Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 35

e AROUND THE CITY BY NANNIE LANCASTER. HERE Is a stoneyard on a woodsy roadside where the green silence of grass and trees has for musical contrast iver that is so much 1'1m')lin: allver in the sun, The other lay two women were strolling along the dappled shade when the one who knows everything ~ sm— was reminded Of srm— the steneyard's == . <hare in the story When vou are fed up with fish, if of the love of two | vou will go over to the New Museum, roung men for a 72’ {to a vast and silent hall, you wi mrl. She Such a pretty girl that the gods , must have loved ff her, also, for she died in her youth, according to clas- sic_dictum. Her sudden death healed riv- v and united roung men in a desire to share equally in honoring one who would walk with them no more. They finally decided, as an outward symbol of their inward _devotion, erect a licadstone at her grave. 0 they came to this stoneyard to udy out a design that would best their love and loss. And, picked out one of snowy ma: lle so ideally suited to their fanc that they could consider no other, they came once more—at night—and | took it Dreadful, of course, | of itself, is so liable to dishonesty without calling it by that ! that perhaps they did not | realize the enormity in thg thrill it zave them to put the stone at the d of their beloved. But there are s others i One was the owner of the stone- vard, who had no intention of accept- ing his loss with the philosophy that would have pleased the robb ile told the police. And the police told the world, And when, at last, a clue voiced and arrest planned rd_owner, in giVing an ¢ morning _inspection of marbles nite, found the stolen stone in its fish you could catch with a bent pin, exaggerated Into an ocean monster with teeth human enough to feature a dental display. And after you have spent your day studying the deep-sea creatures that science has secured for the world's ed- ucation, vou have had your atch” just uly, and far more comfort v if you had hauled-each fish out of the water—with some Wal- ton bossing the job. |Fi-Fo-rum used to eat bad children. | Remember? Only, it jsn't a table, but a cabinet, with drawers down to the floor, 50 on each side, which makes 100. Inside these ~drawers are massed every color you ever saw in 'vou never dreamed of—all blazoned on prism-winged butterflies from every ‘ountry under the sun. The variations to American Legion. Nomination of officers for the ensu- ing year took place last Tuesday night at George Washington Post, No. 1, at the clubhouse, 1829 I street north- | west, resulting as follows: For commander, Gilbert T. Rude and T. I. K first. vice com- mander, U Longfellow ond vice commander, James P. well and Willlam Laeler; third vice commander, Bernard C. McGee, Jud- . Knappen and Charles . ; “quartcrmaster, Henry J. Rath and John Bishop; sergeantat- arms, Past Comdr. Howard S. master-atarms, J. J. Owens; surgeon, Dr. M. M. Darnall; historian; Past. Comdr. Howard . Iisk; color bearers William Lawler and Henry J. Ruth, The office of chaplain was deferred until the next meeting. The election of officers will take place Tuesday, September 7. tesolutions were adopted and_the colors ordered placed at” half staff in memory of Col. Henry H. Ludlow, who died suddenl t Saturday while tern trip. The Army_carcer a|and of his early training of West 1| Pointers who now hold high rank . in the United States Army. The reso- Lhisd il .| lutions were ordered spread on the And as the women started on theit] inutes of the meeting and a copy A . ot faced wom. | €Nt to his widow. Interment took Ot o Nt the Jit. | Place Tuesday afternoon at Arlington o ohe I | National Cemetes A large delega- Bt spar | tion from the post, headed by Comdr. d that so '“‘“- 'h"‘"\‘, J..J. Murphy, with the post colors, at- e o | tended the ‘funeral at Arlington. A iofne ’“!