Evening star., 1924-04-20
Heard and Seen

Autonro Dile courtesy reacned 1tS
climax here one day last week.
! A gentleman was wheeling his Off
spring along 18th street, prepa ratory
to giving the child a little airing in
Meridian Park.
| Now 18th street is a sort OF night
mare to the timid pedestrian. The
unwary takes his life into his hands
at many points along it Particu-
larly at 18th street and Co1um hi a
i'road is crossing attended by hazard
The man wheeling the baby car
riage stopped at the curb. Just as
great Army truck came roaring
along He had as leave wheeled his
descendant beneath the wheels of a
| real juggernaut
But, TO his amazement, the driver
of the truck was a human being
| evidently. He stopped the great We
hicle, motioned for the man to wheel
the baby across, and effectively
blocked traffic behind the truck
The Army man on the truck waved
a non-regulation but CHEEKY hand at
| the caravan as il reached the other
with roar
| Must have one of his own" mur-
INJURED the grateful father.
Hats off to the driver of Army truck
No. 514I3.
| Surely the world is going ahead
| 1t was two or three years ago that
some of the gypsy tribes frequentinc
the National Capital bought them
selves automobile trucks.
| In place of the old wagon. with
dog running along beneath and vari-
ous members OF the family peeping
out from the dark mystery of the
wagon depth, the modern auto truck
transported the gypsy household, bag
and baggage.
The Chinese lamdryman has come
to the front now
! Someway or other, no one ever
dreamed honest John would carry
laundry around in an automobile.
The typical Chinese laundry seemed
as fixed as the pyramids, as unchange-
able as the Sphinx, as everlasting as
/ time.
Charlie, and John, and Sam and all
the other capable fellows from across
/ the seas have washed collars so long
| and delivered them at the counter,
after matching the pink papers with
| the black characters upon them, that
| it did not appear business could ever
| be carried on any other way.
But that is the very thing that has
| happened, If one can believe the
names upon a glistening new auto
mobile wagon which is running
around Washington these days.
The Chinese laundry is growing up.
| I saw men climbing ike monkeys
on the top of perhaps the biggest
crane ever seen here, on the site OF
a new theater construction, and l
thought they earn all they make per
day, climbing around like that.
They were perched on the top peak
of the crane. at least as high as four
stories, perrhed out over nothing.
seemingly very much at home, fixing
some little kink that had gotten out
of order.
Below in the streets, and along the
|
tired business men got d vicarious
thrill out of watching the men
| Chamber around.
Their descent formed the climax of
an interesting afternoon. Clasping a
cable with their knees, and another
with their arms. they slid down as
/ nice as you please.
ct wouldn't do that for a million
dollars" said one man on the street
| to another.
| The battle of the grass seed is on
| in communities throughout the city.
Under the beneficent influence OF
the rain of Thursday and Friday, seed
planted during the week got it's first
real impetus.
Now sewers of various brands arc
betting upon their favorites.
The next six weeks will tell the
| story, whether so-and-so mixture is
better than thns-and thus brant.
1t is a great game, and the bes-
looking lawn is the prize. The beau
ttfcation of Washington will be the
sesult-e CHARLE.SET TaACEWEL4L.