Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27

held an umbrella with a folding han.
die which refused to fold. Getting on
the car at Fifteenth street was an
elderly lady with a youthful face.
whom many of us know as the news
lady who stands at Thirteenth and
the Avenue. and at the Munsey Build
ing entrance every night. She took
a side-seat opposite me. up by the
motorman. and watched the man who
was trying to make his umbrella ham
die slip into the rod And failing.
After a final effort to make the stick
snap into position. he gave up. re-
marking either to himself his friend
or maybe the umbrella
1T can't be done
The sweet-faced newslady had
smilingly. watched the operation and
responded to the mans exclamation.
Never say cant. ! had two
umbrellas like that. One was given
l gave both away: still. 1 know how
TO make them behave: Push the han
dle-that's it.
And with the instruction given.
the handle snapped into position and
the Observation-Disclosures the umbrella
was closed"
Which gnat Of a yarn shows that
there were two worthwhile people
in that car: The woman who helped
and the young man who appreciated
her enough to pass on her kindness.
* -
Once in awhile something splendid
happens:
Two men were waiting in the slush
for car to come along. They were
prosperous looking. and the one who
did the talking had on a diamond ring.
Yes, sir" he was saying. loud
enough for anybody around TO hear.
"that chap used to be as 900 clerk
In the same office with me-and now
he's cleaning off snow
Everybody in hearing looked at the
oldish laborer. who was helping to
clean the slush away.
Drink" inquired the other man
Sober as a Judge: Big family.
Wife always sick and daughters ex-
travagant. One son went to the bad
and he had to make good. which
about used up all his savings. Then
he got down with rheumatism that
Pretty bad spell, / reckon. seeing he
has limped ever since
Il suppose his fellow clerks helped
him out?" inquired the other man.
The people around looked at the
dsamond-ring man FOR his answer:
Never heard about 1t, IL they did.
Much as we can do to hoe our own
rows"
And by that time : the car had
reached the platform and the people
waiting got on--all except the man
who had asked questions. If he had
planned to keep with his companion,
q ia
the platform long enough to write
something on card Then he doubled
II over a greenback, wrapped the two
IN bit OF paper he tore from a letter.
nailed newsboy. gave him a coin and
q message, and stood to watch that
the package was delivered to the man
VINO was sweeping snow Then he
walked away.
And waiting passenger on the
Platform who had watched the pro-
ceeding said to herself:
OF such Is the Kingdom of Heaven
X X = y
WHEN youth is dead and all our
idols are broken crockery most
OF us grow wholesome wisdom.
ike the pips on an Autumn rosebush
after the blossom has faded away.
We allow for all the sins as well as
al the evils that flesh is heir to and
sympathize honestly with everything
that suffers. You know the feeling,
though, like everything in life. there
are always exceptions to the rule,
with this for a sample:
A well dressed, ciean-scrubbed man
had on the back of his neck that de.
mcralizing thing we call a bump when
we have 1t ourselves, but which other
wise Is heartlessly known as a boil.
Two women seated behind-theater
matinee-must especially have relished
the tragedy. for at every stiff move.
ment Of his head they looked at each
other and giggled. and--weIl, OF
course, anybody Is liable to go into a
nervous gust OF laughter. Still, there
is always time to stop. But the
women didn't stop. They kept on
giggling.
II the sufferer heard and under.
stood, he made no sign of resentment.
You may have observed how cowed
we are under an afffiction that carries
ridicule. and rfdicule goes with boils
But with the man was a companion
who was obviously not of the mold OF
which saints are made, by no manner
Of means. To look at, he was a big
jointed E Pluribus Unum eagle sort OF
fellow, and, having let the women al
the back go just SO far with their
giggles, and, oh. such funny remarks
he turned around, and, facing them
souarely, these cruel words he die
say:
"Will you be kind enough to lowe,
your voices? My friend doesn't care
but to me the laughter of women over
40 always puts my teeth on edge"
The women. who honestly didn' I
look a day over IS. made no answer
What could they say? And after tho
curtain went down on the first ac'
they went to seats elsewhere.
If a doctor man has put YOU on ;
diet to drive away a queer, new
stiffness I'm one of your dear legs. ant
YOU have to stay at home instead Of
fishing around the city" for YOU
regular net of small.fry stuff. you nat
urally have to make the most of what
ever raw material you have on hand
to the extent of your official column
so: A notebook of your last Summer
two weeks vacation" will have Il
serve, on the principle that half loai
in better than no bread-and asking
everybody's pardon
From Seattle on the shooting sta
Algonquin: Fellow passengers wht
catch my interest: An oldish, weather
beaten man, with a gorgeous wife will
two chins and q couple of youns
daughters who look like angels bu
talk like boys. VIII like them.
A quiet, middle-aged man in gray
who looks like a steel engraving
Think he lives with his head in thu
clouds.
Small woman with nose glasses
who has already had two squabble
with the porter, and one with thu
blue-and-brass conductor. Wonder j
she carries a chip on her shoulder?
Curious couple-the man, big, gray
haired and rich looking The woman
young, gowned as If she were at I
ball-don't believe ] shall care TO