“: " | silent tribute paid at the open- ments —just I the proprietor| j,- of the post meeting. Tiad 1ot off from jail two foolish, emo-| “gvarq Ton, for four years adju tional hoys, who had let romance run | y¢"of John Tollerson Post. No. 16, away with the commandment that | ,¢ Waldron, Ark., was elected & mem- says “Thou Shalt not Steal ber of the post through transfer. * ok % * A report of the house committee was made by Vice Chairman Gilbert T. Rude of the board of governors. Henry C. Spengler Post, No. 12, at its regular monthly meeting Wedne: wonderful thing, but, in L it was safety first, —to say nothing two young ould be expected 10 g0 to jail when they could save themiselves by merely returning dstone to base. And owner, told, let it go at t this case, 1 o vor womething extr have noticed that men— the worthwhile ones that know thelr littla book—are more under- <tanding of flupper folly and kindlier in cr m than women are—which | gay canvassed the matter of instruct- ~cems sort of queer. seeing that [ ing its delegates to the forthcoming there sm't a mature woman alive [ convention of the Department of the who wouldn't be i flapper if she| District of Columbia as to whom the could vote of the delegates of the post Seeing that our little sisters of | would be cast for department com- tha silken knees e to my { mander in the elections to be held at money for such fragile elegancies as | that convention. tel-tinted hose and nifty sliy It is recognized by the post Ders thag strap or hutton or lace [ the potential candidates we sround their callow angle bones, s of outstandin Whe ot let them enjoy the worth | leglon and to the ion, their mon Youth, being of | in particular, Legionaive nwood airy, Iridescent froth that bub- | had rendered splendid service as chair “ . of, wants it3 gay |man of the veterans' joint committee naturally as g in procuring the retention of veterans At when vou think of | in the civil service and in a general whead of most | study and forwarding of the proposi ape: prosaie lisle thread of | tion of rational veterans’ preference Mlack that turns rusty in the | The candidacy of Gen. Amos A. Fries: wash: ugly, serviceable shoes: tubs, | chief of the Chemical are Service. e, Etoves and every other | was advocated by many members of aping ddgers of evervday mar- | the post because of his outstanding D blime. effacement of |accomplishments in the civil, fraternal o ond—\hy mot det them have | and military world. ~While the post o heir mumey——which is | felt that Mr. Wood's candidacy and otn® ' | willingness to serve in the b cone Il A S of department commander reflected lag "l‘\ffl“h‘j{:":\"‘”@l‘”‘;"{" other "“H‘u-ngm upon himself and upon the et anx public knows with- | legion, Henry . Spengler Post S tenling e et i pre- | unanimously indorsed Gen. Fries for put telling that a cross =oat ig DI | qopartment commander, but, in ac {N;‘d‘;'v. y(\“fl“‘ll.‘\:”m‘w red 1o vou to | cordance with its time-honored custom wonder why so many girls—oh, \N\ confidence in its dele- z them to the con- ion.~ To ordinary observe A special meeting was called Mon- youth to v night at the honee of Mr: fross seats for maturer women evi- | d to discuss the ¢ dences that gay little flappers ave | Killeen assuming the chivalrous obligations | ; s Dovbihy that men seem to he getting rid ol jonal chairman of the emblem moxt men: not all. For one case | pitree; Mrs. L. Macintosh and Mi having noticed a pretty | Bdana M given her cross seat | afee an older woman and seated her- | g <olf on the side. was so appr tion, the little kindness that when Mrs 7OU may, if and that, that bles oda wants the itle the nic vears pacity an insistence of Leon L« woman zirl who had dent of the Eight ke on that organiza Kolhos, s Mary Killeen and Mrs. Arnold vour life and many, many, many that |for ladies as has give up struggling. Veterans of Great War cintosh were guests of honor, | vacaucy oceured beside her she beck the zirl to come take the The girl rejected the a smile and the samari epted it as au unseltish desire 1o leave the| Vucaney open for some one who needed it more. No she accepted - turndown as a samaritan lady and that would have been | was to it. except that 1 passenger behind to dispense explan- ened fo hetter seat proffer with ngst | forward | irls den't want cross seats be- | cause cross seats hide thei 16 they can’t sit on the side they ean show every thread of stock- ing the allows, they hang on 1o | s~ on. Al of which all the same, she hobbed and knee skirted herself, most likely, except, hat time had put her in the 1] 3 that Shakespeare calls the sere and vellow. Unnecessary eriti cisms like that may be shared other women and by oallow ! but: Men are different i * % ok ox law so but vould have heen hy was @ master