Evening star., 1922-02-12
A GROCER was telling a customer
something like this:


A GROCER was telling a customer
"a something like this:
Il have had in my employ a young
with any Amount of money. The
other morning he received a summons
to court. neither Of US knowing what it
meant. When he failed to return I
became uneasy and called up the
court. to learn that the boy had been
caught with a stolen automobile and
other loot and was headed for the
|penitentiary. l got the judge on the
phone and told him there must be a
mistake. I knew the boy and could
bank on his honesty. The Judge told
me to be on hand at the trial and
wflen I saw the poor fellow I hardly
knew him. his shoulders bent and his
brown face absolutely pale with fear.
The instant he heard my voice. how
ever. he Strengthened uD and regained
his old EXPRESSION. He knew I would
make the thing right for him--and
did.
"He admitted the automobile and the
loot. but explained that q man
on the street who had the machine
asked him to lend . hand in fixing
something, and he had done it, just
as any one would help out any
stranger who needed assistance. I
told the Judge he could rely on the
story being true one. so he stayed
proceedings and paroled the prisoner
in my care. The boy escaped because
he had q friend on hand. but there is
no telling how many hne, innocent
lyoung fellows have been sent to the
|penitentiary because appearances
were against them"
And that ended the incident-un-
less your Imagination happens to hy
back to another law. as demonstrat-
! ed by painting in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art You recall that The
| arms a sieve filled with water. II
| the water falls through she is guilty
OF breaking her vows and must
die. II the water remains in the
! sieve, she is innocent 1t is = beau.
| tiful picture, but a craftily cruel
when civilization was in its child
| hood.
We are too enlightened. too hu-
\ name. to tolerate a law like that
| and yet, when You think-when you
| think-of the countless men and
chopped and volted out of existence
because appearances were against
1t seems to show that modern jus
tice still has faith in the water test
| only
| CHE was turning into a motion pic
~ ture entrance, when = passing
friend stopped her with a criticism:
| You must have a good lot Of time
| to waste-going to q movie in the
| daytime. I'm gettin' 80 now I hate
| to throw any money away on 'em
AS a lady frien' Of mine said In &
little talk she give the other night
at our meetin', what is q movie
| show. anyhow, excep'n = lot of high.
falutin' love-makin' that oughter bt
! censored; an you know your own
self. Mrs. Hoskins, you never saw
no men an women chasin' after each
other an doin' all that fancy courtin
| in your time"
II know I never, but Just because
me an Buck hitched up without nc
| extry romancin' amt the only sigr
| to go by! There's lots Of other folks
| In this world, an it's got heaps more
places in it, too. than I usetef give !,
credit for. Why, woman. I can loot
| quite some travelin' because I hat
| been to Baltimore by boat, an on q
little trip to Gettysburg that time
Of the celebration, but, shucks-
well. you know movies ought to b
censored"
| Of us ought to have our thoughts an
actions scrubbed an aired once II
lawhile. but hadn't even budged. muct
less travelled. Why, I've got 50 now
I feel to home all over everywhere
can spot the Ark de Tromf. an thu
Reems Cathedral. an'-lemme tell yet
amt ali there is in italy. why. Mrs
grand! So is irelan'. Have you seer
| Muckross Abby an the Giants Cause.
way? An have you been to Killonny'
Woman, I tell you right here whel
they show a ship stavin' over tn.
on it. II had my young years to g.
over, I'd say to Buck, You wait till :!
come back; I'm goin' to travel al
aroun' the world an see sights, an
lrd 20 to night school. 1 tell you thera
ain't nothin, that comes up to lie lsarnin
an travelin'--come on in. I'll tre4
Its q grand play"
And Just to show that human nature
is always on tap. the other woman
went in, but-she paid her own way.
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iTwO men whose work requires
them to keep unusual hours wer'
talking Of the necessity OF beani
awakened on time. The one who haa
obviously oversight himself rathe
shifted the blame on ais wife:
"Mame knows how important It Il
for mo to be on time, but just as lik
as not, after waking mo for couple o
times she will forget, though all an
has to do is to keep the house going
1 hate like blaxes to be late. not oni!
on account of the time clock, but yo,