Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Around the CITY

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The Inauguration brought to Washing
ton q visitor from Illinois. He was an
elderly man with a well balanced mind
ready to appreciate all the good things
Washington had to show. but. like every
body else. he had his preference:
There's lot -of splendid trees out al
Arlington; magnificent trees worth thou
sands Of dollars. Seems to me the gov
eminent should cut them for timber and
give the cemetery more ROOM
1t was perfectly sensible opinion from
the viewpoint of Illinois, where man
chokes unless he has a whole prairie to
breathe In, and where doubtless the
saWmilis are always hungry for shingles
and planks.
He was probably just as patriotic al
the sentimental visitor who saw in each
oak at Arlington sylvan sentinel guard
ing the nations dead.
It's the viewpoint that makes the diff
ference.
An elderly woman entered a crowded
car, and, as no man showed symptoms OF
sallantry. young girl carrying short
hand book arose and gave the woman he1
seat. At the end of a few squares the
woman got of and the girl sat down
This act OF courtesy aroused no be at d
chlValry In the man passengers, each OF
whom read his paper or looked bluntly
satisfied with condit.ons-as. If course
he had right to. If ne wished. 1t sc
happened that another elderly woman go,
aboard and the program was repeated
the girl hanging to a strap until the cal
reached the transfer station at U street
AT that point man entered, saw the
girl, shook hands cordially and exclaimed
IN the voice OF one who owns the cart
and all therein:
Thought you were coming up to hear
me speak-and the sessions almost over
Can't you come UP to the Capitol with
me now for luncheon?"
Thank you, not this morning, senator
l have an engagement on hand: touch the
button for me-thanks.'
Livery newspaper LOST its charm for the
men who had been hidden in its depths
every stolid passenger who had Ignored
the mere straphanger grew simultaneous
ly solicitous to place his share of the car
at the disposal Of the senator's friend.
This may have been politeness or toady-
ism. hut it didn't at all matter to an
other woman passenger who had witness
ed the entire affair Her sole interes
centered In the girl who had supplied he
with a new thought under the sun-the
thought that young women who go ou;
In the world to battle for right of wa.
are acquiring feeling of protective ten
derness for all who are helpless and d.
a protective tenderness that men arr
throwing aside. and which Sc fish girls
and women never did have. and never
WILL
He was from the far west, and after a
try at New York had stopped over for
the inauguration on his way back home
He had his reason.
Yes, sir. I'm hitting the trail back to
Gods country. I've had my dose of the
east. Why. out In my part OF the world
It's What can do for your But up in
New York the one and eternal question
Is How can l do you? Wouldn't you
call that good reason for going homer
It sure was.
There Is fortunate young man In this
city who is the father of the most re-
markabIe tWo-year-old boy who ever ex-
tsted or ever will. And it is the joy of his
life to worship evenings at the shrine OF
this youngster in a beautiful place called
Home. A conspicuous feature of this
young mans recent devotions has been
song-not an aria that rivals get on,
in1unctions about or a lullaby with mincI
trimmings, but just a common, SATISFYING
ditty that voices the hardships of I
Poor Married Man." OF course, the boy
cannot comprehend the words Of this
song because scientist has written q
two-volume book to prove that children
cannot apply their intelligence before the
age Of five. But the kiddie loves ever,
note of 1t. and the .encores he demands
would be gratifying to the father even
were he really and truly singer. which
one may remark in a whisper he is dis
tinctly not.
There are Interruptions to this idyllic
program. of course. and one Of them was
caused the other day by the need of the
cnilo Tor pair OF overshoes. the purchase
of which required the combined wisdom
Of the man and his pretty young wife
The boy, having been fitted, was struttine
up and down an aisle of Brussels to the
entertainment Of several other customers
when, suddenly. the pretty young wife de.
cided to take advantage of the opportu.
nifty to buy for herself a pair of slippers
she would be needing by and by. An6
as the clerk knelt before her with a batch
of ties tho two-year-old observed with
humorous cyntcism:
Papa is a poor mahwid man.
It was applied intelligence, all right.
It was Friday and the sun was shining
This fact was commented upon by one OF
two women who were together on a car
six more weeks of cold weather! This
is the day the ground hog comes out for
his second forecast. and, of course he
has seen his shadow and turned in for an.
other snooze-
"Why. l thought he only came out In
February" interrupted the other woman
"All you've got to do is to go down In
Baltimore county, Nd. and learn wis.
dom. Ground hogs run the weather blu.
1Cdu uOWu tutTc-dIQ Olu you notice the
birds Wednesday before the inausura
ton? l never saw SO many birds in al
my born days! The sky was black with
them as they streaked across the sky
flying southwark. 1t is so unusual for on,
birds to leave at this season that / won.
dered what 1t meant Next morning
knew. They had got advance notice
somehow. Of the big snowstorm.
haven't seen those birds return yet-oi
course. l may have missed them-but II
they are not back, why that's another
sign Of bad weather to come and There
goes a dog that looks like our Rex. ne
was the smartest dog! Show him dollar
bill and he would frisk out to the kitchen
for the market basket, but pass him q
dime and he would know that the cook
meant him to take the tin bucket and
trot around the corner for beer"
They've got the cutest dog up at a
farm where a friend of mine visits" CON
tinued the other woman. Every morn
ing he takes the breakfast bell and rings
at each bedroom door except one. Al
that door he puts the bell down and
jumps on the bed to paw the covers. You
see he knows that Mr.. Blank is deaf and
cannot hear the ringing
Yes. and neighbor of ours had a
parrot that"
But at that vitality interesting moment
the woman who was listening had to go.