Evening star., 1926-08-22

equally in honoring one who would
walk with them no more. They finally
decided, as an outward symbol of
their inward devotion, to erect a
headstone at her grave.
80 they came to this stoneyard to
study out design that would best
express their love and loss. And.
having picked out one of snowy mar
be so ideally suited to their fancy
that they could consider no other,
they came once more-at highland
took it away Dreadful. Of course,
hut romance, of itself, is so liable to
dishonesty without calling it by that
name, that perhaps they did not
realize the enormity In the thrill it
gave them to put the stone at the
head of their beloved. But there are
always others.
One was the owner of the stone
yard. who had no intention of accept
Ing his loss with the philosophy that
would have pleased the robbers. lie
told the police. And the police told
the world. And when, at last, a clue
vas voiced and arrest planned, the
stoncyard owner, in giving an carly
morning inspection of marbles ana
granite. found the stolen stone in its
place.
Love is a wonderful thing. but, in
this case anyhow, it was safety first,
and no young lnan--to say nothing
of two Young men-could be expected
20 go 10 Jail whom they could save
themselves by merely returning
headstonc to base And the owner,
was told. let it go at that"
And as the women started on their
way, an automobile paused at the
Etoneyard to let out a ad-faced wom-
an in black, who went into the ut
tie Office And the woman who
knew nothing hoped that so prosper
Gus a seeming customer would buy
something extra handsome in monu-
ments-iust because the proprietor
had let off from Jail two foolish. emo
iional boys, who had let romance run
away with the commandment that
says Thou Shalt not Steal"
NOU may. have noticed that men-
the worthwhile ones that know
their little book-are more under
standing of fapper folly and kindlier
in criticism than women are-Which
seems sort of queer, seeing that
there isn't "A mature woman a1Ve
who wouldn't be Il flapper II she
could.
Seeing that our little sisters of
the silken knees have to pay fat
money for such fragile eleCancles as
paStel- tinted hose and nifty slip
pers that strap or button or lace
around their callow angle bones,
whv not let them enjoy the worth
~ their money? Youth. being of
that airy, iridesccnt froth that bub-
hies arc made Of. wants It's gay
4udaCiticS as naturally as grass
wants dew And when you think OF
little flaps; proSaic lisle thread of
thc black that turns rusty in the
wash; ugly. serviCeable shoes; tubs.
dishes. stoves and every other
crampinE drudEerN OF everyday mar
riage-the sublime effacement OF
mntherhood-why not let them have
a run for their money-Whlch rs
youth?
All Of which concerns n small
thing that happened the other day:
The street ear public knows with
ont telling that cross seat is pre-
ferahle to ono on the side. There
fore il NAV have occurred to you TO
wonder why so many GirlS-oh. yes.
and women who like to play young
seem eager for the less comfortable
lccation To an ordinary observer
The ineiStenCe of youth to Nacate
cross seats for maturer women evil
dencCS that gay HtLle lidppeiS > oio
assuming the chivalrous obligations
that men seem to be getting rid OF
most men: not all. For one case
a woman having noticed pretty
.-irl who had given her cross seat
ia an older woman and seated her
self on the side. was so appreclatlNe
of the little kindness that when
vacancy occurred beside her she beck
oned for the girl to come take the
better seat The girl rejected the
nroffer with a smile and the samar!-
tan lady accepted il as an unSelhSh
Youngsters desire to leave the
vacancy open for some one who
needed it more. So she accepted
her rundown as a samaritan lady
.hould and that would have been
Ill there was to il. except that
mother woman passenger behind
leaned forward TO dispense explain
alton:
Girls don't want cross seats be-
cause cross seats hide their knees.
If they can't sit on the side where
they can show every thread of stock
ing the law allows, they hang on To
straps'--and SO on. All of which
NAV be true. but, all the same, she
would have been bobbed and knee
Akirted herself. most likely, except
hat time had put her in the era
class that Shakespeare calls the