Evening star., 1920-09-12
. HERE il . brand-new baby over
in Baltimore named Mary.
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in Baltimore named Mary
This is why:
A long time ago. when Mothe,
Nature was a mere dapper. there
lived in this Washington . Mary, a
Julia and a brass button man. julia
wanted the man as . pass key that
would let her into the Navy set, but
Mary loved him as the merry. merry
maiden loved the tar. Same way with
him. So the spider in Julia's DISPOSE
tion weaved . web OF deceit that
nearly meshed the happiness of the
other two. but Mary got him, all
right, and that was all there was to
that-except that Julia married a man
who took her to Baltimore and then
deserved her with . baby on her
right-sti11, you can't expect . Eom-
an to revel In the misfortun00 q an
other. not II you are the right sort OF
woman yourself-so she said. Poor
Well. sir-meaning also ma'am-the
years skipped along. and every time
the sailor man came home from for
eign ports he brought Mrs. Mary bolts
of crepe and silks and scarfs ana
loads and loads Of everything. and she
came from Japan. Then one day the
sailor man went voyaging on the un-
charted waters of eternal life. and
Mrs. Mary recalled with sudden Dit
terness how near Julia had come 70
wrecking the happy years that were
gone. She got so that she just hated
that woman, and was hoping that she
would be able to pay her back some
time-you know how we go on wine n
we get that way. And so the years
hyv nf a
one day an old friend told Mary about
Julia's paralysis and what a good
daughter she had. and how she had
chance to marry a fine young man
who could give them both lovely
home. only the girl simply wouldn't:
And / don't blame her. No nice
girl wants to be a shabby bride for
rich inlaws to CAB Overland how
could any one expect the poor thing to
have money left over for clothes with
only enough salary to swear by-or
at
Then. naturally. you know what
Mrs. Mary did-but it wasn't until she
with bolts of crepe and silks and
scarfs and everything. that the widow
took time to realize that she hadn't
INTENDED to pay Julia back in just that
way. But, you see. this was Julia g
daughter. which is something differ
child of your own.
Anyhow, the girl came here to thank
her benefactresS, and Mrs. Mary went
over for the wedding. And the other
day she received an announcement
card that let her know that a brand
new Mary had been born and named
in her honor. And that lonesome lit
tie old widow is as happy over her
namesake as if it were q grand
daughter of her very own.
Also. men.
WHEN Eve was turned out OF her
garden the first thing she saw
was cat. Egypt says so-and Egypt
ought to know as well as the next
SO the first thing Eve saw was a cat.
The cat doubtless had kittens and
that. in time. accounts for this one:
A tiny girl in the suburbs came
across paper bag lying on the road :
side, and the bag moved. as If there
was something alive inside. So she
kittens. and. of course, she took them
home to mamma. Naturally, no
mamma could be expected to adont
strays by the Wholesale : consider
milk-but. when little daughter be-
gan to cry she told her she could 20
around the neighborhood and see If
she could find homes for them. The
tiny girl took her bag and baggage
from house to house, and while i've
kittens mean exactly five stories, this
IS Just about the third one that was
offered to lady whose heart is as
sweet and wholesome as her face
which is saying a whole lot, but she
didn't want kitten. thank you. dear.
At least, the lady didn't want a kit
Ten until she heard about the bag on
Only. can't let you have a kitty,
Mrs. Blank, If you have a dog. be-
cause 1t is such little bit Of q thing
that the dog might
Yes. Mrs. Blank had a dog. but It.
too, was little bit OF thing, and
50 they decided to risk the combina-
ton. And that is all there is to il.
except that the dog and cat. having
been brought up together. are a
chummy as twins: Also. one might
cred in the bag it would never have
known the fun of happy comradeship-
though, by that same tokeA. NOT
knowing. it couldn't have cared
People are like that.
STILL, you must admit that nappy
comradeship is splendid thine. Es-
pecially II you haven't got it
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Idiots Have Their Uses.
A MAN said so in a little talk that
was started by a woman WHO was
strolling across the asphalt ~ r. 70.
the express purpose Of bein1 run
down.
An automobile that looked capable
Of performing the job sent ont 4
warning toot. The lady needed not.
like the gypsy's warning in the song
The horn sounded a louder and more
clamorously insistent warning. but
the providence that takes care OF
children and fools, per adage, seemed
asleep at the switch. Then the chsuf.
feur, who had already slowed M
curved around the tortoise lady Sn6
whizzed by-without overhearing hel
: startled ejaculation Of protest Where.
upon, one man who had taken the in.
cident in said unto the other mar
standing on the curb beside him:
THE average motorist Is careful
like that. 1t is only the occasional
idiot of a joy rider who gets into the
papers. You never see q careful
chauffeur in print"
Idiots" says the other man, "havs
their uses. They figure as the dra.
matte exceptions to the monotony oi
safe and sane rule. Sensible people
seldom make interesting copy. 1t IL
the exception you must look to To-
headlines"
And as he said 1t with the cheerful
assurance of one who has gone deep
ly into the problem and found the
answer. his statement goes:
idiots have their uses.