Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Around the City.

For him there was no man. no woman.
no cart. s..s
It 10 q great thing to be able to open
tho gate of q new world to one who
wants to enter-and So
when tho cart ratified off the boy
was looking through the glass. Why
not? ...
Didn't Isabella give her Jewels to
Columbus?
THEY were of the kingdom called
- Vanity Fair. And as they came
out Of a bank chauffeur waited to
umbrella them to their car.
It was the second day OF the big
rain. which accounted for the pity in
the woman's voice as she directed the
attention of her obvious husband to
a right forlorn-looking little street
tad:
Look at that poor barefooted child.
Charles; he must be nearly frozen.
Somebody ought to give the poor lit
tie thing a pair Of shoes. Isn't it the
pitifulest sight?"
Charles said, Eyes, DEAR" as he help
ed her in the car. Then the chauf-
feur whizzed them away.
whenever a woman has a good
thought her soul is on It's knees" But
Victor Hugo failed to Size up the
spiritual status Of a woman who will
fully neglects to make the good
nph tNt0
A YOUNG man waited In front of a
store while his wife was shop
ping inside.
You could tell 1t was his wife, be-
cause he was holding baby that
cooed and kicked. And the young
man looked down at 1t and smiled and
chirruped the way that fathers have
done since Adam--Lord love them!-
and the two made a picture of purest
delight
Many people went in and out Of tho
store without feeling called upon to
consider the young man and the
baby, but-there are always others.
And you notice that 1t is always the
irresponsible exception that gives
dramatic tang to the rule.
One woman, who looked as IL she
really ought to know better, sug-
gested to the young man that a pin
might be sticking into the little dear,
1t kicked SO.
1t wasn't pins. It was the joy of
living.
Another considered 1t her bounden
duty to warn him that when a baby
chewed Its fists like that 1t was q sign
of hunger.
You know right we'll, neighbors,
dear, that when baby is hungry the
surrounding country is going to
know 1t.
Several other women-no, let's do
Justice to the sister sex. only two
women-felt called upon to smoker
ostentatiously, as IL the young man
was doing something he had oughter
be ashamed of. and they had caught
him In the act-and to handy. COM
ments like this, as they waited for the
street car:
Its to be hoped he won't break
the poor little things back before
the mother can get to It, It's awful
easy to hurt a young baby like that
while its bones are nothing but
gristle. I knew a woman once who
was humpbacked because her nurse
let her fall--'
The nurse was doubtless a woman,
but no matter.
We'll. all I can say is, before Ia
trust young infant like that
What does a man know about babies,
anyhow"
YES. and why amt he at. work this
timer day? You wouldn't see no hus-
band OF mine loafln' round mindin' the
baby when he'd orter be holdin' down
his Job. Why. II had one of those
Sissy fellers wantin' to help me out
with the baby or the dishes an the
like, I'd send him kitin'."
Little creecher don't seem to be in
no PAIN"
We'll. sir. IL it was my baby I'd grab
1t so quick that"
Then the car'came and the two got
aboard. And the young father and
the Kicking. cooling baby kept right
on making a picture of purest de.
light.