Evening star., 1937-05-19

We've been looking for you for a
long time" said the clerk IN ominous
tones. There are seven warrants
out for you. Leave $35 here or OF to
jail with you"
His protests availing nought. the
young man finally sent out calls for
help, mustered the necessary bail,
went on his way vowing (a) never to
be so conscientious again and (b>
never again to lend his automobile to
a friend who had been using it quite
regularly OF late
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PROGRESS.
The houses out on Rhode Island
Avenue that used to advertise
tourists accommodations by dis
play OF neat u1lite signs, iettered
,Uith black paint, are in the cate
CORY OF big business now.
They're torn doun the old -tash-
ioned boards, put in neon signs
that bluson their red messages
through the night
CONTACT.
\ N ABSENT MINDED driver pulled
out from the curb at Thirteenth
street and New York avenue yester-
day. There was screech of brakes, a
crash. "Whereinelldyathi ?"
roared the driver Of a car that was hit.
You'll pay for-oh, hello, Howard
How are va? Yeah, know 1t wasn't
your fault Your car hurt? o. K.
Mines not bad either. So long"
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TANGLE.
BECAUSE Of the traffic congestion
Of H street during rush hours,
parking on the north side is banned in
the late afternoon. One Of our friends
was inching along in a particularly
bad jam on that street the other day,
wondering why the mo Parking
signs hadn't solved the matter Of
crowded streets.
He found his answer about the
middle of the block, where a police
derrick was trying to swing around
in the middle Of the street, occasionally
backing into sign post bearing the
words "No U Turn"
After much intricate twisting and
turning, with directions by foot
patrolman, the truck made its turn
rolled of down the street dragging q
small, reluctant sedan out Of the for
hidden zone.
CPEAKING of traffic snarls as we
often do (our Nightmares about
Sunday motorists never wear of until
the following Friday, that trans
planted robin family down on Consti-
tuition avenue caused a terrific Jam
the other day. Trouble was started by
one of the younger members, half
baked fledging that peeked over the
side of the nest, proba bly, looking for
q worm that had stayed out all night
and promptly fell on its head (the
robins, not the worms).
A passer-by witnessed this catastro-
phe, picked up the bird and tossed it
in the air, thinking it would hutter
back to the nest. Instead the little
mink made a bee line for the De-
partment of Labor across the street
fell short Of the mark and landed In
a truck that was waiting for traffic
light to change.
The driver, unaware he had picked
up stowaWay, was about to move or
when various bystanders plunged into
the street and waved for him to stop
He was agreeable enough when the
situation was explained, waited for
some one to capture the bird. That
accomplished, about half q dozen
people walked over to attend the oere-
mony of returning robin to his family
tree.
The senior robins took over there.
saying we know not what It sounded
like long chorus OF yah. Yah.
Smarty pants" but maybe robins
never say things like that. They
would, If they knew the meaning OF
that long, black line of cars strung
out behind the truck driver, honking
like mad.
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