Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1929, Page 36

EEP off the grass.” o The was keeping guard over & L reserva~ tion that was all new grass rimmed with yellow jopquils. ‘And, of course, kept to the border line of two girls who sel the rule. {3 t counting as exceptions to guard on a bicycle wheeled up to call after them and ask if they couldn’t read the sign— whereupon the Washingtcn girl whispered to the other to answer him in French. ‘The young for- eigner burst forth iln eixenec{y mysti- ng language, ln{d the_ home girl chipped in with a few words of her own acquired stock. Realizing the impossibility of foreing the law on two young and attractive aliens, the officer not only permitted them the right of way, but took the trouble to point out the Mounment and the far-off cherry blossoms with the Lincoln lh,(:morhl set high and white beyond them. The .girls gestured with shrugs and waving hands, to_expreds appreciation, and when they had reached a point where théy were allowed to cross the grass alone, the Washington girl asked her friend what she had said to the guard. And, in case that custodian of the green may .be interested in know- ing—here is her answer: “Y was so nervous that all I could think of was the Lord’s Prayer, and I gave it to him from start to finish.” * ok ok % A WOMAN, who wanted to go “up,” reached an elevator just as one youngster on the outside was bragging to the other, inside the cage: “You bet I got it! Had my eye on that job for a week—messenger for a broker who handles stocks and bonds. All you gotta do is sleuth around for private tips and make more money than the boss pays you. Why don't you grab at somethin’ big, Jimmie, insteader haulin’ this thing up an’ down?” “Because I haven't got your brains— that's why.” Having voiced his inferior complex, the boy started the lift and took it carefully to the upper floors, with many passengers getting on and off. When the woman was making the down trip, there was no one aboard but herself, 50 she sized up the slim length of uni- formed figure and the lines of a face anemic from indoor occupation at -a firlod when adolescence calls for life the open. Having reached base, she paused to dispense wisdom: “Say, san, why don’t you give your ability 2 chance before finding fault with your brains? If you don’t like this job, give it up and hunt something that suits you better. Staying on hurts you and deprives some natural-born elevator chap of a good little berth.” “Well, you needn’t think I want to stay, lady, but a.fella’s got to hold on to his grub. I been a wishin’ I could get out to-a cousin in Wyoming who ‘makes five times my wages with meals and sleepin’ thrown in, besides learnin’ how to run a sheep ranch. That's a job would suit me fine, only, I'll never get the money to take me there.” “Well, if I felt that way, I wouldn't ‘wait for the money. I'd work my way. T'd tramp and go hungry and sleep out nights, but I'd get to where I wanted to go. If I was a boy like you, with the world in my swing—and so on. D. A. R. ACTIVITIES | CONDUCTED BY NANNIE LANCASTER. NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS. Copy for this column must be received at The Star office not later than noon of the Thursday {meding the Sunday of publica- ion. Notices received after that time necessarily must be omitted. ‘The co-operation of contributors that this column may be truly representative of your activities. The Mary Washington Chapter will fmeet at the Washington Club Tuesday, ! April 9. Col. Ulysses S. Grant, 3d, Jwill give an illustrated talk, “The His- jtory of the L'Enfant Plan of Wash- - tington,” at 8:30 p.m, following the ishort business meeting. i —_— -, { “The Capt. Wendell Wolfe Chapter {met March 26 with Miss Edith i Macauley at Gunston Hall. Aul.mns {Miss Macauley were Mrs. Kimble an {Mrs. Thomas and the Misses Shipley, iShirley and Terrell. The meeting was !called to order by the regent, Mrs, Ruth Barnard Parker, in the - ‘nasium of the school, and Mrs. Clara JA. Btine led in the Lord’s Prayer. The ‘e of the regent showed that she 1had attended the State Conference of {the District of Columbia D. A, R. on the i £ The way ‘week Bee? EE:!E ik -Qi! i gz ke T it i g§§§L§!