Evening star., 1925-10-04

Crowds passed her. going and com
inc. but nobody took notice. one way
or Misunderstanding become cosmopoli-
tan since the last census-untn. AS
might have been expected. friend
chanced along She had jay.walked
over from southside. and fiction's
great detective might have deduced
that she had been To market. seeing
she had a basket with its lid cooked
Nh to show vegetables and a leg OF
<amh. Also brown bag ct apples
Al sight Of the woman who was tax
ing II easy on the pedestais coping
she Chuckled out an ejaculation that
was fellowship streaked with sur
prise:
MY soul and body woman. what
YOU doing there? Sick, or sunni
The seated sister returned the
chuckle In complacent vein
Tired out buying shirts for Bob
had to look in dozen stores before
could settle on A choice-Boh's easy
on everything except his workin
shirts s'pose every man must have
his crazy bone.
"Aint il the ruth. My old man
takes his grum lin out on his socks
tender feet They oushter buy their
own but as lin says he hasn't the
time which is 2 fact. Get up. woman.
Won oughtn't be suuatting on the pave
ment like that. Come on.
The other failed TO see her con
duct in that light. She was going To
keep her seat until she got good and
rested. Then she was going home in
q car She said So in a way not 10
he misunderstood. The leg of lamb
lady persisted:
You'll catch your death Of cold
you know what neurities can do 10
you-get up and take my ARMAND
besides. it doesn't look right. honest.
1t doesn't"
Then it was that the buyer of shirts
asserted American independence:
Not right. huh? Lookit this flag
an lemme tell you sump'n-if this
place is good enough for the Star
Spangled Banner it's good enough for
Mary Ann
The Flag is found In many places
where Mary Ann might naturally
hesitate To follow: in a trench. for one
place. and in sunken submarines or
falling planes. but ALL the same. she
had voiced good. every day philosophy.
(which may he as fine as patriotism
lin its way.
II has to he said. however. that she
numbered to her feet and lei the wonl-
an with the ba sket lead her away.
TWO sportsmen went cunning last
week and got lost in the Mary
land pines. They had started from
Washington with hamper. leaving
II with the chauffeur. expecting TO he
back on time but
If YOU have ever lost your bearings
in the trackless brown of satiny pine
needles YOU can understand how dusk
caught the hunters in the woods. 1t
was then that Josephus came along
with 4 basket which he was filling
with dry cones: took them to his cabin
on the edge of the pines and helped
his wife. an ancient brown body like
himself. to give those sportsmen
chance at the best meal they ever sat
down to-teStimony of both.
, There was good coffee from a. pot
'hlackened by corncob Goals. plenty of
just -churned butter on piping hot
pone and, in Difference to quality
guests, Mrs Josephus took from her
mantel shelf a china plate. gilt-rim
med. with roses all around. and put on
il some rashers Of country-cured ha
con wrnathed with fried eggs. The
plate was ha nd down from the fam
lily her mother had belonged to and
the one great treasure OF the house.
.Iosenhus had been promsin' to buy
her a chany tea set 10 match ever
since they got married nigh onto a.
wears ago. hut crops wonldnt LOT him
Still. she was pow ful glad to have
that one piece-an Sh.- mouf even ser
the set sometime. please the good
Lord: "AlI You got 10 do is to wait
for what you want even il YOU has 10
t-o 70 the world M wander to get tt
The meal was life-saver but when
the hunters started to pay for it the
old man refused. And the old woman
said all she was sorry for WAS that
she an Josephus "hadn had time to
hrile couple Of chickens
Then one of the men told her that as
sh. was the best cook he had ever
come across he would give her big
wages II she would live in Washing
ton with him and his wife: they would
find a place for JoSephus. too. but
the old woman knew better.
Why. chile. honey. I ain't no good
ceok. cepn Just TO stir up batter and
fry bacon; | suits .Josephus. but your
cook beats me all holler. It's JUS he
cawse YOU genlmems was hungry
thas all
So the hunters came home and talk
ed II over with their wives. and the
'fo,r Of them whizzed down to that
cabin on the edge Of the pines and
took with them china tea set rim
med with gilt and roses all around.
A KEY in glass case hangs by
door in the hall al Mount
Vernon 4 key isn't so much Of