Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
AROUND THE CITY

AROUND THE CITY
| A small gray squirrel sat on its launches
| on the stone coping of the White House
grounds When people came too near 1t
darted between the rails and looked out
Once a dog trotted by and the squirrel
scampered up the bole of a tree. When the
dog had passed it came back to the coping.
Among the many who stopped to watch
its antics were two men decorated with
blue badges lettered and fringed with gilt.
Imagine squirrel in the heart of New
York city
"Or Chicago" added the other.
"Oh, Washington's nothing but pretty
rural burg, anyhow
shes rural all right, but what can you
expect from a town where the men can't
vote?
Then the delegates walked and the
small gray squirrel that had called forth
the criticism of its home town looked wise
enough to have taken i; in.
A stylish woman in white embroidered
linen and a black chip hat met a colored
"auntie'' on the street
why, Kate, what are you doing in
black"
Pm in mornin' for my husb'n, Miss
May"
so you've lost your husband, poor thing"
'Yasm. He ranned off with a yaller gal
And you were such good wife to him.
10y "'Yiasn Miss May. done riz ten head
in de chlIMgang yet"
The cbloIed auntie in black said it with
the priIS6 one who has established a rec
p poverty. s sA1 Facrice Suffering and hard
work embodied in the ''rizzing' of ten head
of children, each of whom was turning out
well despite the handicap of a worthless
father, Kate had a patent right to her ma
ternal boastfulness.
a young man with talented lungs stood in
the railroad station and called out the stops
to be made by outgoing train. His voice
was so tremendous and far-reaching that
passengers waiting in the ladies room be-
yond grabbed up their belongings and made
a rush for the gates.
One very snail and very gentle-faced old
woman. seated on a bench near the man,
listened to him with admiring attention
until he had made his last announcement,
then she said to the young girl beside her;
What "a clear voice that man had. l
could hear every word he said distinctly. If
you would only pronounce your words PLANE
ly / could hear you very much better, my
dear"
The young girl put her lips to the old
lady's ear and said as loud as her embar-
rassment would permit
He holering at the top of his voice.
grandma. l would get arrested if l tried to
What's that. honey? I wish you would
try to initiate that young preacher?-"
Then the girl gave 1t up and smllingly
patted the old lady's hand.
Two women in an open carriage at the
curb In a big department store:
Look at that brute of whipping
that dog exclaimed the one in ecru silk
with the featHpr-laden tOnn1 her
pompadour. There ought to be a law to
prevent such men from owning animals.
The man she referred to had been walk
ing along the pavement until his mastiT
undertook to amuse himself at the expense
of tiny white poodle, much to the ter
ror of the small things owner. Then he
turned back and laid whip about the
mastiff's TANKS. The dog must have taken
the blow for love tap, as he bounded to
his masters side and thrust his nose under
the hand that held the whip. This token
OF submission aroused the woman in the
carriage that, had the man been trifie
nearer, she must have attracted his atten-
ton. And If she had he would probably
have said to himself:
Look at that brute of a woman trying
to break her horses neck with that check
rein! There ought to be law to prevent
such women owning animals"
If you were on F street Friday morning
about 10 o'clock you probably saw Willie.
And it is equally probable that Willie saw
you.
Willie was a dog of a dozen inches, with
tail and feet to correspond. The white
and yellow spots on his body were fresh
and new, like the first leaves of spring,
and his every caper had the captivating
charm of baby that is just beginning to
toddle.
Willie was accompanied by two young
women who were busy keeping him in the
way he should go. 1t was hard work, for
Willie wanted to go in every direction. and
insisted upon acknowledging the admiring
tributes of the hundred and one people who
passed him in the course of a square.
LAS they reached the crossing at 18th
street two women approached from the
downtown direction, and as they passed
Willie saw fit to desert his lawful owners
to follow the fortunes Of the pair. He
battered after them with the irresponsible
joyousness of youth. his brown eyes full of
wet sparkles. his small tail wagging with
delight. One Of the women apparently took
to herself the glory of having lured him.
captive.
go right back!' she demonstrated to
the frisky little thing. while 1t fairly quiv
cred with ecstasy at being addressed.
Don't you your owner coming after
you? you cute little deari'
Then she said to the woman with her:
Isn't 1t strange how dogs always follow
me2 l don't know what 1t is, but I seem
to possess an almost uncanny magnetism
for dumb animals"
BY that time the dogs owner had come
up, and. as the one Wiz. bright eyes and
pink cheeks swooped down on the dog, she
explained:
He runs after everybody he sees. Come
along, Willie, and behave yourself"
And that woman VINO possessed the un-
canny magnetism looked as If she were
sorry she had spoken
Memorial Day in New York.
Adjutant John J. Strain of Gen. William