Evening star., 1923-04-29


avenue at 9Th street has
turned over = new leaf and
gone into trade. The outer
stairs. trod by generations way back
yonder in the times called good, have
given way to clean awning that
shades a fruit stand. and the lower
walls are sheeted with white paint
Having followed tie Hogarthiau Ges-
cent until deserted even BY the
"burl esque" that faunts its absence
in rusty letters on the roof, the
ancient temple OF Momus reckons in
IT'S history day when it shared
honors with the National Theater-
admittedly, a hard thing to believe.
a newspaper man who was a cub
critic in the SOS. and who cherishes
playbills Of his seeding days. was
telling about it-som ething like this:
"It is such a long time ago that.
speaking of T-rand, I can't be sure Of
dates, but ] know l saw the elder
Salyini there in his great roles of
Othelio and the Gladiator. There
was less than 500 in the house
the first night because the actor
spoke III 1tailaE, DuI SO
was the impression he made that the
theater was packed after that i saw
there the great Charlotte Cushman as
Meg Merrilies-a role that no other
actress ever equaled. and, again. as
Romeo 20 the Juliet Of her sister.
l think the theater was under the
management of John T. Ford when
saw Minnie Maddern, now Mrs. Fiske,
in 'Fogg's Ferry and Minnie Palmer,
in My Sweetheart
"At one time the theater was known
as Wallis Opera House. Then, either
before or later, It was taken over by
"Pat' Harris and, in turn, became the
Bijou, the Majestic. and SO on, unit.
now -"
Silence, cobwebs and maybe-may-
be-dreams
4 MIDDLE-AGED woman-she con-
n fesses it herself was driving
alone in her car. Something went
wrong and she lacked up the ma
chine. repaired the mischief and
whizzed on.
In the hour that she was or the
job many automobiles passed, but not
one driver halted to offer aid. That
was all right; an efficient. middle
aged woman has learned to depend on
herself, but
Two young and pretty girls in an
other car paused on the road, maybe
to enjoy some special bit OF scenery,
| or perhaps SO interested in some sub
ject on hand that they stopped to
talk it out. but anyhow: In no time
a man whose name might have been
Walter Raleigh came up to inquire
If he might be Of assistance-when
half an eye could have seen that
there was nothing wrong. And the
woman who was telling about it ex-
planned:
THE riddle to this mystery is
easily answered. Young and pretty
girls call for social gallantry. A
middle-aged woman in need of help
demands kindness. There's differ
ence."
Still another woman, who lives so
All CoQHki W dTu lldI sic HdS "
trudge over mile to the car line
when she comes to town, chanced to
be around when this incident was
mentioned. And, naturally, being a
woman, she had to have her say:
II don't a.sree with you. ! am an
ugly woman and you can see that I
am pretty old. but my experience is
that men are the finest creatures on
earth-excepting women and children.
There isn't a time when am on that
piece Of road that some man doesn't
stop to give me lift: not just once
or twice. but right straight aloag for
years. I know, Of course, that there
are selfish men who refuse to lend a
helping hand, but, also, lady, lady,
there are women"
Both the middle-aged woman in the
car and the older woman Of the coun-
try road where right. And both were
wrong. For there never has been or
will be yard stick to measure the
souls Of women and men.