Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
W Y ASHINGTON has seen many
M unusual sights, but from It's
" " beginning as that indian
nIace" IN i-S now nearly

" " beginning as that indian
place" to its now nearly
half-miIlion people and $1,000 Shriner
bulbs, only once has it witnessed
fire engine as chief mourner ar the
funeral of private citizen-ch!et
mourner, girdled around with Grape and
rurnbiing along from house TO cemeterF'
tolling its mufled dirge every step OF
the way. 1t was an interesting story 10
hear about, which is why IL IS passed
along:
The funeral was that of Henry Addi-
son. who. for twenty-five years. was
MAYOR of Georgetown The mayor was
postmaster of Georgetown during the
Lincoln administration also police ara
school commissioner and likewise head
/ of the Georgetown fire department. TIE
| engine that featured his solemn passing
| was named the Henry Addlson-w!th
every fireman in the engine house Tor
godfather.
i~HERE is a barber among us whose
/ i sense of beauty and htness OF
| things counts for something money
cannot buy.
! One Young woman found 1t out the
other day when she went TO his shop to
lhaye her hair bobbed. II was bronze
brown hair that waved below her waist :
not curly. like that Queen OF Ethiopia
who registered "a hundred thousand
rings nor Vet the sort that twists into
tronr sleek tubinGs like dear grandma
used to wear but just shiny rlppleS
| such as YOU see on a summer pond
The rirl-being a. flapper glrl-pop-
ned into the chair. but the barber man
backed away and held UP protesting
hands: . clio.
hair Ii would be sacrIeglous.
| u. hold to his purpose and the Gus
,on,er went out And did she have her
wonder hair cut after a tribute ike
that? H. -,.i.ho,,,
| asking. that when nappef makes up
ther mind it-haps.
rrERE'S another little something
II along the same lines-only more
foolish.
1 A. Washington woman went anne
ing to another town 10 see an ola
| friend. who was to meet her at the
! station. Unexpectedly, she took an
| earlier train, and. with an hour 10
wait. stroIled around a bit to see
| what the place looked like. On one
! street of shops she came to beauty
| parlor," and, while pausing to look
at the layout In the window, 1or-
eign gentleman came to the door ana
| said to the woman, as the splder
| said unto the fly:
come into my parlor, madam, and
let me show you some of the mar
velous beauties ] have made OF ugly
women. In one hour I can make you
SO lovely that your best irlenu
| wouldn't know you.
And the fly said unto the spider:
| Il am about TO meet trlend
have not seen for years and 1t Wouio
be dreadful if she didn't know me-
Then she strolled back to the sta
ton. And on her face was humorous
philosophy and in her heart was the
sort of something You might call
home sickness for youth-a something
all women know about when they
I reach the loneliness of crowfeet
GONE of US are born to the ermine
of life. some of US achieve 1t, and
here Is one small proof that 1t car
be thrust upon one and doubtless re
| sented-though, of course, You CAM
be sure of thing unless you really
know.
If you go along G street some after
noon you will likely see a cat curieC
up in the sunshine in front of shoI
about g. stones throw from Epiphany
Church--provided you are gooC
hand at throwing stones.
4 1t is a fine, big, lazy gray cat, ant
his ermine is expressed in a collar
tailor-made-or furrier-made, if yol
prefer to put it observation-disclosures
" finished at the ends with truly
ermine tails.
You might wonder why any owner
| would think that dead skin coulC
add to the beauty of living fur tina
was sleek and silvery gray, but there
is always a reason for things-ant
you will notice that the reason !!
! nearly always a good one:
| That ermine collar cost money. /
| expresses the value of the cat in thu
! eyes of whoever owns it. just as {
diamond studded collar argues tina
a man loves his dog. OF course. vol
never see one off the stage, and
that it may be only rhinestone, but
| anyhow, a dolled-up' tabby means
|; luxurious basket to sleep in. cream
in it's milk and kindness righ'
straight along. And no cat, from
fairyland to q street. could wan