“Well, I think we will have a
rather late spring. You see there is a
new kind of bird which has come into our section of country, a very rare
bird. I don’t know what the bird is good
for, nor do I know where it came from. I
don’t think they are fit for anything, though I see quite a number of them here
in Washington. The majority of them here
and all in our section are young birds, though I see some old ones here. I saw an old one at the theatre last night.”
“Which theatre?”
“Ford’s. He occupied a front seat, and seemed to take
a great deal of interest in the crowd. He
had a very large pair of opera-glasses, and was continually bouncing up and
down looking at the vast assemblage of people in the theatre.”
Now, the Critic would like for
you to explain what use a bird has for opera-glasses.”
Lord bless your
soul, this bird that I have been talking about is a dude, and I tell you they
are getting to be a little too numerous in this section for the good of
society. They are a little too
fresh. We must do something to get them
out of the country or they will ruin it.”
Evening
Critic (Washington DC), April 17 1883, page 2.
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