Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-12
SEEN
Perhabably,"

&CTuAU6Oly.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Commits
sioner Of the District, introduced the
above word to Washington last week.
ana those who heard her use Il per-
haps haven't gotten over the surprise
OF the thing yet. unless they realized
Just how 1t came about.
But Miss Boardman. despite her
many activities, had not gone into
the business Of coinsr Of new words,
80 there really was q good explana-
ton OF how she came to spring"
unsuspecting audience.
AT the first sound-and sight-the
word has a remarkably familiar ring.
It reminds one Of those wonderful,
fearful words coined by Lewis Car
roll. and given to the world in tho
great piece Of verse. "Jaberwocky."
1t will be remembered that in that
great EFFORT the writer Of Alice in
Wonderland" achieved remarkable re-
suits by telescoping two words to-
thing never listed in any dictionary
OF the English language. yet 1t had a
sound to it which seemed familiar
enough. And no wonder. for the flrst
half OF 1t was familiar. a. far a. i,
went. and SO was the last half.
NOW this was exactly what Miss
Soardman did. In speaking before the
Co!umbia Heights Citisens' Associa-
tion. She started to say omethins
about something-it doesn't make any
alnerence here-and got started like
But before she got those finally, two
consonants sounded she wanted to say
probably" But tho ''perha" portion
was gone beyond recall. Miss Board
man. with the skill of tho trained speak,
said: N
1T is psrhabsbly." sts
Coming along Pennsylvania avenue
south between the White House ana the
north front Of ths Treasury, the wash
ington Monument made q wonderful pic
ture to those who happened to $50 1t.
II 5000 IN almost brilliant Wilderness,
az contrasted with the dun gray Of the
sGu gu sky ana clouds. much as the
capitol used to look at night when It
was lit with floodlighta But the beauty
OF the picture was lost on the scurryinx
hundreds who never once looked.
>. They just didn't happen to notice
II. that was all. The same thing holds
fai1 IL IN M most st. OF our everyday life We
run and Happiness. and the SORROW, too,
IN the everyday life about uA
-, Then people marvel that an alert man
IKE certain wonderful fiction writer
could have found 30 much In the city Of
New York to write about But he was
prooigat Ia finding queer twists to men
Right here in Washington things may
be heard and seen which would have
pleased Sidney Porter. Take that man
WITH lilac perfume on his shaven cheek.
He was riding to work in the morning.
He little knew that the man hanging
transported by the odor to q land miles
away.
Then there WAS = very fat man,
with 9 leertng mouth, who kept look
Ing at wistfui girl with sad eyes.
There was q story there. And going
these bits Of life remarked the osten-
tatious courtesy with which two
young men held the door open for q
fur-olad Girl. The man thought the
act silly, but then remembered that
1t was their way Of showing respect,
even II overdone, and was Somewhat
much.
Even at the counter the man found
something interesting. He never
heard the last OF the affair, for he
was In hurry. but he saw Its be-
-
Don't eat that" said the pale man
in black. as he grabbed the "hot dog"
from the hand OF the other.
|. = 4
II you want to see the smallest nag,
surrounded by the largest eagle, both
on this biggest hagpole in the District,
notice the outfit atop the WaShiueton
city post office building the next time
YOU are over that way.
/: The post ONCE has long been noted
for possessing tho heaviest doors In
existence, but the ridiculous disparity
between pole, nag and eagle seems to
make the great once even more
famous along this line.
Beginning with the 6agpole, or stan.
It is In keeping with the building, IL
the dag and eagle were In Proposition,
it 10 held, but the two latter articles
are the one 30 small, and the other 90
large, in proportion, that the general
effect is ludicrops, II one happens to
look At 1t in that light.
The eagle is tremendous fellow,
fully capable Of roofing up the nag
pole and carrying away q section Of
the roof with it. seemingly, If he felt
like it. There he dops ON top Of the
pole. while beneath him dies Q very
small American Dag.
OF course, small or large, the Star
Epangled Banner is the greatest old
dag that dies. But even in. things
patriotic appearances must /be met,
and to put such a small nag beneath
such q great eagle 10 causing COM
CHARLES e. TRAcEWEIL.