The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24
TALES OF WASHINGTON LIFE

Husband and wife. a good looking
young couple, stood in front of Thomp-
sons drug store. having few hurried
words OF adieu before taking separate
cars. He was bound for the PennsyI-
vania station, she for Washington
Heights.
The green car came swinging around
the curve first. The man crossed the
first track and boarded it. smiling
farewell as be went inside.
Then the woman gasped suddenly
MY umbrella" she exclaimed, to the
girl at her side. Quick: he has my
umbrella"
The girl stepped across the track and
tapped upon the car window.
Sues umbrella she shouted. The
man looked puzzled, but got up and
went 10 the rear platform, leaning over
the iron grating to hear the message
again.
Sues umbrella" the girl called out
The car began to move
Sues umbrella she shouted. run
ming along the side Of the car. The
man Iurched forward and wildly threw
the bone of contention which he held
in his hand into the street.
It's my umbrella he yelled back
when the girl returned to the side
walk, she found her companion con
yUlsed with laughter
Wasn't that silly" she exclaimed.
Il had my own umbrella all the time
tucked away under my arm. Poor
George; I wonder what he'll do
There is a woman in Washington
who loves her husband devotedly. He
has a good many diversions which she
does not share. but this is not because
the bond between them is at all
strained, but because she is q domestic
little body to whom the freside has the
greatest attraction. tt is her particular
delight to keep this burning brightly
for his homecoming. When he does
not return at those allotted moments
when the inward promptings of the
mere man are supposed TO send all hus-
bands home to the mistresses of their
hearths and dinner tables. she frets ex-
ceedingly. At the thought OF his miss
ing a good warm meal her solicitude
for him is apt to express itself in tones
of gentle worrimcut, not shared. how
ever. by other members of the family
At one Of these times. the mans SON.
a bright lad of ten, threw the assem-
bIed household into a state of amused
Nonder by suddenly becoming his
fathers champion and admonfshing his
mother thus:
Let father alone, mother" he said,
patroniZingly Let him lead his own
out-of-door life. Let him alone. He's
all right. He knows where he is, even
if you don't"
It seems that not all the vaEaries of
the feminine mind have been blotted
out of human consciousness notwith-
standing the supposed emancipation Of
recent years. a woman. whose deep
contraIto voice is occasionally heard
from the vaudeville stage, although
she herself belongs to the ranks of the
matrons in private life. was recently in
washington. She has done much soil
tary travelling. which in itself is pre-
sumabIy a guarantee Of ones knowledge
Of time and labor saving.
on her way TO the station she was
accompanied by a gentleman who
counted it an especial favor TO stagger
beneath the load in her real leather
suit case. and IL was with no thought OF
consideration for him, but merely in
accordance with her strictly individ-
uaIistic method. that she marched him
and her baggage promptly up to the
window where parcels are checked.
Before his masculine Wit could compre-
bend what was going on, she had