Evening star., 1928-04-08
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.


mold. At an ill-chosen moment the
ielly bean man woke UP and extended
his has to the heavyweight, who had
burst the bounds of his lawful seat and
was hlrching up and down the alSle.
Considering the invitation an insult, be
ordered the telly bean to stand up and
see which was the better man. But j.
q. didn't want to stand up, so the
heavyweight hunched his shoulders
swelled out his chest and was just going
To-
When the conductor showed his door
open and looked in. The hearywelght
ehanged his mind and launched into
oratory instead. It was about the Gov
ernment dole for unemployed men and
furthermore;
"e6vbody here who says I haven't a
right TO SIS a day from world that
owes me a livin'. Just stand up and see
which is the better man. Come on ana
iisht me, one and all"
But the car was apparently Allied with
pacifistS who we're glued, nailed. riveteo
Ia their seats The gladiator looked the
arena over and picked on the spinsterf
woman for his "neXt'--Just as the car
slowed uD to a station and the conduc-
tor opened the door.
Here YOU are-and don't forget that
basket on the front platform
Having called out his information, he
closed the door and the heavyweight
gave last hunch to his shoulders.
Say. lady. do YOU know what I'm
eoing 70 do tonight-do YOU?
And the SpinStery woman who looked
as if she couldn't say boo" to a goose
responded TO the call
l~yNNN NNI1 cniNR nome IN
beat I'D YOUR wife-and / bet she gives
YOU what is coming % you"
Before a cataclySm could get in its
work the car stopped and the heavy
weight was spilled into the rainy black
neSs-and that there was all there was
10 that,
What Of it? Nothing-poSitively MOTH
ing. except that. If you take the opinion
Of the spinStery one. the trip was a
whole lot more picturesque than any
conventional day ride down the Avenue.
where there is nothing more exciting
than. say. sitting next TO young thing
who files her nails from U street 10 The
Star Building. or-which is a big lot
worse-having TO listen to somebody
telling somebody else about Lindy's hav-
ing red blood in his veins.
4 WOMAN was adding oil, drop by
- drop. to salad dressing she was
making for two-lunchroom. all shiny
white tiles. uniformed waiter girls as
nice and wholesome as baked apples,
and palms from the tropics of New
Jersey where the factories are.
Her companion. another woman as
plain as herself. sat by and watched,
interspersing the proceeding with help
full hints as to the way a salad dress
inc should be made. The mixer
woman accepted each criticism with
a mil6neSs that seemed to argue that
she was used to il and didn't mind.
but finally paused long enough TO
make a hint of her own
You never made salad dressing,
did you, hon?"
Not personally. but read the
woman's page. and my own sense tells
me that instead of wasting time drop
ping oil in. you should pour II out and
be done with it."
The salad mixer grlnned and went
on with her work. and the other wom-
an varied her remarks for q change:
4 saw in the paper that the Wrights
are claiming TO be the first aviatorS.
but If the Museum puts their airShip
over Langley's III never go to the
place again-I loved Langley When
! was child I used 10 go to the
children's room that he fixed up in the
Smithsonian to make kids love nature
And III always keep to II that he was
the real first aviator"
He wasn't No man was, seeing
that the first TO fly the sky was a
woman-pass your plate
Silly! Ruth Elder didn't even show
up until"
Who said anything about Ruth
Elder? mean Mother Goose-Olo
woman. old woman, oh, whittier SO
high?' To sweep the cobwebs out OF
/ the sky'-I bet you'll say this is the
/ best you ever tasted"
! And a sweet young dear at the next
small table. who was bing treated by
a perfectly grand young fellow. won-
dered. doubtless, how two homely
women who had outlived their chicken
era and forgot. could possibly man
age TO have good times together with
out a beau. a chocolate sundae and
cake that tasted-grand
She had yet to learn that every
woman at heart is a human document
and that most documents are interest
ing in one way or another. and that
anyhow, youth isn't everything There
are always compensations, glory bel