track faster than Bo can I Bo Is too bashful to talk about It much but the other day when some body asked him how Jessie was he said Alls slayln1 home nights now I me an Jessie Is on dc mad but Alls got a new bike suit an It wont be I bug bcfo was on do glad agon Eny how shes crazy about chickin anjJi know she misses me Sundays cause us folks frum Missouri has our chiukin on Sunday nlf wo has tuh pay fo demo l done Youac nex In de chah Cahl Is waltln wlf 1 de gravy Thanks no change All right suh ome mo easy money fo Bo |