Evening star., 1920-01-11
HEARD AND SEEN

The adventures Of q grapefruit at
a symphony concert shall be de-
tailed here. In the first place it
should be admitted that a grapefruit
has no business attending a SYM
phony concert. No self-respecting
grapefruit should do that. There
are many places grapefruit is
twelcome, but a concert hall is not
one Of them. Any grapefruit that
takes it into its head to go and
hear music does so at the risk of
its immortal seed.
Grapefruits are entirely in their
element in grocery stores. They are
taurant windows. where their Sc
ductive yellowness serves both as
( ornament and harbinger of tart
sweetness. These golden globes
glow most triumphantly of all in
the. home. which ts their proper
! But woe betide the artistic grape
| fruit that rolls itself into an or.
chestra seat at 9 symphony concert!
A tramp, with a two-week. stupoie
on his lace. and decidedly no collar
on his neck. and exhaling the odor
of a fast disappearing beverage. would
I be a welcome guest at the feast com.
pared to the unblushing grapefruit tnat
attempts to set up for musical critic
saw one Of these juicy villains
fact, brought him in. He was
wished, on onto me at the last mo-
ment by q friend ,wh0ses iudgme4t
IA these matters respect. Surely.
/ said, mo one will care" .,
Alas!
{wrappingof the grapefruit in paper.
and this was. done, to the utmost
despair OF every, loyal seed In that
rrapefruit's body. Why cannot we
/ be frank about such, things? Must
a hard-working grapefruit be SNUG
/ leaving others to wonder WnaL tne ne
| thing is? Surely this is not 70 De
] submitted to, grapefrufts. -
Behold that innocent globe, wrapped
| in white paper, looking for all the worio
! like an enormous base ball. ready to
swell up and bust" as tho small boys
phrase It. - But grapefruits viii out
| ELSE there would be no story. Be care
| full how you applaud when you are
chaperoning a lively young grapefruit
| at q symphony concert
+ There is thud. and something starts
| flashes Of white and yellow meet the
eve. with the yellow gaining every inch
You wfsli the bloomin' thing would roll
beneath a chair and be lost forever, now
| But no such luck
els this yours?" asks a young man.
who has intercepted its dight to the
orchestra
: You are forced to acknowledge own
ership Of the, thing. which gapes shame
| lessly from its torn paper. As you
grasp the wretch the paper falls clear
OF and into the aisle: The cat is out
Of the bag at last The old Iady with
| the lorgnette knows the worst. There
! is. nothing more to fear.
| So you calmly sit down with the yell
| low fruit in your hands, as IL q grape
| fruit were quite the latest thing In the
way Of a concertgoer'S decoration: and
| the grapefruit, thick skinned fellow that
he is. actually seems to be enjoying
himself. ~. Il.
>**
Eggs on ice!"
That would have been the order at
the Zoo last week IL the ducks in the
American waterfowl pond had attempted
to lay. It may -be stated right now that
no duckess was 30 hardy as to attempt
such 4 thing. ! '-3
One Of the coldest days that ever
hit the National Geological Park O.
a Sunday prevented any such daring.
All the water fowl were huddled on q
BIT Of open water at the west end of
| their palatial inclosure. Some vera
sitting on ice, looking very cozy,
while others swan around in the icy
water regardless.
\ at must be fine to be q duck" ~ said
one Of, the few visitors to the park
yesterday, afternoon. Attendance at
the park was the lightest In many
skating on the creek beneath the
bridge was not large. 80
Old Terry the sealion. barked in
vain for people to come look at him.
He had perhaps two dozen, visitors
all afternoon. instead OF the usual
hundreds. Terry. was a glistening
black yesterday, the cold water SEEM
ing an aid to aquatic beauty. =
| Ningo and Moxa. descendants of Ad-
miral Peary's dogs that took him to
basking 10 the cold. The two, ''hus-
kies," enlivened by the xesty air.
pricked up their ears and took notice
Iof the few who. stood before their
cage. The National Capital is not ex-
actly Eskimo dog weather. most Of the
time, but when the Thermometers get
down around sero neighborhood--oh,
All the bear family. Especially the
Epolars, liked the cold. Who wouldn't
t-wearing . bearskin coat?o The cub
/ Russians stayed in their cage. most
! of the afternoon, tuning up for that
alternating stunt one reads SO much
Eabout,s To become a real hfbernator
takes time, and tho cubs are now re-
| ceiving lessons from their mother in
this art of the bruins. ~
Plain wolves and coyotes snfffed the
cold air with rapture. but some OF the
Eother animals outdoors didn't seem. to
like it quite SO WELL But old Mother
Nature has plentifu1ly supplied them
all with quarts OF warm blood. 50
none suffered. s'.d- r.
"The hot house for mine" snorted
the baby elephants, munching hay tn
doors. The big chimpan4ee enjoyed
himself behind his glass protection.
The glass, by the way. is not there
!. to protect humans from the big A4n-
1 thropoid. but to protect the clfinn-
pAnzes, from the breath of human