Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

|" MY thploElcally considered,
1 venus Is immortal with the
youth and beauty her name
implies, but, taken ct her face value
especially when She hasn't auy--sbe
must share the has becnneas of every
other woman who has attained tho
prunes and prism class, which means
the sere aud yellow.
Therefore, tits entirely natural that
you are not acquainted with the god
dcss up Capitol Hin way who keeps
her vigil before q deserted studio with
tombstones on the side Therefore,
again. here's your introduction:
She was created two thousand years
ago in Greece, by the inspira lion of
somex.aoreyer-forsotten. Ihtaiassswho
chiSeled her out of the very best stone
Commodore Boyle. L. S. ~. brought
her to this country before the civil
war and gave her TO his brother, Df
Boyle, who owned n hotel at Hot
Springs, Va. He put her in niche
over the entrance Of the hotel and
there she looked down on every other
woman who passed the portals until
one day a lot of rompjsh Army blue
boys camped nearby lassoed her to the
ground, smashed her head and arms
and then set her up for q target to
be peppered full of shot
They didn't mean harm, Of course
they just did it, which has been hu-
man natures way Of playing the life
game since the first day of tho year
one. Besides, If you had ever been in
a war you would know that camping
Is right smart hard on the nerves "a
veteran who told about ii said SO, and
as he helped to do things to the
statue. he sure ought to know
Anyhow, after the soldiers had had
their fling at poor old Venus, pr
Boyle packed what was left OF h9r
and returned the remains to the com
mcdore. And the commodore gave ii to
his friend. the sculptor. who keeps
the poor thing standing guard before
the studio, rain or shine-With the
tombStoues for company
IT Is true that a wise man who
studied art in Greece has decided
that the hcadless Venus is q goddess
by another name. but as the folds of
her drapcry was all he had to go by,
what is the use of taking a woman's
name from her like that? SO she is
Venus the same as ever, and the
question to be considered here is:
How do you suppose it must focl
to be a hcadless armless stone lady
oyer Two thousand years oldH
S
NrOC may not know it, but Baltimore
is putting on airs to Milwaukee.
The information comes direct from
certain little bird and through the
equally reliable news agency CON
Quoted by tho Messrs. Walls That Have
liars, Which shows that it must be
true. If not otherwise. For local proof
listen TO this:
Three people boarded car. some
body gave the woman a seat, but the
man and the small boy had TO stand
The woman wanted to share her
blessing--you know how women are:
Gene SIT in mammals lap, darling"
Daring didn't want to sit in man
MAS lap. lie preferred to plaster him
self against the mans legs.
Then give me the bundle, papo"
The man passed the woman n nack
ago that looked as if it might he
sl'rts from the laundry, with Il bulge
reminded the small boy Of sometime
Important:
bottle?" VIC
Everybody knows how the man loon,
Oh as he admonished the boy To konn
quiet. And anybody on visiting terms
with q small boys disposition lSnows
eAactly how ho got back:
Weller know ] mustn't say nothin,
buy where didjcr put it, pop?"
The shrill treble captured attentien
ana the passengers awaited pop's
reply. The gentleman cvadcd tho
problem by looking toward a window
winch he. couldn't possibly see out
o.. Mamma looked rebulSc at dar-
ing. And darling looked with sud-
Gen hhowinEness, at the bulge on tho