Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-23
HOW THE THING WORKS..

DESTROYS Of having the superb uous Washing
ton mud removed from his boots, and anxious to
have the coat Of backing renewed thereon, the
reporter Of THE STAR essayed this morning as
usual 10 enter the little hole in the wall on
Pennsylvania avenue where he has for long
time been accustomed, on the disbursement OF
A ten cent stamp, to have those apparently In
significant but really important services per-
formed by well TODD, self-appreciative bene
ticiary OF the fifteenth amendment. But, much
70 his surprise, he was on this occasion stopped
by an antiquated cOlOred relic ofthe past glories
OF Virginia, who quite efectualiy blocked the
door way, at the same time remarking:
Mus send il 20 kahd, sah.'
"Mus' send in 20 kahd, sah;-little bit OF
pasteboard, 70 know, wild yO' name on il. Ise
neah 20 tote 'em in. Massas very Busy"
why, hows that, uncle"
well yo' know. MasSa Jerry, de ponretor
oh dc establishment is been round 'mong de
'partments seein' how some oh EN- puts on de
style up DAD, an ne done gwine TO put on a
little hisself. He says il de pic lyune buro fell
ows in de gObment has TO lab kahds sent into
EN- fuSt, lore dey see any body, he's gwne TO
DO de same Dey's oney de serbants of de PEG
pie. lie says; an he's A independent citizen
caIryin' on his own business for hisselG and
he's OBJ de Pinion dat in sich cases lie indepen-
dent citizen ought 10 lay over lie serbiuts
Leastways dey calls demselves dat when deg :
. Well, but uncie, all the business men don't
10 thaf. The larger the business the less style
Ihey generally put on
% OATS so, sab, Satin sho'; an / done tole
MasSa Jerry de same ting when lie glib he orders.
told him Marsa CorcOran, an Mars Cooke.
AL Massa Riggs, an Boss Shepherd an Can n
Potts, an all de buckra men didn't put on no
sen houlisnes. Same way in dc 'partments.
Its only de small fry in lie bureaus which puts
on so much 'brodery work. DE head managers
don't seem to need none Oh dat kind Day
mostly pears TO be gemflem born. like ole Colo
mel Taylor, and don't hat 10 put on no airs 10
make ,olks olcve.'
"Oh: these other fellows have to make up in
show what they lack III substance, you Inc an II
suppose"
'''Zackly, sab dat's it, zackly. Why, I done
use To be in de Treas'ry 'partment when ole
Narsa Guthrie was dc Seeatary, and We ddn' Z
hab none dis dam foolishness den, yo' bet All
de sober, Spectacle people in de country could
see him and ali de rest any time, 'out takn' OF
DER shoes at de front door, and bowin' and
scrapin' all de way down de hall. But NOWADAYS
70 got to send in yo' pasteboard to all lie un.
deistraps; ar fo'lorg yo' hal TO bring letter
~ recommend to de dam stuck up messengers
10 IO' can gut 'em TO tote yO' name in. bats
now II pears to me. Bat, 'spect yo' know how
II Is yO'sef."
Yes, its pretty much as you say. Uncle And
You think can't get my boots blacked without
sending in my card first ~
''DeIns my orders, sab, and Ise got to stan by
en- Massas very much engaged an can't al
low to be 'sturoed by all kind o. trash But
Snect yos all right. ifyo' send in"
As usual, the man OK the inside had the adj
vantage OF us. and We either had 10 send in our
card or 30 without what we wanted,-as we
nave had to do score of times before. And
when we finally got i'll before the Awful
Presence We found the newly-made Great
hogul quietly lying back in a cosy arm hair
ieisurcly reading last evenings STAR. lust As
We nave found ne"ly -made Great NOsuis doing
4 score Of times before.
Such - !Iie,--;n Washington. And such in
particular, Is the result of official example