Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-01

1.-THE Old Testament doesn't possess
the only good Samaritan. There are
others
r. s.-The Samaritan reported next
morning that az soon as he got home
| he carried the tortoise to the garden
and laid It In the creamery OF a bed
Of feathery fern. Then he turned on
the hose and gently sprayed the
ground And the tortoise, under the
| refreshing GOODNESS, stretched its
limbs and padded into the deeper
| green. And there the man left him.
This morning when went to see
how he was getting on. he had dis
appeared. II he is still In the garden
I know he has everything under the
sun a tortoise could ask for. but II he
has made for the good old home woods
well, I bet. IL he could. he would
send me a postal"
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EVER notice how one thing will re-
: mind you of another?
The good SannaritaTl's work includes
inspection OF many important news
papers OF the country. In the course
OF each day he puts aside pages deal.
| Ing with sports, society, dramaAics,
and so on, for colleagues interested
in such activities, but the illustrated
pages that now feature the big dailies
and which give colorfui giimpses of
the people and events in the worlds
/ spotlight were consigned to a wide
mouthed Oliver Twist of a basket
that continually gapes for more"
One morning q woman helped her
self to a top layer OF news pictures
to look at while waiting for the mail.
1t seems she was a woman who
dearly likes movies, but who did not
always feel like taking the trouble
to go to the only show in her sec.
tion-of q nearneas that makes a
| street car foolish, and yet q walk
| that covers a half.mile going and
coming-and that she considered the
illustrated pages almost as interest
| ing as news reels on a screen. That
was all there was to 1t, but;
The next thing the woman knew
there was neatly folded package Of
picture pages on her desk--the begin.
| ming OF a thoughtful kindness that
| has never ceased. To the good
Samaritan. 1t Is IA kindness as i'm.
| personal as the salvagtng of tor
toise, but, as a variation from the
usual small doings that make up an
evening in the life Of one who lives
alone, you would really be surprised
at the fun and the thrills to be got
out of an hours look-see at pictures
that portray the big things. good and
bad. but never Indifferent, that are
front staging this big, queer place we
know as the world.
Moreover, when the woman is
through with her pictures they are
passed on to another woman who has
little time for reading--which shows
how the trihing things that most OF
| US scorn may be a big factor in the
| entertainment of others who do not
happen to be like Us, and who. be-
tween you and me and the gate
post" may DO all the better for that
same. The one thing about this gnat
of an incident Is the kindness Of a
| fellow creature who will take the
time and trouble to give to others a
pleasure with no sting to IL. And
kindness is one Of the most splendid
things In the worlds
| A WOMAN walked alone in the
dusk that was leadening into
dark. There was an electric stand
ard at g. far corner, and the noises
OF a business avenue around the way.
but the silence Of night had settled
on the quiet way she strolied-the
restful quiet Of old-fashioned homes
and big treeS-and silence. Most good
things are too blessed TO last, how
ever, and the woman had her peaceful
reverfes punctured by a voice that
asked:
May I walk with you?'
| The woman caught the egotisn OF
youth in the words. and smilingly In.
Quired II he were afraid to go by him.
self. The youngster caught step with
the woman. who was girlish slight of
/ figure, and assured her that his
Il Nlyaa hA EN1A
ure Of her company. Whereupon the
woman chuckled audible joy. A trihe
uneasy at the great ease OF his cap.
ture, the young man laid hands on
the woman's elbow and wanted to
know why the, laughter. And the
woman most frankly compiled:
| II was just thinking how disap.
pointed you will be when we get TO
the light. Why. child. am old
enough to be your mother" And she
chuckled again.
| The poor chap hesitated, touched
| his hat and sprinted onward. Then
he turned back and apologized:
/ I'm all right. lady. don't pick
up gtrls--honest, don't, butt was
| feeling SORT OF lonesome.
| go TO a movie" suggested the
woman.
There was another hesitation fol.
lowed by a confession that was as
honest as II the boy had been a. kid:
II was going to treat you TO q soda
but haven't money enough for a
Enovie--tomorrow's pay day."
And because the woman was a
widow who had known the sorrow 81
chfidlegsness, she said to him:
The world IL filed with lonesome
people-colne along with me, son, and
I'll take you to q, show"
Which she did. She told It on her.
self.
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IF you would nike TO meet Mistress
Dolly Madison, who used to live
in the White House, all YOU have to
do Is call on her while she IL In Wash
ington for q few days. on her way tt
the Sesqui, in the window of a big
store on r street, where she will be
at home to all visitors until Tuesday
Afternoon.
You will find her arrayed in one OF
her most attractive costumes: gown Of
cream brocade and rose point, with 9
petticoat "a petticoat, dears, Is wha,
women used to wear under theiI
dresses) Of loveliest satin embroidered
with roses. Doesn't 1t sound pictur,
| esQue7 A lace bertha Is crossed over
her breast--the dear. vanished fichu sc
sadly missing In these days OF sleeve
lessneSs and neRr-neckleSs gowns--H1oi
Ito say a single word about bare backs
land, when not entertaining callers, She
is reading dainty volume of Para
disc Lost" which Is so much handler
to carry than your own big, clumsy
Milton in the revolving bookcase.
To be prosaically exact. the diminu,
tive Dolly Of history liz likewise a dolly
of bisque that has been dressed will
lioveliest accuracy by members of this
district Federation Of Women's Clubs
and Is now on exhibition. Specia.
mention Is made of her presence fol
the reason that the doll Is really al
educational bark back to the colorfu