Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
The SiSter-in-
Lac Mas White
Hot About Art,
but When a Tame
Bear Turned Her
Pageant Into a
Panic Bill BaU0n
and His Bow and
ArrozV Got the
Credit.

II the biggest catastrophes in this world.
Look at what Mrs. Murphys COW did
to Chicago once-burnt it like
brides first waffle. And some Puritan
Papas threw lot of tea overheard and started
the Revolution, one of our best wars.
That's what feel about Bill Balou's invi-
tation to try archery. This bow and arrow
picnic looked like such silly little thing and
the end was the Mysteries Of 10000 people and
the complete wreck of one Of the biggest pieces
of municipal art ever brewed. II we hadn't
shot those darned arrows
Well, anyway, Bill asked me to 60 out in
the woods with him one Sunday morn and he'd
teach me one of the noblest pastimes Of man
archery. Meet me at 9 am. sharp-with your
car. It's bigger than mine and there's more
trappings to this sport than to q medieval skull
cracking bout. I'll have the light Of my life
pack us q real lunch-men's sandwiches with
the bread between the meat instead Of outside.
See you tomorrow"
But when got home later it became not so
simple. See here" says Loves Dream. "Why
should stay here all alone Sunday while you're
away, digging up a 10-acre lot with high
priced Scotch pitchfork?"
Hold everything, my little blond honey car
amel. This isn't golf at all. I'm going arching
with Bill Ballou Archery-Indian stuff-the
spirit of william Tell and SO on"
The picture changed. Archery" she says,
smiling sweetly. "How lovely! see where the
Duchess of Thropfordshire won a silver thing
amajig some place in England. Archery is quite
the thing. I'm crazy to learn it. OF course
Bill is taking Jane and can sidestep church
for once I'll telephone Jane right away"
BAN! How soon woman can change
picnic to panic! In five minutes the simple
little party was suffering from complications
THE Ballou clan is all set for the getaway
= Sunday morning. like line of whippets
waiting for the gun. Out in the driveway, Bill
has collection like the first of May. He has
everything from bass fiddle looking thing in
q bag to lot of funny leather tubes.
"The covered wagon Is what we need" I
said after looking the bulk. This six
cylinder boiler would be only partial help"
9TH be cinch." he says. "And oh. forgot
to tell you. We're going to ring in a guest on
you. My wife's sister blew in yesterday and
she's wild to go. She's been concocting a
pageant or something and it's got her all worn
thin, so day in the sweet calm of the dear
woods will get her in tune again-so she tells
me-"
And just then Jane Ballou and her sister
came out. The sister is of those pulsing
vibrating wrens all white hot about life and
art and things He introduced her as Maurine
Eustis
"Oh. think it is all too amusing" she said
s'When dear william proposed it, could have
Rugged him. For six weeks my art has en-
shaved me-nerve-wrecking weeks. Something
In me seemed to be calling out-and know
now it was the call from the outside answer
ing"
That's the yelp of the world, Miss Eustis,"
said. II feel 1t myself. Every Fall gotta go
smelt fishing or get the jaundice"
Bill might have picked out o place for our
stunt that looked more dimly religious but then
he thought the layout was for plain archery
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