Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

| COIlleS lt IldIlOy,
and if they had gone in the building
and asked somebody they. would nave
been interested to learn that each roll
weighs 1888 pounds, and that an is
sue, say, of 100000 newspapers, OF 81
pages each, would represent 500 miles
of paper. AS to a run of, say, 80 pages,
which occurred a short time ago-well,
you will have to go in a corner and
| figure it out for yourself!
They were not of the investigating
character of couple of men who, quite
| a long time ago, as time flies in this
section, stood by to watch couple of
colored porters lowering a roll into the
elevator and were so curious as to the
weight of the paper as to ask-at least
one of them asked:
would that paper hurt if 1t hap
pened to roll against me?"
They were busy porters, but each
must have felt called upon to uphold
the politeness of his race. The younger
man, who looked as If he might have a
college degree hanging up at home, al
lowed SpokeSmanS honorS to his oldiSh
fellow laborer, who, somehow, suggested
open fields.
Cant say, sub. heard of one
gent'man who slipped against one these
rolls an broke a laig or two, but I
amt never heard of nair pusson bein'
killed. subj"
The other porter, inspired, possibly,
by a sudden desire to be hoSpitable,
broke in with an offer:
eff either of you gentlemen would
like to try 1t you are perfectly well
come"
But curiosity had subsidized, and both
men declined with hearty thanks before
passing on.
....,.... X x x
You may have noticed that this
= world has blessed capacity for
throwing leftover emotions into Times
waste basket-forgetting old joys and
troubles in the new ones that are for
ever coming along.
Just for one small evidence, look at
the fresh calendar that carries in its
81 days the birth anniversaries of Ben
Jamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Rob-
ert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Nc
Kinley. Each man lived to make his
name immortal, and died on other
calendar days-all of them forgotten by
the general public-eXcept, of course,
groups organized to keep their memory
green-all of which is a good, sensible
idea, seeing that If we kept on renew
ing our regrets and rejoicing over great
and gone men, there would be no time
or heart left to give to the triumphs
and tragedies of those who are with us
or who may be on the way.
| When we tear off the January leaf
we will find more red-lettered symbols
to mark the world entrance of Lincoln
and washington, but, apart from the
Government holiday on the 22d, the
only honest interest us average people
will have in the February list of
notables will be the ground hog and
good old st. Valentine. For such.
brethren and sistern, dears, is the way
OF human nature!
! X X X X
HERE are two sketches presented to
the column-the first by a bril-
nam and beloved newspaper writer.
Katherine Thomas, and the other by
young George Waters of the staff, who
Is going to develop into that gifted be-
ing. well known writer" some day
soon.
You have read and heard of the am
Dltion OF newly arrived foreigners to so
initiate In dress, action and speech the
native born sons of Uncle Sam as to be
) mistaken for one. Here is an exactly
IoppoSlte state of affairs right here in
1.-THE National Capital-a distinctly un-
usual case of initiative talent, and which
mas substratum of representation, to
be seen in an uptown cafe:
4 Somewhat less than two years ago
the place was opened by couple of en-
terprlSing Greeks who, while registering
No. as cook and waiter, were dis
tlnctly handicapped by the total eclipse
OF even rudimentary knowledge of the
English language. They were not able
10 pay much out in wages to an assist
ant and SO gladly availed themselves OF
the services OF one of those fiotsam and
Ietsam bits of humanity known as a
down and outer" Anything more ut
terly forlorn in appearance, as contrast
ed with the neat, dapper, young pro-
prietors, and more pitifully anxious tc
please, or more utterly 100 per cent
American of origin it would not be pos.
sible to encounter in days journey.
} This, bear In mind, was nearly two
years ago. Enter the cafe today anc
you will find the original trio hard al
WORK and scoring success almost a.
steadily as rapid-fire gun in action.
But asked to pick out the American
l doubt, even with the aid of a prize t.
the winner, II the average person coulc
come out winner.
e. That truest f1attery of imitation ha.
: so worked its wonders of change thai
, not only in appearance, gestures, and
strangest of all, in his broken English
5 with its strongly foreign intonations
! the former down and outer" American
now moves, acts and speaks as true 6
son of Greece as If born on the very
e steps Of the Acropolis.
X X X
TWENTY-FIVE years ago Antor
S Sawyer, 76 years old, watched
j Shadowy silhouettes of dancers on tn.
whitewashed walls of the old Nav,
o Yard Dance Hall, at the foot of Eight
S street southeast, and prayed that som,
e day he would learn to dance.