The Washington herald., 1907-01-20
WOMAN ABOUT TOWN
Stories of Washington Life.

Mr. Everyman sat reading.
As every vii do.
With the ham and eggs before him.
Read the morning paper through
Ger page one he pored ten minutes.
FTOWHed and muttered: Gee that's tough =.
At page two be smiled delighted,
Chuckiing gently; That's the stunt
Ger the sporting page he fingered.
And be muunured Glad ne wUa"
At the next he said. with ferTcr.
wen. N glad they've got that done"
Long he Dondered DER the columns
Where financial news is told.
up 3So points" he said three points or
Wen, I'm mighty glad | Sold
Mrs. Everyman sat waiting.
As she waited every day,
What's the news today" she asked hiIn
And she knew what he would say.
Ter he flung tie paper from him.
And he answered caTelessly:
"Oh there's nothing iH the paper
That y0ud care at al % seq
There are many Of US who have
cherished the irideseent dream that some
and great-that is to say, when the pub
lie wakes up and appreciates rs in the
proper way-weH be allowed to spend
our summers at Onteora I'm the Catskills
Onteora. ] suppose, contains more genius
to the square inch than any other neigh
borhOod in the known world. Everybody
in Onteora has written a successful book,
q M rrr7a TO be
called Works" you are only on the
fringe Of things UP there. Naturally
OnteoTa is very particular as to whom it
admits. IL was rather a shock 10 OnteOra
when Miss Maude Adams proposed to
buy a small scrap Of land within the
sacred precincts. Miss Adams is a lovely
woman, but you can never be sure
whether an actress has genius or only
personality and a good play. OnteOTa
hesitated about selling that piece Of land
The hesitation wore on Miss Adams
patierce. It occurred to her that there
were other pieces Of land on the map
At the present time, so a woman who
knows all about Il tells me, Miss Adams
doesn't own the land that Onteora hest
tated about. She declined, am told, to
pay the price finally asked, but she
bought enough other land to give her a
strip all the way round Onteora. Onteora
can't grow any more without Miss
Adams consent It's going 10 be hard,
because geniuses are popping up every
day, and naturally they'd want 10 join
the colony, but unless It pleases Miss
Adams 20 part with building lots, they
can't do it.
Speaking Of Onteora reminds me Of
Byrdclin. another CatskiH colony. which
includes summer schools in painting.
bookbinding. and those other things which
are vaguely termed arts and crafts. At
Byrdclin there is dancing every Saturday
night, and last summer one of the most
enthusiasts dancers was John Burroughs.
The wonderful old naturalist was actually
just learning 10 dance, and his delight in
the thing was-well, can you imagine
anything more charming than the sight
Of man ike that dancing with the zest
Of a boy?
Unfortuna teIy. though. all boys are not
endowed with Mr.. Burroughs beautiful
spirit OF youth. I know one boy who
will never be really young II he lives to
be hundred. Youth and the critical
spirit cannot dwell in any human being
together The boy I speak Of dances. but
he won't dance with everybody. He came
home from holiday party with his elder
brother one evening not long ago, and
they were scarcely on speaking terms.
Elder brother complained 10 mother
Of the yOungers lack Of manners. Mother
repr0ached the critical youth.
Fred says you aren't nice TO the girls. -
said mother.
Nice snorted the critical one. Huh,
Fred dumps me down with some old peli-
can tnat dances ike a stove and expects
me TO be ladylike to her"
When I read in the public prints about
the -Sew York alderman who is alleged
to have permitted divers and sundry
persons TO witness him in the act OF
taking bride, I recall a story the cor
respondent OF q Chicago paper tells. The
correspondent was a member of the
local stan of a Chicago paper several
years ago when a clerk in the Office of
A. 5. Trude was more than suspected Of
approaching a juror with intent TO brfbe
and corrupt The newspaper man went to
tell Mir. Trude about il. more. I suppose
by way OF impaTting a pleasing bit of
gossip than for any other reason. for Mr..
Trude had no connection with the case
on trial Mr.. Trude was greatly per
turbed at the information. The reporter