Evening star., 1909-07-11
Around the City

Some men have no compassion TOR a
woman in distress. One of the type was
gobbling ice cream while the fair young
thing with him fairly wept over tale
of woe.
Il never was SO Inundated in my life.
The man bolted the last maccaroon on
the plate and finished his glass of water.
''Oh. you'll forget 1t.
Il won't either-to be Shamed like that
before all the rest of the talent-and by
the minister too,-it was that light blue
chiffon. with the pink roses around the
ompeer corsa2e that | wore with you 10
the Bachelors remember
That clingy thing with the rhinestone
suspenderso"
shoulder straps stripas-Uh huh, it
serves me right for wasting such dean
gown on a poky little church concert
and there | was all ready to go on and
recite when that minister man came ul
and asked me in gentle voice as if il
wasn't any favor at all, if | would please
wrap d towel around my neck-a towel
mind you. to hide that lovely blue chif-
fon--.
What there was OF it,, re minded the
man.
"What do YOU mean by that? | didn't
!. want more than enough, did /? OF course
] turned around and went home. Served
him right
1T certainly did. If had been in his
place you never would have heard me
asking you to wrap yourself in towel
should have suggested a. table cloth.
And the lone, lorn woman at the next
ia BILE lamented that she had TO leave be-
fore the little affair was over.
\ black silk woman stood before a mir
ror i'll a millinery department considering
hat. Time etches lines in the face
but trouble sears them in. and the WON
ans face was scared. Her hair was
frost bitten over her temples and hei
sorrow had made it gaunt and dry
| When she had studied tile hat she laic
! it aside.
1T is pretty style. but it won't sui
me- 1t is too young.
The clerk twiddled the rather cocllN
| little mushroom around her fingers. Blew
| into the plume 10 show how feathery il
was and then voiced the trade slogan
why Eve seen lots OF women Older
| than YOU wearing this exact shape
$50 have /. That's the reason | dom
want ii. If | wore it should look as
| silly the others"
Which shows tha. while trouble may
scar the face and grip the heart. it neec
not necessarily interfere with a won2an's
common sense.
An Italian sailor was swinging along
toward the Treasury. Al 10Th street he
came face to face with native of his
country who was wearing the priesty
black of the Catholic Church. Each rec
ognized In the other compatriot IN
foreign land. and their hands Went ou'
into an instantaneous and hearty clasp
TIE sailor uncovering in Difference 10 the
cloth.
the mother tongue must have sounded
| sweet to the clergyman. for his eyes
sparkled under his spectacles and his
| face flushed with an all-pink shining
glow. Many people in passing recognized
! the situation with smiling sympathy, anG
| one man said to his companions:
/ Those two are as obiivious 10 sur
| roundings as IL they We're in a desert
/ And the other answered.
You are mistaken in your location
| They are in Italy
man wearing high beaver and q
| suit to match stopped a woman in brown
| Glad to see you. How are you gettine
on:''
| oh. making money and getting fat"
The only thing worth noticing abou
| this interchange WAS that the woman was
a positive bone, and didn't look in the
! least as il she were making money.