Evening star., 1925-02-08

for Palm Beach straws, she had taken
early occasion to buy golden weave
Tuscany on which was grated every
fruit and vegetable that the rim
could carry aboard. Also, her face
was hand decorated. And she was
mad enough to bite nails. She said so.
Aloud.
The woman with her accepted the
assertion with silence, and golden
straw repeated her willingness to par
take of cold iron:
You don't take a bit of interest in
what I've had to go through-stood
there like a dummy when the store
turned me down, without putting in
single word to help me-" The other
woman accepted the charge with
shrug:
What could / say? 1 told you
fore we went in that no store is going
TO take back goods after it is cut into.
You ought TO have known before you
bought 1t that you are too dumpy for
checks"
II like your nerve, Nobody could
call me dumpy that had eyes in their
heads. I'm the exact size Of the
Venus de thingermajg, excepting IN
height-the teacher told me so that
time / began art lessons on trial.
know stripes are becoming, but no
woman of my figure wants to tie her
self down to one style-and 1t was
such lovely bar. Now / sup
pose I've got to wear it"
swell, you might give it away the
companion was just the right size for
| checks.
II see myself! 1 take notice people
don't tumble over themselves in their
hurry to give me things. The trouble
with me is I'm too generous-just gone
and given my brown silk to Cousin
| Lou, instead of fixing 1t over.
That old taffeta' What on earth did
she want with it2''
why, woman, that goods cost me s.
when l bought it."
| Eyes, about forty-eleven years
ago"
mo such a thing. and look at the
buttons l forget what they cost but
you know how expensive buttons are
and the last body lining | put in was
as good as new, except al the elbows
Say, I'm as thirsty as if it was August
| instead of February-let's go in and
get sundae."
She piloted the way from the street
to a store counter behind the remnant
section, bought two coupons and or
dered chocolates with cream.
Being so seriously troubled with gen
erosity, and having extended the invi-
tation, an outsider would have supposed
that she intended to pay for both tick
cts, but, nay, nay Pauline
| The treat was Dutch.
X x X
| A n automobile on a car track took
n a notion to stop in its own tracks,
as il were, just car wanted to use
the same spot. Result: A deadlock that
lasted until the chauffeur, assisted by
volunteer first aides-including the mo-
torman-had eased the machine out
side the line of interference. While they
were about it, an oldish man who looked
as if he considered the world a big mis-
take, said to man who chanced TO be
standing next:
] "Cast your eyes UP at the Post OF
fee, sir. Every window alive with men
and women. If the clerks of a depart
ment will leave their desks TO fritter
away the Governments time over 4
| trifiing sight like this, what, sir, | ask,
must be the state of our national con-
science?'
| The next man cast UP his eyes, per
request, and chuckied with the hearth
ness of one who sleeps well, eats three
squares day, and treats his wife like
| a perfect lady:
Say, friend, you forgot to look at
the clock. Lunchtime, huh, huh"
| And the national conscience was vim
dicated.