Evening star., 1922-05-14
Heard and Seen

Matthew Arnold's famous phrase
about sweetness and light has its
exemplifcation in the office Of John
H. Bartlett, first assistant postmas-
! ter general Of the United States.
/ Maple sugar is what does It. You
see. the first assistant is former
Governor Of New Hampshire that
great state Of New England where
| the trees run sugar. Gov. Bartlett.
as all call him, can get the real
stuff" in maple syrup and sugar.
| Particular friends of his are pre-
| sented with a bottle of syrup or
a cake Of golden maple sugar; either
rivaling the famed nectar Of the
ancient gods. 1t is mighty hard, If
not impossible, to find that sort Of
| syrup or sugar in the stores;
| So II you happen to see anybody
coming down the steps of the Post
Office Department consuming a cake
OF maple sugar as he walks. rest
| assured that he has just left First
Assistant Postmaster General Bart
| lett.
! Advent Of real spring weather
calls the people of Washington into
| the parks. 1t should call even more
Of them than answer. and particu-
larly it should call them into pub
| lie places less visited than the more
| popular reservations. such as the
National Geological Park. I'd.
Thousands visit the Zoo, and
properly. but how many visit the Bo-
tanic Garden? Yet the flower cap
ttves OF the latter are as attrac-
| tive, in their way. as the animal and
bird captives at the Biological Park,
and deserve as many. visitors.
For those who like to walk there
is no better place than around lower
| 18th street. Potomac Park and the
Monument grounds. 1t lacks the up
| and-down character of Rock Creek
| Park. but has the attraction of
| novelty for many people.
The northwest section by no
| means has a monopoly on the beau
tiful. Every part of this beautiful
| city has its attractions. and visitors
| here. as well as residents, owe it
to themselves to find them.
as >-..s b
Children and spring seem to go to-
gether.
Children constitute the spring OF
| life. spring the childhood of the year.
| Under ideal conditions, with knowl-
edge on the part of the parents. and
proper birthright. the heritage of the
| little ones. all children would grow
like the flowers. easily and beauti-
| fully.
| To see happy. smiling child on a
beautiful spring day is to receive
benediction.
Instead. too often one sees cross.
| unhappy babies. little boys and girls
who quarrel like their elders, older
! children with down-turned mouths.
the ugly traits of their parents al
ready written upon, their faces.
| In street car the other day two
| little girls were seated. One whined
over nothing. refusing to be happy
| with an intricate celluloid pinwheel.'
| She sat like some miniature statue
of gloom and foreboding.
The other was really beautiful
| child. small girl. perhaps three
years old. extensively dressed. But
| she was worse than the other. Huge
frowns erased baby dimples. Distress
and woe eclipsed rose-petal COM
plexion.
mo, no." she screamed II don't
| want to-"
And that. Of course. settled the mat
| ter.
| Gerald. on the other hand. is
happy baby.
| He is in harmony with the beauty of
| the spring time. He knows 1t is a
! good thing to be alive in a world
| as fine as this.
Perhaps that is why he smiles at
| his mother and others.
| AS befitting his mature age of eight
| months, he has evolved a scheme of
| sleeping that is unique.
| He goes to sleep with his legs stuck
straight up in the air.
| No covers can be placed over him.
| of course, until he is fast asleep.
Then his mother. a foot in each
Ehand, gently straightens him out, and
tucks the covers around him.
/ 80 CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.