Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1921, Page 46

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, NOVEMBER 13, 1621—PART 1. 3 AROUND THE ERE s a little contraption call- ed “The Riddle of Man.” To look at it is just a few cords of different colors and condi- tions knotted together and bralded into an inch of whole. To understand what it means you have to know the inventor—a wonder-man who prefers solithide to’ Mr. Hardy's madding crowd, and who amuses himself with 0dd’ trifies because, as he explains, the wisest of us carry a funny bone in our mental elbow—only some of us won't own to ft—and who described his riddle like this: “The knot stands for the original source of human life and the strings represent inherited qualities. The red cord goes back to some primeval savage with the desire and power to kill. The black thread is the treach- ery and selfishness of early, unre- strained ancestry. This white, with the soiled spots, typifies the every- day man who, fighting inheritance, is forever falling and rising to fight agaig. This crooked string—you know” what crookedness' means—has for neighbor a clean white one—the nobility strong enough to dominate the darker colors of human nature— and this strand of shining gold means the spirituality that weaves in and out of the lives of all o’ us and saves most of us from qualities that are handed down.” By that time he had unbraided the strings and told his visitor to plait them again. The outcome was not artistic, because of the uneven tex- ture of the threads and the hit-and- miss jumbling of colors. “You notice how the crimes and vir- tues weave in and out; buried under in one line, & quality’ will crop out in the next row of braiding which you-are to consider the next genera- tion, with the gold ‘of spirituality N i, 205 (2 i o ety DronSils Couch o = CREDIT—SERVICE—LOW PRICES AT The National Furniture Co. GUARANTEED QUALITY AT The National Furniture Co. - F R E E with Every Purchase A of $100 or More A 26-piece Set of Wm. A. 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The boys obviously aimed to convey the impression to a passing world that they, too, were in | the hands of justice, and the whole show provided a comic supplement picture of avenging law. > You could tell—anybody could tell— that the officer was merely giving the voungster a lesson that would stop on the free side of jail, but the comments of a couple of dear women who insisted upon meddling into what they did not understand, inspired the prisoner into a sudden reach for noble heights, which expressed itself in a falsetto yell several sizes too big for his body: “Men, tell muh wife an' children Mahogany-Finish Overstuffed Rocker Like cut, covered with Imita- tion Leather. Specia, $1 413 Easy Terms at “The National” “REZNOR” | |- Like picture, of rich, polished Golden Oak, with bent glass ends. 2480 Easy Credit Terms at “The National” Buffet Specially Priced for Thanksgiving Like Cut Mirror with shelf; long linen drawer, two small drawers and large cupboard. that [ died fuh muh f-lag—an’ keep muh war medal to r'member me by!" And he passed over his one skate to the nearest buddie in waiting. This Range | Oll Heater Naturally, that was where the offi- cer lost out, but it was with a ter- rible sternness that he gave warning as he released hls captive: “And don't let me catch you skating on the car track again—hear me?” ‘The boy undoubtedly did, but as he ang his gang scooted out of the inci- dent, .this has to end right here. * k% % A MAN went into a business office. His wife was with him and his car was at the curb. He was a lova- ble, oldish man, with a friendly greeting for the agent, a smile for the office boy and an air of extreme attentiveness to the woman, who was a goodish blt younger, though no chicken at that. ‘The business.in hand must have concerned house-renting, for as he looked over a ledger he shook hls‘ head with a sigh of relief, as of duty done, and said to the woman: ’ “Well, my dear, I don't see that we can better ourselves—being so com- fortably settled, and- i The woman interrupted with the suddenness of a lash: “I told you before we started what you were to do! If you think I mean to bury myself in that house another that lease It was obviously a standing threat, for by the way the man touched his lip with a finger to warn her that: others would hear. you could tell that he was used to it and that, maybe, his gentle sadness was due to the fact that there was no hope that she would keep her word. Anyhow: He signed the lease and the sulky, silk-kneed, richly coated woman, who would have been nothing more thgn any other midaged shrew, except for the fine clothes the man gave her, followed him out with a frown that ‘was hateful to see. And if vou had been there—espe- cially had you chanced to be paying for your own lease with money that you had worked for and which did not go far enough for fine. feathers— you would possibly have felt called on to ask the woman what she meant by her mysterious brag. She was too ridiculously old to run home to mother, in the matrimonial sense of the term; she lacked the glamorous ability fo vamp, and she failed to create an impression of ability to “do for herself” in the mat- ter of honest support. She could only serve to illustrate the adage about “biting the hand that feeds you.” And when you think of the lonely women in the world who would have gone down on their knees for blessings that she was scorning, Why—— But what's the use! * %k * HERE is a peek into the work of one business girl, via a letter, in which every line is crammed with ac- tion: “Must tell you one story. Worked with the clgan-up squad the American Legion sent”around to get the soldiers’ claims in, and they had me-fillling in the men's claims. One question was, ‘Are you married, single or dlvorced” ‘Which_my particular man in question said, ‘Divorced.” Next question: ‘How ! many times have you been married? ! My man answered, ‘Once, good Lord, ain't that enough? And I told him, ‘1 don't know, I have never had the temerity to try it even that once.’ Had a real jolly bunch of fellows, and I hated to leave them.” * ok k% uDEA'R MISS NANNIE LANCAS- TER: You have not given room for old songs lately, and I am so dis- appointed when ‘I miss them. ‘The loney Suckle Glen’' gave me great pleasure, as my mother used to sing it to me when I was a child. I am hoping you will some . time publ more of the ‘before-the-war’ planta- tion melodies and negro ditties. Sine cerely, Mrs. A. B. Morgen.” NANNIE LANCASTER. TO FIX WAR BLAME. Committee to Study Responsibility " for Duration of Conflict. By Cable to The Star and ra!‘nu Dally News. Copyright, 1921. AMSTERDAM, Holland. 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