Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09

on your list OF chummy
L friends. For one thing, when
you see how hard he works to keep
himself from being bored with ex-
istence, it makes you kind of thank
full for a steady job; and then again.
by knockin' around with him occa-
sional, you meet such charmin peo-
pie, like-say, take a deep breath
now-like Mrs. G. Iselin Palmer.
Uh-huh. Absolutely. Mrs Jerry
herself. Course, 1 amt quite got 10
the point where call her that to her
face, even if Pinckney does. But
we're workin' up to it. Oh, my, yes.
Gradual. you know. She started IN
by calm me Prof. McCabe. real
formal. Then it got to be dear pro- pro,
be dear Shorty, Old Thing.
How's that for edgin' in among
the smart settlers. Ell? Some class 10
me. what? Course. 1 can't let II an
to my fascinatin' personality. some
of her recent moves might pc que
to this new fad of her crowd for pa
.-pn;z;n' exhibitions of the manly art:
with seats in ringside boxes seliih
at fifty a throw, and holdln mem
berships in swell sportin' clubs Wnere
they put on private Douts. ~ any nf the
though 1 don't figure in any OF tne
events now. ! suppose she counts II
something to know a real ex-champ..
who once wore the lightweight peit
...ru met all corners.
I did draw the line, though. when
she wanted Pinckney to have me
stage snappy private go between
Swiftly Joe and me here in the stuolo,
with Just her and a few select frlenos
as an audience. .,,,+
Sorry, Pinckney," says j, Dut
you'll have to explain to your Mrs;
Jerry that she's got me wrong =
don't perform any more, not even TOT
the plutocracy. Tell you what l VIII
do. You tow her down late some
afternoon and we'll have Swiftly
nunch the bag for her. He makes
unite a zippy act of it with a skirt on
the side lines
So we compromised on tnat anu
she seems to get more or less OF
thrill out of it. specially when Swi1ty
pulls his trick stuff, catchin' the bag
on his elbows, shoulders and head
and maxim it rap out jazzy tune
against the wooden platform above.
He goes at it real vicious, you know,
with that ugly jaw Of his set ana MS
muscles punched. 1oud .ni d., ~
sew clean over the ropes with some
of them swings of his. Maybe ne
could, too, if Jack didn't come back
with anything more harmful tnan
pound or so of leather-covered ar:
blows~ gurgles Mrs. Jerry, grabbin
me impetuous by the arm.
She's the grabby kind, Mrs U.
Iselin Palmer. I expect that's how
she got Ollie Iselin as starter, ana
old man Palmer in his turn. Let's
see, there was one or two in between.
but 1 forget just who they were. she
and Ollie parted through the. Keno
route, I believe. and at least one
other hubby was wftched by statu-
tory decree. but old Marvin Il; RAJ
mer had the grace to make her
regular sod widow and left her bales
of preferred stock and other income
producers. Since which sad loss she's
been hittin' the high spots ana
hornin' into the smartest circles. =.
we'll. iii say. One of these long
geared. loppy females that's strong
on eyes and complexion. Theyre
her own eyes. too. AS for the rest
of her get-up, I guess you'd have 70
trail her while she has the ner sa sess0 de
ieunesse to account for her havin'
passed forty without shown any
wrinkles or silver threads among the
henna strands.
Anyway. she knows how 70 Keep
round, and she don't seem particular
about the type. whether they're
limousine lizards like Pinckney. or
plain roughnecks such as me or
Swiftly Joe. expect that was why
was doing that cahteen work durin'
the war. That's how I happened to
meet her first. out at one of the
camps where 1 used to go twice
week to put new draft squadsthrough
their first settin' up stunts. She was
servin' as head matron at the rest
house and havin' the time Of her life
at it. / Judge from her talk since
that she's never forgiven the allies
for closin' up the war and that she's
still hoping another one will be
started soon. So it's only natural
that whenever we get together we
have to talk over them good old days
when we was helpin' make the world
safe for-well. for the profiteers, 1T
looks like now.
So when swiftly has finished his
act. and her and Pinckney are in
dulgin' in a cigarette in the front
Office. asks her IL she's still keepin'
track Of any of her soldier boys.
IT have tried to-" says Mrs. Jerry.
But it's so discouraging. Most of
them are doing such commonplace.
stupid things now-clerking in
stores. working in factories. or driv-.
ing delivery trucks. And 60 many
are married and have forgotten. But
by the way. Pfnckney. didn't / ask
you to look up Suey Sam for me?"
by Jove" says Pinckney That's
so."
Naughty. naughty" says Mrs.
Jerry. You didn't remember
"Oh. but 1 did" protests Pinckney
Forgot to report, that's all. Yes, 1
went down to those broker persons
who gave him a situation when I
asked them to- but they said he'd
been gone for months"
Sam had resigpedr' asks Mrs.
Jerry.
Wel-er-in "a way" hedges
Pinckney. Il believe they thought
No wouldn't be much of a success in