Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-16
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN


The best exemplar Of democracy, pure
and simple, IL the little fellow who has just
emerged from dresses. He may be the only
scion of parents Of the most ultra blue
blooded type. and destined to be the leader
of cult and aristocracy, yet he displays pure
socialism In his choice Of companions. The
black cooks little girl is his favorite play
fellow. and the children on the next block.
whose parents live in humble houses and
eat with their knives. are his crontes, and
represent to his susceptible feelings a class
70 be cultivated Such a younster resides In
the northwest. and his devoted mother has
been very much exercised over the compan-
Ions he has chosen. The other day he ran
away, as is his custom Of late, and upon his
return. two hours later. Justify announced
that he had been playing over in "Micky
kelleys back yard" AS Mckey's father
gets drunk and is supported by his wife.
who takes in washing. the truants
mother did not believe the Kelley contingent
would prove desirable for her son. and she
told him shs did not wish him to go there
any more. He Immediately wanted to know
the reason why. She did not care to go
into real reasons, because she knew what a
penchant little people have for repeating
unpleasant things, so she told him that she
didn't want him to do SO because she didn't
know the Kelleys
"Oh, that's nothing" responded the little
rascal reassuringly. II don't know half
the people that you go with"
1t is difficult to tell one story about the
precocious and bright little people that
we all love without being reminded Of
another. Several years ago, when Prof.
John Philip Sousa. who will never be
known by any other name among his ad-
miring cronies than Johnnie" lived over in
East Washington, he was blessed with a
daughter mi brought
her up with strict and rigid observance
of all the proprieties One day little Miss
Sousa approached her papa with evident
mental perturbat ton. She seriously informed
him that one Of her little playmates had
invited her to go upon an excursion on the
following Sunday And, papa" she ex
claimed, when told her it was sin to
do such thing on Sunday. she began
laughing and hooting at me- Now. papa,
isn't 1t a sin to go on an excursion or any
thing like that on Sunday" The genial
ing situation, so he endeavored to slide out
of 1t by mumbing something regarding i'm
propriety and things Of that sort, and then
proceeded to change the subject. His
for acquiescence in her opinion. There"
she said triumphantly. IT knew 1t was a
SIM" Then she added, with the utmost Sc
rousness, Just to think. papa. Annie is
eleven years old and l am only eight and
still know more about what vice is than
she does" 1t was worth going miles to
hear Johnnie Sousa laugh when he told that
story.
And here is another. A very charming
and witty widow lady residing in WASH
ington gave her little daughter a mytho-
logical primer several years ago, and the
child Immediately became intensely interest
ed In the romantic stories of the gods and
goddesses. Long after she had exhausted
the primer she was ceaseless in her de-
a hAr fns thai anfu
which happened in the Elysium fields and
thereabouts. satisfied. One day her mother
thought 1t would be a good idea to take her
hearts delight over to the Corcoran Gallery
and show her the statuary and casts and
other works which have the heroes of
mythology for their subjects. While pur-
suing this pleasant purpose the pair came
upon the Torso. reclining legless and arm
less upon Its massive pedestal. The mother
was stumped to explain to her daughter
what the SCARED and broken mass OF
plaster signiied, other than being the dis
membered remains Of a grand human fig-
ure. The little one, however, quickly helped
her parent out OF her predicament. There
was a large placard on the base of the
Hands on The little miss looked at
what she deemed was the title of the work
with an expression of scorn. and the same
sentiment nah was indicated in her infection
marked. with sniff of superior wisdom.
Hands on should say they was; and
the 1oots, loot
Some Of the energetic young maids and
misses. whose position prevents their rum
ming away from the city for any length of
time during the dog days. but who will
manage to have many an afternoon In
which to enjoy temporary desertion of the
dusty city with the grassy fields and cool
woods OF the suburbs have banded them
selves together in what they call the Nov
city Searchers' Club. The prime object of
their Equalization will be to tramp around
the country outside Of Washington and dis
cover fresh hooks and shady spots which
have hitherto escaped the notice Of SUBJ
urban pleasure seekers. Their footsteps will
| follow seldom-used lanes and half
grown paths rather than the beaten tracks
| OF the county roads and country turnpikes
and they expect to derive a great deal of
pleasure from their journeys of discovery
There are thousands and thousands Of
charmingly romantic dells and delightful
| retreats hid away in the woods around
| Washington, and II the progressive young
people find only few Of them they will
be well repaid for their efforts.
| A young man who has the most proper
sort Of pride in his native city of Washing
ton happened to remark at the University
Club the other night that there were more
pretty women in the District of Columbia
| than could be found in any other similar
| amount OF territory In the world. The
statement was treated with scorn and deri-
sion by those who heard him. and who were
| without exception Inhabitants of the ma
tonal capital by adoption only. When
called upon to prove his announcement he
merely contented himself with reasserting
bis opinion when 1t would have been an
easy matter for him to have shown that
he had excellent reason for making the
statement, broad though 1t was. All that
would have been necessary for him to do
would have been for him to take the doubt
ing Thomases through the stores of WASH
ington where the members of the weaker
and better sex are employed as clerks.
or course there are numerous women In
Washington society who are noted for
their beauty, both of face and figure, and
with these the public IL familiar. But
there are scores of the loveliest girls and
young women with whom a kind provi-
dence ever embellished the world by put
ting In 1t, hid away here in Washington
from the g6ze of everybody except the
army of women shoppers who visit the dry
goods, millinery and other establishments
of the city in search of bargains. Indeed.
1t Is a revelation to the uninitia ted man to
walk through any Of the larger mercantile
establishments here II such a one will
overcome his natural timidity to entering
the realm sacred to ribbons and laces and
frils and furbelows and lots of other things
affected by his mamma and his aunts, he
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