Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
AROUND THE CITY

| There was one visitor to an art gallery
| the other day who had no opinion Of art
| for arts sake.
| She was a middle-aged colored woman,
| self-respecting in dress and demeanor and
she had come to the gallery in Difference
| to the wish of her employer, resident of
| the West End, who laudably supposed the
| paintings and marbles would afford an up
| lifting pleasure to SO intelligent maid. So
| the colored woman made the round of the
| upper gallery and then descended and sat
| down in statuary hall.
| 1t is always pleasant, and often instruc-
| tive, to obtain the art views OF other peo-
| pie, and it was for this purpose that an
| other visitor, who had followed the colored
woman around, asked her how she liked
| the pictures.
| The colored woman had nothing against
| the pctures-in general.
And what do you think of the statues!
The question brought an answer, thank
| full in spirit and devout in tone.
Il thank the good Lawd they amt nary
| one of EN- my color!
Two little foreign men were going
| through an arm drill in the street. The
| smaller one. with a pallid face and ink
| black eyes, seemed to fairly pulse with
| horror he pounded his arms up and
| down, stretched them imploringly at the
| other man, and finally raised them up
| ward, as if calling heaven to his defense.
| The other man, who was thick set and
| bushy bearded, scowled and kept his arms
| folded
| 'There'n be a stiletto in the next round,
| when the other dago gets, his work in
announced one of a couple of everyday
| Washington men who had stopped to en-
| joy the performance.
Little Peanuts is trying mighty hard to
prove his innocence in whatever the row is
about, but 1 don't believe he'll make it,"
Don't know so much about that re-
| marked the other. "Oid Banana seems
willing to hear him out. Hullo, good for
| Peanuts! He's handing Banan the def
| The smaller man had earned this COM
| mendation by whipping from his pocket an
imaginary pistol and leveling it point blank
at the bushy bearded mans vest
| why, he's a little scrapper from way
| back Endorsed the first man, who seemed
| TO have no hesitation whatever in changing
| his opinion. Hes a regular little fire
| Gee, Watch em. will you?
| The little foreign men We're worth watch
| ing, for after going through series of
windmill exercises they flung their arms
| across each others shoulders, shook hands
| with eXuberance and walked on, as If nOtE-
| ing had occurred.
| well. Ill swear!" chuckled of the
| every day Washington men. IF the two
| of them haven't lined up and gone off like
| a peace congress.
| "Shuhr' remarked the other in a voice
| rich and deep with ~boastfulness. I'VE
| Americans are the only people who know
| how to put up night. II that had been
us you'd be on your way to Jail by this
| time
Yes. son, and they'd be taking you to
| the hospital"
| Then they, too, walked on. laughing to-
| gether like good natured men who under
| stood each other
| But they didn't, in the least, unders tand
| the little foreign men.
| Peanuts was merely describing tenn
| peStuous ocean voyage. One set of ges-
| lures illustrated the rocking of the ship
and the turbulence of the pillows; another
| emphasized the terror of the passengers,
| the cowardice of the crew, and Peanut s
| own supplcation TO his patron saint The
| grand climax demonstrated the firmness of
| the captain who ordered his crew at the
| point of the pistol.
| Bananas demonstrations were entirely in
| the way of fraternal interest and the EN-
| brace testified to their mutual thankful
| ness that the ship had weathered the
| storm.
There happened to be a person around
| who knew little Italian.
Three people boarded crowded car
| The woman was given seat. but the man
| and the small boy had to stand.
| Come. sit on mammals lap, darling,
| purred the woman to the small boy.
| Darling didn't want to sit on mamma
lap. He preferred to lean against papa's
legs.
.'Then let me take the bundle" insisted
| mamma.
| Papa handed her a package that looked