Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
AROUND THB CITY.

LIB VlII,
cred a. II he wind from shs WIN
dow had hirted too boldly under hsf
purls and double she'll chainings.
The giggling woman kept % her
hilarious hints about dinner tables,
who had been accepting It with good
natured indifference, suddenly took
notice:
Here. you are always throwing it
at me that 1 don't know = pretty
frock when I see 1t, but to show you
what good taste I've really got, look
At the lady in front of us. Why don't
you sometimes get . pretty thing like
any day"
II his presumable wife supposed he
was helping on with the fun, she was
let her know it-with look. She
caught its meaning and took the cue.
You wouldn't give me enough for a
gown like that. 1t is> all handmade
and needle work costs like the dick
ems. But it is lovely. isn't it?'
She, too. had noticed that the blood
was surging reddish-puEple behind
the mat-lady's ears. And she did her
best to mend the hurt, but
The passenger across felt. somehow.
tHdl the poor soul, VINO hdu put Soou-
ness knows how many spools of cob
webby cotton into her lace medal
lions" together with no telling how
many prideful little advance thoughts.
would never enjoy her dress again
Which is a pity.
on the mats 1t could have been
washed out somehow, but
Ridicule is indelible.
r HERE is an electric standard in
the Capitol grounds that is
streaked with downward sweeps that
show blue-gray on the iron.
A woman who has only what you
might call a mail correspondence
knowledge of man-observe the SPELL
ing. please-wondered what the
streaks could mean.
The woman with her, who pos
sesses the educational advantages
of matrimony, explained in one
ards were intervfewed-matche Gas
lamps-matches. Stone copings, iron
rails. fences, tree boxes-everything-
everywhere - matches - matches -
matches
"Lawsie. don't you know men bet
ter than that? Why, honey, when a
man gets good and ready he will
strike a match on the nearest thing
that comes handy-with the odds in
favor of the sole of his shoe-and, il
ting at it. he would also strike
matches on the sole he spells with
a u"
knowledge like that is worth prop
agating. SO the woman who had i'm
bibed wisdom not to be found outside
ri hnr M a
home to a likewise benighted friend
who owns it-meaning the home.
And the friend took her to a room.
beautifully fresh with new colonial
custard paper, gar.anded with old
time flowers around the ceiling-a
of artistic choosing. And under the
gas, bracket was a streak of phos-'
phorus that looked as wicked as a
cuss word. Matches!
And a woman had done it.
Which shows that VOL can't ever
really tell about-anything
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NF you stand on the Museum steps
u you will notice many pigeons on a
street. The street divides the mu-
scum from the market. And if you
are lucky you will meet up with a
hlliC oiu man nv iooho Inv q oiiS0
apple with a soul to it. And he will
tell you something like this:
"Yes'm. these pigeons know market
days the same as hucksters. They,
come from all over the city for the
bits of grain and stuff that gets
spilled or thrown away. used to
work on a train out west in my back
days, and when dinner time would
come on the Salt Lake desert the
gulls would come a flockin' on time to
the diner car, like a clock. How
they got from the seashere precisely
on time is what I can't tell you. nor
neither can nobody else. but there
they were, waitin' for the garbage
to be flung out-yes'm. Some folks
misdoubt angels on accounter the
feathers. but the way I look at it, the
One who put all that cleverness into
bird creeters can be trusted to run
this world an the next one without
no advice from me-no'm.
Did you ever fisger out about white
horses? You take that lot along the
curb over yonder. Moster them horses
is white. That's because rich folks
don't want white horses. You don't
never see a white team hitched to
carriage-wellum, of course. the car
fiages is sorter scarce themselves,
but l haven't seen a single pair of
white horses in fine harness not since
way back when Mr.. Nailor useter fly
down the Avenue like a streak of
white linghtnin'-yes'm The reason
you see a white horse look detected
like. specially old mares. is because
dark horses look down on 'em and it
hurts their pride-yesn."
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