Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-11

in Householders sit on their front
porches, evidently amazed a The ap-
pearance of their thoroughfare. ne
| novelty OF the thing strikes them
One can see them congregated IN Ut
| tie groups. discussing the most e\'
citing thing that has happened since
| that day old Mrs. Jones fell down the
| basement stairs and broke her hip.
Poor Mrs. Jones. But she is all right
now. and every one Is glad for hrf.
| SO the paving will come this way
no doubt Then the automoolll9ts
will be glad How the truck drivers
will rejoice, putting on more speea'
swearing their engine has a govern
| or" on it. which prevents them ltoh.
running more than IS miles an hout :
When the police, however. pul w
| truck to test run. they find tnat II
easily makes IS miles an hour What
a fine thing for the world IL would De
| If men r ,turally told the truth. IL
| there was something within the con
stitution Of mems minds that naoe
II easy and pleasant to tell the trut q!
| What a world of worry would ne
| saved, and how much less WORN tne
courts of justice would have imposed
upon their busy shoulders,
See Wonder man and woman walk
| ne along, mnding their own busf
| ness and see yonder ice man, aDout
10 start his wagon. He does not ebe-
lieve in mindins his own business, as
heavy as it is. He ogles the Slfl'
from under the thick thatch OIL ms
yellow haIr--Why do SUCH cnaps al
WAYS have yellow hair Of just ina
cha RI CT er?-and begins to sing loun,
| ~. I'm a Little Canoe Built for Two.
His tone is offensive. his looks are
even more so. The girl shrlnkS from
them. DO not mind him. says heL
compa MON. I'VE wished he had salo
il loud enough for the ice man to
hear him) "A big loafer who mas no
more ambition than to peddle ice, IN
all probability will have no breeding
either" Perhaps he was unfair TO
ice men, as a class. but not to the
specimen under discussion.
! We bethink ourselves of an lmpend'
ing need for safety razor blades or the
make we favor. Here is q. drug store
and we will go therein and purchase
packet Of the same. This we 90.
The man charges us so cents, instead
! Of the As that we have been paying
| in all the drug stores downtown. Co.
ing out. we soliloquize in this wise;
Now. why should we pay TINS chap
q ROYALTY Of S cents? We should not.
There is no reason why we should
We can use that nickel as wen as ne
can. Five cents extra on everything
and he is that much richer ana we
that much poorer"
| SO saying, we step out his ooor'
for the f1rst-and last-time.
What q bright, cheerful afternoon
How the sun glints on everything
and makes patterns on the vines
growing over the old cemetery wall
which leans heavily over the narrow
sidewalk, as If heavy with age, and
tottering to it's fall! No doubt 1t Will
be replaced, in the march of time, DN
homes and the dream called life VIII
take the place Of the dream called
death. The solemn sleep of the deao
will give way to the sleep of the NV
ing; dogs will bark. where now only
crows call: the sounds of jazz or,
chestra will blare from score OF
radio sets. where now only the
murmur of hiding insects disturbs the
solitude Of the place. But we must
move on. We leave the cemetery
blocks behind.
Our walk is over. We ente' the
well paved street. where the ardent
white wings" are still polishing the
| curbs We are very glad that high
Government official lives in our block