Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-22

Trying to find place to park is a
lot of fun nowadays in Washington
D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Gearshift tried
it the other evening.
It was a nice evening and there was
movie that Mrs. GearShift wanted TO
see.
Lets go" said she 1t was about
1870 O'Clock, plenty of time to get down
and get a seat.
The theaters are crowded these eve
nings. One has to go early if he wants
to sit downstairs. Where to sit at a
movie is quite a point with many
One person will like to be UP close,
another far back, still a third insists
on sitting on the right. so that he can
look toward the left at the screen.
Children prefer to be up close, the
closer the better The first row suits
them best, the second row second best.
and so on to the rear.
TO get a choice Of seats even the
ardent fan" must go early FOR any
particular show. Washington Is big
city now. The old lcisurely days van
ished with the World War. In those
days there YVES no such constant flow
of people along the streets. especially
during the two hours preceding the
us;-2l time for orthodox theatrical en-
tertainments.
Even today, hove1er. Il is possible 20
get seat in the Hvnfage movie house
if one will take the tiorb!e to get down
before O'Clock. Or maybe by 7:30
o'clock!
x X X
Lets go early, Henry and then we
VIII be sure of a seat said Mrs Gear
shift.
Henry had an odd job to do on the
moving machine, as he insisted on CALL
ing the lawn mower.
BE with you in minute"
The minutes went by. still more min
utes went by, and the old order was re-
verScd--instead Of the man hurrying no
the woman, 1t was the woman calling
upon the man to hurry
We won't get seat. Henry" said
Mrs. GearShift. You know how ii
was last time"
on, there will be plenty of seats!"
The last time you remember how
we had to go upstairs, and you paid for
tickets downstairs, and you said it was
an imposition to sell seats downstairs
when there were no seats"
BE with you in a second"
And you said they had no business
TO charge for seat downstairs and
then force a man to go upstairs, when
ne might Just as well have bought the
upstairs tickets and have saved money"
Gearshlft finally consented to let the
grass cutter alone.
We'll, let's 60"
The ride downtown was nlpsssnt
enough. They went Whirling along
through streets over which trees arched
their branches Traffic was heavy. but
not as bad as it might have been.
DO you suppose we can find a place
TO park?" asked Mrs. Gearshift, anx-
iously
Sure. right there by the Treasury,
where we did last time. It's not far to
walk from there"
Down Pennsylvania avenue they
slid. The city is different al night than
during the day; it is not so much a
matter OF appearance (although that,
TOO, is vastly differently as it is of feel
ing.
Man is not a nocturnal animal. Even
the centuries have not made him able
to feel that he is in the class with the
tigers and the lions. who roam at night
for their food Mankind was made to
go to bed with the chickens. That is
why even the most civilized being. if
he be frank with himself. has a half
sneaking feeling that he is putting
something over when he stays up O.
nights.
There is our place." Mrs Gearshift
pointed. One might have thought
Henry Gearshift, esq, had purchased
plot of asphalt at the north end Of the
Treasury Department, so calmly did his
wife speak about it.
Somebody else had like ideas, evil