Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

ner that would have made Venus de Milo
blush But it didn't trouble the editor.
in fact. he seemed to enjoy it. He turned
to the nonentity with his little half-lauSh
and said:
Delightful isn't she? So self-contained,
so impersonal in her manner OF looking
about. Really delightful" whereat the
nonentity prayed that the automobile
might move.
Finally the automobile started off and
the editor snuggled into his heavy robes
and looked about him.
How wonderfully wide and clean the
streets are he remarked like no other
streets that l have seen. Paris Is clean
yes. 1t is different. though. Even there
YOU notice the hum of the machine and
the footbeat of the workman. Here you
live in another atmosphere. Everywhere
you go you notice wide. wide clean. clean
streets-miles and miles of streets all look
ing as though it's morning additions had
been performed by the god of rain and
that it had been dried under the kind pro
lection of the summer sun. Beautiful
streets, well worthy Of a grand nation.
The great editor gazed about him reEli-
niscently. PARKWAY look came into MS
eye and he seemed to forget for the
moment the insinuating presence of the
nonentity.
How different here and in my own poor
country" he murmured. where the streets
in one quarter are unca-ed .or and the
streets of another quarter are paved as
the democratic country; this country. NO
wonder the American loves his C3c.e
Sam
About Wide Streets and Buildings.
The nonentity gazed ABOUT him for a
moment, swallowed a lump in his throat,
and after silently matching quarter
with himself decided to chance II anu
call the editor Mr.. Ii.
pairing to dive overheard if he had
made a mistake, don't YOU think that
the houses along Pennsylvania avenue
are little-a little. mind you-too small
for the width of the streets to form
homogeneous entity from an architec-
tural point of view?'
The editor smiled slightly, and from
this the anxious nOnentity decided that
he would not be beheaded for calling him
Mr.. Ii.
Hardly" he replied, "there are many
points TO consider when discussing the
relative height of buildings and width of
streets In the first place Washington
is the possessor of many and beautiful
shade trees. These prevent the streets
there are the grand public buildings scat
tered everywhere; not high like the New
York skyscrapers but disniied and beau
tiful.
FROM my own STANDPOINT II WOuiu
seem best that the houses be not too
high. The high building is not the beau
tiful building. A city of skyscrarers
would be unsightly.'
And you believe" began the
nonentity.
No said the editor benignly, regard
ing such matters as this 1 never believe
I seek to learn and change my opinions
when 1 meet him who can convince me
that my views are wrong"
After this h2ck-han6p6 iO1f COr1i10
like an aeroplane out Of clear sky, the
nonentity shut up and gave the editor
fawn-like ''oh-how-could-you-
look. But he recovered by the time the
party reached the corner of New York
avenue and 18th street and commenced
pointing out the various prominent banks
in the vicinity.
''This.'' he said proudly, 'is Washing
tons Wall street.
"Oh. You have not arrived at that stage
of perfection when you can call Wall
street New York's 10Th street,? he in
quired blandly.
The nonentity looked surprised and hurt