Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26

it. IL came away Toto, get away
from that crowd of boys at home.
ITO pick up with such sporty kind
of men like this Danziger from Chi
cago. 1 guess. I tell you, Esther,
think" - zoe
II can't help what you think.
mamma. Papa and like him, al
rightly. He's been all over. He know
more about the world than you ana
papa and Abe and me put together,
He's going to show US Switzerland
and the Riviera if he can change his
ticket" l".
And il you want to know 1t, IL
like him. like him whether you like
him or not. Maybe If you and papa
would-would leave me alone with
him for a minute, he-he might get
to like me, too. II like him-so
there. III just do" -7su -
Her voice slipped Upward and sne
sat down hard and suddenly on the
extension of the mothers steamer
chair, her lips quivering as1f wound
ed and her eyes with a hint of tears
in them turned away from the mirth
of the promenade deck. q. -s,l-
IF you want to know it. I'll like
him-so there"
Under the caves Of the 4teamer
hood, Mrs. Lefkovitch's Sfecs-crum-
D's Hs iRsa 'n yos? little Spdty nix
like him, what travels morH as he at
tends to business. That'sswhat l need
yet. my daughter what could have a
man like Abe 2
you got to quit calling him nix.
mamma. He's just prince. that's
what he is Papa says he speH1s more
| money in one day on this. boat than
all the other cheap skate.fellbws put
together. Papa saw him th This owl
eyes give away a fve-Aollar gold
piece to a poor sick fellow in the
steerage." -
ga, I know. / know. Butt never
| in my life thought much"
He'd let cards alone pretty quick,
| let me tell you. mammas; u ali the
cheap skates on this boat Who lost
their few dollars that sfirst night
wouldn't always be after him trying
| to win them back" fs
-Four hundred and eighty--"
/, Look, mamma, look! oh, mamma.
we-we-we've been missing it. Oh!
In sudden proximity green as sward,
| spewed it up through the sea, the Isle
OF Madeira. Tapped by waves and
under the luscious kiss OF q southern
sun, lay with its fertile Hanks to sea-
ward. Villages, toy size, perched on
| the slopes in the attitude % sliding
gardens lay to the sun. In the back
ground a mountain lost its head in
mist.
ooh. mamma. isn't it-isn't 1t gor-
geous?"
ia. And you say. Esther. in Ma
deira is where We get the hand en-
| broidery SO cheap"
J Eyes, yes. and see. mamma. that
darling little white town."
Zach, how I wish my boy Niche
| could see 1t with me. I tell you a
mother amt got much pleasure if
See. mamma. see the beautiful way
| the ocean sends the waves running up
! on the banks
| II tell you, Esther-and please God
! some day you'll need them-such a re-
lief it would be to me If I could get
you sheets and pillow cases here al
ready made up. That Mrs. Kron from
! Milwaukee. who is on this boat, says
she got all her daughters trousseau
| right here On
| ooh. mamma. mamma. see that town
that's Funchal. Look. mamma. just
, around those beautiful hil1s!"
| Sheets and piIloy cases already"
! But her daughter was of toward
the captains bridge, a stir breeze
flashing her skirts back against her
l
llithesome limbs outlined. A cloud OF
| flying fish rose off the water, plotting
the boat landward. Beyond the be-
/ stirred deck. its chatter and observa-
lions mingling. and far and beyond
the approaching city which nestled in
the curving arm of the harbor. the
| purple mountain faded into cloud.
| X X X X tr.fA
A CITY of romance and Of tropical
~ avenues. of handmade cobbled
streets. and ox-sledges with bells
ljingling right merrily. Funchal dreams
in the sun like a many-tinted lizard
Natives the color of old gold shout in
voices the quality of old iron to in
| coming tourists. Perpetual summer
lies like a blush of pleasure up the
lazy incline of Main street and over
all Funchal. Its gardens behind and
overlooking white-washed walls. are
of a thousand scents and a thousand
\ colors. Years and years have left
llichen and gray Spanish moss thick
upon the face of Madeira like a beard
of old age. But the heart of her is
young and her Portuguese trail like
lchildren far behind the caravan OF
civilization.
Out in the harbor the white ship
Roumania cast anchor for want of q
a"av- and sent rowboats of sight