Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

something like a crawl outside the gate.
Then the mule perceived his error. Amid
the piping shrieks of the maiden and the
struggles of her escort. he looked back
ward. Were 1t not for a club at each flank
he would have found his spot again, but
it was not to be- He rushed up the hill,
and then turned to the wall to browse upon
some tufts of grass. The girl up on the
broad old Spanish saddle. as upon a cafe
concert stage, was full of pantomime.
There was applause.
The Dancing Pavilion.
Half way up. where a beaten patch of
ground branches out among the trees,
stands Robinson in his rough coat of skins
and his umbrella, in the books, with
Friday groveling naked at his feet. Above
there is a plain sign giving all to under
stand that this Is 1.-The veritable tree of
Robinson" all others naturally being
frauds and limitations. Below, on the clean
swept ground, the inevitable little tables
and chairs of the French cafe are scat
tered, with roof of canvas above to shell
ter the crowd in case of the showers so
frequent in this climate. To one side there
is raised platform, where piano is
placed, with a long stretch of floor for
dancing. All the livelong afternoon and
evening the pianist drums steadily away
at his unbroken round of 'pOlkas fI1azurkas,
waltZes, and, in the evening. an occasional
quadrile-- He is balder and wiser than
when he dreamed of fame in his own stu
dent days, and he purses his fat cheeks
comfortably as the young couples spin
around and shake the floor fegretfulIy I'M
clasping arms from tightly held waists as
he stops them for five minutes wait.
wait, wait, young man; her waist will
still be there. round and tender, when I
get my breathr'
At the little tables men and women. and
children from the little towns and country
side around sit looking at the dancers and
sip long drinks-sirups to be watered down.
bitters to be wDtered down and absinthe
to be watered down.
A Dining Party.
Now make room for the millionaires! A
party coming to dine in the trees! The
young students swell and swagger! Their
young ladies are both gay and proud. Mes
danes! Messieurs.
1t Is indeed charming! Over the rustic
railing the diners can watch the dancing
going on below. But the dancers cannot
watch the diners going above.
Ii Is at the very top of the tall tree, with
away rises the light purple haze which
shows where the great city lies. Between
lie fertile fields yellow with the harvest
and the parks of rich mems residences
and villages and lone houses. In the after
noon the sun gilds all like an impression
list picture seen from this framework of
yellow match and gray branches. In the
night the lamp above the lovers heads but
upou THESE illuminated ones.
Far away the city glares red upon the sky
and the scattered lights between show
where man goeth forth to his work in the
morning even unto eventide.
The snow-white CLOTH the fairy table
lamps, champagne as 1t comes gurgl,ng.
the kind smile of the old grizzled garcon,
the thuds of the dancers down there where
the violin walls to the piano, the long,
tinted vista, the revolving lights of the
Eifel tower and the pressure of a soft and
tiny hand combine to lul the student into
ease concerning his examine tion -...5
STERLING HELLO