Evening star., 1924-10-24

whirls on to the seclusion OF the ivy
It's stolid growth, and years for per-
fection, and he thinks of his own
| life, and his callow years, and his
| days of work and betterment. and
what he has done to help others. and
| what he has not done, and of the
old barn at home, and the hens laying
him his breakfast.
Memories cling to ivy, more than
| ivy clings to wall. The ivy may be
what Pope said, "the creepy, dirty
courtly IVY" but 1t is also the ivy
of remembrance. of the magnificence
| of great race. a vine entwined for
ever in the hearts of English-speak-
ing people.
The little house that sits under a
hill is sight worth going miles to
see. if one Is interested in beauty.
If not, he would not cross the street
! to see Turner painting, SO why
worry?
1t sits there, solid and four-square
| to every wind that blows. launching
| its roof up toward the bluff behind
it. the friendly blum that protects 1t
| from the biting northwest wind OF
Winter.
If the hill could be humanized. all
of sudden, 1t would take on the
| semblance. I am sure. of stout
business man with a stout gold chain
across his stout vest. Rotarian, or
| exc a kiwanian. who imagines he is
hard hearted. but who. in truth, can
| lunch with the boys and "act the
| fool better than his son.
The small house, under this same
| matamorphosis, would become fair
| girl, ready to be sheltered and pro-
| tected from the rough winds of the
world. and do just as little in return
| therefor as possible. Is not her
! beauty enough? do not know. What
do you think about 1t?
Here Is a sight more beautiful than
any to be found in the Botanic
| Garden. Step In from this prosaic
| alley into this typical back yard. and
you find yourself in a fairy garden.
Washington's back yards, with their
| high wooden fences. have been the
| butt of song. story and play, but
| here is their vindication. There is
| no high fence here. but otherwise 1t
is long, narrow, hard to landscape.
The owner has done It, however.
Here Is bird bath. with a bronze
| figure holding out it's hands. Here
| is an arch, with two DIR. Van Fleet
roses climbing over II.
Here is a pergola with a brick
| MOOT, pIedSdnl place 10 rest, ana
yonder are gayly painted bird houses.
| Rock walks. with grass growing be-
| tween, invite to exploration among
| the crysanthemums and hollyhocks.
| A thing does not have to be as big
as the dome OF the Capitol to be
worth looking at See that single
pink rose there, Elbert Hubbard
! picked the wrong flower when he said
| If he had but two loaves Of bread
| he would sell one and buy white
| hyacinths to feed his soul. He should
| have bought a rose.
| X X X X
| Now here is a sight far more un-
usual than the Washington Monument
sticking into the sky like giant
! klansman. peaked hat, eyes and all.
! This dog and cat calmly eating out
| of the same plate-is not this an
off-the-trail sight worth seeing?
Wouldn't 1t knock you silly, to
see Jack Spratt, alley cat. and Buster
| -oy Airedale, eating dinner amicab bly,
J side by side, as II no such thing as
! the historic quarrel between CANNES
and felines ever existed?
This eating together is more star
tling than the lion and the lamb lying
down together. And IL a dog and
cat can forget their differences, and
! be good neighbors, why on earth, and
! in the name of all that is holy, can
! not the various families of men do
as well?