Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-02


that counts each crowfoot and ex-
aegerates every fiaw Of nature OF
art?
A man asked 1t Of q woman At the
theatsr the other night. She knew
exactly. It was vanity that failed to
recognize the encroachments of time
4 don't believe you are right. Ny
idea 10 that spotlight implies pres
tige. And any worthwhile actress is
feotion. which doesn't count for such
4 whole lot, for the sake of asserting
her ability, which does. That's why
believe women ought to vote"
And . plain soul in the seat behind.
having tabled him on her playful.
wished she could get his views on
this harassing question:
''Why-why does the reel-man jig
gle q movie ocean SO that It almost
spills or the screen? OF course.
when a big travslogue shows q storm
lows that beset her like gray wolves.
you don't catch the camera man tilt
Ing his illm. He risked his life to get
that picture and he gives 1t to the
audience-straight."
And whom those captured German
reels taken on board tho sea raider
Moewe, to show an all-highness how
allied ships were torpedoed and sunk.
the ocean swallowed each vessel with
q xvlp and rolled or beloved or rip
pied % IL nothing had happened-the
most awful expression OF nnality enat
Just let q youngster with an adj
venturous imagination get to work on
q reel showing. say. q wafsnip an
chored of1shore on a calm sea, Win
skins scooting and little satlooats
4aA no a
water and stands that ship on its
heAd-almost-untn It would make
the Renteelest kind Of lady want to
cuee-except that laughing ID more
fun.
Also. once again:
who has only so far to go on a street
car, and who is comfortably seated
on the aisle-side. bob up like q jack
in-A-box to plump into q WINDOW
seat that some one has vacated, be-
fore 1t can be grabbed by another
passenger on the same chase?
The man in front. at the theater.
would doubtless have put the respon-
sibility on human nature, because II
is the splendidest. meanest thing
known to man-for the reason that 1t
10 man. Also, woman.
A cONFABBY store man was telling
"A q customer about some woman
who had tainted on the street in
front OF the shop:
II rushed out, Of course. and lifted
her head from the br-
Its q wonder you didn't kill her!
Don't you know that her head should
have been lower than her feet"
The grocer accepted the correction
with the smile OF one who likes cold
In
how . chauffeur stopped his car to
take her to the hospital. and how they
tried to revive her with ammoniae-
Worst thing you could have done.
Don't you know that when . patient
10 unconscious. you should never
and 20 on, and 20 on.
Which IL just to hint how well
meaning but ignorant samaritans are
going to suffer from the knowledge
Of their war-sisters. who nursed al
lied soldiers in France.
p. s.-Also the poor dear undertake
A MAN was taking a woman to the
"a movies. She, dear, convention
bound lady. was in the habit Of going
only to certain motion picture the
aters on certain streets, but the man
piloted her to one of a row Of shows.
raising stunts done In equally violent
colors.
do we go in here?" The woman
put her question in the orthodox tones
of one addicted to ruts. The man
answered it with nervy promptness: |
I'VE do. Well see good show l
that won't be all about women. A
fellow gets sick of triangles and bare |
backed vamps and kiss clinches. He |
wants adventure and rough and tum-
BILE fun and hot fights and rides and |
worthwhile deeds done for a mans |
honor instead Of woman's smile. Be /
q snort and come along!
It was a good show. all right. More |
over. except for q here and there /
woman, the place was packed and
iammed with men-good quality men
that make homes and fatherhood and
bank accounts. And the knowledge l
40 Impressed her that when they came
out she was willing to listen to fur
Their Uncomfortable this:
mo female problems shaking
That's why 1t wouldn't be popular In
houses that women hock to. They
would say it was too coarse and slap
there isn't any exploiting OF sex.
women. bullets go somewhere for
a bite"
And the woman let 1t go at that.
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THERE come times, say, once in
l. coon's ase-if you know about