Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
AROUND THE CITY

ANOOlNO ] l1E II I
Two young women were lettering along
the shady side of street. They seemed
to have so little In common between them
that had they been dry goods. say. instead
of immortal beings, one would have been
cream chiffon and the other ten-cent ging-
ham.
The chiffon young woman, who was all
white lace. with a bleached pompadour
and sparkling combs under her white hat
and a white parasol over that. was ex-
pressing valuable ideas as to man.
You see. Mary. you are good looking
enough. but you are too sensible. You
couldn't expect the fellows to f1rt with
girl who can sharpen pencils. knows how
to get of cars properly and can talk poll
tics like a man-its against human ma
ture."
ing II it could be possible that Solomon.
in all his wisdom. had been reincarnated
into cream chiffon girl?
True. chiffon is frothy trife. whose
glory departs with it's freshness: while lT
there are always leftover stocks Of ging-
hams on shop shelves and.
Man will always be man.
In the starlight.
They were sitting on bench in park.
And while he smoked a cigar she was
saying asns x.s , man with mistaken sense
Of honor. One was a waitress in cafe.
who couldn't stand II when the cad who
had made her love him brought in an
other girl and she had to serve them. One
was a desk man on a paper. who found
1t easier to die than to do a far less COM
plicated thing One was pretty girl
wife. who loved sunshine and laughter.
and who pinned flower on her dress be-
fore she ended everything in lonely
waste of snow. One was newspaper
man with a record to be proud of.
They lived here They died here. They
were different types. They lived different
lives and died different deaths They
barely touched the outer edges of my life
in passing. but some way pray for them
every night.
And another woman on another bench
said to another man:
ITO that prayer-Amen"
They were standing before flower stall
in the market. and she was saying:
I'D love to buy lot Of plants. If only
] knew how to garden
Go ahead and buy en-. advised the
man with her. "Gardening's easy. All
you have to do Is to dig holes. dump In
your plants. and take the credit to your
self when nature let's 'em grow
II sounded reassuring and the woman
proceeded to buy.
They were sitting on a grassy bump
down by the water front. The moon had
done wonderful things for the gray wharfs
and dump-like shore line. and the river
was so much quicksilver. ripping into
silver dusk sky.
They were. undoubtedly. a John and
Mary edition of Romeo and Jul et and
they were having the moonshine and the
breezes and the silence all to themselves
when another man and woman. oh, so
much older. approached them from the
Del III TOD
the tender little tableau. for as they near
ed the grassy bump, the man smiled at
the woman, and the woman smiled at the
man. 1t was their tribute to loves young
dream.
And as they tipped along the path at
the back of the unsuspecting couple. they
were near enough to see Mary Juliet's
rapt young face and to hear John Romeo
declare fervOr of passion
Yes. sir: If that umpire hadn't been
rotten. we'd scored a rum
Then the woman smiled at the man and
the man smiled at the woman.
Blu, the real question to be considered
was:
What must the moon have thought of
John Romeo?
Consider chickens,
In the market there are speckled ply
mouths and dominckers and fat leg
horns. clucking in many crates. but they
get no notice except from customers who
nOIQ views concerning TOdSIS ana pOtpl00.
But take, for instance. the pullet that
the invalid boy carries in his arms when
his mother wheels him along the street in
his rolling chair, and you can't count the
eyes that follow in his wake. He is a
little boy who would be like other little
boys IL he could romp in the street and
the pullet is only an ordinary fowl. with
white feathers following around the
hackle and red comb
But II 1t were the cock that made st.
Peter cry, or the rooster that crowed
in the morn 10 wake the priest. all shaver
and shorn. or that good old hen with yell
low legs that laid her master many eggs
interest.
Which shows what environment will do.
She must have been happy-the way
she smiled and kept on smiling.
II was such long. wide smile and 50
coDtinuous-from Columbia Heights to the
Treasury-that another woman opposite
undertook 10 watch 10 see whether or not
il would come off before either of them
left the car.
AT the Treasury junction a passenger
got in and pumped herself in a seat be-
side the woman who smiled
| How do. Mag. Why. how nice you
look. What you been doing to yourself?''
Mag explained i'm a pantomimic whisper
and the new passenger laughed and then
drew her lips together in comic dismay.
Law, had the nerve. didn't Won
That's what ] ought to do il ever get
UP the courage. But say, Mag, you look
like another woman"
Mays smile heightened and widened
Then the woman who had been watching
knew
Mag had appliqued teeth.
Married Women Workers.