Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-17
Abie's Irish Rose eyA~~sx:sAs.:
continued from Yesterdays star,


~ around her neck a bandage
soaked in llniment, turned In
surprise when Solomon Levy entered
the kitchen and. catching her around
the waist, whirled her about.
Sarah had small blue eyes. set close
together. and a hawk-like nose. when
seemed to poke into everything. she
was continually working her toothiess
Jaws, and her pointed chin seemed 10
be ever gesticulating at her nose. She
had way of muttering long dialogues
to herself. Not being able to hear
well, and more or less shut in from
the outside world. she made up for
this handicap by talking to herself
out loud, eternally asking and answer
ing mumbled questions.
She had been with Solomon Levy
since he had started housekeeping
She was a fixture in his home, as Ia
miliar a sight about the house as the
black skull-cap which Solomon al
ways wore.
The thought of discharging her and
Of hiring a more capable housemaid
/ never occurred to her employer. AS
she became less and less efficient Solo
mon developed a habit of trailing
after her and doing many small tasks
for her. She seemed never to notice
this, completely lost in her own world.
/, She was of German descent. not
/ Jewish; but she had lived with Jews
throughout the greater part OF her
lite, and knew the rules, the art OF
Jewish cooking.
AS she grew older in the service OF
Solomon Levy she became more and
more absent-minded, more eccentric,
more absorbed in her own self. Every
Monday she went to the dentist. She
had been going steadily for several
years, trying to obtain a set of false
! teeth. On each occasion she was
made to wait an hour or two: then her
| dentist would treat her gums for
| few moments and dismiss her. He
always told her that he could do moth
| ing final until he had her gums in
proper shape. He had been telling
| her this for years, and it was one of
the things she muttered about while
at work. She would hold long con-
ferences with the dentist as she bent
LQvar the kitchen sink.
- had number of GU. .v,;; traits
land habits. At times she was
strangely reticent: at other times she
would follow Solomon or Able about
the house, scolding in f1ute-like
voice about the grocer. or short
weight in the butchers meat, or the
custom her two charges had of going
out without their rubbers.
Sometimes as Solomon and Able sat
together in the dining room she
would open the door, as if about to
enter, and then without a word re.
treat as quickly. And everlastingly
she darted about the house in her
noiseless slippers. adjusting a pillow
case in the bedroom or hurrying
4 .@o3, 30 On1y he fYrr
though often the temperature might
be torrid.
She had never felt the arms Of
man about her waist. She was as shy
as any schoolgirl. So when Solomon.
in the excitement of the moment,
grasped her about the waist and
whirled her around. she uttered a
little scream. turned red and shrank
from him. with a coyneSS which was
amusing in one of her age and ap.
pc trance.
'Mr Levy:' she protested, in her
high-pitched voice.
Mine Able is goin' ter pc married!
Mine Able is goin' ter pc married."
chanted Solomon Levy
He grew suddenly serious and re.
3ensed his hold, while Sarah still flush
cd and nervous, drew back and adjust
Cd her dress.
Let me see now" muttered Solo,
mon Levy, feeling for his glasses
while he fpeered into ice box, cup
board and oven. 81 want We should
have tonight"
And he began to enumerate such
delicacies. such fine dishes that Sarah.
who had almost regained her COM
posture. was again left open-mouthed.
"Can't you understand" he COM
planned, annoyed at her lack Of com.
preh -nsion. mine Able is goin' to pc
ms rried-"
when - tonight" said Sarah.
Ipluntly.
! The very asking of this question
helped her to recover control of her.
self With one of those changes Of
mood characteristic of her. she grew
suddenly laxative again. The men.
fion Of Abie's name was enough to
start her of on one of her favorite
subjects.
"You should tell that son of yours"
she assented in her high. Squeaky
voice, that bacon and eggs are not
allowed in this house. Why, he order.
ed them only this morning. I says,
t,Abie,' I says, you know your father
would not approve of bacon and eggs.
IT bacon touched one Of those dishes
we'd have to throw out the whole set.
Shame on you! What" would your
father say?' That's what I told him.
but he only says to me Pardon me!
IL thought was in the Army Tsch."
! Thus Sarah. But Solomon paid no
attention to her. He left the kitchen.
beaming. These outbursts of Sarah's
never amounted to anything. He had
mot heard her. He was thinking Of
those bouncing grandchildren.
Tomorrow-Into the Front Line.