Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
AROUND THE CITY
by MAMIE LANCASTER.

ment caused you to overestimate the
value OF the horse above that OF the
automobile--for, apart from the pretty
stories that you writer's tell about, the
horse has no real standing In history.
Perhaps, however, dear lady, you own a
beloved mount, which makes 1t all
right"
Tucked on a back shelf, under the
cobwebs of years gone but not forgotten,
there is a memory of old white mare
Agnes turned out to die in meadow
that in Summertime was high with pink
clover. She had such long back that
four of us children could pile on her
in a row. When she got tired OF our
riding she would lower her long old
head to Craze clover and slide us
all off.
Agnes represents this units only
stable" but readings of many horses
and the writing of some may familiarize
one with the general history OF horses
not fiction.
Why, my goodness, Mr.. Man, look
what the horse has done:
1t was Caesars bay charger that
helped to put bay leaves on Caesars
| brow; 1t was Norman Williams war
horse that aided him in his conquering,
and If it had not been for BucephaluS
| how do you suppose Alexander could
have made himself a present Of the
world?
The Maid of Domremy did great
| things for France. Joan was burned
| at the stake and her horse was killed
in battle, but they come down the ages
| together Take a look at them out
Meridian Park way.
And glimpse Bavieaca? That horse
lived thousand years ago, and he will
keep on living as long as his master.
the Cid. Which means forever.
| Don't you remember that time the 81
Moorish kings besieged Valencia just
as st. Peter had warned the Cid that
he must die, and how he ordered that
his dead body be strapped on Bavieaca'S
back so that the Moors would think him
alive, and how the kings with their 81
armies were driven into the sea at sight
of the mighty Spaniard?
Look at that milk dappled" steed
that carried Lady Godiva through the
streets of Coventry. And could Don
Quixote have given literature the fun
of seeing him charge windmills if 1t
had not been for Rosinante? Bless her
old bones! It was Paul Revere's horse
that helped to fire that shot that was
heard around the world, and II Sheri-
dams mount had not been handy he
would have kept on being 40 miles
away"
And just give an eye to the valkyrie's
eight-legged horse, name of Sleipnir,
that belonged to the battle maidens of
Morse mythology, though that may not
be history. But, anyhow, history and
the Bible can count their hero horses
by the thousands-with these just a
few to "go by"
x x X
A YOUNG lady, out Marlboro sec
ton, who is interested in antiques
and other collections, writes to ask for
something more about the old dolls be-
longing to the writer. So, as this
seems to be a day for answering nice
letters, here goes:
There Is really nothing more to ten
except that they are not dolls, but
little people" One is a mannikin,
that an artist sister used to work by,
sometimes; such an agile bit of wood
machinery that she was named Atalan-
ia. Little ATLANTA came from the
Black Forest and earned her living for
years. The other, a Chinese decora-
ton, started life in a red and gold
robe and crown of tar-black hair He
was given to the writer by another
sister at the period when the world