Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
AROUND THE CITY

He was an oldish man with a stin
leg. and he wore misfit suit of shabby
| brown-povertys national color.
| AS he passed the Colorado building
/ woman ahead of him dropped a small par
| Gel. and he hurried on as fast his
game leg would let him: picked up the
bundle and overlook the owner as she
paused to look in a shop.
He touched his cap, but before he could
| get word she sized him up and walked
| Off with:
| Il have nothing for you
| The man stood stock still. The humilia-
| ton had stunned him.
| A plain woman in black who had walked
| behind and taken In the whole affair.
thought of several things she would like
| to do to the woman in front. To begin
with she took the bundle from the mans
hand and SHE'D 1t in the street.
| Then she caught up with the woman
| a pudgy mortal In blue cloth and mink
and followed her as far as their ways
lay. together. matter Of nearly five
| squares.
Then she spoke.
! Madam you made a mistake. The man
you supposed to be a beggar merely want
! ed to return to you the bundle you had
dropped
| The pudgy woman received the informa
ton with all the gasps and CALCULATIONS
due to the occasion. and finally walled
! out an inquiry as to whether she would
, be likely to find the man when she went
! back.
Il don't know about the man an
| swered the plain woman helpfully, but
you will probably find your bundle in the
! gutter in front of Epiphany Church.
This morning an elderly lady OF gentle
presence was sprinkling bread crumbs as
she walked in Lafayette Park. man
asked a guard about 1t and the guard
seemed glad to tell
That lady feeds the birds, sir. every
winter regularly as the cold weather
| comes around. You may think it small
thing. sir, but 1t means a heap to the
SparrowS"
The man did not think it a small thing.
! He even wondered If it couid be really true,
after all. about angels walking the earth
| and If they ever disguised themselves IN
| mourning shawlS and bombazneS!
| Two matrons and their school girl
| daughters sat in cafe of a department
| store busy with dress samples and tea.
| Il suppose ought to be ashamed to own
| it." said the elder woman to the other,
| but way down In my heart prefer old
| fashioned delaines to all the fancy weaves
| of today. 1 don't wear them, of course,
| because one must keep the respect of ones
| dressmaker, but the bare sight of sprig-
| ged delaine puts the old farm before me
| so plainly that l can fairly see myself cut
| ting across the fields to church with Tom
Toni" interrupted her daughter Why,
| mamma, ! never knew you had beau
when you were young Why didn't you
| tell me before?"
And poor mamma s blush was OF the v1nt-
| age of sweet sixteen.
Somebody pasted lot of small labels on
| the White House railing about two weeks
ha,-a lace OF
| tracted the attention of many passers-by.
| no one is likely to have gone into such a
| red white and blue gust of wrath over
| the Dissertation as little man in checked
| suit who undertook to scrape them on
| with his penknife yesterday afternoon. His
companion was plainly a selfish creature,
| with no soul above his own affairs.
! ooh. come on, Blank, and stop monkeyfng
| with what doesn't concern you
| This does concern me; it concerns every
American Citizen and If knew the name
| of the bastard who put these advertise
| ments here would proclaim it to the four
| winds of heaven
Which would suit him down to the
| ground" interrupted the selfish creature.
| And say, Blank, if you don't stop scraping
| the new paint off that rail somebody is
going to come along and run you in"
And the American citizen tore himself
away. E
| Two women were walking along N street.
| when Newfoundland puppy and small
| poodle trotted up to one of them and
I rubbed their noses affably against her new
/ winter gown. In further token of friend
| ship the Newfoundland caught her umbrella
near the handle, and the poodle took
mouthful close to the ferrule. The owner
! kept grip on the knob, and then the tug
| began. The dogs were in splendid humor
| and the woman enjoyed the fun When ii
was over she said to her companion:
| Il wouldn't take dollar for that tussle"
| 1t will cost you two announced the
! other. she opened the umbrella and
I tured like colander, full of holes.
'All your fault, anyhow" retorted the
umbrella owner. Il told you it wouldn't
! snow
A small boy sat on water butt, smoking
a cigar. His face had a gray, waxy look
and his eyes lay heavy under their lids A
bunch of larger boys stood admiringIy
around to oversee the initiation his only
critic being miniature bully with pimpies
! Sick. amt yer. Jimmy? 1 knowed yer
wasn't growed enough to wrustle wild de
I weed"
Jaw. quit yed kiddin," ordered another.
with dangerous eye BLOW some more
| rings. Jimmy, an breve de smoke troo yer
nose-look at de style he's givin us, fell
| larS-''
/ Jimmy spanked up at this recognotion of
manly effort. He gave a puff that nearly
| upset him off the water butt and a tinge of
| life came into his lips and eyes
1 SICK. nothin. Say. fellers dis here stogie
! is all right, all right
! The ordeal was over. Jimmy had proved
! himself growed enough to wrustle wild de
1 weed" w
| THE CHINESE EDITOR.