Evening star., 1926-09-05
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

into headlines would see only too
acutely the difference between 1aDu-
Ious Jewels on their own time-dls-
torted necks and the wax beads on
the snowy slimness of outline to be
revealed by the cute little voile, ana
would be rhapsodically glad to swap
If only the exchange included the
soft freshness of youth.
If you don't believe it, ask Father
Time. He knows.
ON the last day of the last century,
~ a bride lost her wedding ring and
her husband bought her a new one.
Unlike most wedding rings, 1t was
banded with stars of black enamel. Tor
the reason that the brides mother
had been married with the same style
ring and her life had been so happy
that the daughter decided to follow
copy.
After the marriage the young cou-
pie went to California. and the years
passed and passed until it was time TO
celebrate their silver anniversary, ana
they so arranged it as to be here for
the occasion. On the way, they stop
ped for day in Chicago to show Wethelr
son the big town. and while they were
on q street car the Woman's attention
was attracted to a passenger across
who wore a ring banded with stars oil
black enamel.
She got out at a certain street, ana
the wife, having signaled her husband
into noticing the ring, followed after,
until they reached Il spot where the
two could approach her, Whereupon
the wife very frankly told her she
would like to know where she got that
most unusual ring.
The owner was confused, but admit
ted that it had been given to her years
ago by q young man who had found
it on a street in Washington, ID. G.,
and though they quarreled and parted
afterward, she had worn it ever since.
She took the ring off her finger and
handed it over to the wife to see if the
initials inside were hers, saying she
would gladly give it up to her. The
wife. SO tremulously delighted that she
could scarcely speak, told the owner,
before looking inside the ring. that the
initials would show it was from j. l..
to NJ. 3.
The initials were different.
1t seems a pity. OF course, to come
so near finding ones lost wedding ring
and then missing it, but
Think of the poor souls who have
never had wedding ring to lose.
X X X X
TWO women stood on a seventh
floor waiting to go down. AS the
elevator man opened the wire grating,
each stepped back to allow the other
to enter. The man waited.
The woman who had bobbed gray
hair and a blue georgette as short as
the law allows smiled deferentially
and took a step backward.
The woman in everyday black took
two steps backward.
The man waited
Il don't know that I'm older than
you, but" georgette entered the car
with a nagging smile on her lips and
a nagging twitch to her shoulders.
The everyday woman followed and
said nothing.
The elevator started down.
II say don't know that l am older
than you--" changing her smile to
snicker.
who said you We're, madam"
''Well, you implied it, waiting for
me to get in the elevator before you.
as if I were older-and, as l said I
don't know that | am"
I'VE are both old enough, madam,
to have common sense. | work here
anu IdluldHS give preferences 10
strangers
The elevator stopped to let in a
man who took his hat off.
You may think l am because my
hair is gray, but I've been this way
ever since I was IS. 1t runs in our
family. My mother had a white lock
over her forehead the day she
VASE"
The elevator stopped to let in man
who kept his hat on.
married, and that was before her
seventeenth birthday"
The elevator stopped to let the first
gentleman out.
$50 l may be younger than you
think"
The every day woman, who knows a
freak when she comes across one
close-made no answer. The other
woman's voice reached after her as
she was making for the entrance:
II don't know that I'm even near
as old as you are"
And if the problem gave her pleas
ure, she was welcome
X X X
n COLLEAGUE of the staff adds
this incident to the column:
An elderly lady accompanied by an
Airedale dog, near as old as she, can
be seen most any night, sitting on
bench in the center of Lincoln Park.
The elderly lady blends in contrast
with the soft green tinge of the park
and surrounding trees, in a black,
tight fitting dress that rustles at every
movement. The dog seems happy-in
fact he is happy and a bit lazy, too.
He seems to be quite satisfied with
life-nothing to do but eat, drink and
sleep. Who wouldn't?
The lady takes a small package out
of her much-too-large pocketbook and,
10 and behold, pigeons of all distinc-
tions appear upon the scene. The lady
proceeds to feed them, and they fly up
to her shoulders and perch on every
available place near her. The dog
looks slightly jealous, but is satisfied
when his elderly mistress passes some
food his way. Then the squirrels come
and the dog growls ominously and
leaps off the bench. Soon the unin-
vited guests are perched in the top
most parts of the trees, looking down
hungrily at their luckier rivals.