Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-06

fset this world to going properly, no
matter how hard you try.
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The calendar made by Pope Gregory
and edited by Father Time is al right
for everyday use. but-there CONS fn~
portant occasions that call for . geods
reliable blue moon-therefore:
Once in a blue moon, this lnsfgnifi-
cant unit aspires to the dignity OF a
woman's page-this time for the pur-
pose of awarding an idea to humanity
at large
1t is a new idea, in that Solomon
never heard tell of it-and also m old
one that was born and seems to baye
died out with the gifted brown beings
who once on a time made spoon. SALT
risin', egg pone an plain" for ovens.
with the same degree of art with which
painters made pictures for walla-and.
generally, much better, In the matter
of taste. So now you know It con-
Germs corn bread.
We are beseeched to eat corn bread, and
and doubtless we would be retoiced to
follow copy, except that corn bread 10
not to be had. The bakers won't handle
the situation, because. to be good. corn
bread must be piping hot from stove to
appetite. Therefore again:
If you have inherited handed down
aDlI1tX, OF POSSESS NATURAL DOIh
genius for corn bread and want to
profit by your talent. suppose you try
little ad in ,the papers telling how
you will take orders for breakfast
mullins. pone or johnnycake. hot on tie
spot; to be delivered to nearby custom.
or for any one who will sendy
Maybe something will happen. And
then again. maybe it won't It all DE-
ponds on whether or not that PSF
Geological moment we like to be-
lieve we know about condescends to
associate with corn bread.
It's good little idea, though. no mattee
how it turns nut.
This incident is a gift from q young
friend of The Star.
Two small girls were doing their BIZ
for the Red Cross by selling candy 20
the clerks in one of the big office
buildings. Being well patronized by tbs
workers in one of the rooms. the cnil.
dren decided to approach the chief OK
the division. He heard their appeal.
if they had brought ANY credentials.
The little girls looked at each other
and then at the chief.
"Im sorry said one of them, DUE
we only have caramels
Whereupon the chief decided that car
amels were good enough and purchased
the stock. The little girls thanked him
deeply and promised that they would
be sure to have some credentials next
time.
When youth is dead and our idols SO
much broken crockery, we sort of grow
a world-proof wisdom. like the pips on
an autumn rose bush. but. We
never shed our ability to find fault, do
we?
In a car aisle say, sardined between
damp humanity with umbrellas attach
ed, elbows and an atmospheric crouch.
your soul insists upon descending from
where Ii belongs, TO wade in the small
beer of other peoples affairs-like this:
Why do fence posters advertise beauty
shows with cartoons of germy tramps?
sWhy should the woman next regis
ter seven block reel Of complaints
against a naggy landlady when all she
has to do is to move?
Why should a mother allow her half
grown wollop of a son to remain seated
peciaIly when she looks the type that
would express open opinion OF men who
refused to get up when she, herself.
wanted seat?
why should another job-lot woman
stand ostentatiously beside an empty
seat to parade her refusal to sit next =
colored passenger who is dressed bets
ter and looks far more refined?
Why should the assertive man who IL
discussing headlines speak SO louSly Of
the necessity of "civilizing Mexico'
when he allows an old man with .
cane to sway beside his seat?
why? And then panorama OF
snowy Botanic Garden. with It's bare
trees reaching bone-gray arms to the
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mind. where it rightfuily belongs. and.
You make another resolution.
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