Evening star., 1924-10-09

Gates. II is a bit thicker in Paris. OF
course. But, then. Paris has been
| pandertng longer.
Perhaps those Of US who rather en-.
! joy seeing the police boot set on this
| variety OF tumblebus are too slow. 1t
isn't SO long since Daniel Defoe's
Mol Flanders" was sold only BY
stealth. Recently 1t was republished
| by n reputable frm and Is considered
Il notable study Of the life of certain
circles in Dcfoes time. rather than
las an addition to hayrnow literature.
But. having listened to the super
sophisticates snicker At the nasty
lines, I'm happy to be slow.
Friend brought in this story about
Douglas Fairbanks. He one usKed
Fairbanks what he would like to do
IL he were free to do precisely as he
liked. Fairbanks was frank.
'Id like to have forty new sutt., { {
clothes" said he. Then I'd like tn go
10 Monte Carlo. I'd come out on the
balcony wearing a new suit and every
one would say:
There's Doug Fairbanks, the hest
move actor IN the world
Then I'd go to my room and
change clothes and come out aGa;n
between the forces OF orensc and de-
fense. Like the competition between
big guns and armor plate. you know
Just nov" said the night watch
mar. the fashion scouts have US
Down on Division street. which is
in the center Of the East Side. the
woman who knows how can buy
gowns which arc the precise equi"n
lent OF Fifth avenue in style and
cost. The fashion scouts patrol those
places where the most modish gowns
are worn. and sketch them. Before
the sun has set on. their aciivitiss the
detectives whose business IL is to pro-
tect the fashionable uptown shops
beat the scouts over the head when
they are caught sketching new gowns
shown in the windows.
Nowadays, said the detective.
they can sketch gowns on pads held
inside their pockets. Marvellous. but
true. You can't boot a man for keep
ing one hand In hts pocket"
old Man Potters livery stable has
been closed on Thirty first street. A
new high building Is to be erected
where it once hourished. Old Man
Potter is. dead and 50 is save!
TT was the only place in the wor,d
where you could pawn animals" said
the two-a-day man. He advanced
money on the goats, geese. d"nk"Es.
ctSphdHts, HOFSCS anu uoSS oS'f
vaudeville and the circus. When the
next season began the owner of the
animal would touch advance money.
get his pooch out Of pawn and begin
amusing Americans again"
Old Man Potter did thriving busi-
ness until he took camel in pawn.
He never handled ships OF the desert
before and the camel almost .riued
him. DID nothing but eat, kick bite
and snort. Mostly eat.
Half dozen Of US stood on Sixth
avenue this morning. A lank. dark
ish, gloomy foreigner clad in new
American clothes and new straw hat
marched past. In one hand he carried
paper bundle. In the other ball
Of twine. lie offered the twine in
dumb show to the woman at the door
OF a little shop. She shook her head.
He patiently marched on.
He's been brought over by syn
dicate of his old neighbors," said one
Of our party. Maybe the syndicate
members are in New York. Maybe
il was made up In his little Armenian
village. His Job is TO make good. pay
OF the syndicate shares at 50 per
cent advance. and then get into an
other syndicate for the importation
OF another village
We said the business Of selling
twine by the ball didn't look very
good, but our friend corrected us. II
is better than It looks. said he. He
began that way himself.
Copyright 1921,