Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
THE CITY

Two street peddlers. without leg be-
tween them. met on the treasury fagstones
to pass the time Of day.
"How's trader asked the one who
walked on his knees.
"Dull-nobody in town" answered he Of
the rolling chair. "How's yours|'
"Same-nothing doing in my line before
October"
Query: What has the absence Of the
Washington social world to do with the
curb traffic in lead pencils and plaster
casts.
A dago fruit woman was resting behind
her basket under the Corcoran building.
Before going her way she made profess
sional inspection Of her wares, and select
ing a couple of brown-spotted peaches hos
black with a wooden leg who had a chair
nearby. The bootblack can buy all the
good peaches he wants, but. like any other
fine old gentleman, he accepted the Of
it was made The ancient dame hooked
her basket on her arm, trotted Off elated at
her own benevolence. and the bootblack
let her get half a square off before he
threw the peaches away.
An old bay horse, drawing a country
wagon, was poking through the crowd at
9th and F streets in the busiest part Of the
fly blanket. and. just at the critical mo-
ment when q policeman felt called upon
to invoke the majesty Of the law, shrill
young voice yelled out:
Catch on to the choir boy!"
BY the time the all-around laughter that
greeted the suggestion was over the old
hose in white lace had poked calmly out of
the way.
The gardener of the State War and Navy
Department had cut the grass on the ave-
nue. plot and was going over 1t with
broom Two tourists. of the way-off-yonder
variety. eyed the proceedings for a while
and then the man said:
II suppose that Teller gets thousands and
thousands year for running good brooms-
come along, ma, before he begins busting.
Ma fingered.
Don't you think, pa. that you'd ought to
tell him that what he wants is rake?"
mo, 1 don't. I'm goin to tend to my
business and you are goin' to tend to
yourn."
And the wise man moved on.
cord. In the bag was her marketing. which
included a strenuous young rooster. Its
yellow legs were thrust through the meshes
and its head was craned through the gath
cred opening at the top. Once In while 1t
squawked. Being a woman, she stopped in
department store on her way home. The
bargain counter was banked three deep
and the bag was in the way. She set 1t on
green lawn remnant before the woman next
to her could make up her mind whether she
wanted 1t or not. forgot all about her mar
keting until q babel Of calculations caught
her attention In time to see her bag Topping
out Of the store. When she had grabbed 1t
on the fly. one of the dozen or two women
who were keeping up continuous perform
ance Of plying commiseratfon for the fowl
said:
you amt going to eat that poor dear
chicken, are you? wouldn't"
The owner Of the bag was good and mad.
Don't reckon you would. ma'aml You
don't look like you ever eat chicken. No.
I amt going to eat this rooster. I'm going
to take 1t home to educate and raise, as
my own
A man in spectacles stumbled along with
q cane His trousers were G. A. r. blue and
he wore q Rough Rider blouse and hat. At
his belt dangled hank of shoe strings.
AS two men passed him one said to the
other:
"If our pension roll is the greatest in the
world. how is 1t that a veteran Of two
wars is allowed to scratch living out Of
the curbstone?'
That's easy. So many people get PEN
sions who don't deserve them that there
| isn't enough to help practically those who
do"
A bright-eyed little matron was hurrying
along q street in the northeast with q
1--WE are going to celebrate the laying of a
new pavement before our house." she said
to friend whom she met, land am de-
livering my Invitations. Seer
She lifted the cover Of her basket and
showed q half dozen new red bricks. on
each Of which was pasted daintily writ
ten card.
Even Mrs. Solomon must have admitted
that the idea was new.
well-dressed woman boarded q car at