Evening star., 1926-05-23
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

| other woman gave 1t to the motorman
| good and plenty.
You've got a heap to do. haven't
you, soaring people half to death! You
| know you got no call to ring that bell
when the car Amt moving-and. let
me tell you Somethin -
The car started ahead but the wom-
an kept on talking until n big. hunor-
| ous-looking man poked Il bundle at
| her:
Here's parcel you dropped.
ma am. If was you l wouldn't
bother any more about that chap-and
that other lady looks as IL she wants
you to come along"
A spry woman, who was passing
with a basket of mighty fine market
ing. also paused to volunteer advice:
Hes right You're just wasting
your breath. Some of them conduc-
tors and drivers are like that-the
young ones that amt brcke in Yet.
They don't mean any harm. Ana as
TO these automobiles-you can't go by
one in n dozen but what they toot
their old horns to let you know YOU
got no right to the streets. just
laugh at 'em and take my time"
Well, what I say is. people on foot
ought to be careful where they are
going"
The sallow man, who interrupted,
spoke as one who owns large, red
touring car. but as he didn't look the
part, no one paid attention. Then a
radical young man. who seemingly
stood by to see the thing through,
took n turn at the spotlight:
Its II pity those fellows who have
cars didn't live in the good old times
when they could run down body
without being held up by speed laws.
They got no mercy at-tall."
"Oh, 1t isn't as bad as all that, put
in the big, humorous-iooking man,
whose milk Of human kindness seemed
all cream. Most of us do tomfool
things, but l reckon few Of US are AS
bad as we seem. no matter what harm
we may do. I'm sorry you got so
worked up. lady. but I reckon you are
all right now. Thought first we'd have
to get taxi for your friend. Better
get her home as quick as you can. A
weak heart is a pretty bad thing to
trust on the streets-and don't be too
hard on the boy-just coltishness.
that's ALL
And the incident being over. the big
man went about his business. SEEM
ingly unconscious of the fact that he
had backed one great student of hui
man nature in his assertion that:
Most of the worlds mischief is.
done by people who mean well.
x s Y =
A FORMER teacher has given UP
her profession to enjoy the do
mestic happiness OF her pretty little
home. Like all good teachers who
have given long years to the train
ing of the child mind, she main
tains such dominating interest in
the children on her square, and is
SO interested in molding them into
! good housekeepers and citizens that
the Youngsters flock around at sight
of her They consider it great
privilege to go to market with her
to learn how to buy things: or TO
play at gardening or housecleaninS.
with bread and milk, so that they
may have the reward of helping
wipe dishes-and so on.
The other afternoon. for one time
almost dusk-her presence at her
front door brought a flock Of chill
dren, who came running at sight or
her. And they We're having merry
time when a new neighbor-a nice
Woodworking and gentle-voiced man
came up to her and. with an apollo
SetlC llIllilS ol' udt, iiiuuS g. eA"' y
complaint:
II am sorry. ma'an. but you will
! have to make your children stop
mstreating my little girl. They
caught her last evening and put soar
in her mouth. and it made her sick.
The teacher. without enlighteninS
| the stranger as to her maternal OBJ
! legations, turned to the children with
| a surprised indignation that took
them all in.
as it possible. children. that you
| could have done so cruel and stupid a
| thing? I am so disappointed in you.
/ Which of you is guilty?'
| All Of them looked ashamed. One
girl hung her head, and a boy, the
J oldest, stumbled out Il confession.
1--WE didn't mean any harm. We just
| did it for fun--but-I won't ever do 1t
any more
The teacher got a promise from
each and made all apologize to the
man. Then he went away, leaving
| her and her dozen small friends to
! talk the matter over at her door. And
when the assembly was ended, the
| teacher knew that she had raised her
!. little flock one step above foolish
!. cruelty. And every advance means
! progress.
And the new neighbor, in telling of
| the success of his conference, said to
a listener:
That lady has most unusually
| large family"
And he might have mentioned, as
another popularity, that all of them
seemed to be about the same age.