Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1922, Page 80

AROUND UR “twelve greatest living women” have been so vari- ously picied out and sorted over and tossed aside in favor of other dozens to be put through the same process that, to avold any possible risk of having this | candjdato robbed of her rightful honor, she is hereby set up on a ped- estal and marked: “Exhibit 13. Ex- empt.” She was discovered by a newspaper artist who boarded a street car in front of The Star building the other efternoon. He was lucky enough to ret & seat and was settling himself in it when he noticed a one-armed man coming down the aisle handing vards to passengers, right and left. A long scar across his face had closed one eve. An American Legion but- ton was fastened to the lapel of his thin and shabby (Trust = newspaper artlst for details.) A nail fila was attached to each card and a printed notice explained that the ~vender was a world war veteran out of work and that he would be grate- ful for any amount over § cents, which was the cost of the file. Naturally, you know what a news- coat. paper artist would do under the cir- camsta but he didn't touch on that point; he was too telling about the pas the way “She was an old colored woman, Who showed poverty and a hard day's work. When she had studied out the <ard and fumbled in her pocket, she inoked at the soldier, and in her voice was the minor melody that God has given to her race—a melody of tears. ** Here, child, this 10 cents is ail | <can spare. [ had a son in that war, but ha never come back. You sell this file. honey, to sumcbody that needs one. the washbode.' ™ When you come acro: mother like that, it doc difference whether or not a gold star ke he we i five-point symbol on her bre; You somehow associate her with those other stars that mean heaven. * ok HOSE mental Cuviers who can build up a character from a stray word would, doubtless, be able o construct a man-size future out of a remark like this. 1t was made by a small boy who is just getting the better of a broken leg. He came by his injury ! on a visit to the castern shore oue day when his mother took him to an| anclent church, where there was i sravevard, all slabs, and trees with hirds in them. anc flies and say weeds, and most likely chiggers. The boy, being i buy, got into trou- ble when he came to a poor old tombstone that was so wobbly in the earth that its front had shored wgatnst the church wall. that he had to see what was written on that stone, so he wedged himself against the bricks and caught hold of the slab to straighten it. But it didn’t straighten. Tt fell on the boy and broke his leg. It vou arc personally acquainted with a broken lex, You kuow about the pain, and how long and long it takes for bones to knit. But thank- fully, as the signet ring said to the king in the poem, “E Even this shall pass away.” the time came for the doctor to take off the cast. The ador- ing mother, jubilating in the happi- ness in stora for her precious voungster—you know how are—bubbled out to him: “And what is the very first thing mamma’s darling wants to do after doctor takes away the ugly old plas- ter?” Mamma's darling had no doubts whatsoever. His first and foremost desire was on the tip end of his tongue: “First thing I want to do is to g0 back and read what's on that stone.” And this is a problem for deep con- sideration: Was the boy merely v. | T ] S T, — By Nannie Lancaste 3 | 1 wears my nails off on He decided | mothers | THE CITY ing the curiosity that killed a cat? Or would you call it a seedting of in- domitable adventure that is going to blossom out one day into the front- | page fame? Nobody can tell—except, of cours the mental Cuviers. And they don't | seem to be lying around loose! | * ok k¥ 'WAY out on a street that used to be country. there is a house for sale. When the couple who own it—old maids—found that no one would buy it as it was they had a furnace and electric light put in and so on, and after a’ while a purchaser came along who was ready to pay §spot cash. He liked the old mansion because of its stately rooms and the wide, deep fireplace in the halls, that you don’'t come across these days, and on account of the walled-in old garden with its paths hedged with boxbushes of leathery shining green. And the big Lombardys standing like sylvan sentinels on both sides of the gate. Ile was happy over his find, and' the dear old malds were prayer- fully thankful that they wouldn't have to scrimp any more, when in Jumps a chattering jackdaw of a man to stir up an old yarn about the Dliace being haunted. And with that, the sale fell through with a smash! | The buyer said he wouldn’t have { minded for himself, buthis wife was # nervous woman— The antediluvianist of the old I maids admitted that there used to be manifestations when she was a child. She used to hear bells ring at night, and the doors would creak and open a crack. and then close as if some licy spirit were blowing in on her— but that after the house was fixed over so the rats couldn't get at the | beil wires to ring them or In the j walls to scratch; and new knobs and latches stopped the creaky openings and there were no longer drafty slits anywhere for the wind to blow fn— Wwhy—— But the purchaser kngw his wife would get nervous over it, and so— Which would be all, except that just suppose this: Suppose that the com- mandment which declares “Thou shalt not kill” means more than the taking {of human life? Suppose it extends to ithe slaying of character—wouldn't you | be afraid to die if you were a chattering Jackdaw that had killed the good name of a house that had done you no harm? And made two fellow beings unhappy? You know you would. * % x % |JF that man is a benefactor who {1 maketh two blades of grass to grow | where but one grew before, now | would you measure the superfority of him who maketh two green dollar bills take the place of five? There is a Filipino boy who works for a citizen whose home features a hand- some lawn. The other morning a | luborer was covering the grass nest door with fertilizer and the boy, zealous in all that pertains to his employer's interests, wanted to know what the fertilizer cost. The laborer sald It was five dollars. The Filipino said all right, he would like to buy two dollars’ worth, { The deal was made and when the lawn was bedded snugly under its winter |the pridefulness that his people in- I herited from old Spain: “Give me two dollars. three.” And vet there are folks golng around who claim that the Filipino is incapable of self-government. I saved you | Small Targets. From Birmingham Age-Herald. “I had a nightmare last night,” ge- marked the golf expert. “What was it ” asked the rank amateur. “I thought I was on the links, but every time I teed up a ball and started to drive it suddenly expanded and be- came as big as a balloon. “Umph!” sighed the rank amateur. “That wouldn’t be a nightmare to me. If golf balls were the size of balloons I might have better luck in hitting them.” 2 ‘Make your new bathroom the comfort and health center of the home—plan it carefully. A visit to the ‘Standand” Showroom will aid you materially and imposes no obligation. Standard Sanitary Mfo. Co. Washington $houmoom 200 Southern Bldg. blanket he went to his employer with ! i | Y STAR, D. 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