Evening star., 1924-08-17

49,, on = stick. raising his tail length
Fra-. .'"r those vaude-
vjIlc Japs that are human rubber.
He turned the trick with Such easy
ratter-of-coursenesS as to look as ~
thcr. was nothing to it, unless you
run over in your mind how MANY
which means how few-men you
lnuwn, Young ones at that. who couid
Scratch a match on the bricks While
t.cpiu- the knees in straight me.
And as YOU think them out you VIII
ne forced to recognize that the aver
age chap of. say. 50. is either 100
busy for athletic stunts or is wearing
A watstiine 10 years too big.
II rave a woman who was waiting
u,,dcr another tree such thrill that
She decided to tab him down-like
thi.. And in Difference to that inten-
ZION. when the car came along ana
thcr.. was only one vacant croSS-Seat.
she planted herself next another pas
II h.tho
~ .utntr.t OF 4 breezy windoN.
Il was her way of paying her dcot.
If the man gave the matter
ihnught it was merely. of course, TO
,h.nk hi> luck for u seat on the
sh1ilv side of the car. lie would un-
dc,1i.t,dI have been astoniShed couid
he have known that the seat mao peeh
:, reward conferred upon him by al
uuknown agency instead OF pelns
just a happy chance.
And rrrhapS-juSt perhapS-1 we
could know of the invisible agencies.
mat forever. shape our happenings.
good and bad, we would be somewhat
astunished ourselves.
A MOTHER fiash-back to the Blue
"A and the Gray: Gen. Russ.y OF
Iowa. who remained in Washington
after expiration OF his term AS ASS ST
ant Secretary "f thc Interior. Was
told by his physician ii. t Il trip to
tho hills OF Virginia would 10 MIN
lot OF good.
II vas A pleasant suggestion. so the
general accompanied by h s niece and
ihcir landlady. went to summer
hotel on IL day of some occasion that
,a7led for hushed voices. softly tread
ing footsteps. and the preparation OF
what was going to be an open AR
meeting on the lawn. with rows or
chairs on the long piazza and a place
of honor in the mlddIe 1oT some spe
cial guest.
After dinner small. black-robed
and gcntle-voced woman asked him,
with deep respect, if ne would honor
them by attending the meeting. Be
ing fine and kindly man. the gem
eral consented, and when the time
came he was surprised to find that
the honor chair had been reserved
for him. And then. when two lovely
little girls prese ntcd him with bou-
quet. and every woman who passed
him made the courtSey of the old
south while the few men about
swung nff their hats in difference. ne
felt 50 touched by the display OF
'' stately courtesy that he had t" whis-
per to his landlady friend that Nir-
stnia was even more hospitable than
he had ever realized-only. what was
il all about? Herself Southern
woman, she whispered back that the
nciehborhood was going to celebrate
IN anniversary in honor of Robert f.
Lee.
Well the war was long time ago.
md as any Union soldier could re-
spec. an enemy officer like Lee, he
listened to eulogieS of the great SOL
ticr Of the South and, in one case. an
uncomplimcntary lick at the foe-but
:.s the speaker had lost d leg under
Ice. the general sat in silence and let
i. pass Then two modest young
ladies in white came and held before
him a tattercd flag. which the others
had greeted with silence and rev.
ercncc as of the Holy Grail The gem
eraI stood UP and saluted.
u WASH until ne "dS NditSu vi
and asked to speak that he Whispered
to his friend that she had to get him
out of it, because making a speech
like that waS something he couldn',
stand for-but she whispered back:
Don't This things means every
thing to them. They have mistaker
YOU for a Confederate general come
up specially for the meeting. Play
.~1hc game in memory of our good ole
Confederates you killed. Stand uI
and say something.'
So the general stood up and paic
tribute to Robert f. Lee. And wher
he had finished, raised warning hane
TO stop the applause. and told then
that he was Union soldier. and that
his division had fought the Soutf
throughout the war.
Ry the time he was through. the
old man on crutches was standing
before him with head barred, ant
every woman kissed his hand They
had recognized a valor that wore
neither Blue nor Gray.
, K X
IF you have ever wearied of th'
4 never-ending supply of prett!
girls on magazine covers, and won
dered If they would ever let UP, yo,