Evening star., 1928-06-03

| as you or any other chap. but when sou
talk about heroes I take off my hat to
stonewall Jackson. Yes, sir, Stonewall
| Jackson
This may have sounded like treason.
and the other ancient gentleman was
ezciteoly ready 10 make the most Of It,
wnen MS comrade shooed the protest
aside With trennuiousiy gaunt hand.
and continued his right Of way.
For one thing. look at how he
| treated Miss Harriet Patience Dame,
1 our mother Of Army nurses, that time
IN the second Bull Run campaign when
| she was captured by couple of Rebs
and taken TO Jackson's camp. The gen.
/ eral was alone, figuring over a map
when they brought the nurse in-a
/ gentle, plain, little woman with bandageg
over her arm and medicine bottles in
/ her apron pocket-and when he heard
| ner explain the necessity of getting back
70 her boys, who would die IL she did
4 not help them, he thIndcred out:
/ Take that lady back to the North
You see. conrade. appreciated
/ Stoncxall JacksOn's kindness. for the
/ special reason that my young brother
| was one Of Miss Danes boyg-though
| he was beyond her saving"
/ There would doubtless have been
| other incidents for both 10 tell about.
except that several other ancient gentle
| men IN blue came out of the hall. and
ali Of them got in automobiIcs--Y which
naturally ended the lttle confab.
THE car came 10 A sudden stop With
the grinding noise that means
wheel has slipped the track The mo-
tornan Jumped out. The conductor
and man passengers followed suit. and
every last woman poked her head out
Of the windows On the trouble side.
Only one passenger stayed put He
Was fat man with two ch!ns and a
biz plenty of curly gray hair. And
there and smiled pleasantly. as II the
only thought he had in the world was
Of the good breakfast he had eaten
and the good dinner that was ~ come
that sort Of q man
You VIII have your thoughts. And
II you are a woman yOtl are bound 10
put them In words. which accounted
for one n1arket-bag passenger saying To
her companion With shopping bas-
ket~-one made u black cord and the
other N tan lute, with red flannel roses
on the front:
I'd Ike ~ have ar even dozen Of
quiet hsNbaDds Ike that--with one over
for good measure"
One would be toO many for me-
he's 100 SCI on hts own good times 10
suit my idea d! a husband. That man 4
a fast flyer, ali right"
But he wasn't fast flyer. for just
then the cOna1ctor GpYang aboard ~
Gay that eYerykpdy would nave 20 ge,
out and take ttae next csr~~and a
. husky coiored man came 10 the fat
Mxa ssFza
lifted him up gave him crutca and
fsaif-cafried flr1 outside, The cOlofed
/ man waa ~ strong as an OK and as
, ! tender 81 Il mother. And Tie fat
passenger accepted his own helpless
ness with the dccilitY oi good but
not oycgbrigigt cDtid hpd Yt1st tragedy
of suffering lay Dei9ind his placId pres"
, ent no outsider Car eyer know. Not
, ~ this world
( We arc I'll fig9t. women dear. take
AS ~ a1d large bg.~~
Wi3en We gsoD cgiticizlug pcop:e anc
things ~ knoW nothing about th.a
earth VIII ~ wearing wings.
) A LITTLE old person who used 10 sell
( G9BerS On t3e street quite time
> sgo DIED the oti1er DAY In d home fof
| aged DeDpie, and 4 certain other per-
p sGTl WE9 has MADE many peneu snaps
! ~ her fe!loW beings III the last deeadf
{ IN tWo recalls this picture for the bene.
: ~ of tfloes who knew her we'll and wiiI
4 never look upon her Ike aaain-for the
> reason that they don't come any n10ts
A Wouaan STOOD algpc IN ti1e dusE
Way down III the Patent Once electric
2 ilgilIs we're beginning ~ star the graz
. siiac9gs, but up where she waited !
4 street vas liks Dig eiock that had sud
y denly sfODped ticking with the Diai'
4 JlGas flGflEse ae ~ many "WoFks" ~ sfg%
I / goB ii9A Wfgeejk vent round
o Crossing the deserted asphalt to-
9 ward her esHGe 2 tifed-o little bit of
b a creature Juggling haskell, Hho ~
. turn suggested a. miniature Wsten just
Y sip9tit ~ run dgWn