Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-02
AROUND THE CITY

A woman was dispensing information to
another woman in a car. She was q neat
person. in homemade dress, an amateur
trimmed hat and a hand-worked collar
fastened by big. bronze pin that had the
suspicious look Of buckle.
And she talked as clock ticks from
street to Market square:
well. indeed you oughter. Name! l al
ways take in openin's to get me good
ideas to work out at home. Now. you
know that red wrapper I made last year!
Well all I've got to do IL alter the elbow
sleeves into logger mullins and take the
bow off the front and put 1t high up in
the back. and I've got me an umpire
gown
The other woman inquired why umpire.
"Lor', girl, you know what an umpire is.
don't you? It's just the way they call
fashions after people-and. say. I'm going
to rip up that jumper suit / made out OF
my black silk coat, and after / cut me out
a waist. there'll be enough left to make
me one OF them Charlotte Cuddays. / bet
it's goin' to be as swell as II she had
made 1t herself. You don't catch no
French milliner gettin' my good cash for
the sake of havin' her name inside hat
where nobody can see it-not much!-Say.
| Name. market can keep. you come along
to Blanks with me and see that Sloan
| skirt-its grand.'
The other woman inquired why Sloan.
well. you are behind the times. amt
you. hun? That's what you get for hav-
fist. at the theaters. don't you know? She
dances around with his cutoff head-of
course. he has to be dead first-in nothin'
but tights and chiffon-haven't you read
about 1t in the papers?
The other woman tried to remark that
she had read about it in the Bible. but
her worthy effort failed. The woman with
the information-who, incidentally seemed
| to have had no knowledge OF the man who
cried out in the wilderness until intro
duced by the Salome skirt-fest-preferred
| to vary her monologue.
Say. Name. l believe I'm gettin' toob-
| erclosis. honest to goodness. do.
brought home a whole pack of free books
and I've got most every symptom in EN-
| and besides that, I've got a real bad
cold!
Tell you what l did yesty: That grape
jell put up last month got to workin'. 50
yesty / boiled 1t down and added pinch
| of sulphur. a small onion. cut up; two
| drops Of keeneen and a spoonful Of desc
Grated cocoanut-and It's grand for cold
My aunt went of with toober-well if Nc
amt here Already! Press the button. will
you. washed my gloves yesty. and they
shrunk so that l dasnt touch thing
They split If you look at 'em-and my
| aunt"
There is nothing unusual of course, in
| hearing a woman talk as a clock ticks
but In this instance it proved especiai lily
interesting to passenger opposite for the
| reason that:
The big bronze pin that looked like a
buckle bore the face OF earths inscruta-
BILE mystery of sience-the Sphinx.
| An old-time lady, who had the appear
ance OF owning silk dresses and handed
down lace. was crossing the asphalt street
| that was free from cars, vehicles or frisky
with the slow step of age and talked to
herself. as Is the way of lonely old peo-
pie who live much In the past.
| And as she pegged along with her cane
a gentle but decisive touch on her Shout
| der moved her aside and aroused her to
the fact that she was standing in front OF
a horse that was hauling an empty coal
| cart and sleepy driver up the cross
street. The old lady. panic-stricken.
scuttled out Of the way and the horse
| He was lean, pallid gray horse. with
tired legs and long, droopy head. May
be he considered 1t too much of an ex-
ertion to run down even small old per-
son with cane Maybe. again. 1t was an
act of kindly intelligence.
| Who knows?
| woman paused to admire THE cotton
patch UP 18th street. The colored man
who planted and has cared for his crop
| all spring. summer and autumn was ap-
parently looking for blooms under the
| dark green leaves. One bursted pod foam
| ing over with snowy nun. was the only
| visible evidence that the patch had full
| filled the mission for which its seeds were
created. Presently the woman asked a
| question:
us this all the cotton you rased?'
The man Strengthened up and answered
politely: