Evening star., 1921-04-10
HEARD AND SEEN

separating the sheep from the goats
has proved difficult problem for
ages. but it is particularly hard for
| the neighbors in certain northwest
community who have been brought
, face to face with the problem re-
Gently.
One household came into the posses
| sion of two small " hjte animals which
f, they installed in the back ward The
creatures began TO cry forthwith. and
have been at it ever since
The neighbors We're divided into two
| factions. one side claiming that the
| animals went ''Baa "A a. and the 9th
or side asserting as strtnuousiy that
they went '.Naa-aa-a,"
| Now. nice problem in acoustics is
involved there one ear may hear the
| sound begin with a b" while an
other ear may hear it as beginning
with an N The eye offers little aid
i as it is hard to tell a lamb from "A kid
from ones back window. especially
when yards and an alley intervene
The lambs-o- is IL goats-beg gan
crying at d m. and were TO be heard
as late as midnight Then one day
| the crying ceased.
| Gone to become chops" said one
| neighbor.
! But he was mistaken. when he woke
Up the next morning an old. familiar
sound greeted his ears.
"Baaaa,'
/ often wonder what the watchmen
| think about as they sit in the corri
| doris in the various government de-
partments, watching officials, clerks
and visitors come and go. one day
much like another as far as the
watchers seat is concerned.
But there is no reason to pry into
their thoughts. They are men who
/ have served their country Well and
long, in the very great ajority of
cases, and are now in positions that
still require faithful service as of
! old. although of another kind.
You VIII find d great variety of men
in these positions of trust. just about
| the same variations in men that are
to be found in other walks of life
There is the watchman who rene M
bcrS you when you come in, ana there
| is the Watchman who never does.
There is the man who looks at all
visitors with suspicious eye and
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Young men, especially. seem TO ex-
| cite the distrust of watchmen in the
! departments If a young man enters
with overcoat on arm, he is lmme-
diately set down as clerk who is
attempting to get into his Office
late-without attracting the atten-
| ton of the chief.
Young man. do you work here is
the question the captain of the watch
| will hurl at the visitor as he enters
| the elevator.
Altogether. the government watch
| man has a great deal more exciting
| time than he seems to have.
The fire department has to put up
| with a lot of things.
But every fireman will tell you
not to let that deter one from send
| thinks it necessary.
Just because there are a number
! of false alarms does not mean that
each call has not been sent in sim
cereiy and in the best of faith. The
quicker the fire department attacks
a fire the better chance ii has to
conquer it.
A local woman turned in an alarm
recently which is a case in point.
She was just entering her kitchen
when there was a crash and a cloud
of what seemed to be smoke filled
the room.
She ran to give the alarm. When
the fire company got there they
found a large patch of plaster had
broken loose from the ceiling. 1t
was flying plaster the woman had
seen.
But it had so happened that
neieht,or had been burning her din
ner. which smell, com bined with the
sight of the floating plaster dust.
gave the woman the impression OF
fire.