The Washington herald., 1909-05-02
WASHINGTON SKETCHES.
BY AUBREY D'AURAND.

She was one Of those refund. good
natUred colored women, and as she en-
tered a pay-fcr-standiHg-rCom car she
brought with her a large clothes basket
Of freshly manicUred laundry and a smile
that made the electric lights envious.
Owing 20 the unfesslbility OF deposit
ing her bundle on the rear platform. or
Of placing il IN the passage way. Miss
Sunny Sue marched Up the commodious
space. which a solicitious corporation had
provided. with a smile on her sun
Drowned countenance: placed her basket
Of fresh linen against the exit door In
such manner as 10 prevent any one
from leaving without first removing the
basket. and then retreated past a gantlet
Of smiling passengers TO a seat in the rear
OF the car.
The basket was not destined 20 repose
very long in its stopping place. for the
watchful eve OF the "ticket-please" man
spotted the obstruction, and with a
Would-not-Wash-OG smile. Miss sunny
Sue removed the basket 20 the front plat
form. whore It remaineS undisturbed
She was entertaining her friend the
other day while they were riding In one
OF the automobile herdics by depicting in
glowing colors most wonderful picture OF
the Distinguishing traits Of her son.
You know. Archie IS one cf the most
stUdious boys you ever saw. II would
allow T.. he would read al the time. Il
is almost impossible 70 get him 10 go out
and play with the other boys he is
such remarkably wcll-developed child
for his age. and he is SO fond OF athletics.
which. Of course. makes him so aWfully
healthy. he sometimes catches "A cold, but
he gets rid Of il in no time You know.
De just throws them Of as easy as any
thing
These rather paricoIi-aily congIomer-
ated statements caused her listener 90
gasp for breath. but d did not deter the
mother of the prodigy from launching
forth into peans OF inordinate praise.
"You know, every one saws he takes
after his mother. He IS so generous 4 7
didn't watch him. he would give away
everything he possesses. and n gets
along so well with everybody. and ote
thing like about IT Is. that all the men
admire him, and 80 many persons have
remarked how much he takes after his
mother in every way He is so gentle
manly. too. You know, & is SO very diff
fcvlt to find a gentleman any more. And
Archie is 50 refined and polite but every
body says he gets all his good traits from
his mother"
Then the herdi> gave a jolt as it ran
into hole in the asphalt pavement.
He entered the Le Droit Park car as Il
was making its daily trip from nowhere.
TO the jumping of place at the river
bank He was a neatly dressed chap Of.
not more than twenty-five. and. from the.
change in the atmosphere which marked
his arrival, the man sitting next TO him
knew intuitively that the young fellow
had recently taken a Carrie Nation ex-
otter to abate his thirst
The man at his side was unknown 70
hin. neither was his neighbOr acquainted
with him, but that fact vas not con-
sidered Of sufficient Importance 20 hinder
the young man from opening the Conver-
sation.
I've got an awful headache" was the
~ rG4lAAic EDl tlQii-c aA = y CLOCK anu
found a note from my wife telling me
that she had taken the baby out for a
car ride. or course. this Was news TO
the recipient OF the information as he
was not acquainted with the census re-
turns OF the family OF the man-without-
a-wife. Yes. sir, I've got the sweetest
baby in town. and my wife left me a
note, and she said she would be back in
Frean 70 :
1 was sound asleep when the janitor OF
the fat where I live woke me 10 ten me
that my wife had 'phoned him 20 tell me
that she would not be home for some
time. and for ne 10 cook my own dinner.
Wen. you know I'm not going to do that.
50 I'm going down town to get my dinner.
guess when 1 eat something my head
ache will get better"
His newly-found conf1dant expressed the /
hope that it would improve, and when the |
ear reached a downtown corner, Mr. /
Young n-without-his-dinner staggered l
1n.
Question-How was his head the next
he boarded a get-on-or-off-a f-at-either-end 4
az the other morning as It was going /
town Fourteenth street. and stood on the
rent platform. He would have entered 1
he car, only there were several hundred 1
human sardines already enjoying the 1
.cmforts OF inside standing room seats, +
md as the car remained immovable the 4
conversation ensued between 1
he front-platfoTm-stande and the chauf- 4
eur.
.s'Please get inside Passengers are not +
!lowed to stand on the front platform
There is no room inside. so there is no
lace for me 10 60 unless get up on The
oof.r
We'll. that don't make any difference
o me. The company says must not run
ny car while any one is standing out
sde."
All right, then; let the car stand here
a day IN not in a hurry, and I'm not
oing 20 get into that Jam If you want.
on can put me Of. but otherwise I re-
7ain right where an"
And then the car resumed its slow and
lethodicai southern course.