Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-27
AROUND THE CITY

A tiny girl was trying to open the shut
ter door of saloon.
A man about to enter patted her on the
head and asked her what she wanted.
I'm lookin for my papa" said the
tiny girl.
She wasn't in the least like the tenn
perance pictures of a drunkards child.
Her small face was round and merry and
her frock showed loving care. Still
A tiny girl trying to open the shutter
door of a saloon doesn't look we'll for
papa.
woman stood opposite the disman-
tied end of the Treasury and focused
her camera on three laborers who were
swinging through the air from the roof
Of the building to the street.
1t seemed rather a perilous descent,
with only n few strands Of rope to save
the men from being dashed to the piled
up granite beneath. and. apparently. all
the world was there to look on. AS the
platform on which the laborers stood
touched the ground. the packed crowd
broke up into Individual passers-by. in
hurry to get away, and the camera
woman looked disappointed.
Couldn't you catch them?" inquired
another woman, who CHANGED to be stand
ing near.
"Oh. in a way, but they won't amount
to much. If I hadn't had my camera
along they would probably have fallen
and been killed"
She said it as If she had grudge
against the ropes for not breaking. but
when the other woman showed her as
constituent, she explained. affably:
"Of course. / don't want accidents to
happen on my account. but I'd love to be
81, So In,
a camera contest. and the picture with
the most go to it will take first prize"
Which shows what ambition will do.
They were buying sofa cushions. The
counter looked like a gone-mad coy
corner and the clerk was presenting for
consideration a rakish affair. bearing the
motto: "A cold stein for mine.
The center was taken up by beer mug
in blue silk foaming over with white
floss. and scattered over the cushion with
demoralizing promiscuousness were pipes.
cards dice and cigarettes.
II guess I'll take this one" decided the
customer. who was young woman with
sparkles in her eyes and dimple In both
cheeks.
For goodness sake, Pauline. don't be so
foolish" demonstrated the other woman,
who. incidentally. had neither sparkles
nor dimples. You know that Walter
neither drinks, smokes nor CANDLES.
That's why I'm buying this cushion"
snapped Pauline. Walters so wishy-
washy that he gets on my nerves. This
viii at least make his room look as If it
had had a past You haven't got that
pattern of ballet girl frisking on a wine
glass, have you?
The clerk was sorry to say that they
were out Of ballet girls. Pauline was
sorry. also. and she said as much as she
passed over a ten-dollar bill.
A man was peddling notions in front Of
| a government building. A spruce-looking
clerk who had just stepped out from the
| building. was looking over the peddler
| tray He said he wanted collar button
After lingering the entire assortment
and trying the spring Of each. he finally
made a selection. The spring seemed all
right. but he was afraid the button didn't
| shine quite as bright as some OF the
| others and he would like to know II 1t
could be guaranteed not to tarnish. He
| was afraid il would be better after all,
to take one that looked more like gold
| The peddler was pathetically patient.
but there was nothing joblike about an
| other customer who had also come out
| of the building. and bought button.
J pair of suspenders and pair OF shirt
| sleeve fasteners.
| Say. Blank, you don't want one of
these buttons. What you want is a Tiff
fanny stud with Kimberly diamond in It,
And you want ii for a nickel"
The spruce-looking clerk pretended to
take 1t as joke. But his ears turned
red.
A young woman in a new autumn hat
| caueht the interest Of two women still
in summer straws.
why. just look at that girl wearing
peacock feathers! II she isn't married
already, / bet there'll be no wedding
bells for her
.:That's all you know about it," con-
tradicted the other. Peacock feathers
aren't unlucky when they are over your
head
Which is a good thing to know.
| demonstration in a store window was
whetting a razor on a strap. Outside on
the bricks stood two middle-aged women
and skinny boy in knee pants
The demonstration must have failed to
meet the approval Of one OF the women,
| for she said to the other:
j He don't take no iutrust. does hs7 !