Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
HEARD AND SEEN

iney soon are going to have Union
station as spick and span inside as
they have it outside.
AS interesting a painting operation
as has been witnessed in the National
Capital for many a year may be seen
any day in the great waiting room
at the terminal.
great scaffold is erected there.
probably the biggest thing of its
Kind ever seen here. a tremendous
structure OF criss-crossed boarfs ex-
tending to the curved ceiling
At the top in a wide platform. upon
which painters. concealed from eyes
beneath. ply their brushes. transform
ing stripes that once were gold into
Sleaming specimens of their kind.
Those waiting for trains now di-
vide their attention between the clock.
the train announcements and the
painting operation. The scaffolding
itself Is a fascinating piece of work.
but the greatest interest comes when
a painter descends down the great
open work" tower
Nobody could blame the children.
The woman went to the corner
took her small sons express wagon.
Veyance to bring the apples home in
The wagon behaved excellently un-
III 1t arrived at a certain corner. and
there something happened. At least
That was where the woman noticed
something was wrong.
The tailboard of the wagon had
dropped Off. and apples were strung
along the sidewalk for a block But
1t wasn't the loss of half the wagon
full of apples the lady minded so
much. 1t was that tailboard. The
wagon was the pride of her son, and
she knew that she might as well not
bring the wagon home at all as minus
the board.
So she hurried back a block. found
the board, and then came back to-
ward the wagon, STOPPING and pick
ing up apples as she came. But not
until she got to the wagon did she
notice that she had left it in front
of a Schoolhouse.
In her absence school had '1et out.
And the children had found the little
wagon, unattended and half full of
apples.
Well, the woman could not blame
them.
Children have queer ways of putting
things. Yet there is great logic. after
all, in their phrasings, in the ma
jority of instances. Their viewpoints
are fresh. and they are untrammeled
by past experiences.
Take the little Washington girl who
recently was taken by her mother to
dine at the home of friend. This
child demonstrated her manners and
way She inquired concerning food.
Her mother only allows her to eat
certain things, and the child is per-
fectly contented. Most children would
cry out. Mamma. give me some of
This child simply looks at the artf-
Gle. and says: Mamma how old will
l be when I can eat that?'
The same child takes infinite de-
light in being allowed to stand I'D in
a street car. Perhaps when she is
older she will not feel that way about
it. But for the present standing in a
street car is a treat.
Most people look forlorn when a
crowded car comes along. But not SO
this child.
"oh. now can stand up. she cries.
Her mother is particularly inter-
ested in the New England college
from which she was graduated. A
prominent local alumna, she has had
occasion recently to do a great deal
OF work for her alma mater
Naturally, when visiting a friend,
she talked more or less of the coll
Iege. The child was -taking it all
in" At last the mother spoke. of a
friend. - :
Mamma, did she go to college with
you. too?" asked the small daughter
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.