Evening star., 1926-11-21

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stores until there IHED NM
is carload to NfM@ u
sell. The yard, a Il l4HNI(l !
large slice of W. 80 ~
ground with grass II PNT HNVIHf
and a few bushes A-kH i ri. ~.
forget whether vMSL
there is n tree--is " rW "
interlaced wit ~ IN WV
lines for drying NG$D
clothes, and serves X%SS ""
as 2 playground ,MTntI9kS D.
for a boy who is 7fHSx%poO
years old. 1t is WIZ :,
pract cally his kMJ
world, for the W
laundress must he
away from him hours every day, ana
as she will not let him run in the street
or play with iarger. totSh"I thliuI t".
you might think that such mere
bsbv would find it lonesome there. al
bv himself. hut imagination mas
taught him game. which he never
varies ard Of which he never utes-a
game built on the everyday reality Oh
"A hnckster who comes to the nelsh-
borhood doors.
He has little express wagon in
which he keeps two brown paper bags
and a tin cup md a little heap OF
gravel The ward is his route ana ne
stops the wagon at intervals 10 sell
his goods. His street calls feature
vegetables he can barely pronounce
but he can measure his graVei INTO
the tin cup. empty il into bag. pass
il to the lady and count his inag-
mary change AS uliy as that
other huckster he v IN.ng. whose
money means shelter .'hd bread ne
started his "huckstering" early IN the
SUMMER. Keeping it up all day long
and never once losing Zest. When
the <,ay's business is over, he VIII go
In. his po"ket, count out the. day $
gains. ana after putting aside a
''nickel :nr church, Will deposit tne
balance In bank"
The ma io,!.y OF children, of course,
have unna", essed imaginatons. but
they weary of one make-beileVe 10
play another. This child is con
sistent. His entire amusement IL SO
earnest as 20 take on the substance
of business HIS mother" says. in
tender jest. that it is sure sign
that he will be real huckster some
day--without rejecting that huckSter-
ing is the only business that he mas
had "A glimpse at, and that II Is
his faithful portrayal, without the
exaggerations of childish play, that
gives certain evidence of power OF
observation remarkable in a baby OF
four
Popular opinion credits us with in
heriting our gifts from parents. nut,
In this instance. the boys mother Is
a fippant f1apper who left WASH,
tngton soon after the baby came, anc
the father. at the time, was a boy
of IL VITO has gone his way-so that
the fine outstanding laundress mas
mothered the child from b.rth-the
third she has reated without pioW'
ing trumpet about it-and whom
she cares for as tenderly as any
real mother on the heights of VANITY
Fair And 20 accent this contrast
betweau parents and child, his foster
mother will ell YOU that:
Now that he is learning the mean
ing of real money, he Is just as
business-like as when he is at pay.
If take h:m on my rounds delivering
washes, som": nn.s my ladies will give
him pennies or maybe nlckel oi
a dime, and ;ns'ead of handing 1t
to me as he us.d TO, he puts II III
his pocket rntE he gets nome. lheh
he gives re so much for church, sun
davs en6 the rest goes into his bank.
You see. not playing with chlidreh
who are always spending. he never
wants to buy foolishnesS but saves
IL. like a real man would.
And TO see the child. child tnat
would win n beauty contest IN any
show his peop!s might glVe-pro"n'
rnld of colo, a, q with solemn, black
ewes that can fash like midnlght
suns-i. &" se& pretty sure that some
Cay a Saul o' Finance Will rise apoNe
his fellow men, to give prlde1ul hohol
TO his race-a good and nople man
who once played huckster IN pach
-
bags and cup.
In the mea antime, he makes as IN
teres,ine a little study in human
nature as YOU are likely to come
across.
WE finished up Safety week some
w little time ago, but every oaY
il safety day in the public schools
a teacher in one of the lower graoeS
is so interested in the protection W
her small pupils. when on the street.
that she decided the otner a1telhooh
to review one of the important ~
,tructions of the official week-'ne
ihree-word slogan. stop Lu1h, ;il
;sten." TO be considered by a child
before attempting to cross street.
So she asked her class OF little ONES
r. they could remember thosa three
words. ,..,,,, +o,
They could not 1t was asking 700
much oe Youngsters of the teeth-
shedding age The teacher, patiently
insistent, helped them out "lth
more direct suggestion: ,,;,,-
s'\yha1 three words are you to thlhk
Of If an automobile Snouiu "e ,t
toward you-iuSt as you are 'aoout
IN cross the street? Don't you re- e.,
menpe' !u Mi!.,n Jobnnie knew. He
,-oised hand and called out win eA-
cited earnestnesS. ,,,o :,
"If an automobile was sto coint "
racing down on me, know "l'S''
three words TO say .,.;.oa
The teacher beamed and mNltt" VIZ.
small Johnnie TO proceed. an" '"''''
ME proceeded; ohi,a was to
o,,a a racing down on me WouI"
saw. God help me. o,,d<,
lie was probably echoing the wofus
ri some papa, but, at that' no" cou;s a.,
ery teacher explain that a slogan 4"
greater than a prayer:
X ~ 4
TT bappens to everybody: .,
J. woman walked in a green an"
-.,..+ ,,,oca until she came to Ger
80 t-ae Under the tree was heapeo
Lila of earth. AS she paused 10 con
80 the thing it stood for pen
saIIad in single strokes and to It's SOW
'rrfn,ncss. 80 was added the grinofne
- wheels en- gravel. me "oilaH y
-, the meaning of the bell. SO sfe
80 q l;tt,e way up the grassy sioie
w s+ood under another tree. he
s,hasIs ana Sse1 stopped and men enough to lay
"n" aslset on the ground stood around
,,,,,,Ie n clergyman read a prdsei -, aIia
n,it,ad VIZ The body to dust. Then
.Sav went away and two workinen