Evening star., 1921-12-04
AROUND. THE CITY

/ word. if he wanted to. but the man
! he was talking to, evidently felt like
exercising the same privilege.
Whats the matter with Column
bus. who discovered us?-and. say,
man. don't you know that we got our
| laws from England and that some OF
the best Of them are founded on the
old Roman laws?"-snd SO on.
Also. he might have mentioned that
the dome of the Capitol got its de-
| sign from that Michaelangelo who
made it for st. Peters-and that the
given to US by one Gregory. who was
Pope Of Rome. As II any Of it made
any difference anyway, SO long as
Plenty Coups felt like honoring a
great man who happened to strike his
Which endeth the mean things for
this time.
T TITLE Miss Virginia. aged twelve.
- likes to know things. And. just
by way Of prophecy. the day is COM
ing when she will be doing things
with this advance hint for proof!
On Armistice day resident was
showing her various government de-
partments, which SO interested her
that she wanted to know what each
| formation:
The bureau Of engraving and
printing Is where they make the
money; the Treasury is where they
hide it: the Capitol is where they di-
vide it,; the Navy Department is
where they spend it; and the War
Department is where they fight for il"
isn't there any place where they
save some of it?"
You might consider this question
like unto the Shakespearean shadow
| that precedes coming event-for
| why:
Thoughts are like the seeds of
Scripture. in that when they fall on good
soil they grow and grow-and where
VIII you find better ground than the
fertile brain of a child who is to in
herit national say-so in the affairs
or country that ought to save and
does not? Therefore: We need not
the world will be paging Miss Vir-
ginia Blank. chairman of the Millen-
mum Association. who made her Uncle
pam start a savings account" Who
knows?
And if we don't know. how can we
deny?
THERE is nothing alluring about
a ripple of blue cord that some
one has thrown away. There it lay
on the pavement-to be walked on
and f1attened out and draggled until
it. was dirt color more than blue.
Along about noon an old man shuf-
fed by. saw the string and picked
it up.
To get it he had to stoop with the
al n 10 Enp inv ,,h 80
joints. and when he had Strengthened
up the hand that held the string
went to his back with the spasmodic
quickness that meant "cricks." Then
he investigated the string carefully.
fingers along it's length and after
doubling it in even folds. put tt in a
pocket and shufied on his way.
What did he want with that string
He wasn't the type that takes to
miserly little hobbies; he was too
| wanted it to tie something with; II
was too entirely worthless. Do you
suppose-do you possible suppose-that
there are lives so barren Of interest
that the bare picking up of string
on the street becomes an event:
! rich city like this-whats the an
swer?
| II
lx1OU notice wfat big difference
/ little things make-with this
atom to 60 by: A mountaineering
! to look at and not much to hear
was sorting a morning mail that in
cluded Invitations to a college tea
charity bazaar, q ball by chauffeurs
association. four important club meet
ings. a big sister dance. three scientific
lectures, two church services different
creeds) and the doings of a whole slew
| Of legions. posts. ladies' aids and so on.
all of which she sorted out and put in
proper place. Then she came TO a let
/, ter that bubbled along like this:
j I wanted you to come and see baby
suck her thumbs. 1t is really remark
able when you consider she is only
| two weeks old and you would love
old Mount Shasta in a snow blanket
| that makes him look like the worlds
biggest, whitest ghost. and her voice
is going to be marvellous l can tell
by the way she cries an alpine guide
took two men up last week the!
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