Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29

Il a is pifiing. it is Unfortunately ex-
pensive it is unhygienic: it in
evitably makes for involuntary sousefui-
ness
The crusher of common sense should be
rolled over it.
/ thought of this for the one-millionth
time when, at the gray hour of , OF
bleak afternoon last week, | dropped into
a murally decorated hotel cafe on Broad
way for a glass of mineral water.
Members of the bunch swayed back and
forth in front of the highly onyxed moist
orium counter / strove not to see them,
tried to look distracted. My purpose was
to insert small modicum of mineral
water into the diaphragm for thirst-ap-
peasing purposes and make sedate ana
safe getaway
With this laudable purpose in view L
picked out a spot at the end OF the
counter and whispered into the ear OF the
attendant the name OF the safe ana sane
fluid 1 desired. lie came over with it.
was pouring it in when one of the bunch
eased over to me.
To-" he said, keeping a tight clutch
on the elonsated bali he was carrying.
"Whatcha garslin ??
.Aw, that stuff'd kill giraffe he OBJ
served, with marked disapprobatlon
Full O. marble dust. Worse thing yum
cd poke into YOUR frame. No use KILN
yourself Stick around a While. come
on and have reg lar drink with me
I tried to uncoil the nay upon HIN by
telling him that the family was trying on
some hats at a millinery shop right down
the street and that ] was due there In
two minutes to dig up for the headgear
that she might select.
Get some new comedy said he, ur-
banely. THAT un was pulled with Dan
Bryant's Ministries. Come on and have
one"
l didn't want another fiagon of m. neral
water. My thirst was appeased. But he
had hold of my arm. He was pulling me
down toward his end of the counter he
was regular peop.e. l had known hlm
for twenty years. l couldn't roughly
shake off his arm and tell MIN to go to
Tripoli.
So | permitted myself to be dragged
down to the end of the counter that ne
had blocked out as his own.
Two hlghballs, said he to the attend
ant with the pnkie-w.nk shave.
I requested him to desist-the member
OF the bunch, | mean Told HIM 1 never
applied anything caloric or rebe llous 10
my system whilst out with the family.
pleaded, also. that 1t was getting on
toward dinner tine. and that t vas not
sanitation to nudge joltful things like
alt.tudinous balls into my frame SO c.ose
to food time.
law, Y need a new sketch, replied the
member of the bunch. Two hlghballs,
garcon."
Whereupon resolutely, / repeated that
mineral water would be nine My IT END
looked intensely reproyefuL He'd been
there about ha fan hour, and MS laten
sensitiveness therefore had had time 10
come to the surface. But | won out. IL
came mineral water. / DIDN'T want II,
but, so as not to seem too molluskian, L
slipped it and gradually got away with
When I nerceived that his amphora was
emptied l of course, did the usually
idiottc but required thing.
"'Avenuther," said l, that is to say
He nodded His was the same, and NINE
came mineral water again. / was be2in-
ming to feel like I was taking the cure
AT the French Lick. a whole lot OF dank.
clammy mineral water at o'clock of a
gray. gloomy afternoon doesn't make for
chirk or cheer Moreover my companion.
under the glowing pressure of the steep
ones he was absorbing into his torso. was
becoming woosefu, poetic, confidential,
merry sad and other things by quickly
succeeding turns. He was arriving at
that "Lemme tell yuh! and Believe
men stage. / foresaw that not long hence
he would be herding me into corner and