Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 65

Around the City =By Nannie Lancaster. ERE kids of fifty who belleve themselves old should be real thankful to the rallroad official who saw this little Boppening and tells about it—like fhis: “After one of my inspection trips I eawe in on a railroad train and saw the foliowing take place in the Wash- fngton station: “The through train from the west pulled into the station and the usual @rmy of redcaps took up their stand ©pposite the exit from each Pullman. A nervous man, wearing yellow gog- Elcs, was noticed going from entrance to cntrance, closely followed by a redcap with a wheel chair, Appar- ently he was uncei:ain as to what ear the infirm person whom he was to mect would alight from. Perhaps the yellow goggles were he identification feature, instead of a . carnation’ in his buttonhole, for gcon a trim little lady, about whom mature had woven the silver-threaded shawl of age, and upon whose snow- \iite hair perched a little black bon- n dged with white ruching, alight- ed frcm the train. The gentleman, triilcd by the wheel chair, was soon £picd by her. and he immediately gave + kiss upon her soft cheek, and, her tenderly by one arm, with - arm about hLer, he led her dear little old lady was too osted in visiting with him to no- wierc she was peing led, and, as | \ chair, he said, ‘Now. | | this chair’ The dear her bright eyes k at_the chair, and ¥ ‘For the lands do 1| want with that A tripped | a 1 e was told to mest fter consulting the | old. had not figured nine of this pe- | > years Young. Robson's .’ but an shington often been amazed at the erful memory names and head walters * said a Wash urned from a of winter golf. \ome of wet golf, for it rained al every day we were there. How- anaged to get in our regular | much every day. is not what I want to get | T bad been at the hotel a | wple of days when a head waiter, sthose name 1 think is Cahill, came to 30y table. My stalwart six-fool son was ®.lng across the table from me, and Caniil said: Ever since you have been here I 3412 been trying to locate you, and now Ul lisve you. I remember that soung man Wwhen he was a spindle-shanked red- Jieaded boy in knickerbockers. You Trought him to the Hotel Lafayette in I'ortland, Me.. and the next morning you aooli him to the Maine General Hospital 1o b operated on for appendicitis. I 45 head waiter at the Lafayette at the :nt occurred just fourteen vears ago = coming summer, and you stop to der how many thousands of people has met and escorted to tables in that length of time, I you will agree with me that he "“ome memory for names and faces.” | [i % % % J{'GH up in the sir—make it nine stories—thers is a lunchroom, whero magnates and office boys feast ©n cqual terms, oxoept in the matter «f money—a boy's inward demands 3o outward cakes, pies and ice cream iaturally exceeding the price of a | [ chief's sandwich, and— day, for one time, three young- siers, knee-pants size, were leaving the room when the youngest dropped | “n apple. Before he could pick it up unother boy kicked it ahead. Then he third boy took a hand—meaning | foot—and sent the apple . rolling under a table near the door. And | that let the three of them outside, lunzhing and scrapping as boys will, iard. love them! Wihile they wers having their fun, s lain soul. who was keeping Lent it dry bread and coffee in what soked to he a kidnaped shaving mug, £31d to herself—having no one handy in say it to If only Adam had kicked IJive's wprle arcund like that instead of sampling it. this would have been a difterent werld—with no trials and Triba— Tust tien the smallest boy slipped hack. nabbed his anoie, rubbed it on s jacket sleeve and took what Jonah would call—maybe—a whale of @ And this proof that the old \dam 11 abides with us caused the vight as it 'r”f is a judge of the court who also is a generous hearted wom- an. whose personal hobby is to give plcasure to friends. Sometimes it is i Sunday morning breakfast in her <omy apartment—frizzled bacon on a eilver dish, coffee of the color znd sparkle of port wine, if any one re- ucrabers what port wine used to look Jike, and such griddle cakes as mar- yied man’'s mother never could make, 1ore the reason that she went to e a\;:‘u before clectric plates came on agdin. with 1ast Sunday for | tilled her car h and off they whizzed. taking in ¥ spring glory in town and out, ith the vpeedway cherry blooms for The trees jwere as snow- so many littie girls in their »munion vefls: the roads were i with people in cars and on E and if all the adjectives and ex- amation points and raphsodic si- ces could have been strung to- her they would probably—oh, most oubtedly—have stretched back to .apan, where the dear trees came Jrom. But some people are never sat- jufied. One woman In the judge's car #iuck a pin in the general rapture by hing out: What a pity the trees are not svuit-bearing. 1 love cherries!” The sensible woman next said it wvas a good thing, otherwise they sould have to call out the National Guard to protect the trees and park. 'd get at them somehow—I'm so | [ sond of cherries.” ’ith all that curve of beauty that saeant the friendliness of another siation and spring for everybody, wvith a river running shining ripples |} on the very lips of the dream city 1 evond—big, splendid things that called for worth-while thoughts— 1hat outwardly genteel soul who had cvery appearance of being a law- s.hiding citizen could only center on Y.er own selfish, personal likings—be- tause she “loved cherries.” Which is another reason why that saillennium is so poky in coming |[H & long, But the dear judge at the wheel gnd the guests snugged in_around Yer just chuckled at the selfish one. And, as example is catching, the €clfish one chuckled at herself. All «f which would be too tiny an in- cident to mention, except that— it was doubtless the first time on y=cord that the chery trees have been Tound wanting. And the first time of suything always counts. because: it is news, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 20, 1924—PART 5. Quality That Entrance 909 F Street A Carefully Planned Event Representing Remarkable Values in Bedroom Suites and Odd Pieces at Prices That Are Sure to Prove Attractive. Convenient Deferred Payments if Desired _ THIS BEAUTIFUL SEVEN-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE is an outstanding value. Cave- 4 z fully designed and well constructed of selected woods. It is built of American walnut vencer, and $2 l 9. 50 comprises Large Dresser, Large Full Ianity, Clifforobe, Bow-end Bed, Chair, Rocker and Bench. The best of mirrors are used, with wood backs; the drawers are boxed in, and the grooved-cdge decoration adds to its distinguished appearance. 1Very special. 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