§ i A e e oasis, but it took more steps, and, maybe, she was in & hurry, for the old soul crossed the fi;fl end when she got to the chain, hiked up a foot that showed a white signal of cotton petti- coat and cleared the line with the ease ol":ne used to the climbing of fence ralls, Such is the yearning of man—Iike- wise woman—for exciterment, that the bench liners and curb loiterers at that especial - corner—all of them waiting for & suddenly and loudly humoron ‘Their racket even caught the attention of the oldish woman, for she long enough to ask a street tad as to the why of the loud-pedal mirth. The boy grinned with the expectancy of ene who is about to create confusion of a really enjoyable v kind: in’ the old lady that strad- the park chain.” “Pooh, that’s nothin,’ I just done the same thing myself.” And serenely unconscious of her star part in the performance, the oldish, in- dependent woman strode out on the asphalt to wait for a car that wasn't coming. * ok ok ok OW much we humans are alike— and how. different. Ever notice? And how excitedly we ai over a thing of no importance whatever—only to forget about it when something equally foolish comes along: For one case, a man in a wheel chair was trying to convince a neighbor, wi had dropped in to bring him a plate of strawberries, that she was lucky to be born with seven letters to her name— s fact which she denied: “But, my dear woman, how can you doubt it2 The figure “7” is the mystic number in life. There are the seven days of the week, the seven wonders of the world, the seventh daughter of the seventh son, the seven deadly sins, the seven heavens and the seven hells of Dante, son of Florence, and the seven the classics with history and romance. ‘What of it? Look at the importance of the figure “4"? There are the four seasons, the four weeks that make a month, the Four Horsemen of the Apoc- alypse, the four—" ] two—" the in- My goodness, you terruption came from the wheel chair's wife, who had fixed some oi the straw- berries in a glass saucer with sugar over the top——"Here, Pop, eat these nice berries—" . “And, while you Iri about it, Gran'pa——" this from little grand- daughter, who is making good as a stenographer in a bank——“Let me tell both of you that the figure I believe in is No. One. I'm going to look out for No. One, first, last and all the time— That’s me!” Foolish? Of course, it was foolish, but does not Buddha tell us that all argu- ment is foolish? And isn's it the die- tum of modern philosophy that it is the foolish little things of life that make up the limitless whole? by-laws proposed at the January meet- ing, were taken up end adopted. It was _also decided to have a committee of five to take care of the dinner to be given in May, and the regent appointed Mrs. Bell, Boles, Mrs.-Payne, Mrs. Hager and Mrs. Wil- son as the members of that committee. A musical program was given by a trio from the music section of the Chevy Chase Women’s Club, consisting of Mrs. Archer, Mrs. Haycock, Mrs. Frederick Smith and Mrs. h C. Wilson, ac- companied by Mrs. wson Olmstead. After the program, the members were invited to the dining room, where they i L H g, d 2 i F¥ sigis u* g o 2 e 5 i i £ | § of the American committee, Msud Alton was guest speaker and outlined plans for a new school for foreigners to include an au- diterium which was needed. Miss Ra- mona Newman told that her chairman, Mrs. Nagel, had requested that contri- butions for the Juvenile Protective As- be diverted to the patriotic education committee, since the former i Chapt. At the reuest ";ethmmr:rnui al { the birth nity Chest. request of the versary of the next meeting was voted changed to | Mrs. ‘Thursday mnfi May 2. A ritual jceremony of tiation, which was' hel Is of Wi 3 total restoration by 1932, the. 200th an- ashington. Property a giishe ke d §§§§E§§E§ son, The monthly report of the student . The monthly report of 5 at the Blue Ridge Industrial School— thcé Bowlu-—\;n x.dt b e o T expressed _great satisfaction wiz the excellent record she has made. ‘The proceedings port. pre for that ing was read, so that all of the bers might know the work of the . Ellsworth Cu Stoddart, Mrs. Albert Two pes kins . Armat 3 Mrs. E. M. Weeks, Mrs. Ran- mn‘ Hopkins and Mrs, Redwood 'w members—Mrs. H | edhmm:nqm%w WHmhuuu-numw Zaeh, whom Harold H. Smediey, for- . { e 34 County r-d The drawing rooms of the - g., which w:r'e used Y the cour- palms an blossoms undlu' and lighted with pink Oor an asset? A comfortable Home ~or merely a house ? Today, There Is No Reason Why Any One Should Continue to Pay Taxes on Idle or Unprofitable Property, or Continue to Live in a Hoyse That Is Not Provided With Every Modern Convenience ‘were seated at several tables. The next meeting will be held April 23, with Mrs. Alexander H. Bell as hostess, when the nineteenth birthday anniversary of the chapter will be Celebrated. Vietory Chapter held its March meet- ing at the home of Mrs. F. B. Littell, the vice regent, Mrs. Price, presiding. The State regent, Mrs. Cald- weil,” advocated a District budget plan and a social calendar, which she hnm : 1o see adopted by the District. budget plan would facilitate matters pertaining to donations, gifts and .as- Sessments. 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