Evening star., 1919-05-04


member when "Picayune But
- Ter came to town and stomped
his foot upon the ground"
An oldish man inquired at a music
store for him the other day and was
obviously amazed when the callow
boy behind the counter mistook Plea
yune for jazz person just escaped
from a ras-time brain. And with
the arazement went such equally
obvious disapE ointment that wom-
an who was waiting alongside to
buy song record felt called upon
to refer the clerk to a certain book
of ancientest plantation ditties which
had no place in his stock
little kindness goes long way
with some people-especially with an
oldish man who carries in his eyes
the wiStfuinesS that comes from
travelling Il lferoad that grows lone
somer every day. The seeker after
MIR. Butler Immediately confided to the
woman how hungry he got some times
for the old songs of his boyhood-
aud at nights, down home in the
country where he lived, when the
whip pOOr-w wills got to Wailing at him
in the dusk. and after that the screech
owls set up hoOting and his old
hound dog started in to bay at the
moon. well. sir. by Jimmy crickets,
he would give a bushel of money if
he had it, il somebody would only
come along and holier out one of
those old tunes like. say. "ricayune
Butler" or Darling Nellie Gray" or
but all the old timers who used to
sing them have died OFF. and
That gave the woman in idea. She
took that farmer man into one of the
little alcoves with a phonograph in
the middle. and the way she and that
songs about Nellie Gray" and that
other Nellie who was lady" and
"Juanita" and "Camptown Races
we'll. say. dears. it was enough to
make saint chuckle to see the
Rhapsody on that oldish mans face
coupled with the daxe that always
goes with a frst hearing. when we
know that the machine is trying to
put one over on us and somebody is
Teattt SihSfuS poo'"u '"e """' "
some place.
And before that woman left thai
store she had helped the boy to sell
the man small phonograph and six
records Of old time songs. which
means. Of course. an even dozen.
For that whole day she felt that
she had been really worth creating. in
that she had helped to give happiness
to a lonesome. oldish man who need
ed it,
And to feel like you are worth the
creating is real splendid thing.
You know.
THE self OF that potato Schop-
-nhaur talks about has nothing
on the tricksy humor OF the white let
ters that YOU see on shop windows
aud that have habit OF dropping off
as il with inpish intent to put
laugh on tn. sd. For one instance:
Down in the business section there
is a prosperous cafe that keeps its
big, shiny window filled with good
days exhibit. say had for its supreme
feature boiled ham with one s'ice
cut to suggest tn. fascination OF its
pink inside and with its skinned sur
face polka dotted with black pepper
and red Nv way Of rivalry, there
was most sumptuous leg OF lamb. or
may be II WAS mutton, with mint
sauce In glass boa, and an impos
ins salad potato sprinkied with
rosett-s OF parsley and all bound
around with wreath OF radish
roses
The clean, sparkling glass had orig
inally started out with the porcelain
lettered announcement that steam
table" was within. but the letters re-
fused to stay pat. They preferred to