Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
Around the City

Around the City
man in an automobile noticed Two
women wlfo were battling along I'm an icy
wind. They were not young and heauti-
full women. but on tho other hand. neither
we're they old and plain. As they reached
a crossing the man brought his machine
alongside and said TO them:
This is rough weather. ladies. and II
YOU will permit me | will be glad 10
take Won wherever you want 10 60"
The women were wise enough TO know
a kindness when they saw il. They ac-
cepted the courtesy and when the man
had whiZzed them To St Peters Church
and was helping them out of the automo-
bile. they thanked him with an appre-
citation that perhaps will encourage him
10 ofYer a like favor to other women
should the opportunity occur.
Just a simple act of courtesy honestly
offered and as honestly accepted. but
say:
Wasn't il rather unusual
The sleetstorm was trying its best
which meant its worst. to make a recoru
for Wednesday afternoon. when two
women came together outside the here
we-go-round door OF an office building
The one who was fat and befurred had
her carriage waiting before the jewelrs
store next door. The other was mere
business person. who had jolted out of
the building for her daily spree of coffee
and sandwich-ham.
The driver OF the carriage was APP
preaching to umbrella" the fat and be-
furred one from store to eQuipage, when
she happened to see the mere person.
Why, good morning, Miss Blank
Wish you happy New Year
Miss Blank Sided over about two slabs
OF cement to accept the extended hand.
and TO repeat the social formula. which
everybody voices and which. doubtless.
some people feel.
Il guess you think I'm silly to call il
a. good morning with the weather like
this. but i mean il. You see, / wear my
clouds with the silver lining out"
You are also wearing what used TO b.
the exclusive property of a mighty fine
SEAL
ness women because YOU are SO clever
my dear child, l never earned a postage
stamp In my life and couldn't II I tried
but do get ahead of you in one thing.
! insist upon keeping on the sunny side
OF life-what difference does IL make any.
how about the coat one wears?'
1T makes this much. bet YOU wouldn't
swap yours for mine
The women laughed as women will,
over foolish nothinEs, and the mere per
son was sliding of about her business
when the befurred one called a halt
There's no reason why You can't have
seal coat il You want it-you have no
one but yourself Really, one owes il 10
ones self to dress weli-but you business
women are always SO saving. ] suppose
you've laid away small fortune BY
this time
so small I've never caught sight OF
IL. Good morn"
Don't be i'm such rush. You might
have minute for an old friend
Don't own my minutes; I've sold them
for SO much per-
You ridiculous thing you Well,
dear, don't be pessimst. Do as I do
and you'll be much happier. Say to your
self, There is no suffering nor SORROW.
All is health and happiness and SUNSHINE
II takes faith. hut II will come TO you IL
you will close your eyes TO the unloveIy
things of life and see only ulat which i
beautiful
IF ! did. I'd be srrawling on this Ice
inside of two seconds. 1 have vague
sort of impression that ] am living in
world that is not all happiness and sun
shine. and that my eyes were given me
to see things az they are-those poor.
nervous horses stumbling along in tire
street, that old woman creeping along
with an empty basket on her arm and
nothing in her pocket TO fill it. that out
of-work man waiting at the corner for
the want ad page of The Star 10 be posted
ON the wall. There goes horse down,
And when the befurred one had been
.towed 10 her carriage and tucked in. the
mere person said to herself. as she slipped
and slid on toward an old woman with
an empty basket:
Best of everything. dear God. / thank
you for my eyes.
She was so old and brown that her face
was crnkled like badly cured tobacco
leaf And she was having the worst OF
an argument with crumb of colored
boy. who skipped and wheeled and shuffied
back and forth to keep time with her slow
and uncertain steps.
The trouble was natural history, and the
ancient soul. SO weak that she wavered
as she walked. was strong in her convic
ton that she knew what she was talking
about.
.'Huccome de papers tell bout dem bug
onless dey was sho nun livin' live cree
ters-huh?
The boy cut an extra skip 10 show his
contempt.
''Dey said bugs. Therfo' dey is bugs
flu 'thermo, I hearn a man down at de
mash market on SADLY night readin
about 'em-readin' fun de paper whites We
all sot roun' de fab he done kindled on
de street by de cart
''Lor. gramma, SMUT up-when Cook
an Purry santered up to de nawth poi-
dey didn't see hide nor hair of any ami
NAL goin'-
got no hair. boy. Bugs is bugs
How you reckon bugs gwinter live up
wander at de nawth pole. when dey aint
nothin' but ice to feed on-huh?"
The boy shrilled out his derision. but
gramma went him one better.
What dey live on? What dem bugs
live on? Huh. amt never ben thar an
seen 'em. but i spos'n dey feeds on d.
ice what de Lawd done spread aroun'
foh em so bountiful''
And the woman who passed them by i'm
the twilight wondered If they could posi-
bly, be talking of rebergs.
She was, doubtless, the earliest Christ
mas shopper OF tie season OF 1910.
I've been finding bargains" She blb-
bled cheerily to the other woman she was
treating to cocoa and turkey sandwiches.
Holiday leftovers are selling for so lit
tie that I've just bought three bits OF
china for what / would have had to PAY
for any one of them before Christmas.
Every year ! have TO pass over so many
friends whom I would like TO remember
that / have decided to buy pretty trifes
from time to time and pack them away
until Christmas-itS a good idea. don't
you Think?
1t was perfectly lovely idea. Incl
dentally. does anybody offer prizes for
the earliest Christmas shopper OF 1910?
Imperial Nicknames.
From NJ. A. p.