Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-01

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elegant sound. There never
Was more inelegant thor.
~ ,euyhfarc
II isn't diSicputahle neigh :
horhood. nor one ut poverty, Its resi-
dents are, for the most part, foreign.
horn laholers--a "Hunky" neighbour.
hood. ChicaeoanS will tell you-hy
which they mean, in This case. hun.
E3srian So the street WAS ," years
ago. So ii is to-day
Twenty wears aco this Clyhourn ave
rue itself none too pim. pronounced
Poll Zhatio a wild one by this the
nAlehhorhond did not mean that she
was n had ylli. She wasn't. What they
actu>ny '.leant~--Iand said-~waS; That
zhado's Poll. she's crazy tgiSane, ="
Y'Ass yau've said ;hat-ot Cirhonrn
aVenue--you'v said everything \ TIL
game Is HunCarian gypsy, And a
Hungarian Sypsy~-wcN, if YOU are
Hungarian, and hive on Ciyhourn, and
have little tgicane blood in you. you
do mel hrac about il. For. while every
one Knows that the tZiSane orchestra
makes the most hewitChing and pulse
stirring music. and that the tziGane of
rIinSlrelsr. in velvet pants and vivid
sash, Is a dash;nc and popular figure.
he Is not. by practical people. consul
cred an asset as an ancestor In fact.
the term has come Ia he an orprn-
hrlum; "t'i1zH rs a tgiSaae-thieVinS
IS 4 Cane-wild as a tzgane
;.e Znac"S were hard .workin. and
Decent. az the foi7eiy n born lahorins
class. and having no ambition {, step
o13t ~ ii. AT the age of 3. Poll had
heen brought 20 America by Pa and
Ma Zhado. They hrouch; ohtev youns
IhadoS NJ assorted ages, not 10 men.
ton Grandma 2hado. aged Heaven
only knew what All ~! them made
straight for Clyhourn avenue and a
1oh. and sot It--that is. they all got a
job except Poll
In numbers the family was out Of
sll arithmeticai proportions Ia the
space IL occupied three looms. rearb.
Still, YOU rarely found them all at
home az once; and Poll. that wild one,
was practically never at home. They
all worked and saved and prospered.
Pa Zhado. being a mechanic. was EN-.
ployed at place appropriately des-
ignated as the works." Ma Zhado
washed and scrubbed in other peoples
households. her own being admin
istered by Ora ndma Zbado. All The
young Zbcdas-always excepting Poll
worked.
three rooms were empty--or cnnpara.
lively empty. Grandma Zhado padding
heavily about her cooking ar washing
or scrubbing. and the al fresco Poll
coming in for an occasional hunk of
food. For from 3 to 11~-when she
married Tony Sehok and became an
incredibly settled matron-Poli Zbado
roained the streets when she should
have been at school or at home or at
work.
Polls gypsvinc was urban. perforce,
but il satisfied an urge. Four walls
irked her when a grind-organ ap-
pesred in Ciyhourn avenue she fol
lowed il for miles and was usually re-
stored 10 an unperturbed family by a
harrassed-looking policeman.
II the motion picture had obtained
In Polls childhood. she might have
found yicarous relief in witnessing the
perils and escapes of its celluloid
heroInes. But the hest that Clyhourn
avenue Of 90 years ago had TO offer her
was a barker selling his wares under
a Sireet-corner gas fare. Perhaps he
had nothing more romantic to sell
than polisher for pots. pans and fau.
ceis. But Poll would press eagerly
into the circle surrounding this leisure
~ Comment Stfa
at will not cratch'-pause--"r
-papse-"or warsh of. Removes
vurdy-greeze.
Poll would stare unblinking at the
glitter Of the gas fare on his wares
She would finger the little bottles with
their strange colored liquids. and the
bits Of shining metal. kindly put
that down, young lady, unless you in
tend 10 purchase" Poll would make a
horrible face at him. but stand her
ground until he moved on. Purchas-
ing was FAR from her desire or power
The wares themselves did not inter.
est her, except as color. as magic
That which fascinated her was the
mystery and in1permaneDcy of the
whole non1adic outfit--man, cart. stock
in trade. Here tonight and gone To.
morrow. Another corner. another