Evening star., 1920-03-14
Around the City.


TRICKY II was.
"Oh, no! Women much older than
you are wearing this style"
II know 1t. And IL I was to put
that thing on my head would look
an ridiculous as they do. Haven't you
anything In black hemp with the sort
of trimmings an oldish woman ought
to wearT'
mo, ma'am"-and then, as a con-
fdsntiai after thought milliners
don't let on that any Of their custo-
msrs are old. 1ts one Of tho tricks
OF the trade. The customers don't let
on either"
And tho woman went out Of that
store looking a. If she had learned
something.
A WOMAN sat on Q curbstone with
one child TN her lap and an
other standing by. She had been
shopping when one Of the youngsters
was stricken with IN illness that had
every appearance Of being bad spell
of ssasicknsss. and, naturally. she
was so distressed and mortified she
didn't know what to do.
sight like that called for sym
pathy, but no passerby halted until a
man came along and said to the
woman:
I'VE must set the little one home.
Where do you liver
He hAlnn6 hop ho oirk
child al prssentable as possible and
then ptloted them to q car and got
aboard. The motion aggravated the
childs illness. % they got out of the
car and the man called q taxi and
took them homo.
knowing him to be stranger to
tho woman. some one on the side
undertook to class him as a perfect
saint, but not necessarily.
He was just q regular human being.
THERE 10 4 tiny cafe that spark1es
With cleanliness though as plain
in Its appointments n tho pipestem
that lends itself SO accommodatingly
for comparative emergencies. Along
about noon, say. you couldn't reach
out without touching soma artist,
writer or otherwise worth while
professional worker from the big
studio building near by. The two
woman propristors are eficient bod
run Of customers ovsrtaxes their
ability to serve. ~, for one instance.
the other evening about dusk. after
a musical matinee.
At ono table Q couple Of regulars
were waiting for tea and cream toast
and at least I'VE others philosophi-
cally bided their time. but-there
are always contrasts:
Two young women came in with
the air Of sailing into . Rits Carlton
-handpainted ladies, with fur coats
over fluffy frocis and hareheads and
perfume. They wanted coffee and
sandwiches. quick! They said 80
aloud The proprietors were rush
ing their snartest. but first comers
had to be served. so-by way OF
soothing the situation--
One Of the cream toast women got
up, poured out two coffees, put a
couple Of sandwiches on plates, took
them where they were wanted. and
then returned to her seat. Whersupon
one bareheaded lady said unto the
other:
Il like that! Sitting down while
people all around have to wait!
Walter. you forgot our napkins. And
l want some mustard
Cream toast got up grinfrlly,
obeyed orders and returned to base.
Then her companion had a little
say:
Serves you right! And it is what
you may expect every time you do a
fool thing like that. I'm not ques-
tioning your good intentions, old
GIRL
'Oh. they don't count. I know Il
place that Ia paved with them.
used to run true to class all right
when 1 had q family to consider. but
now that 1 walk the world alone
can afford to make myself useful.
My best friend couldn't cali me Or
namental"
You know As well as l do that
society has it's unwritten law that