Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-17
HEARD AND SEEN.

they still go-now they are turning
into the drug store
You'll never eat that ice cream
For a moment even my faith wav-
cred. But ah! Two white shirts be-
came visible in the distance, propelled
| by fast moving legs. Rudy faces. be-
| meath which neckties whipped in the
| wind, soon became visible. And high
i'm the hand of each boy was held an
| ice cream cone. borne aloft much as
the ancient Roman runners bore their
torches.
".AlI aboard" shouted the conduc-
tor, and the train began to move. The
boys sprinted. but it was no use They
were still half block away. When
they saw their efforts were useless.
they stopped and looked the pictures
of misery, their cones-theirs Tor
keeps-still held aloft. There was no
doubt about their being disappointed
at failing to deliver the goods. They
didn't even attempt to eat the cream.
"'You win.' said my companion.
But" concluded the government Of
fetal. at was the American boy that
won"
IT measure only sunny hours" says
the sun dial in front of the lion house
at the Zoo. But an Army officer
failed to profit by the optimistic dial.
or to learn a lesson from the bright
sentiment which has been the prop
erty Of sun dials ever since Roman
days. -ss
He came strolling along with his
small son, and the boy became inter-
ested in the dial The sun was shin
ing, so the boy was able to figure out
the time.
Ten o'clock" he announced to his
father. ,-.+
Father made no comment. s.
There was another man standing
nearby, also looking at the dial Evt-
IDENTIFY being a human sort o. critter.
and seeing that father took no par
ticular interest in the sun dial, tho
other man smiled at the child, and
said:
You see, the sun dial doesn't knoe
anything about the daylight-savinG
law. 1t is IL o'clock now"
Honest. wouldn't you think that the
father would have made some civil
reply, or at least smiled? He looked
at the pleasant stranger without a
movement of his face, and walked
away. .7o...
Guess I insulted him." remarked
Folks are human out where ! come
from" ~ 81
Real folks are human everywhere
The Army officer in question came
from Illinois.
That Zoo is one of the most interest
ing places in Washington. and thou
sands of people are finding it out this
summer as never before. Maybe the
baby elephants have been a drawing
card-two drawing cards-maybe the
sea lions and the bears and the mon
keys proved an unusual attraction
undoubtedly the fine weather has had
a great deal to do with 1t. Whatever
it is. the fact remains that this spring
and summer have been record-break-
ers for human attendance at the Zoo
Human and animal nature in their
purity may be witnessed there at all
times the gates are open. Coming
down the path that leads to the main
aviary one day last week was moth
err and her little Johnny.
ooh, look at those birds!" screamed
pointing to the smaller aviary
the parrots and cockatoos.
what are they?"
Those bright ones are cockatoos.
said the woman, proudly.
"And what is that white oneT asked
Johnny.
That is q white owA" declared
decisively. Yes. that IL a
white OWL"
This statement proved TOO much for
a Zoo official who happened to be
passing at that moment His repiN
had a snap to it that ] think worth
He said, courteously but
de cisively:
mo, madam: that's q cockatoo. too"
CHARLES e. TkACEWE----