Evening star., 1909-03-07

elaborate sign with more accenting I'M
ger 1t was fastened to the door by It
self. instead of on the wall with the
others. And 1t read:
Here's where you can get bored"
A primly neat woman was going along
18th street with primly neat child. The
child capered in front and the woman
read what looked to be play bill. When
she was through she dropped it on the
pavement. On both sides of the street
men were decorating houses and stores
for the inaugural, and everywhere the city
authorities were cleaning and fixing so
that Washington might make q beautiful
impression on visitors.
And all that primly neat woman could
do to help was to litter up a pavement
that was sweet and clean except for her
selfshness and lack OF thought or care.
And she probably calls herself good
citizen and would get into tantrum II
anybody were to tell her she wasn't nice.
There were two ways of looking at
Thursdays weather. Each opinion be-
longed to a man who was plowing his
the snow lay In white fluffy deepness.
unbroken by footprint or wheel. The
men were together; two warm-coated.
high-booted fellows, with hats crammed
down to their eyes and collars drawn up
to their ear tops The only difference
between them was in their way OF look
Ing at the storm.
IT this isn't the limit! Worst day
We've had this winter. and I've got to
parade. II I believed any of that rot
about the wisdom of nature I'd say she
| had grudge against the 4th of March.
but there isn't blanked thing to it but
| blanked bad luck
"Oh. let up! When you get to fussing
| with nature for attending TO her busi-
! ness It's time for you to quit. Why don't
you rail at Congress for not changing
the date? That's what I'm doing"
Because Congress has no right to med
die With the Constitution. 1t was good
enough for the men who made it and IL s
good enough for us"
"Oh. shucks! They didn't put up pa
| rades that brought the whole country to
town. believe in ripping up any old law
when 1t gets behind the ,times-but gee,
| It's tough on the crowds and on the fell
lows who built stands-Ive got a two
dollar seat under an avenue snowbank-
| and. say. I'm sorry for the fakirs, poor
I'm not bothering about other people
they can do their own worrying What
I'm kicking at Is having to march in
all this snow-blank it.'
,,,,,p Darn 1n you, I'm glad of II! A fellow
pie than you've got ought to be-Say,
stop here In the cafe with me and see
| what q cup Of hot coffee will do for you,
you old grump, you-You've got time
| ASut Oao uhip "ouiuu SlOp. WIN q
last explosive blank he went or looking
with his powdered hat and shoulders
like big human snowdrift floundering
| In an endless white waste Of drifting
snow.
And another human snowdrift who was
hopping behind In his footprints heard a
| low, rumbling growl In response to the
other mans cheerful last word:
THE weather's all right Celebrating
| the outgoing Of Roosevelt instead of the
incoming Of Taft"
And she who hoped In old Rrump's
steps wondered II by any possible chance
| the other man could be a party of the
name Of Tapley.
Two young fellows In khaki stood on
| an avenue curb and chuckled at some
thing across the way. The longer they
looked the more fun they got out of the
| situation and the chuckles had given way
to the untrammeinn 0ughter of healthy
boisterous youth. God bless 1t, when a
| sensible man person paused to ask the
| whyfore The soldiers directed his atten-
| tion to a stand on the opposite side of the
street and then waited for him to take
| the joke.
But the sensible man person looked as
! II he would no more take a joke than
| a pocketbook.
"Yes. see the stand. What Of it?"
I The youngsters winked at each other
| person If he had noticed the sign above
the stand.
Certainly. An ordinary business sign.
What of that?'
Then the two were taken with a flesh