Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-13

white shirt waist, cut in the prevailing
mode, the neck surplce and the sleeves
elbow. The surplice V at the neck was
filed in with tan silk, covered with white
chiffon and she wore long gloves of the
same color; her little feet were shod and
hosed IN the exact shade of her well built
skirt; her brown hat was encircled by a
long veil of tan silk gauze which foated
about her in graceful folds, and she carried
brown spangled fan and a brown en-
broidered parasol. The whole get-up was
exceedingly stylish and was certainly at"
but it was unquestionably startling
The woman and the symphony, approach
ing each other from opposite points, were
almost viS-a-vis about a block and a half
north of the Avenue when the woman
heard a loud ''Ya-ya-ya! Golly." in the I'M
mistakable tone and accent of the colored
citizen. Having been "brung up from her
bornln with the colored folks she is very
partial to them, is always Interested in
them and is usually amused by them, so
she turned at once to what caused the
exclamation and the laughter.
''Golly." said the colored man, addressing
no one in particular, but taking the air
and the passing multitude into his conf
dence, Il done seen many coiohed gal dat
powdered up heb face an neck wild houh
an put paint on heb check to make heb
look like she was white folks, but dis is
de fust time dis niggah even a purity
white young lady like dat try to make
hehself look like a gingeh-colohed coon
gal! Ya-ya-ya!'
And then the woman knew what caused
the bewilderfng and startling. if uninten-
tional, realism of the girls chic and fash
fonable figure.
Several small SNOWFALL merchants OF the
feminine gender were busily separating
syrups and scraping ice in a garden not
far away from the K street market last
Monday morning. They were doing thirty
Ing business, and turning in pennies as
fast almost can tall CT until
ment loan on his hands an ice cream
sandwich man during a May procession
They had battalion of small boys carry
Ing their wares to their customers, and
they numbered many grown people of both
sexes among their patrons as well as nearly
all of the children in sight and walking
distance Of them and one of their helpers
struck for higher wages.
Il been a-haulin' snowballs for yer all
mornin," he said, in an injured tone, IAN
yer only gimme five snowballs-an' them
was sasperillar which nobody don't like
But you choosed sasperillar, Jimmy"
retorted one of the little vendors, taken
aback by Jimmys rebellious utterances.
We'll. If 1 did,. said Jimmy. with con-
other people like em an buy EN- An
amt goin' to carry no more, nor cut nairy
papers, nuther."
'But you said you'd help us, Jimmy" put
in another of the little merchants, evidently
his sister, AN you know we can't scrape
an carry too"
But, geep' said the disgruntled one,
only five snowballs!''
Il think that's good lot" said one of
the older partners, evidently not sister TO
Jimmy II wouldn't like to have Ave snow
balls In my stummick all at onct."
Maybe mine holds more n yours said
Jimmy. Anyhow, amt a-goin' to carry
no more for yer. Sarer Ann. unless yer
gimme five more"
Five more!' cried '.Sarer Ann In a
shocked and dismayed tone, all her business
Instincts aroused at this outrageous de-
mand We'll, Mary Ellen, if we're goin'