The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-16
A Comedy
In Rubber

Copyright. 1890. by Do.b,eday. Page
& Co.; psbisshed ev special ar
vanccmerf srssh the Wheeler Syn
dfcafe. lac.
One may hope. In spite Of the
metaphorists. to avoid the breath OF
the deadly upas tr<c. one may. by
great good fortune succeed In
blaching the eye Of the basiiisk: one
might even dodge the attentions OF
Cerberus and Argus, but no man.
alive or dead. can escape the gAze OF
che rubbercr.
New York In tho Cautchouc City.
There arc many. Of course. who 90
0eir ways. making noney. without
furning 10 the right or ths len. but
- AGnnnnnmln nhwn4-g -gooAqp1nnv
eumpGSsd. like tn NaGetoQA epieiy
- syss and nseap.zcf Socosnction.
Tnrse devoteenkue curiosity swarm.
uhe flies In unoment. In . strug-
siing. breashlem circle about the
scene Of an unusual occurrence. IL
= workman opens u manhoie. " q
street car runs over man from
North Tarrytown. N = little boy
drops an egg on hts way home from
ehe grocery. n a casual house or two
drops into the subway. II a lady
losss a nickel thru a hdle In the iisic
abroad. N the police drag telephone
and a racing chart fortS from an
lbsen society reading room. n Sem
afor Depew or Mr.. Chuck Ccnnors
valks out to take the air--if any OF
these Incidents or accidents takes
place. you will see the mad. IRE
sistiblc rush OF the rubber tribe
20 the spot.
The Importance Of the event does
not count They gaze with equal IN
terest and absorption at a chorus
girl or a man painting a liver pm
oign. They will form as deep a
Gordon around q man with q ciuo-
foot as they win around a baked
antomobile. They have the furor
v,bberendl. They are optical gint-
fous. feasting and fattening on the
vntsfortunes OF their fellow beings.
They xloat and pore and glare and
souint and stare with their fishy
ewes Ike gogEle-eyed perch at The
nook baited With calamity.
r, would secm that Cupid you'd
md these ocular vampires too cold
~~ne for his calorific shafts. but
nave ve, not yet to discover an i'm
nuuns even among the Protozoa ,
Nes. beautiful romance descended
mon two OF this tribe. and love
-ue into their hearts as they
crowded about the prostrate form OF
= man who had been run over by a
1rewery wagon
wuliam Pry was the flrst on the
not. He was an expert at sucn
..nfherings. With an expression OF
,Snteuse happiness on bis features. ne
~tood over the victim Of the acci-
kent. listening 20 his groans as II TO
~ sweetest music. When the
orovd of spectators had swelied to
= CLOSELY packed circle. William saw
violent commotion In the crowd
-coosfts him. Men were hurled
1910 like nine-pins by the impact
~ sone moving body that Glove
'eh.u like the rush OF a tornado.
with elbows, umbrella. hat pin
Sonrue and finger nails doing their
Auty. Violet Seymour forced her
wav thru the mob of onloskers 70
she first row. Strong men who even
Hed been able 10 secure a seat on
the $50 Harlem express staggered
6ack like children as she bucked
center. Two large lady .specta-
TORS who had seen the Duke Of Rox-
6urRh married and had often blocked
traffic on gard st. fell back into the
second row with ripped shirt waists
when Violet had finished with them
William Pry loved her at first sight
Tho ambulance removed the un-
ecuscious agent Of Cupid. William
md Violet remained after the crowd
had dispersed. They were true rub
berers. People who leave the scene
~ an accident with the ambulance
have not genuine caoutchouc In tho
cosmogony OF their nccks. The dell
cate. fine flavor Of the affair is II
he mad only In the after -taste--in
eloating over the spot, In gazine
ftxedly at the houses opposite. IN
.hoyering there In a dream more ex-
nulsite than the opium eaters &C.
stacy. william Pry and Violet sey-
mour were connoisseurs In casual
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