Evening star., 1921-04-10
,l~ ONE, Philander. Let's Be
Marching"
One child who used to
play the old singing game

4 One child who used to
play the old singing game,
forgot. with ihe years, just what route
I'hilander had been invited to travel.
But she never forgot Philander.
That first line of the ancient ditty
accompanied her along her own great
road until, in time, younger sister
caught up the refrain. and Phtlander
became a songful monitor to remind
them that it was time to be marching
about whatever they had to do.
Then the elder comrade came to
that turn in the lane we all know
al bout. and because she was brave and
gallant 10 the last. she heartened up
the one she was leaving. with tn"
happy. foolish little slogan
Come. Philander, Lets II" March
ing"
J.onelincss makes us do foolish
things Quoting wise being wh"
! never loved enough to be ioneiyp.
so the one who was LEFT d"tfrmlncd
! to fnd out Just where Phiiand"r was
coin- She hunted in two libraries.
appiied TO sonrces that kept taity
| OF cd rhymes, asked every ai'e-"n.r
! man and woman she came across
! and had settled down TO the ronvlc-
tinn th,t philaudnr had never marched
anywhere. when, inst to show you
show things happen:
, This columns little stuff about Old
! time singing games hrings rom
/ writer a letter which tells that the
ring around" story recalled for him
a long ..,o little girl who had been
! bu. a memory OF a lifetime OF Eears'
i"AIv k,sncst recollection OF her was
| taking her hard and slngt1Se-i car:
stIli hear her voice: come.
il enclose ranscrIpt''h OF uh'
Ir,clndy. note the sad lftti" refrain.
| Tbcrs ara trn bars to the score, and
! here are The words.
: come Phiia nder. lets b" starting
you and l may soon be PhrI'i-
: choose your PARTNER. we must wander,
far away and over E"''"''
wonder. over yondcr. =.
Ana as the woman read them, Il
! sArmcd. somehow. as If her own com
rade ..oyer wonder" had engineered
the discovery. Who knows?
And not knowing. who dares dehs :
x x
,N.,Ho wrote up the fashions OF
; w the Bible
! The Young person who started the
tbeolopical discussion was one oi
three. all Of them at movie before
the show began. They were not so
! cial register young persons. but each
possessed the elusive prettiness that
youth gives to a girl who may wake
up any morning and find herself a
piain woman for life-and all were
| chewing caranels.
! The middle girl had taken Off her
hat. resurrected near-panama
| draped with a veil of seasick green
| and crowned with used-to-be pink
roses in fullest bloom. The second
girl had already barred head. all
! bound around with "A INLET OF rnuSsy
! white ribbon. but the third had kept
on her glazed sailor, stabbed with a
giass-headed pin. understood to be
! diamonds.
SAY. Daise. ain't it mean to have to
take off your hat every time you come
to d show? ] hate it,
Daise's answer did her credit. des-
pite the obvious trouble she was hav-
| ing with an over-chewy confection:
"Nonedeed. Name. other people got
tersee 'wellsme ! donesee why we
! donetaksmoff in'churCh.
"Oh. but we mustn't"-the INTERRUPT
tion came from the fillet of white rib
bon. THE Bible forbids it,.
Just lis'n at Loolie! I don't see
why the church cant foiler fashions
mn the fashions in the Bible, any
how"
why, Matthew, Mark. Luke and
John"
| Men, every last one of EN- Wha,
do men know about what womer
oughta wear? l should think they'd
| a nut woman at the head of the
millinery department. Why. Pop can,
tell one color from another. and he's
as wise as the next man. Oh. I sup
pose the Bible men meant all right
but, az say. when 1t comes to wom-
ems clothes-why, look who's here"
] A couple Of callow gentlemen OF