Evening star., 1918-04-14
AROUND THE CITY.

A tiny girl out southeast way lived with
an uncle and aunt because her mother WA
in heaven and her father at sea.
Being old enough to play with other
tiny children, she wondered why It was
that she had no papa to come nome
from work every afternoon so that
she could race down the pavement
and hug him around tho legs She longeo
for that daily-coming papa with yearn-
ing that no grown-up could ever suspect
seeing that we, somehow, forget what goes
on In childhood land after We are turned
out Of II and tho gate locked between
except, Of course. whom the lonesome
years come along and Father Time. VINO
is q whole lot kinder than We give MIN
credit for, lets us peek backward through
his memory glass to show us how beau1i-
full 1t used to Be.
After no long, the father-an officer IN
the Navy-returned from a cruise ano
came to the southeast home for nrst
glimpse OF his baby daughter.
The child took in the brass buttons ana
gold braid with rapt wonder leadened
with doubt. This big. gold shining man
was not like the papas who came nome
from work every afternoon to nave tneiI
legs hugged. The blue cloth arms Were were
open to receive ner, ouI sne nuns
fearsomely. She had to be sure.
Are you my father!
The arms folded the tiny girl and as
surance was given which se5tieo eseus s,s
doubt. And the child voiceo rnapsouio
relief.
81 thought you were God"
A woman who used to be the tiny girl
told about 1t last night. Father Time
was letting her peek through his memory
glass
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A farmer man wanted peppermint stick
LII, .,d Whit.
You can't find old-timey sweets like
that these DAYS, except In back street
.hons that don't count, but the clerk
o,.aryex
glaces, marshmallows. fudge
Rut The farmer man was set on pep
na,,.;nt stick candy. pink and white.
&a had promised the children the last
thing before starting for the city. They
were going to help him out with the
ther asLsd for. His disappointment had
put real worry line between his eyes
and in his voice was oe1ec.,on wH1.t tbat
W., e.n't 1ameh at genuine feeling
not If you are the right sort yourself. f
The clerk, helpIui young person
Tnn.n .n ssemiies ZEN ieh fnr @ var work at one
thousand per, suggested every Turing
substitute in stock. but peppermint was
what the farmer man wanteo.
why, httie miss, tnose Young ones
VIII be waiting Tor me mlie UP th9
roadIi lust can. , pear 70 tnrnk han ,,,h =,
Little miss Interrup,eo nm win an q,
Inspiration. Under the counter tse[e we're
Jeny glass Jals ua pipe.es
OF cIeaI canos, iemHn SI,. era.n II.
Permlnt. ana Q! ioveiy sieen ,,.l =
ha19sa m5msr man ina, mao na 70 Proided har of
mint cream. Dut ne WASH happS
over .9 .,n, II, ..,.. ID .rv hetter-hut
suppose ! can ac any osI.eE~ou. ,
nate TO thlnh VI Aache envSo ooSs
,euo -, mss PA"i e
Eo,,,,hn..s +o u.La ,ucb q t,as over
nothing, Of course. OF course! All the
same, 1t is right refreshing to meet up
w with h = man ,i, WIN tht Sans,.s ,,na, ron.e
admit
There are others.
- ,,.t.a . ,.tte, ,ror, RI.
a.
~ .aa-....a ..,.e,,,,v r,,th tha
--,t.r,. ,.m.s,, ~. rn,,.r 1.rt corn.r
80 h.,.,th .a.t ~. r,a...co-.d
- .ro.t.nt. ~. ~. ,.,t.- ~.
-. - -
r..,i,. .ht !. .ha,,. ~. +,r,. =,
dav to do : smaI1 kinSness the woman
went in a druc store hourht a stamn
and dronned the letter in n box
In the midst Of fhe ,exhflaration that
comes Of doinS evan q frife ~ GOOD
wifhout horn h1ovin1 fha woman nan
nenad to not,ca that .ha vas holdinp
fhe stamn IN her Eana
n vo,, .,,nnn.a tha J.aw ,.r.S nae
ner.ona1,v atterdad 10 ~. I.Isw,nr ~
+h.t i.ttc,, a. - -
was the nersor Who vrot. ~ apd tho
one who fonnd r. ia.t = n.ir ~ av.rvo
G,;sa
sh. u,,,.a -ht,. -.
wio 'no ou.ener t"-
meo ner lamb chops And while he was
doing 1t she confded to a woman who
had ordar.d .tsu h..t ~. -.
90" oeeA' ehae she was
giving tea to meet Mrs. Blank
Of Hagerstown, Md. and that her Con-
ain M.,d;. vho .nn,a.a
" heu
tenant ana was gong TO De a war bride.
would pour.
"ah 'oio her she
vas hylne nign. considering we had
been asked to censor lamb until peace
came. The chop ladv .hru1o.d har
.h,,,,s.z
near r1encn ano SAID she
should worry, with all the extra-work
money her husband wa. hrnoIn~ g.,