Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

! farther on, a snowy dome against the
sky. Posted on the wall of a far
reaching interior is the sign of tele-
graph company, together with metal
lettered command.
mo smoking"
Under the sign, at a desk hedged
around with an encircling counter,
sat boyiSh clerk.
Smoking a cigarette.
Two women met at a store counter
marked down gloves, if you care for
details.
The one who was inspecting brown
fabric--you can't be too careful with
| seconds" the one who was
picking over pale yellows if she had
been on her vacation yet. Pale vel
lows dropped the matter in hand for
metal more attractive:
"You bet! Spent two weeks at At
lantic City and had the time of my
| life
Il know you musta! l was disap-
pointed in getting there this Summer
my little girl went with the class
on camping trip, and L feel Ia
oughta stay home in case anything
happened Makes me nervous the way
the papers tell about accidents every
where"
"You sure missed a good time"
II know it-especially the band on
the pier and the ocean,
ooh. the band was all right, but
give me the boardwalk for mine
spent every minute on it except Tor
sleeping and eating"
And the bathing-that's what
like"
"Sure. Bathing's all right, but
when YOU come down to it. what's the
ocean. anyhow, but a lot of water?
Regular waste, l call it. If 1t was
land. people could live on it and grow
crops, but what's an ocean good for,
except to look att"
There's the fish,
"Huh, you can buy all the fish you
want in the market"
This argument must have convinced
the searchor for flaws in brown fabric.
for she subsidized in favor of the one
who preferred bOardWalkS. And, OF
course, there was more to it, but
enough is always enough.
She was polite woman. And she
was one Of a file of people waiting on
a platform to scramble into street
car. Just behind her stood man on
crutches, and the woman, with a
laudable intention Of giving him a bet
ter chance at a seat. stepped back
ward and told him to take her place
The man touched his hat, smiled and
waved her back to base.
much obliged. madam, but / am
all right. / have been going on sticks
for so long that ] would feel as If
had been born with them If mistak
emily kind folk would stop reminding
me Of them
The rebuke was neither so wide as
Mercutio's church door nor so deep as
his well. but it was enough to make
that polite woman hustle into place
and nab the last vacant seat.
She had also doubtless learned the
little lesson that it is well meaning
people who make the most trouble
in the world.
Welfare work is not entirely limited
to churches and high-minded clubs
For one exception. there is a little
delicatessen near the u street june
ton.
1t is a cheerful place, with colo
meats and salads under iced glass for
that multitudinous being. the light
housekeeping" sister. (also brother)
who lives alone, with sandwiches made
to order. and bare, polished tables on
the side. Being kept by a fine Ger
man family, naturally everything is
scrupulously clean.
A casual customer, whose purcha ses
range from a loaf of bread to a cube
of butter or occasionally buttermilk
went into the store recently to buy a
package Of tea: The proprietor was