Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-09
AROUND THE CITY.

in which machine equals a horee-
by initiating him. That Trojan war;
The car horse has gone. and the
field horse may follow, but, so long
as man-nature calls out for race
course. tanbark. parade and high jump
on life's calendar. So long as man
fights his battles, so long will the
horse give his lifeblood for man.
And so long as earth lasts there viii
be alwayS-always-the pale White
Isteed that stops at every mans door
Then the man came for the woman
And they went out and got in an auto-
mobile.
You are cordially invited TO take on
your hats to two soldier guests-nam-
| ing no names.
The one with joy bubbles in his yeice
had enlisted upon the declaration OF
war. Before that he was travelling
man. And his bouyant assurances that
the cathedra1s of Europe had nothing
on South Bend, Ind, gave token OF
how Loyalty man may love his home;
The other had seen service In tho
Philippines. In. his eyes was the
knowledge that ebolos give. And to
hear his quiet voice was to understand
how it is that man dare follow wher-
ever flag leads the way. Moreover,
he could fry German potatoes by an
other name.
All of which, dear Everybody. is to
herald the fact-not arrogantly, Under
stand-that these sons of Mars who
had the right of way to any Thanks
giving dance, play, banquet or other
froHc which Washington hospitality
could think up. deliberately decided Ia
favor of the two old maids you must
have read about-the ones who wanted
to ask small share of the Army to
dine, but didn't dast for fear the guests
might consider themselves stung:
So they. came-Would you mind bow.
Just to show the fine. training Of
rth-planet parents, before the war
god set his brown seal on the two.
here's what happened when the time
came to expose the villainy of soul
less trust that had wished stogies ON
guileless hostess, instead of well
paid for cigars:
Joy Bubble took a whit, threw back
rhapsodic expectancy-you know how
men go on-waiting for the smoke to
spiral up. Which the smoke didn't Then
and helped himself to his own cigar
cites. There was a reason-you would
have guessed it at the very FIRST pun,
IL you had ever kept company with
tobacco crops from hills to hoesheads:
counting in ground leaves, worms after
the plants and turkeys after the
worms. horncasters. gummy pink suck
ers and the aroma that goes with
stripping on a damp day in the barn
bless his heart, he didn't even change
countenance when offered the left
overs to smoke on the way to-never
mind where. This is war time and you
have to be careful.
1t would be fine II the festivity could
stop right here, but-owing to the law
which forbfds the maligning of ones
fellow man. the seeming poor taste
of the guests in the selection of
hostesses is hereby most reluctantly
explained. They were family men, and.
naturally. were too homesick for their
wives and children to link up with any
of the gay doodads of the day And You
know. as well as the next, that nobody
on top of the earth could ever mistake
an old maid for any gay doodad Not
If he lived on the street called Sane.
Still. even at that. there's q 'diffe--
ence between spinsters of the species.
along with the other Kipling females
to wit:
When the evening had become a mar.
ter of hail and farewell, one OF the
presiding elders-the one whose re-
sponses to every war need that comes
along have already stocked her up with
bond buttons. orphans, comfort bags,
trench candles. war daddy Sammies 4
and Soldiers French"-said unto the
other-of whom the least said the
soonest mended:
They seemed to stand us all right.
Ann. Let's invite couple Of sailors"
Unfortunately for the proposition, the
trail Of the stogte was making itself at
home. The Ann one shifted It. ANY.
body could.
And after that. we can ask two .,
marines. And / hope Joy Bubble and
the bolo-man will come back some time
FOR supper, don't your
The other one undoubtedly hoped 10.
too. but she didn't say 1t. You know
how 1t is when you have a stogie on
your mind. Especially when won
bought it yourself
MAMIE LANCASTER.