Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-17

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the boys grHny
paw. Just then shrll voice at li''
foot of the stairs:
.Hey. Red, yer ma says If you don
bring Aggie home right away she II 'eh
yer old man." 49,
Red and Aggie vanished down the
stairs leaving three women WIN open
mouths and pocket books-and the KIND
hearted colored man grinned sheeplSn-
" as he walked out of sight.
This little yarn comes from a friend
who was among those present.
TIE looked like a foreign man, but
II his English was glib. And he was
natrolling the street across from the
Union Station under a shower OF dane
ing balloons, when a friend rounoeo
the Columbus fountain and loineo MN.
.Hello-hello-that Philadelphia
a fine city 1t bought my suit case
full of Easter rabbits. How was 'he
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shoulders and snapped a finger ana
thumb ro,
They were measuring life by their
own yard sticks. Even as you ana l.
TIER knowledge dubbed over like
i kettle on the boil. He accepted
her oracles as BELTS fresh, Money
incoming bridegroom.
like that other tourist couple. whose
name is legion, they were nteralIy moor
ed by the signs of the zodiac peooeo
in the tiles of the Library OF Congress.
Even the bride was unable to account
for Pisces. Taurus ct al, until she came
to the two humanlike brass figures IN
the circle of symbols
oh. l know! See, dear, us map
of the Garden of Eden-wltn ADAM anu
Eve ,,;
The man eyed the brass-inlaid minla-
lures of "Gemini, the Twins" and was
Certainly. Why not? Aren't Adam
and Eve as good as the Gemini folKs
sny dav in the year? And where are
YOU going to find anything more at.
fractive than a map Of the Garden OF
Eden? .;r,,+.
There are countless interesting Signts
for tourists who come to this town. put
probably there is nothing more las
c;nstinelv mysterious to the Mills End
nm of visitors than the signs OF the
zodiac bedded In the Librarys tessel-
lated floor.
WHERE is our peace pact. And there
l. is the beautifully intentloneo
mother who did not rear her son 10 pe
q soldier, but they are both wrong, u
Won ask little Jimmie. And II you want
IN ask Jimmie, you will nave 70 come
across him one Of these mild afternoons
nearing dusk. over by the Smithsonian
erounds-under a giant tree whose
branches umbrella the pavement: aOu
will find him a crumb OF a kIo' on .t
formed in some older brotneTs ou1
grown scout suit, on picket ou'y' VIVA
o fence pale for q gun. o,,,A en- |
There was no other child around; %
49, a,,erd must have felt that his duty
damsnded extra vigilance. You neSel
tTow what enemy may be lurking
hind trees or crawling IN the sIass
and nv the rapt tenseness OF nun YOU
co., tell that an order has Deeh sNeH1
~ NIT no one but Americans on suaiu
O Tbere he marches, up and down, .,, N
tha dusking quiet-left, rlgnI, Iis So
left: so many steps forward, Inen .,ens
military twirl; then SO many sso.in
backward. Then 90 II an ovel s.ssiorous
And in the soul of him, the VaioIuus
.,rosthiT1u that makes a soldier 1oiio"
Srherever a flag leads the way:
II was so comically splendid tnat one
,.s.sr-hv loitered to watch MN llois
= IittIe distance-far enough 10 pc oue
IF danger of the lone pickets cnanens
Until presently. there came IearmS ny
- him a small girl with graSshoppr.s
ieos Who must have brought nun ns~
If a sudden armistice. For ne chans
his fence rail from gun 70 s.,,tL
and having straddled II. gaMTpea ,nner
cowhov recklessnesS to possible suppe
X y
w Romeo was of the blank.verse
opinion that there Is notnng a. A. Sshts
ii he had ever been ounneu Aoa ne
owed by some other Mr. Monaeue;. M
would doubtless have mao "no'''-
bunch coming to him.
There is a whole, big, uncomioI.aTlv
lot in a name when you are uiliuInS
enough to share it with folks VINO ool
pay their bills. .,, rho
Goes through life in a plain, black 1rocK.
And one time, when she got Dill lroHi
a denartuent store for a green tuile
hall gown. she recalled a certain VISION
If oiTlish loveliness in green tulle that
had flashed in on her one night as she
was going to a dance where, incl
dentaily, she became engaged to me
Young mana really lovely girl VINO
barely made money to swear by-or at
So the plain woman sent her check 10
the store and then sent for the crimi-
nal.
The young thing, now elated at her
coming marriage, had needed that ball
gown-and knowing that the PLAIN
y,op,an wouldnt really mind" had