Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-16
Around the CITY.

~ NE was a potty man with q
face like jelly. pink and
~ shaky.
The other had a loafer's
droop to his shoulders and mouth
| that sagged when he talked. And he
talked a whole lot One of them was
in favor of the league. The other was
against it. And neither knew what he
was talking about. You could tell.
'Tf I was that mar in the White
House I could straighten this thing
out in a jif-''
"Is that so. Lemme tell you Wilson
is all right. It's them fellers on the
hill that are making all the trouble
I'd like to stand there long enough TO
tell 'em what simps they are. why:
| it's dead easy to fix this league up IT
you go the right way about it. Lem
me show you-
Which, of course. the other didn't.
And as neither OF them was worth
noticing, the woman who overheard
wouldn't have bothered. except that:
She had just read II headline In a
New York paper that went like this:
Americas real ruler. the man In
the street"
A MAN and woman--nldisl,. plain
and blcssedly unconscious Of
either drawback wrrc cumming
along in the dusky park The woman
was saying things about milk:
Il have found out why can't get
cream enough for our cofrre Off the
top OF the bottle like I used to-and
why the milk wont clabber and how
it is that when tho bottle is empty
| it looks so clean. Tho driver says
his boss has separator and only
leaves in enough fat to keep to the
law. I'm going to change
That's right. I would about as
soon have a murder on my soul as to
cheat children Of the nourishment
that belongs to milk. I'd feel more
self-respecting than having to face
my Judge with the lives Of babies to
answer for. But as long as we can't
help 1t. don't let's bother. No matter
how high prices get we can rub along
comfortably. Good thing for us every
thing was cheap when we first start
ed. remember"
The woman caught eagerly at the
subject. as perhaps he knew she
would-some men are extra wise.
II think of it every day Of my life.
Why. l could take a quarter and buy
a pound of pork chops for 5 cents. all
the vegetables I wanted for dinner
for a nickel-and flour so cheap that
could make a pan of hot biscuits
and light bread. swimming in butter.
for what I have to pay for one OF
these chaffy loaves Of today-oh, look.
| pa, at this bush just like ours. except
that the blossoms are not such a
pretty yellow"
That's because the poor thing
doesn't get good. rich soil and the
breeze from the country"
Il reckon. Seems like only yeSter-
day, doesn't it?'
Nigh onto thirty years, old lady"
And another woman. who was walk
ing behind. and who also owns a
memory garden where golden blooms
get breezes from the country. hurried
on and out Of the incident 1t is al
ways well to know when three is
crowd.
THIS is a fine world. provided you
I don't ask too many favors of it.
An old gentleman who lives in
rolling chair says so, and he ought
to know, seeing that this is the tenth
time he has come back to earth,
which beats the cat by one. It might
possibly be more times. but he
couldn't swear to it. as the frst thing
he really remembers is the day he
and another slave f1shed little Moses
from the bullrushes.
The kind neighbor. who had brought
in her ouija board to amuse him and
couldn't do a thing with 1t. suddenly
understood why. The old gentleman
was not good subject; he lacked
"Once when couple of US bandits
stole the sacred rubies from the tenn
pie of Isis and got flaved alive. had
to come back a woman as punishment
for my crime.
trayed her city for jewels? That was
me. These poor old legs of mine
have never hurt as those invaders
did when each warrior crushed me
with precious stones as they marched
through the gate. But that, Tarpia
business taught me one good lesson
rye been loyal ever since. And j
learned some other things that you
have to be a woman to know about
when I hear people criticise some
wife for not wanting children I know
i is because she has been oy ,alna.
fermentation. I had eleven myself.
Hand me that pill box; my dear q, ::
All ~ which pei1hhor9 dear is to