fisherman, | what When | hing rod and | owledge was limited to of so many Sl)P(l\lml; and a. doubtless, fibbing as | of his string. He lacked | ze of u Visit to the Bureau| where you can get ac d with every scale and p countless water creatures i studyin Llass—cr pebbly i roc to the rush of waters that keep the auar as fersh as if Neptune him- | -1f were on the job. And when vou| ve made vour pilgrimage through fisheries and both museums You can give 3 the right to sniff at { superior pe ople and papers who cl rpe; fakes of the Pacific hat has been occupying a glass case cver since vou used to play with Noah's little boy owns a whiskered lead that would make any sea serpent lide his own. A Japanese crab that might have been made of native bam- oo carries at the claw-end of his Lards of feelers a double row of grind s that sets vou to wondering why | < many of these Dante-distorted | Swimme ven seas need go| rmed with 1 formidable teeth ! iz morilla teeth—unless to fight rworld 1 thans that rise to rface ofte h 1o fury erpent tales that no one believes ex- + ept the few who sce them. And. just (o one, among stuffed specimens and casts, {8 our own innocent little sun- un- | the sea |at | department convention the same day. attended the unveiling of a tablet on the home of Past National President Dr. Kate Waller rett on Alexandria and also attended the Veterans of Foreign Wars. At the reguld mwcnusz of Equalit Walter Reed Post, gn Wars, August the post rmmorh ived its ion of the “poppy d and distributed the money be tween the hospital and general relief funds of the post and the Ladies’ Aux ary. Additional members were ap- pointed on the relief committee and ans were started to conduct the re- lief work for the Winter season. Chaplain John Hall, the post chap. lain, who has been on duty at Walter Monday | THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. are so countless in tone and contrast, and the gossamer creatures so sugges- tive of human types, that all you have to do, in case you are a milliner or dressmaker, is to take notes, embody them into hats and gowns and charge a big extra for “originality”"—same as the big designers over there—and live | on strawberries and cream forever after! Just for an advance hint: There are fresh-widow butterflles in alluringest cmobinations of woes and “‘watch me"” effects; widowy butterflies taking notice in lavenders that no orchid or wistaria bloom ever aspired to; flapper flies in riotous sports colors: brides in | rapturous chiffons and fairy-wrought | laces; novice butterflies in austerest convent-white and jungle butterflies C mpish in scarlets, purples and other jewel-flecked diablerie of | | color as to run the whole gamut of 1 find | seven deadly sins—the most enticingly |a table as biz as the one on which Fe-|slamourous colors for all occasions and everybody cep'n old maids. And they better go back to the fisheries, where | aquarfums provide for every age at- mosphere of spinsterism, from the hope on, hope everish hue of the sil- ver gar down to cobblestone toadfish And, honest, it is all so nderful to look at that it cleans one's soul out, like a spiritual pill. Reed Hospital, announced his trans- fer to duty at Fort McPherson, Ga., September 1, and necessarily un- able to continue as post chaplain. Comdr. Guy H. Birdsall expressed the regret of the post on losing its chap- lain and extended best wishes and Godspeed to the comrade. The post received from Comrade Morris, the present at Plattsburg, a cannon ball found on the shore of Lake Champlain and stated to have been fired from a British ship during the War ‘of 1812. The cannon ball will be placed on exhibition at the next meeting of the post and kept with the collection of mementos to be placed in the V. F. W. Heme when built. Among the committee reports heard was the report of the auxillary com- mittee, which is at present conducting a campaign for new members for the auxiliary. It was announced that a good number of new members had already enrolled and would be initinted at the mext auxiliary meeting, to be held on Thursday evening, August 19, at Pythian Temple. All comrades are requested to ist in this campaign and bring their 1 the next meeting of the au BOY IS TENNIS STAR AT 9. British Have Great Hopes for Lad. 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