Evening star., 1919-09-28
Around the City.

human fringe and asked things of the
chauffeur:
ia your so-and-so all right" He
put II witE q directness that showed
an intimacy with cogs and, wheels.
: rtainly." The chauffeur snap
ped It out.
And your so-and-so in good
gear?"
"Of course" :$;.tf
Then I had better take q look
underneath" =. 80.
II can attend to my own business.
You go about yours. il you've got
any" ~.
The man in the machine chipped in
with mild assertiveness: t...t
We can't afford to get hurfy. Jim.
Go ahead, old man. and see IT, you can
make us CO." gee
The old mamie was about twenty
six---crawled under the car. stayed
there about two minutes and then
crawled out again.
you're all right. S'long."
Hold on!" called out the owner as
the out-of-a-job man sauntered off.
Don't you want to be paid for your
workT
Evidently he did not. He even
hastened his steps bit. Then the
chauffeur turned his wheel and the
machine whizzed on its way.
That chaps a machinist. all right"
. said one man in the crowd to another.
You bet! I wouldn't like to be in
that chauffeur's shoes when the boss
gets through with him."
"You. needn't waste your sympathy
on the. chauffeur. He may never
learn his trade. but he will be hold
ing down his Job long after that poor
devil has gone to the dogs"
And both turned to take last look
at the unkempt man who was going
dogward because, In spite of his
knowledge OF loose screws, nature
had failed to put his own in working
order.
X X X
WHEN the last stone in the wall
w Of human Ignorance has been
battered to earth and the, world gets
its degree of philosophy from the
school Of life, the millennium will
have arrived. a.
The wise men may not have it that
way, but 1t Is gospel true, all the
same. For one proof: -"
You take any lot of intelligent
people and no matter at what tangent
their theories fly, or how they shut
tlecock arguments as to politics. pa
trtotism, religion or that league of
, nations thing, when 1t comes down to
bed rock principles. each is as whole
some of heart as a nut that has
sweetened on it's tree.
It Is only the tacky- souled ignornmus
who doesn't know brains from beans
that-do you get the idea. Buddie?
All of which is to account for the
rudeness Of two girls who selected
a supposed affiiction for something to
make fun ot-pretty girls. too!
They had paused at show window
in which lot of colored balloons
were being 'bobbed around by a fan
wheel. And, of course, they jammed
in with the crowd.
A bit to the side of them stood &
little old lady of the chin ribbon
period, who held under her one arm
canton flannel dog with bead eyes
You couldn't help laughing at q sight
like that--if you were a tacky-souled
ignoramus who didn't know brains
from beans. So the girl who saw. the
old lady first poked the other and
giggled. Then the other caught on
to the idea that the old lady was
crazy and she giggled to match. Then
the two of them swapped opinions as
to what each would do If she had an
old junebug of a grandmother like
that who would go IN the street with
Il toy the same as II she was a child
with teddy bear-and then
The little old lady reached forward
and pulled out Of the crowd. a tiny
girl who was watching the balloons
from the front row gave her the dog.
and the two went happily on. their
way.
That's all. except that it proves that
you are never going to have millen-
mum in this world so long as it de.
pends on girls like that for the gen.
eratlons to come.