The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-28

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Monday Street excavations on
Thirteenth, K and Eighth Streets
peered into at length. Water
boys have an easy time of it.
Tuesday Steam shovel day.
There are several kinds Of steam
shoyels; those with the rigid arm
that scoop the terra firma with
automatic gusto and intent and
those with the suspended, or limp,
bucket which has to be filled by
toilers, plainly not men Of straw.
A hard choice to pick ones pet
steam shovel offhand-there are
so many Of them. However,
dropped a ballot for that one in
about the 1900 block on -Four.
teenth Street. It's operator al.
ways trimmed the truck-load with
whisk broom precision. What q
touch!
Wednesday -Pigeon-watcl1ing in
Franklin Square, the morning
long and at noon to the Press
Club for q stoup OF broth and
breast Of Long Island SQUAD.
Pigeon-Watching. II carried too
far, will make this a nation of
gOurmets. / learned that every
day. along about noon, an old
lady with a bag of corn appears
and at times she is so covered
with Pouters as to resemble
brave edition OF a melting Chant
icleer.
Thursday-Drug store window
day. Only three demonstrations
in town. all handling products
with not much drama In them.
But their sense of repression Il
liked. None OF them had a buzzer
against the window. Everything
moved quietly and with precision
and with the finish OF the act
the crowd moved too, with, arm
ored sales resistance. In the after
noon to the Penny Arcade on the
lower Avenue. A penny yentured
on Bedroom and Bath" disclosed
two grimy plumbers at work. En-
Uttered put a coin in the
Ladies" slot of the Palmistry
Machine and discovered I would
marry widower named Ed.
That's getting rhe last laugh.
Friday-To the zoo aquarium
until religious amenities were sat.
isfied and then to the meat and
fowl departments. The three
toed sloth hung on the same
branch where last I saw him q.
year ago. "Odd fellow, that" /
commented to keeper. "Ai,"
he responded. Zoo keepers are
always taciturn and Stimulating
the fearlessness of Shaping lion
with a raw steak when feeding
hay to the Wallaby.
Saturday-Half holiday and just
sauntering along, keeping one eye
in the gutter for $40 bills and
the other on such prospects as
might indulge half hours time.
Summary of the second week
Buildings being washed with sand,
3; libraries, Q; old friends, none;
panhandlers, "a; docking of steam.
efs, z; long-dtstance bus rides, 2;
shoemakers in windows, 2; pants
pressing devices, /; strangers
chatted with, z; strangers moving
quickly off, 3; macadam pave
ments laid, /; popcorn vending
machines studied, 1; cakes in
bakery windows, /; gum vending
machines tested without coins, Z;
no gum obtained, Z. Total milage
for two weeks, 6S. Result?
The. urge burns within to
fashion big, timely and signifi.
cant industrial drama, after the
fashion of GalswOrthy's "Strife"
or Hauptman's "The Weavers,"
wherein the climax of the second
act will find hOrdes of wan and
underfed labOrers attacking q gi-
gantic steam shovel which will
belch fumes out on the first four
orchestra rows. The machine-age,
you see, has deprived them of q
living.
So far as I am aware, no one
has ever put steam shovel ON
the stage before.