Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25


their straps.
Perfect pipe for male riders on the
cars, believe me- The male riders can
sprawl all over the seats and lean back
and enjoy life, and not feel the least
conjunction about not giving up their
seats to the woman folks; for they know
perfectly well that the woman folk can't
and won't sit down We don't even have
to keep newspapers i'm front of our faces
any more in order to hide our guilt when
we're ring with a car filled with stand
ing women All we've got to do is to
Toll back and look contented and tickled
to death with life and its compensations.
The other evening. in one OF the parlors
Of the Hotel Aston, / saw a couple of
young women who took chance. That
is. they sat down. That is to say, they
didn't regularly sit down after the man
ner of folks sitting down comfortably.
Instead, when they were ready to take
the chance they stood in front OF the
chairs upon which they were going to
sit, looked back Of them and measured
the distance and got the range. and then
sort o. fell backward. Luckily they land
ed in the chairs. They were the hrst
two l had seen sit down In those clothes;
and SO l lowered around to see how they
were going to rise. l can't describe II,
rise, just like that. They sort of squirmed
gradually to vertical position. 1t was
a sort CT swaying motion. with their
hands clutching the arms of their chairs.
and really they lifted themselves up by
sheer strength of arms. When they final
ly got up. without visible calamity, they
occupied themselves for about five min
utes in pulling their dresses down &c
smooth them out again; using little pinch
ing persuasions with their fingers to erase
the sitting down wrinkles and to get the
frocks to reassume the tube-like appear
ance 1t harked me back for all the
world to how us fellers of the r1p-roarfu
d-eighties used to have to persuade
our skin-tight outer neither garments L
behave and stop riding over our shoe-top
after we'd taken the Rubicon-crossint
chance and sat down.
All of this is not to deny that the gir
who is poured into her clothes Is at
, tractive enough, IL so be she is pretty tt
suit ANYBODY. and no doubt she does sui
everybody but herself. for l can't re-
member ever having seen such perfectly
women, without exception, whom have
seen wearing these tubular street dresses
What a long cry back 1t Is to bustles
and bishops sleeves!
And how gloatily glad We are That we
don't have to be melted in the crucible
each day and poured into our fool ap'
parel.
ECENTLY the undersigned was made
N to feel rebellious. which always Is g
dangerous thing for the community ir
which he happens to be living.
1t happened along O. this:
1t had been two years since We hat
seen game of ball. All last summer
we lounged and lolled on the Atlantic
sands. draping ourselves gracefully
against the horizon and stunning effort
and so we didn't see airy game OF bal
games Of one-old-cat, called ball, playet
at the Atlantic City ball grounds. But W,
4 mean I-don't call that ball It's hare
for a b. b. maniac to go two years with
out having seen a game or ball l had x
go without any ball balm to Gilead me 4
peaceful repose all during the early par
of this season up to a recent time. be
cause the ball game hour interfered Will
my jobful activities, which just abou
begin to warm up for the DAY whef
games are being called.
But one day not long ago the old "yen.
as hop smokers call the desire Il
lean up against the old dope bamboo
seized on me. l must and would see on
perish. 1t had to be. And the time wa!
, propitious.
A famed club with which I used 4
travel as war correspondent was here I
, around the Hotel Somerset, where TIL
bunch stayed. and foregathered one ball
full morning with 'em. going over the oil
stuff, renewing memories OF things tina
!. happened when was hiking around Will
'em as booster. and all like that Tn
business manager Of the team. one buddi
full matey of that dimming time aske'
t me why / wasn't ball-visiting none
whereupon / grabbed him by the lape
and told him that / was going to do Jus
that that ca. Aa1 20 he ar. arscd L