The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-24
GOLDENBERG'S,
92S 7th st.
open late tonight-ciosed all day Christmas
Here's a Fine Gift!
Ladies Maekintoshss,
Double Cape, SI.98.
GOLDENBERG'S,
92S 7th st.
ODDS And ENDS OF CITY LIFE
Gratitude ola Pariah Dog for Kind
ness Shown Him.
women Who Squeal In Elevators-Ex-
p"sure of an Amateur missionary.
The Pianette Players.

NANCY dog was sinking down a hack
sueet, When a mana big, stylish man
stopped and patted him on the head. The
uoS quivered with pathetic gratitude and
the man kept on pa,ting. Presently they
walked off together to q meat sbop. where
Tue man Stood treat to a beefsteak fit to
serve king Clearly the dog was starving
oit Inc instant this new friend turned 10
go ne left his dinner UNLISTED TO follow
a. Ills MS neek; And who can tell which was
the DoDier the charity OF the Christ ia o or he
gratitude of the brute?
There are some women in this Washington
VINO SHUT their eyes every time they enter
an elevator, and when there comes a
mitch they squeal. Their minds cunjur.
up horrors enough to stock an Eden Musee
bat al the saline they slip into the laws
OF death al every chance TO shupt a flight
| OF stairs: But they don't call ii cowardice:
they call il nerves.
And now we are going TO have new
hrows and lashes. II viii cost money. lois
OF money, and pain past calculating but
aiter We are drched and fringed up 10 the
teanty standard We are warranted 10 keen
IL FOR six months. which seems a skinny
allowance TO every one but those unfor-
tunates VINO have never been lovely a day
The car was crowded. Two young women
shouldered their way through the standing
passengers until each caught hold of a straD
The pAdgy one. with goldcure hair. sail
she thought II a shame for ladies to stand
While gentlemen were seated. The one with
white Kids. who was chewing gum said she
saw no gentlemen, and she made her r,.-
MARKS so personally vigorous that the man
She was looking at got up and went out ON
that type OF women often, but the best OF
OF us are IN just. The truth is we are 81,
used TO having some man jump Up To give
US his seat before We are fairly in the car
that when once In montlrof SUNDAYS w,
are left TO stand we call ourselves abused.
on friend for subscription for a sick
mother and four starving babes. Friend
was temporarily penniiess. but. forced BY
the urgency OF the case, gave ralua BILE
keepsake to the amateur missionary to sell
for fuel and food. The next day the friend
ran across the MISSIONARIES niece with the
kecpsake giinting at her throat Diplomatic
investigation proved the Jewel to have been
Christmas gift from dear auDty-and THAT'S
where tue tabieau came in.
He was a curious little brown man, with
pianette, and he had a curious little brown
wife, who jingled a tambourine. And
while they ground and iingled the chill
dren commenced to come; They came
love them-as though The little man were
the pied piper all the way from Hanelin.
and they spun on the pavement around him
Ike joyous, gone mad tops.
One small speck OF a person had clutChed
her bit OF a frock. and was bobbing around
ecstaticaIy, when gentleman passing by
her to his shoulder, reproved the crowd
for encouraging the death dance of a baby.
Then he ordered the man to move on.
The man wouldn't bulge. The children
added derisive yelis TO their pigeon wings.
The very small person kicked and cufred
for freedom until-SanIaritans are only
human-the man Ia nded her on the bricks
with vicious shake, and then himself
moved on.
Aman fell do wn and hit his head. Anoth-
er man helped him up, but he lurched gainst
some ratings and dropped in crumpled
heap, A pretty little robin OF a woman
only one in the crowd 10 suggest that
he might be i'll instead or Intoxicated. No
one else gave him the. benefit of the
doubt. II is likely that you have a spell
now and then Of Dumping your head, so You
know just how it feels. When you bump
your head you stagger as though you were
looking through the prism OF an old-time
your words come out misfits, because the
blood and brains and things that live in
your Uranium have become 1umbled up as
promiscuousiy as the average mans top
You want the helping hand OF the Samari-
tan when you hit your head, not the clutch
OF the law.
Some women know how to part from
youth with philosophic smile and bow:
and some women don't. Don't be one OF
the don'ts. This is about middle-aged
girl with callow giggle who sat out play
in an outlandish hat cooked up into turrets.
with three giant feathers on guard. The
couple behind her thought it such hard lines
10 he walled out from Trilby and the Laird
and Little Biiiee by an insufferable screen
of felt and barnyard quilts that they sim
ply rebellef. They began by politely, in
sinuatingly. reverently whispering to the
wearer 10 remove her lIeadgear. Wearer
merely responded with glacial stare.
Then they politely. insinuatingly. reverently
rema rkcd-aioud-to the middle aged girls
escort: "wiIl you kindly persuade your
mother to lay aside her hat?"
1t was awful-but didn't it serve her
right?