Evening star., 1919-11-09
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chair and helped tho man out.
And as they crept along In the vel.
low sunshine the woman with smiling
face and cheerfulest voice described
things as they went aiong--the art
gallery. tho Monument, the bushes
that were green and trees that were
almost leaness. and the stretches
and stretches Of grass that was just
beginning to show symptoms of FROST
nipped brown.
She was seeing for two.
And tho beautiful thing about the
little trip was that both were happy.
You could tell
A WOMAN asks this column to
"A thank the hne. strong man VINO
picked her up in the street and the
friendly-voiced woman who stood by.
Also, she would like them to know
that stumbling over curbings isn't
her way Of beginning the week--not
as regular thing.
There was a splendid tang to the
air that morning. like chilled wine,
so she decided to walk the forty
eleven squares that began on Capt.
toll Hill. And the way was SUCH
jumbled-up show Of dancing leaves
that were dead and didn't know 1t,
joyously mendicant squirrels, PIC
turesQue fortune-tellers. babies with
foreign eyes and earrings. and souVe-
mir shops-not counting the conven-
tional rush Of crowds going and COM
ing-that she had reached 10th street
before 1t suddenly popped in her mind
that she had forgotten her morning
prayers.
OF course, you mustn't miss your
prayers, and as there was only one
more square to say them in. she put
in such belated concentration that the
first thing she know she had stumbled
over q curb. skeeted ahead to tree,
scraped her cheek against it's wire
netting and crumpled in q heap at Its
roots.
Thanks to tho dne, strong man and
tho friendly-voiced woman. she was
on her way in . jiny-not jitney.
please-and had reached her Office,
a big place high up in the air. be-
fore she realized what q stony
hearted street can do II you don't
keep 1t where It belongs-under your
feet. Like somo humans oil of us
know about who land n whack
whenever they get the chance.
And at that, she failed to take in
what the wire had done to her face
until kindly hand began to mop
1t up. With the ministration went
comments like this:
Shows what asphalt can do to even
a newspaper cheekl
Saying your prayers. huh? Well.
seeing it's you. we1l let the state
ment pass without editing"
'rhe good book tells you to watch
and pray. but my own advice is to
watch your step while you do It,"
"As our sensible old friend Ma
homet remarks. Praise Allah. but tie
your camel"
And that was all there was to it,
except for her very .appreciative
memory of the friendly-voiced wom-
an and the fine, strong man.
THE city had turned on It's right
side for an au-night sleep when
a woman and her escort came up to u
lone woman who was sprinting out
of the Capitol grounds.
Being . spontaneous sort Of per-
son, tho woman who had an escort on
the side paid admiring tribute to the
courage Of tho solo lady who wasn't
afraid to 60 through the grounds
after midnight Tho solo lady snifred
humorously.
I'D like to see the thing that could
frighten mo! came through because
it is shorter than going around. Say!
II you want to sec pretty sight take
a look around when you top the steps.
The views great!"
This gnat of an incident is respect
fully dedicated to tho scaredy-cat sis
ter whose name Is legion in the city
directory Of life.
At&
A BANK is a quiet place on Satur-
day afternoon. AS a woman pass
ed one she noticed an elderly man
standing panlc-stricken before its
closed doors. He was so pathetically
bewildered that she felt she could
remind him without being ofticious.
To the bewilderment was added a