Evening star., 1918-04-07
CITY ITEMS. i
Mazda Lamps, Complete Steek
Electric Webster, 719 9Th St nv.
AROUND THE CITY


II you shut your eyes and keep on for
three squares you will come to . shop.
You can't miss 1t. because outside the
window there IL a sign on which some
amateur has gone into art paroxysms
over shoes that no foot on earth could
wear and angels wouldn't want to-
and above the door is lettered . grand
opera name that only genius could
spell. Inside foreign youngster sits
at bench and pegs and sews and sings
Santa Lucia"
Casually glimpsed. the shop stands for
very small pebble with which some
venturesome David is fighting q big.
strange-tongued Goliath whom he calls
the New Worid-but you can't always
depend on glimpses.
If you had seen David, the other day.
say. standing In his open door with one
foot resting over the other as II te
didn't have to work and wouldn't. with
his shirt-sleeved arms folded in the Of
hcial attitude OF one who has downed
his foe. and in his midnight eyes .
something that would have been .
smirk except that 1t was honest pride
you would have known right there th&t
Goliath was as dead as the stoned cat
in the alley-that's the time you should
have come across young David! =
There was a reason, of course. A pho.
tographer on the pavement was taking
post card snap for the folks back in
Italy. where the crossed feet and folded
success. and where, through the ale
chemy Of affection. the youngsters de-
sire to show on will be Interpreted into
loyalty and memory and love.
They will not know that though he
sings Santa Lucia" David also takes
turns at ragtime and that his heart ts
in his shop with its American trade, ana
in his home with his American wife and
baby. And that he is Italian no more. :
+. S:-Al that was until a month ago
Now the signs are gone and the door n
locked and the spring dust has made
brown ridges on the shutters.
You cannot be contented to sit at .
bench and peg and sew and sing Santa
fight for.
She had lodged Father Time in the
same fashion that a here-and-there
clover top escapes the farmer mans
scythe. And she was standing before
millinery. window with the Jolly
youngish woman who had her in
charge. .
Il used to wear a camelia like that
in my hair to every ball I went to-
thought it most becoming. Your Aunt
Eliza wore flowers to match the colors
of her ball dress. but I never appeared
in anything but hounced white tar
the left side. below the ear Your
grandfather thought 1t most becoming.
All said we were an extremely hand
some young pair-your Aunt Eliza con-
sidered her figure more elegant than
mine. but it was not the popular
opinion. The night / accepted your
grandfather-my eleventh proposal to
your Aunt Eliza's third wore a white
camelia like that in my hair-on the
left side, below the ear All thought
US an extremely handsome young
pair
II bet you were a peach. Grammuh.
and If it wasn't for the looks of the
thing I'd shake you right here in the
street for not handing down your good
looks to the best grandchild you've got
to your name-come along now. dear;
there's a whole lot more to see"
The youngish. jolly woman piIoted
on her little old wisp of a grandpar-
ent, and another observer of millinery
paused to consider the magic power
Of a white kid bloom that could SO
tfous vanities that go with youth and
beauty-for an ancient, bent, little
woman. whose walking depended upon
a loving arm. and a good. stout. ma
hogany. gold-topped cane. that doubt
less once belonged to the last century
gentleman who helped to make the
other half to the extremely handsome
young pair.
Isn't memory = ,ollier7 Except whom
she's a Scourge.
4 i
A woman was seated at a table In q
cafe. Another woman came in and the
two dabbed each other with kisses.
A couple of men who were takfnR
pie and coffee at another table watched
the demonstration, and when it was
through with. the one who was eatine
pumpkin said to the one whose choice
was tart:
every time my wife about persuadss
ne that women ought to vote see ..
sight like that"
And the way he said 1t showed that
his wife would have to try all over
again.
** :,
Old-time singing games have abo1ai
,anished from Washingtou.s front
pavement. ss.,n but aock Of .m.l! eiras
-evel last evening In the dusk Of 9
street up Georgetown way. Four chile
lren arched arms crosswise and see.
,awed together while the others formed
swaying circle to q chantie that WanH
ike this: :
Draw Q pail Of Water-rr
For the governors daughtee<f;
Ny fathers king. my mothers Q Queea.
Ny two little gisterg dress in Gfeaa
Mangold daisies, grean weeds and rluA -
Pray, fair maiden, come under Sho bosA
The fair maidens accepted the inyatns-
ion by ducking under each othefsa~
rms. Then they logged up and down.
hen they wheeled around In q WrffA.-
ng lump to the general siogan of
Buncher rGgsi Buncher ragu-
Did you ever play that gGmof YoaR
TOT MAMIE LANCA6rNR
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