Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
Around the CITY

az was a pOAHy PCtooli IA UdS-hSCSS
brown and shell-pink necktie, and
when the Cantaloupe he hal ordered was
brought to him with the two halves heap
ed with ice, this Is the CT full tiang
he did:
First, he emptied the Ice into q dish,
took one-half CT the melon on his pate
and reached out for tho sugar shaker.
sitting was too slow a proc, IS. so he
unscIewed the top and poured out q
stream OF tie granulated until it form6 d
cone that reached from the cup OF the
can:aloupe to above It's yellow edges.
Ther. he stirred the mixture in % a lLlry
strip, and
man at the next table, who had
watched the pOrky man until the upIift-
lns the tus; spoOnfu,. lurnei away
with shrug CT disgust he was a md
ale-ased, flesh-faCed man. VINO look.d
as IL lie had come to the cafe Stl ght
from a TuI kisn bath, and his vo &C, as
he addressed the Woman Wan IiM. hRl
the accent that STAINS tor old Engi.sh.
1T is queer. you know-rsaily. \ an
not meaning 10 nnd rault. out your peo-
Pie don't seem to relish their food until
they have entirely ruined l.. Favor
counts Tor nothlng with You. That cnap,
VINO has made pap of his ,ruit. for In
stance, wou,d to. .ure TIE na.urai taste
tSsteF VA ,ep--vs.
horse-radish. vinegar and any other con-
oiment that happens to be on the taLie.
He would down bit Of biuefish in
" orcestel shire saute, and Which &c or
ders porter house / wOn.e. he does not
save nis money and take chuck steak
since lie smothtrs ii. Anyhow. in catsLp
AMI tabasco. tardon NE. ! bre a6 MY
own eggs. Bring me two. p.ease, so.t
Lo,ied ln Their Sells"
iI.e wa,..,ss weak OF with the eggs
that she mad brought broken in a glass,
anu the man OF old England sad
alphabetically to tine woman with him:
Il can SAID the way they bstag me my
meat swimming in gravy. but cannot-I
really cannot-.r.ng myself to jell,ed EGGS.
Why. don't you know, tina. cEap there
! see him quite often in TIE morning at
TINS TIME. Nn.aJ8 dis .geS Az. a
mush and then breaks bread crumbs into
| item. Really, .ou know, you have the
finest food in the world. but, my word--''
The waitress interrupted with his order
and an Official egg cup. The Old Eng ia. I'd
| an Clipped Oft a butt and shell with the
dc fitness OF lifelong p actice, aid the
woman prOceeoed to show off how da:nt-
lily she could nibble at her peaches and
cieam.
She didn't once have the patriotic
gumption to tell her foreigner tina, he
was juggling q nations table manners by
one porky person-in a cafe.
Still, you cannot-you positively cam
not-do two things properly at the same
Just then was to annex herself to Great
Britain.
They met at the Public Library and she
keeping some engagement. She was
dead earnest In manner, her eyes were
beautifully honest. and she had a snap
PLY cheerful voice that reeled itself off
like this:
II wanted to get around to you, but /
coufdn't-been housekeeping. Nonday
morning l tackled the old press in the
lower hall, where the preserves, pickles.
slue-pots old skillets. pans, bottles Ct al.
sizes; shapes and colors. Photographic
supplies. presses-printing, not clothes
cutters, rollers, eld-time negatives. screens,
tacks, nails and junk Of every sort ana
description, are packed away in cold stor
age. Yesterday the major general at
command, but this old guard never sur
rendered until she had cleared out the
last bit OF dust, old music. aoth-eaten
papers, torn and tobacco-spitten, broken
pictures. calendars OF ancient vintage.
squirmng moths and very dead mice.
Today we marched on the book shelves
in the mogurs room: routed out the
germs and book worms. and more moths
the silvery kind that eat the weird up
and now I'm taking breath until 1 ind
out what the major general has mapped
for tomorrow's campaign. II only he had
the physical strength Of cur great North
American colonel. the major general
&C uld turn the world over without Archi-
decides 10 pile Felion on Ossa in the
morning. IN keep my date with you in
And the other woman. lonesome sort
OF soul in crow black. sa d, when she
got the chance:
II reckon it's right hard work juggling
with Pelions and Ossas. but, anyhow, 1t
stands for home"
Then the two OF them went into the
reference room, and that's why there's no
more to tell.
Two young men had paused on the
south side Of the Avenue before q shop
that had god balls over the door. One
youngster stood In front of the other, just
as one woman " II shield another whi,e
she fastens a skirt say. that shows symp-
toms OF falling by the way. The young
ster behind fumbled at a watch attached
to a chain. His face was flushed as II ne
were doing new and disc-editable thing
passed him.
Say. whst's keeping your
The young man in front craaed around
face that was white and eyes that
were swollen as IL from lack of whole
some sleep-and other things.
Cant get the blamed thing off the
CHAIN
"Oh. what's the diff. kid? Let 'em go
togethe-: You can get 'em back any Cd
time
But the youngster persisted. and was
still fdgeting when by some miracle o.
chance-oh. well, call II chance-a third
young man happened along: They knew
him. The one with the watch looked his
relief. The one on guard turned su.ky.
Both were plainly surprised.
The new young man opened the meet
ing by reaching out for both watch and
chain and dropping them in his pocke-.
Then he took out his purse.
How much. Jim?'
The owner Of the watch looked In turn
at his sulky compan'oa:
How much, Paul?'
The Paul man muttered something, and
the new arrival, after a hesitating Sec
ond. handed him greentack.