Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
AROUND THE CITY

Two girls, who looked as II they
might have come out of grab bag. were
promenadins the other evening. arm in arm.
In front Of the State Department. Each
wore a cheap white dress. deliberately trim
med and badly laundered. One had pro-
digious black bow at the back Of her ears,
and the others frowsy pomp--~ur was
plastered down with white celluloid side
combs set with rhinestones that flashed like
summer lightning. They were irresponsibly
Joyous and ready for flirtations on sight
As they reached 18th street the black
bow girl unlinked herself from her COM
panion and going over to the granite cor
ner stone that joins the iron ratings ran
a finger under the top Of its weather
boarded edges
"Well, I'd like to know who's had the
nerve to swipe my chewing gum" she ex-
claimed.
.Lawsy, Name! You don't hide gum
around like that. do you! l throw NINE mime
with this remark made the rhinestones fair
ly sdzzle, but the black-bow girl held her
own.
Reckon If you had a ma and two kid
brothers to blow in your good four dol
lars a week on you wouldn't be SO brasn
witch your nickels either, Miss Smart Cake.
Course. I don't throw my gum away.
You might as well, If somebody goes
and steals 1t"
'Oh, well. maybe It just got lost I was
in skidoo Of a hurry and jabbed 1t under
without stopping to see II 1t STUCK. !
reckon it's on somebody's shoe sole good
and fast by this time. I got dandy hid
ing place down at the Peace monument"
Say, Name, 1 think it's awful the way
you have to keep your folks
"You mind your own business. Sadie
Blank Gee-look at that Teller. Amt he
grand?"
The gum was forgotten, but woman
who was walking behind the two caught
fash of loyalty in the eyes OF the piack-
bow girl. 1t wasn't the shine Of rhine
stones.
1t was the real thing.
There is tin box fastened to pole at
the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and loth
street. On its green front is lettered In yell
low:
For waste paper and fruit skins"
A long stridng, blue flannel man, with
eray-streaked beard and smoked specta-
cles. rounded the corner at noon yesterday.
and in passing the box, dropped into 1t a
bundle of newspapers addressed and stamp
ed for mailing.
One of two middle-aged men who were
talking on the corner, and had noticed the
mistake, called after the blue-fannel ana
smoked spectacles, but the long-striding
legs had crossed the track below. Then the
'Oh, let him fade Whoever empties the
box will start the thing on it's travels. But.
say, that chap is good sixty. Wouldn't you
think he was old enough to know how 10
post newspaper?
Merely the absent mindedness of genius
son." laughed the other. Il put salt in my
coffee this morning."
Two people were waiting for car. She
was a white-embroidered, buttoned-up-in-
the-back young woman, with long black
gloves, and tremendous black hat with
veil Topping over it's brim- He was just
nice-faced young man.
While they waited she called his attention
to lineman who was doing things to an
electric lamp.
II am going to risk telling you some
thing she said, in a voice that showed
she wasn't quite sure whether she were
man on that ladder? If he were to fall he
would be crushed to death. 1t would be
horrible. but"
Don't you worry yourself" interrupted
the nice-faced young man. "Those chaps
know their business"
you don't understand, dear, what am
trying to tell you is that while, Of course, I
don't want anything to happen, especially
on my account, tragedy has a fascination
for me, and long to see somebody killed.
You long to see-what!'
His derision settled it. She was Bern
hardt all right.
Don't make 1t so hard for me- dear. 1
am simply letting you know the worst
about me, instead Of keeping 1t from You as
some girls might do. I tell you sincerely
that I do not want that man to fall, but.
suppose the day comes when feel-differ-