Evening star., 1909-06-13
Around the City

woman and a girl were going along
9TH street in the rainy dusk. They car
ried between them a chair with a frayed
cane seat and the woman held III her
other hand smaller chair il the same
condition. hank ot cane splints tucked
under her arm showed that the woman
caned chairs and that she had job
She was a gaunt. waverng thing in
bedrasgled brown frock. the placket open
and the belt line showing bulScs of some
thing that answered TO underwear. The
child'S gingham had shrunk in the wash
until ii showed her knobby knee joints
and her skinny hair was Skewered with
a pitifully prodigious and rain -beaten bow.
As they passed a dry goods store the
child paused to look into the window The
woman walled protest in a tiredto-
death voice:
Come on. honey. my arms are most
broke. Amt no sense your loCkln al
things when you amt no money.
Il know | amt no money. an if | had
I'd rather buy some meat and bread"
To another woman WHO was hurryinG
by in the dusk 1t seemed that a child
must be right starved to prefer meat and
bread 10 pretty clothes-and if it wasn't I
that she was in such rush to get home
out of the storm. and her purse was so
hard 10 get at under her raincoat--
So the woman kept up two bio ks
and around a corner. Then she stopped.
Then she turned back around the corner
and down the two blocks TO the window
where the thld had stood. And when
she saw nothing but a deserted street
with the rain beating down. the woman
said to herSelf-no. not to herself:
Some time. somewhere. you will say to
me: Il was hungry and YOU did not feed
me-"
\ batch of tourists were going a'Ong
corridor in the Treasury building when
a shutter door flew open and knocked
one of the party down. The messenger
who had bounced through the door kept
en- bouncing down the hall and the tour
lists helped the victim to her feet.
\ pewter-starred watchman got UP from
his chair to explain.
She walked too near the door. The
clerks are always coming and going, and
visitors should be careful to keep in the
middle of the hail.
Then why dent YOU post warning"
snapped tourist man. This lady has
had bad fall
"Oh. I'm all right" interrupted the
victim. Il can stand for fall or two.
I'm no Eve"
The woman who wasn't Eve closed the
incident by leading the way to the en-
trance. And the peWer-starred watch
man sat down
A detachment Of field artillery was
passing in front Of Pennsylvania ave
nue. hOte'. The steps and pavement were
alive With j0vial badge-ia beled men who
looked as if they had been having all
sorts Of good time and meant to keep il
up when tney got into the string OF
automobiles lined ZIP al the curb. The
parade caught their interest. and the
soldiers. horses and cannon were coming
in for jolly comment, waen in a flash
every face sohered, every voice was 81
fenced, every head was barred.
Out on the street slOw-innving horses
We're drawing a caisson. On it was a
casket covered with flag and heaped
with flowers.
The conqueror Of all men was passing
by.
horse and buggy stood in front of a
clubhouse. AS a man came cut of the
house and got into the buggy the horse
away. A colored man dartcd to the res.
cue and brought the animal TO a halt. The
driver got out patted the horse. thanked
the colored man and handed him some
change.
Looks like he's had a scare of some
sort. been hit or somethn'," suggeste &c
the colored man.
Il don't know what got into him. He:
a slow going. cOol-headed old chap anC
| there's nothing around to frighten him
! Got to doing and had bad dream, eh
| Billy
| Then the driver gave Rilly's brown
| and drove away.
| And a woman who was passing the
| clubhouse considered that il was up &c
| her to stop a tree box and say things
! to small boy who was fitting d pebble ir
| a bean shooter.