Evening star., 1921-07-10
HEARD AND SEEN

mdype II Wa6 tne not weather, Dut
more probably 1t was the love Of
small boys for adventure.
The old saying about stolen sweets
are sweetest" or however it goes.
seems to apply to the average young
ster of this and other cities.
Police of the tenth precinct were
busy last week making raids on small
convenient garage. from which they
got free views into motion picture
theater.
BY a clever system of footho!ds in
the rain spout, the kids managed to
mount to the roof of the garage every
evening. From that open-air space
they could look into the theater and
see the silver screen in all it's glory.
The night OF the first raid four
cops" officiated, two mounting to the
roof OF the garage from opposite
ends, by means of ladders, and two
staying in the alley.
Cheese it, the cops" shrilled one
boy. as the bluecoats appeared over
the roof.
1t was greater thrill than
the pictures afforded. even. Every
boy made for the edge of the roof.
officer.
But most Of the boys did jump.
and not a one who hit the alley was
caught. SO slippery were they. All
the officers got that night were the
boys who were afraid of a high jump.
walked ae aong ls'o past house. os e"esls snd
knowing the householder. asked
Say, do you know where your
boy is?"
"He said he was going around on
Park road to play" said the parent.
e.,
torted the officer. recounting the his
toric event.
And he told me he didn't want to
go to that show tonight" replied
Two men had their dignity some
what tolted Independence day by an
officer Of the law. who either had
poor eyesight or q good sense of
humor.
The two men were helping the
children Of the neighborhood fire of
their firecrackers in the evening
Sure, the boys had plenty of fire.
crackers-cannon crackers, too, 1898
vintage.
Just as one of the men was about
'uns along came the policeman. The
small boys stiffened, and the two
YOU Know this is against the
law" sternly reproved the officer
You boys ought to be ashamed of
you two big boys"
1t was announced during the week
that the new branch postal station
| q q q in In
| ment would be open from s am. to
s p.m.. and that lock boxes would
be available to keyholders only
during those hours.
When the main city post Office was
housed in the department building
ten years ago. 1 am told, it was the
| custom to have the lock boxes open
to patrons twenty-four hours a day
There was one keyholder who made
| 1t a practice to come for his mail
about o'clock every morning. Now
| this happened to be the time when
| charwomen were at work. When
| ever the man came for his mail he
found buckets and mops in his way
So he kicked.
The Postmaster GeneraI-Cortelyou
oelievemsent % back a hot one" in
| day for the charwomen in order not
to inconvenience the greater number
| Of patrons he said "If you insis,
| on coming in the middle of the nigh,
for your mail you must put up with
the conditions you find"
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'The pathetic insistence with
| which red-haired women wear
| brown" was the way the street-cor-
ner philosopher phrased it.
Somebody wrote once that brown
| dresses and brown ribbons were ideal
| for red-headed girls and women, and
now they don't care to wear any
| other color" continued the philoso-
pher.
| Perhaps I am all wrong. but when
| every woman with the auburn locks
insists on dressing in brown, and
| you meet ten of them in fifteen min.
| utes, the next brown dress you see
you look for a red-headed woman.
"And. sure enough, you find her
1t seems to me I'd wear red, OF
| green, or something, and maybe Td
get BY in the rush. But brown is a
! give-away."