Evening star., 1919-10-12
HE was a woman with a general
- air OF housework-only an air
y of general housework, might


evidenced a judicial capacity for
Il spanking babies. Also, she was home
made as to clothes-all of which is
l too ordinary to be worth noticing ex-
cent that she was buying a diamond
Ping. which had been marked down
70 - cents for that day only.
With SO good a forehead the woman
/ realize that what she most needed in
hand furnishings was pair of hon
ct gloves-though. incidentally. you
can't get them for 49 cents, any day
In the week. And there was A
wh0lesomeness about her that must
have rebelled at the foolishness that
was tempting her to buy diamond
made of glass. set in gold that was
tin, especially as the finger she was
trying 1t on was already provided
with wedding ring that must have
been there for years and years and
years, judging by its thinness.
Maybe that was the reason she
twisted the shiny thing around so
that 1t would catch the light at every
leather bag and counted out so many
dimes and pennies
She ought not to have bought the
ring, Of course: but, after all, 1t Is
splendid to do reckless things once in
~ while for the sake of the thrill that
goes with them. no matter about the
repentance that stalks behind.
4 which shows, dear Puck, what fools
we mortals really be.
TIE was demonstrating wine ex-
tract-ultra prohibition-fve gall
IONS to the bottle, price 'steen cents
And he was Hospitality insistent that
tho crowd that swarmed around
should step up and try little. an in
yitation which, at one point. was ac-
cepted by a lady who held the glass
to the light to catch its denatured
glow. 1t was the trick OF con-
noisseur. but madame's words were
those of an aquarian:
"Young man. there's an intoxicant
In this drink. AS temperance Wom-
IN. must denounce it"
4 The demonstrator swore by the In
nocence of his goods and while ne
was doing 1t madame drained the
glass.
The next sample was tested by
shArp-tongued woman, who was crit
ical. in a voice to match:
IT call it ditch water, myself. Five
gallons of water to this size bottle
would drown out any eXtrack snort
Of poison. I'm as temperance as the
next, but l like a dash of flavor,
whether it's eats or drinks. Haven't
you any smaller bottles for less'n
'steen cents"
The demonstrator had not.
"Well, all right. I'll take bottle
the next time I come around"
FOR contrast, the wine received
praise from little person all brown
velvet and cock k-plumed hat:
isn't it a lovely color? And 1t
tastes-real-nice! Haven't you crack
ers to go with it? It's just the thing
with a cracker the last thing before
going to bed. No, not today, thank
you. I'm just looking around"
And to one woman who stood on
the outer fringe Of the little crowd
TO take in the show for the fun of
the thing, it seemed almost-almost,
mind-that she could hear Col. Bar
leycorn chuckling with his pal. Demon
Rum, over the poor luck of their
\ uccessor-though. naturally, she was
mistaken. seeing that the colonel is
dead Unless it be really true that
spirits come back.
ssA~ FAT man had bought a paper
- from a boy. AS he was putting
Ills change back in his pocket coin
FELL to the street and the boy swooped
for it. But the man covered the
money with his foot.
u "Hold on, son. l don't like your
precipitancy. Take off your hat, sir.
ana let me see the shape of your
head"
4 The boy grinned and whipped off his
cap. :
well, sir, nature has done a good
part by you as far as your Uranium
goes and like that blue twinkle in
your eye, but l have my suspicion of
your fingers; they are too ready to