Evening star., 1921-10-09
AROUND THE CITY.

IN ADDY DISTRICT Is worried
/ and daughter Columbia has
L. lines between her eyes. He
g.. Is fidgety for fear his arma-
ments party may not find him in ap-
pie pie order. and she Is frazzling
her nerves over the same problem
that once harassed the lady who
lived in a shoe.
Just one little walk around the city
would assure them that this town Is
able to. accommodate. all four cor
ners Of the earth:--never mind about
its being round-snd when 1t comes
to that other vital need-the one we
nice folks call menus and the other
sort know as eats-pouf! There is al
ways more in the kitchen.
Also, they would notice that all OF
us-except Gen. Gfanr-are brighten
ing up our corners. so that when who
ais coming gets. here we will be as
neat as that new pin that lends It
self SO heipfuliy for comparison.
The White House Is diked like
bride. with the grounds for a we'd
ding bouquet-and they do be saying
that Mrs. Harding means to keep the
door ajar for all who want to go
through. Which means the world and
his wife and their in-laws-
Also, again. should dad be curious
to get local opinions as to the out
come of the big parley. he has only
to snoop around generally. in cars
and cafes and stores, on street cor
ners and in homes to. learn that we
are shuttlecocking arguments up ana
down and all around. with every,
body In the game; And tne pig thint. thr,il
up will be as dramatic as the thing
that Is going to be. If you doubt IT.
see the. history. of creation from
Adam to date.
People happily ignorant Of the Tact tact
that the world IVA was hepn gong viii I'll assure assure
you that when we have wound up
the conference with a nice pageant
we can go home to supper secure IN
the knowledge. that the weapon traue
of this country will be iimited stI,G,s hins
viii 20 back to the woodpile and
Mars will be given to understand that
he needn't come around. The dogs OF
war will be chloroformed and every
body will be happy except the max, AK
ers Of battleships. war All possris mrnisss afo to
know their little book. figure 1t ou.
that Youth fights. as 1t eats ana
sleeps and lives, because It Is his ma
ture to. And that man will never un-
derstand peace until he attains the
peace that -passeth understanding.
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ITO descend. to us everyday hikers'
l. II you are addicted to ruts you
might try wonderland for a change.
For one trip, there is the Hall of
slculls:~. You wouldn't know IT. un-
less you were, told. for. to the naked
eye, ii is just a longs long. wide, wide
corridor, walled with drawers of dark
wood. And the skulls are in the
drawers.
There Is an overflow of bones in
glass cases. with labels attached, all
ribs of time, but: 1t Is the long,
wide and silent hail with no echoing
footsteps and only cloisterish light,
that gives you a creepy certainty that
If some spirit-cuvfer were to come
along and rebuild one Of the things
packed away in a. single drawer,
you would find yourself keeping COM
historic man-though like as not 1t
might be sister.
Then, II YOU were born lucky, a
gentle scientist will lead you to a
way-on door that you never in this
world could go through. except for
some magic that. turned the OPEN
sesame trick and there you are in a
vyn nj - hv hot
to own all the real estate in this
country before dear Noah's flood
Also. there is q living. breathing
paleohtologist, who makes you feel
that you have rushed In where angels
fear to tread Naturally, you couldn't
xpect paieo. ETC., who can go. say
TO Wyoming. dig up tons Of petrified
diluvian terrors az big as street cars
would take time to- bother with a
plain soul who didn't know bones
from beans but you never can tell.
He was as helpfully kind as If he
were only an ordinary man with a
good disposition. Which Is how one
plain Alice found out how giant verte-
brata and teeth. yard-long tails and
hogshead ribs can be fitted together
life jiE-saw puzzles. And to realize. in
dased way, that If you travel to the
right spots you can come across bones
sticking out Of the ground like nuts
in slab of taffy. And that never
no more will you doubt the honesty
Of the upstairs dinosaur even IL he
is the length of q city block with his
tail around the corner. And always,
and always you will know that
paleontolosists are kind. Because you
have found out.
WHAT! is home without a paradox?
With the hushing cry still keep
ing up its banshee wall. walk in the
way Of government buildings shows
that we: are 'wrsckinE hotels where
our swarmso Of war workers used to
hive. -, . :.
And though you WOULD think the
Treasury weuld be taking its waist
band after bantinR out Of its system
all the money we have been using at
home and abroad. the old dear is
going'to tack k'on another story!
Also-but enough Is enough for one
time.
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IF you should. pass newspaper
:: building at certain minute Of a
certain hour. you would find its busi-
ness ONCE SO crowded with men and
women that your dramatic imagina-
tion would jump to the thrill that
something awful had happened and
they were waiting for an extra. Moth
ing like II AS an elevator engineer
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