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Show MMMNWMarMMWmMBnMWMMMa8W fx&TONISHED THE OLD MAN. Youngster's Language was Most Thoroughly Thor-oughly Up to Date. There 'Is a certain gentleman of particularly roflnei! Instincts ami manner man-ner In Washington who abhors the Idea that his oun3 son will becomo generally acquainted with tho language lan-guage of tho stirot. Tho other afternoon after-noon when ho had Jmt finished nd-liionlshlng nd-liionlshlng tho boy that ho should not play polo In the streets while rollor skating, ho got a shock. Tho youngster young-ster had been told that sooner or later he would tlnd himself In the station house, when he suddenly Interrupted, "Pop, did Jou-cvor seo a cop running run-ning nftef a man?" The proud parent ropllcd that ho had never seen a policeman at full speed after n prospective prisoner, hut added that he bcllereJ thoro woro any number of tho force who wero good spcedors - "Well," continued tho younsatf r, "tho blcyclo cops Is tho boys nowadays. now-adays. I bollevo tho cops that waik3 have nil got the rheumatism, and with cops with bum feet, pop, I will run tho risk of bo.cs pinched." The fatiior gasped at tho "mlxturo of atreot" hurled at him, and then remarked: re-marked: "I don't think thoro Is any use of jou going out Into tho streot to Bkate." Straightway he Issued orders, or-ders, and his young son now skates In tho back jnrd. |