Evening star., 1921-07-17
HEARD. AND SEEN

the knockout to an Indifferent and
insulting store clerk one day last
, week in a manner to bring Joy to all
who have suffered from the species.
Dopey saw a shirt in a store WIN
dow. He stood and admired it. De-
string to get a better view OF the
article, he walked in.
The clerk suppressed a yawn and
reluctantly brought forth the desired
piece of wearing apparel. Dopey Dan
looked it over, but found that he
didn't care for it, after all.
BY this time the clerk was master
fully determined that the customer.
while q nuisance. should be made to
buy: ,,Il He ,nr invoked sa. the i,,s goo OF mer-
They are all wearing it," he said.
! Seeing that this failed TO convince his
stubborn customer. he fiicked a bit Of
dust from his immaculate suit, ad-
justed his silk scarf, and let loose
why. 1 wear it myself" he said.
Dopey Dan smiled, preparatory to
That's the very reason don't want
it," he said.
The Indians on Broadway have moth
ing on the Indians on Pennsylvania
avenue.
| Particularly during the spring and
summer may one find Indians roaming
up and down the historic thorough
fare. especially below 7th street.
What has always interested me
~ IL Ga ~ y,
the inventors" of smoking. none OF
these red men are ever seen to smoke.
While hundreds Of palefaces pass
them. putting on cigars and cigarettes,
the Indians abstain. Though the orig
| inators of the custom. they never
| smoke in public. 1t is, / suppose, still
a ceremony with them.
However nicotine may tnjure his
white brother, it worries not At all the
gay and merry life of our modern In
dian-at least on Pennsylvania avenue.
Devotees of canned music"-al-
though nowadays 1t might be called
| more appropriately plated music
or ''saucered music"-will be inter-
ested in the following story from the
far west:
A new priest took up his residence
in the mining community. bringing
with him his talking machine and q
plentiful supply of records. Of which
| he was very fond.
1t CHANGED that none Of his new
parishioners Saw the phonograrh be-
| ing moved into the rectory. The next
afternoon they heard a line, full Voice
| floating out ot the house
What fine voice the new priest
! has" said the reople.
| But 1t was Cafuso.
| Those who do not often take the
street cars to the Chesapeake Beach
station. where one boards the train
at the District line for the beach. are
puzzled by the actions Of the motor.
man in the evening
| If 1t is about dusk the motormar
stops the car at every trolley post
gets out and turns on a light, gets ir
again and away you go-to the nexI
post. This process is kept up between
the Benning station and the Distric,
line.
What do you do that for?" one
puzzled inquirer asked the kindly
motorman.
Well, somebody has to turn those
lights on" he replied. Il take hall
Of them, going out. and the man com.
|Eng in takes the rest"
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| Children have a way Of taking thu
conceit out Of their elders.
And their nonchalance while doing
it is refreshing.
A proud father was imparting some
fundamentals Of religion to Eleanor
| his three-year-
Yes, the Lord made everything
| he said.
| The little one smiled.
| Say, daddy. did the Lord make your
funny old face?" she asked.
|. CHARLES E TRACEWELL.