Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 38

AROUND THE CITY BY NANNIE RETURNED wanderer was finding dramatic changes in the old home town. At one point he stood, with bewil- dered eyes, before the stone huilding across from the Treasury that still bears the freshness of some- thing that is almost new. A friend with him explained it as a sort of an- . ‘nex to the Treas- ury _Department. “Well — well— 1 had an of- here in the days, before they tore down _ihe Freedman's ureau — nobody <ould tell why— seeing it was ‘left an unsightly dump that dis- graced Washing: ton for years. Theh it was lev- well! tice old in honor of Ar- thur's Attorney «eneral, the most learned man and the best judiclal mind of that or any . iher udministration, so far as mem- ury serves me—and the most pictur esque. “For one thing he brought to the cabinet a coionial stateliness that the | world had outgrown and forgot \mu_L and the impression conveved by his tce-ruffied shirts—with the rest of us wearing shield-shaped stiffness—was accented by .a scar that seared one side of his face. Many theories were handied about to account for the dis- figurement, but as Mr. Brewster ig- fiored it, and no one dared to ask, it was months before it got to be I'nown, as things will, that the great lawyer had come by his misfortune vhen a child by saving a younger sis- tor from a fire. “But no one ever gave thought to \is face after hearing him render one of his decisions. Well, wel', well! \arther back in- the history of this 1it of ground it belonged to Henry tlay, who sold it for a Spanish jac rws—which must have been a foolish irade for Henry ‘o have made, even in those primitive days—and when v grandfather was a boy Lafayette vark here was a graveyard, not well Why—well, it Is good to see iept. Same old u after all these years. Wally!” The third man who had joined them tegan explaining that he had been iipped off by the escorting friend to meet them at this corner by way of I surprise. He was sure glad to see 5id Tom once more in the flesh—and © on— And the reminiscence was side- cracked. * % Xk % E\'ERY'BODY in the world —literary world—knows that Lord Chester- fleld was a mighty polite man. But there are others. One small newsboy varied the fes- tivities of Labor day by scrapping wvith a colleague about his own size. lach had a batch of afternoon papers nunder his left arm, and bo.. wi <olng it with fists and feet, with a fringe of fellow workers ganged dround. At the thrilling moment when the small boy was ramming a fLony fist in the blue-shirted breast of Lis opponent a policeman, with kindly »eyes but a Spartan sense of duty, (;:bbed him in the act and told him come along. “I gave you kids fair warning that +the next one I caught fighting would Studebaker Brakes Foot Brakes re- €8 5() Brakes for all cars at Great Savings LANCASTER. find himself in the station house— c¢'m'on.” The criminal grinned with nervous braggadocio. Each boy, including the one who was being lammed, was a human geyser of sympathy, and the whole show, following after, supplied a_comic-strip tempest of the sort we all know about—with the teapot left out. The officer was so much adamant in blue cloth—a pose absolutely nec- | essary to keep the chuickles in. As ‘he reached the last edge of free- dom—pavement in feont of the pre- cinct—the pri.oner passed over his papers to his fellow fighter, with or- ders to divide them all around, even- steven, except one. He handed that one to the policeman. The officer accepted the courtesy. Then he told the boys to return the papers to the owner. Then he gave his prisoner a good-natured shake and told him to be off. “And never let me catch you scrap- ping again, any of you—or you know what I'll do to you And I advise the rest of you little rascals to take a lesson in politeness from the kid.” Which is merely t> note that there is growing up in our midst a certain small newsboy who is putting Chester- flelds among the also rans. * %k kX interesting little g green and Au- beaming in on A PIQUANTLY woman in Spri tumn-leaf brown wa a heing at a_desk. ; “Just had a funny experience. While waiting for a street car I stood near a woman whose face seemed fa- miliar_without my being able to place her. In boarding the car we chanced to be seated next, and she looked to be so really nice that I said to her: “Think we must have met some- where, though I cannot recall the name.” Then we introduced our- selves. She was Mrs. English and I was Mrs. Irish. And as both were doubtless Ameri- can, it seems to give another strong backing to the Shakespearean obser- vation: “What's in a name?” As one varn always leads on to an- other in the same class, there is a second interesting woman who bubbles forever with incidents that serve as grist for the mere being’s mif—mean- ing typewriter—and who told this bit the last time she came along: “An old colored barber, who has shaved and shorn the great ones of this country for over a half century, was ruminating recently over the odd names of some of his customers, and, for one instance, cited three of his regular gentlemen as Mr. Morning, Mr. Noon and Mr. Knight—the trio reduced lately by the death of Mr. Noon.” Then she switched to another ex- ceedingly valuable topic—pie: “Never heard of ple at $1 a slice? THE SUNDAY And that in the good old times before the World War sent the prices to the skyline? Right here in this city, too! “In those beloved days’ when we, of the run of the mill, were paying a nickel a_slice for the finest sort of pastry, Chamberlain, whose old estab- lishment on Fifteenth street, across from the Shoreham, was famous the world over, was charging $1 for every slice of pie the menus provided. “Made by a French chef, specially imported for that exclusive luxury? Not at all. Made by an old colored mammy cook, whose fame as a pie maker passed from her own white family to the big provider for the rich, and who, in the course of her long service, proved literally her weight in gold to Chamberlain.” This genius, incidentally, mgust have been twin to that other colored ple maker, in the home of a baker who made a lot of money before he gave up this world for a better one. The baker enjoyed his pies, and the fam- ilv, in sympathy with a certain charit- able benefit in which the cook was in- terested, persuaded him to put a few of the pies on sale to help her contri- bution along. And