Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

sue.
Isn't it too sweet. Only S39c for
the four yards-feel how silky It is -
The plain souls eyes kindled. as if
nature had suddenly struck a match
to them-a little blaze of admiration
that the owner thrilled TO:
Y IT'S perfectly gorgeous, Jen, only
will that make a froCk your size"
Jen. having already decided that it
would, explained. with a streak of de-
fiance-or, maybe. it meant defence:
Sure. You bet-knee length. you
know. and sleeveless-Got it for the
excursion my huSba nd's lodge is giving
on the 18th. Trouble with you. Lidy,
is you keep to petticoats You got
ter step out with the young folks
an beat EN- at their own game.
That's why l bobbed my hair an got
me q pummanent wave. Bob looked
sorter sick when he saw me. but. as
tell him, he is always miratin' over
the clerks in his office-some of EN-
in their early forties, who scamper
aroun' shown knee caps an frizzed
bobs. an certain sure they are flap
pers because nobody has the heart
to tell EN- they amt. 1t amt all
fun. you know. for a wife to hafta
wear mood silk stockin'S up to her
knee Joints. and plaster on the make
up that the flaps use, but we gotter
show our husbands we are as young
as the next. You see, you have got
only yourself to please-an' lemme
tell you, that's a blessin'-in one
way, anyhow"
The one who was Idly, and pre-
sumed to be blessed because she had
no one to bother about her, whether
she was old or young, sick or well.
lonesome or-anything-may have had
her doubts as to her advantage. for
she looked at the powder blue chif-
ION with eyes still Pickering with the
flame Of desire.
Il might get me one-of darker
shade-seein everybody is gone mad
over gay colors. Still. l suppose, l
wouldn't feel at home in anything
outside OF black or plain gray"
All OF which would have had no
place In this column-except that the
TWO women had come together in
front of The Star entrance, and had
seated themselves on the square stone
at the side of the steps. With a
couple OF young men and a $3.50 wonl-
an looking on. The young men went
away in their sedan, and the woman
went inside the builting; took an ele.
Vator to a small, beloved office on the
seventh floor. and tabled it all down
like this.
X 4
a RE you acquainted with Honey
suckletown?
If you have never heard of the
place, don't be ashamed of your ignor.
ance, seeing that history is equally
benighted. There is tradition to be
considered. OF course, but YOU can't
De expected to be letter perfect in any
Honeysuckletown not on the map, I'M
less you have lived in the place long
enough to have inherited its folklore
atmosphere from ancestors obliging
enough to hand it down.
So far as sentiment is concerned.
this valuable information comes
Through an authority clothed in black
crepe and turquoise beads, who owes
her knowledge Of ancient lore to the
! fact that her family home has been
one of those imposing mansions set
IN grounds hedged with stone walls
that must have been gay with the
= social life OF Honeysuckletown in Co
lonial times, before Washington did
things to have the place named
Georgetown after him--long and long
before Georgetown took to calling it.
self West Washington.
In that quaint and lovable old time
then. when Georgetown was Honey
isuckletown, to quote Black Crepe and
turquoise Beads, "garlands and fes-
ICONS of honeysuckle climbed over gar
den walls and flung blossomy branches
TO trees along the sidewalks. so that
people literally walked under arches
of floral bloom" though whether the
honeysuckle was coral or yellow she
failed to say. There is a difference.
since the scarlet tubes with their Ell.
,trancing perfume seem to have died
out along with small-leafed yellow
roses, clustered in small, shiny, dark
foliage, that grew everywhere in that
mirage Of glamourous mist that we
call before the Civil War"
bit of winnowing Of historic
records having shown no sign of any
Honeysuckletown in Georgetown's pro-
team titles, from Toage, its Indian
village beginning, to it's last progress
sive change into West Washington,
the seeker after informa ton was clos
ing her authoritative tome, from office
library. when she noted a paragraph
that slapped at our beloved John
Smith-everybody's beloved John
Smith-absolutely shutting him out
from the spotlight as the first white
, man to discover our equally beloved
Potomac-yes.
1t seems that half century before
John arrived here a Spanish vessel
came up the river, Kidnapped an In
D dian youth and took him back to
Spain. Later on, in 1870, there came
another Spanish vessel with two
Jesuits on board. who were to begin
the first missionary work among the
Indians. With them was the Indian
youth. who had been trained for years
to pave the way for friendly feeling
between the two races. But, blood
being thicker than education. the re-
turned native helped the Indians to
butcher the crew and priests at
place one never thinks of in Connec-
ton with massacred martyrs--little
Old Occoquan. All of which you had
read about and forgot, SO far as to pin
the laurels on John.
And that was all there was to the
hunt for Honeysuckletown.
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YOUTH is wonderful and money Is
IL almost everything. but:
The compa nionship that goes with
gray hair and steps that limp. along
1.-The Great Road. has its treasure that
is greater than either youth or gold.
A man in chair was being wheeled
BY n woman Both We're old and
shabby, and the chair wheel had no
tires.
AS their way wound around one Of
the paths Of Franklin Park. the
woman spoke of the grass that was
newly moved to look as smooth as
green plush, and Of the bushes and
flowers. and Of the squirrels scamper-
ing about them. and many birds hop
ming on the ground or flying through
the trees.
What are the children doing?
hear them laughing"
The woman paused to give an en-
<husiastic account of a batch of
youngsters--boys and girls who were
Matching the leapings OF a frog that