Evening star., 1924-11-07

higher ups" held lofty conversation
| upstairs.
| Paine did not prescribe either brick,
| stucco. siding, shingles or any other
material for home, sweet home, but
| said simply:
| BE 1t ever 80 humble. there's no-o
place like home"
| From homes and back to homes
that is the history Of all these pass
ersby, from yonder we'll dressed busi-
ness man to that ragged fellow just
| sprinting out Of the way of an auto
| mobile.
Let US take a good look at the first
10 people who pass. for as these are
all the rest shall be. You might spend
the remainder of your life studying
| Pennsylvania avenue types, and at
| the end youswould know no moro or
be any further advanced in your
study.
Here arc the tenpins in this game
| Of life:
| I. A typical business man, dressed
| in neat gray-blue suit, somewhat but
not too much English cut, cavorting
along in bright yellow shoes. He is
a "go-getter," whatever that Is. He
belongs to Il luncheon club, where he
sings songs and does other pleasant
| things which no respectable business
man would think of doing by him
| self.
9. A girl in a striped coat, bearing
a paper wrapped package under her
left arm. Nothing particularly strik-
| ing about her, just somebody's girl, or
| somebody's wife, homeward bound
| from a store, or on her way to spend
the day at the home of a friend.
3. An old man, gray, thin, gold
glasses, stand-up collar with neat
black tie. He is healthy in that wiry
| way many elderly men have, never
has . cold and chews tobacco at a
lively rate. He seems in a tremen-
dous hurry this morning.
4. A mounted policeman, unmount-
ed. in no hurry at all, leisurely saun-
tering along, looking at the parked
automobiles. He has gray hair, and
a face that reminds one. some way or
| other. of tho clean-cut features OF
Col. G. o. Sheriff..
S. Another elderly man, blue suit,
standardized felt hat, gold eyeglasses.
typical of millions Of good husbands
and fathers-one of the silent heroes
of whom that classic was written,
| Everybody Works But Father"
s. A copy boy for some newspaper.
He has batch of copy in his left
hand - copy that probably ought to
have been in his Office more than an
hour ago. You will be lucky IL you
see 1t in the paper today.
! Z. A respectable. clean cut looking
! colored man, maybe a messenger from
one Of the Government departments.
s. 4 young man. gray cap. grayer
suit: his curiously red face cleaning &
in between. Is that color tho result
of sunshine and wind, or was 1t put
on with q cream guaranteed to give
one that manly, outdoors iook?"
8. A typical middle-eged lady.
There Is no need to describe her-she
| is every ones mother.
10. A blind man.
* Y =
II Socrates would come strolling by
now, we would yell, Look at that
| crook" and call for the police. Soc
| rates himself said, Il know my face
depicts all villainy, but I have a mind
that outbalances my tendencies"
1t is a hard thing Judging persons
by their looks. We may be all wrong
| in our list OF 10. Maybe II we could
only know all about them that there
is to know We would have to revise
| II considerably.
| But there, let 1t stand, a record of
| Pennsylvania avenue in an of mo-
| ment. as typical of all moments as
the drop of water is typical of the
| ocean, from which 1t came.