Evening star., 1924-10-20
THIS AND THAT
BY G. E. TRACEWELL

Almanac to his essays and papers.
His letters were masterpieces of their
| kind, In a day when letter writing
| meant more than it does now.
THE cat In gloves catches no mice,
said Franklin, antedating Theodore
Roosevela's big stick And here is
another good one, not so well known
Teach your child to hold his tongue;
he'll learn fast enough to speak"
+ y \ *
Over there to the right Is the Office
or the gas company, where monthly
! thousands of Washingtonians journey
| to plank down their colored bills and
| money Behind little windows the
cashiers or receivers or whatever
they call the men who take the
money. stand while men and women
pass In a file before them.
Across the street, between L and F,
| Is the house in which Abraham Lin
coin died. now presided over by Col
John Oldroyd. Inside tho visitor finds
a glorious collection Of Lincoln
| relics.
What memories this block must re-
call to the old resident, especially the
man or woman who was living here
upon the night when the great
Lincoln was shot.
During the past year a determined d
effort has been made by historians to
show that Abraham Lincoln was not
strange sport from parents of low
blrth, put was the logical descendant
or "A long linc OF successful men.
certainly when one reads that per-
maps greatest OF all addresses. made
at Gettysburg. one IS inclined to give
attention to the new theory Such
work as that does not come out Of
thin air, There has to be something
behind it,
Crossing busy T. street. there lies
ST. Patrick's Church, ivy covered, and
inc First congregational Church, in
It's red brick vestments.
here passes an old lady in q blue
and white polkadot dress of silk,
much favored by old ladies, whose
good sense tell them that it is a be-
coming and seemly costume for them
She wears purple hat also appro-
pirate for elderly ladies, most Of
whom know It,
Hero IL horse and wagon. This
antiquated combination is engaged
IN hauling trash away from the serv-
zee entrance or great department
store. Truly the horse dies hard
Just when we are about thinking he
Is extinct he pops up hauling trash
Dark red bricks Of the Webster
schooi greet us at II street The
tragedy OF the grade school is that
when II has done its work with the
individual child the child and man is
done with 1t. Ones loyalty to alma
mater does not go back that far
through the years. There is where
! went to school," we declare, with
an airy wave OF the hand as We
speed past. How many years il has
been since we stepped inside, No
doubt we would find 1T just as we left
II. even to the old janitor who pre-
sided in the basement.
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An lmpetuous youth brushes us
moro than necessary under the pas
sageway made In connection with a
rebuilding operation on the opposite
corner. He is in L terrible hurry.
Not feeling SO hasty, we walk I'M TO
the splendid little park at the inter
section of New York avenue and 10Th
street, expecting to find "A bench upon
which TO rest ourselves.
We find just one bench. with a
colored coal HEAVIER occupying the
exact centcr of II. So we leave him
10 his mcditations and stand on the
corner. wondering why there is only
one bench in park larg. enough for
a dozen.