every one who bought a ‘pie ordered another. And the success proved so great and so far-reaching - that the baker capital- ized his kitchen genius and made a fortune for himself—and maybe for her, though that isn't in the story. But, anyhow, after he had made rolls a secondary consideration and his pie wagons reaped him a golden harvest day in and day'out, the good old cook died. And when people, found out that a new pie maker was on the job he had to o back to making bread. * ok Kk ok E was an old horse, as pallid as that other one that Death rides, and in the cart he was hitched to sat two women of the gingham-apron ass, both of the comfortable shape- lessness that comes from hog and corn pone. One sat behind on a sack of something; her shoulders shrouded in a gray shawl and with_her face bound around with a pink knitted *nuby” that had faded in the wash. The woman who drove shared the box with a small boy in rompers, his front teeth gone—shedding. Everything else was lathes and scantling, picked up doubtless from some dump, except for one chicken crate that held a desolate rooster. The driver woman was lumbering over the asphalt on the way tv a den- tist—information dispensed later on— when the pallid horse paused in his shuffling gait to fall, with a convinc- ingness that could have given points to Mother Eve and old Rome. Pink nuby kept to her sack, but helped along with advice which the other entirely ignoted. Many clerks paused on thelr way to their Govern- ment jobs, but no clerk wants to be tardy. Others, with nothing better to do, stood around to see what the driver woman would do. She could do nothing. The old horse lay as rigid as a dead thing that needed burying: his eyeballs showing and his exposed teeth hard and yellow, lik. Winter corn. Just as it seemed the exciting mo- ment for a policeman to show up with Sweetheart Soap COUPONS redeemed “All Over Town” STAR, WASHING i — _— a pistol, a good Samaritan crossed the asphalt, halted, unbuckled some hor- ness, untangled the reins from a hind f | hoof, boosted old bony to his feet and set him between the shafts, buckled him in, tossed the reins to the driver woman, waved a hand in jolly protest to ward off jubilating gratitude, and then bolted out of the incident. You couldn’. expect an, every-day man in a suit that would be ail the better for a pressing to size up to the virtue of that other Samaritan of the Scripture, but the work of the two was about the same, since it stood for help in a time of need. Which seems to show—from the viewpoint of a horse and two women, anyhow—that if you are all right in: side, where your soul lives, the out- ward garments of righteousness don't count—praise be. PUGS REGI:\IN FAVOR. Germans Turn to Breed Once Popu- lar, but Now Scarce. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BERLIN,—Pugs are the latest cty in doggy fashions here, perhaps be- cause of their scarcity. ) Dog breeders say there are no more than about 30 absolutely thorough- bred pedigree pugs in all Germany, although half and mixed breeds .are common enough. Pugs were fashionable 40 years ago, but no attempts were made to keep the breed pure. Now pedigree pug owners are getting together to see what can be done to meet the new demand. For the present, French ?ugs are commanding from $100 to 200, USES FUNNY QUERIES. School Superintendent Declares They Make Good Mental Test. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. ALAMEDA, Calif.,—An intelligence test compiled for school children by Supt. W. G. Paden of the city schools contains these questions: “Do gnats and locusts enjoy im- mortality ?"” “Is it disgraceful to aecach a defense- less person decimals?” “Are all antique benches made of bamboo?” “Should one always be censored tor playing a flute by the fireplace?” Supt. Paden, admitting the ques- tions to be funny, contends the child’s true mental age can be determined by analyzing his understanding of the words in the interrogations. = e Again Dry. From the Boston Transeript. “History repeats itself, you know.” “That's right! We read that Colum- bus sighted dry land.” D. A. R. ACTIVITIES A large audience gathered at the courthouse in Rockville Tuesday morn- ing to witness the unveiling of the print of Gen. Richard Montgomery (for whom the county was named). The exercises began with the incova- tion given by Rev. Millard F. Min- nick of Rockville, and the presentation in the name of Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter, D. A. R., was made by the re- &.nt, Mrs. Enoch @. Johnson. The unveiling then followed by Miss Lucy Leigh Bowle, the doner of the picture. Begry Clark, secretary of the board of county commissioners, accepted the gift for the board, Judge Robert Peter gave the address of acceptance and declared Montgomery County gave a long list of her sons to the cause of liberty. Hence it was most appropriate to have the county bear the name of so worthy a soldier of freedom. The picture has been hung on the wall of the courtroom. The recital of the pledge to the flag and America’s Creed was led by Mrs. English. Mrs. Willlam H. Talbott, ex-national vice ‘regent and also vice regent of th& Col. Tench Tilghman of “Gets-It” stops most 7 painful | corn \ ' — in 3 seconds —. ORKS like magic on any kind of corn, no matter how old, where it is, how bad it hurts, One touch and the pain goes. Almost unbelievable. "Then the corn shrivels up and coes. ' A scientific way that dancers, walkers, actors, doc- tors and millions use. Beware of imitators. Get the real “Gets-It" at all drug stores. *GETS IT Sk Chapter, made a most interesting address on Gen. Richard Montgomery The exercises closed with the bene- diction pronounced by the Rev. Clar- ence Prentice Parker of Bethesda. In Legal Phraseology. From the Boston Transcript. “And does your young lawyer flance write you nice letters?” “In a legal way, yes. He says 1 have beautiful eyes and is constantly alluding to what he calls ‘the afore aid eyes, orbs or visual orga e SSASSAI SRS AR RN A RN RSN S SSNRRTINN g One of the Biggest Offers Ever Made in PC. LIVING ROOM SETS dpdl THIEF “PAYS” HIS WAY. Berlin Crook Steals and Sends Ob- solete Bank Notes in Return. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BERLIN.—To get rid of his inflation currency, which is now valueless, a Berlin man has hit on an odd idea. 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