Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12
AROUND THE CITY

He had the brow of a man who digs
deep into problems. And his clothes
showed that the problems paid.
He was sitting at cafe table, which
had Just been vacated by two women.
one of whom had left a paper that
futtered in the breezes of the fly fan.
The man picked up the paper, and after
the first glance at the chart of tangled
lines his face took on the expression that
he probably reserves for problems.
He weighted the edges down with salt
and pepper shakers and ran his fingers
along the lines.
Then he wrinkled his face trying to un-
derstand the printed notes and figures.
Then he went in his pocket for hand
kerchief and rubbed his glasses.
Then he went in his pockets for
pencil and again followed the tangle of
lnes-some of them dotted, some formed
of stars and some of broken dasheS.
| They crawled all over everywhere. some
times twisting hopelessly in and out
each other and then lacking Off into in
dividual streaks, as if nothing had hap
pened And the more he studied the
| paper the less he seemed to understand.
The waiter had to speak twice before
securing attention, and when his order
was given the man went back to his
! lines.
When the waiter brought dinner the
man studied the chart between bites, and
when he went away he carried 1t with
him.
The woman at the next table could
have told him that it was only a pat
tern supplement to fashion magazine
Three girls were car riding to Chevy
Chase They wore white dresses, with
elbow sleeves and round cut neckS. ana
their merry widow pompadours, wreath
ed with shell combs showed many wind
blown ends. They were out front with
the motorman and had the bench to them
selves except for a woman at the 1ar
end. whose head sand shoulders were
wound around with scarf of cream
knitted wool.
There was a chill breeze left over from
the showery afternoon. and the first stars
were struggling through clouds that hung
low and gray.
As the car Clipped over the bridge
the other side of the loop. the girl on
the end seat caught the brunt of the
sharp winds that swept across ROCK
creek. She had been chattering like a
bird in building time but stopped to
cough and draw her coral necklace closer
around her throat, as if it were really
protection.
The girl in the "all-over'' embroidery.
who sat in the middle, considered the
cough worth nOt1clnS.
.'Lor, Mabel, you got a cold haven
you? You oughter have worn something
around you, deed you ought
This suggestion must have had its hui
morous side for the third girl, who was
little else than lace-inserts, giggled. And
the coral necklace resented it,
Il Wsh YOU girls would shut up and
leave one alone! | guess I'm no older
than you. Ella!
oh. Mabel. what whopper! Why.
!
in the seventh, and you We're a head tai
lern me-wasn't she, Sade?"
"Of course! | was tall and had some
sense and you were chunky and stupid
that's ALL
|. 1t would have seemed quite enough to
have settled most people. but 'All-over''
laughed and "Lace-inserts'' widened the
conversation.
Say. l saw Lou out to Glen Echo last
night and she had on a fascinator, hon.
est. she did,
That's because she's engaged" ex-
planned the All-over. He makes her"
NO fellow couldn't make me wrap
myself up. same's if l was an old maid
and couldn't stand a little cold
.Lor. Sa-dee. Why George could twist
you around his little finger!
eff he wanted to-"
Coral necklaces supplied by way of
evening up for the laugh at her cough
Sadie preferred to overlook this remark
by turning to stare backward into the
open car.
why. everybody's bundled up; most of
'em old poSes. though Say. there's Mar
gle. way back. with blue scarf around
her head and neck
Bet her mothers with her." supple
mented All-over And in her voice there
was a shiver. for the Maryland wind was
blowing up very, very cold.
.Uh-huh! She never let's that girl out
of her sight poor thing. She looks real
cute. though, just like she was an actress
In a picture l wouldn't mind a light
blue scarf myself. If it was chiffon.
Light blue chiffon is just my style-ooh-