Evening star., 1922-02-05

where delivery wagons could not goa
others on the job as messengers, aps
prentices and the like, but the oldS
time schoolboy with an everyday
bound around with a wooien COM
iorter seemed as dead as the re..
liable nail associated with the late
Marley; Even boys are business men,
Can it be that the fneficieut play;
boy Of the past has been killed OUT
and that the Boy Scout has done the
deed?
|VOU might suppose that the per-
petual motion woman who could
not sit down a minute without a bit
OF sewing or knitting to keep her
hands going had been evoluted out
Of existence, but-there is one sur
vival, anyhow.
She was in a window seat Of q
street car. and from the far east to
The Star building she crocheted-and
were occupying. say. the Eddystone
lighthouse. instead of a crowded car.
The thing she was doing-a long
tailed edge-was Of q pattern that
called for shells and chains and loop
sh5;e,ioops. ii; loops going up and down. and
1t all over. And as the steel hook
flashed In and out Of the thread
1t obviously provided pleasanter
thoughts than those other not-so-
long-ago. needles that knit helmets,
or the farther back ones that be-
longed to Nine. Defarge.
A passenger in the seat directly be-
hind was SO conjured by the shine
and motion of the needle that at last
she leaned over and commented on
ind, ,tCfr md LII hA
compliment was accepted with the
smiling satisfaction that most Of US
all OF us-feel when We have hon.
estly done something to merit it
and then the talk took a business
turn:
Yes. she often sold things to pas
sengers who saw her work on the
cars - and, by way of proving IL,
opened the drawstrings of bag and
turned out lace doilies, centerpieces,
nearly every second Of the time. The
customer bought three yards of the
long-tailed edge. and that's about all.
except that
1t pays to advertise.
0NE woman was telling another
about a birthday gift she had just
given her husband, and how she had
saved for weeks from her house
money to get it. The other woman
was shocked:
why. Nellie. how could you. I
wouldn't dream Of giving my husband
present out Of his own money! I
earned every cent for his Christmas
Gift. made kimonos and dressing
sacks for some friends"
And man, who was near enough
to overhear. said to his companion:
+ a ho
her"
Il wouldn't want her at any price.
She's too good to be true. My old girl
cheats me out Of every cent she can
lay her hands on. I'm used to it. Its
one of the rules Of the ring. Wouldn't
want her to be different"
Which seems to show the variety of
opinions-undoubted a wise dispen-
sation OF nature. since life would be
somewhat monotonous IL all OF US
were made in the same mold-like
candles.
A PENCILED note. undated. name
less and cryptic of subject, was
picked from a floor of the Library Of.
Congress the other day. And as fnds-.,
ings is keepings, here's to remind
you how times have changed since
the words meant anything: e
-"All alon gby the west side Of
Delaware river-as far as a man can
ride in two days with q horse, for
and in consideration Of these fol-
lowing goods to US in hand paid and
secured-20 guns-40 tomahawks-
100 knives-40 pairs of stockings-1
barrel of beer-30 glass bottles-s0
pewter spoons-s0 combs-66 looking
glasses-30 pounds of sugar-5 gall
Ions Of molasses-100 strings Of beads
-" and SO on.
Deed giving Pennsylvania to Will
liam Penn.
X + + X
A FAMILY man went out early Nom
day morning to get latest
newspaper accounts Of the theater
calamity. In reading. he saw q notice
of Importance to his three little girls:
Children, the paper says there will
be no school today"
This should have been glad tidings,
but for the little girl who was seven,
it meant interfering with her plans
for the day: Il
"oh. my! And ! had just kissed
my dolls goodbye" !!
NANNIE LANCASTER.