Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-15
THE EXPENSES OF PEDESTRIAN.
ISM.
Furnishing a SmaiI-sized House and
Running a KestauraHi. Among
other Things.


Furnishing a Smail-sized House and
Running RestauTani. Among
Other Things.
How much am out?"
It'll figure up about S20oo. won't It, Dan?
- guess that's about It, oLeary said, with
forced laugh.
O'Leary and his partner. Charles E. Davies
were condoling with each other while louugtng
In the Office OF Sweenys hotel yesterday.
"Rowen would rather lose his right hand
than lose that belt, but believe Dobler can get
H. OLeary continued. lie was tickled to
death when we told him We wanted him to
walk for II. and he isn't d0wn-hearted now,
although he didn't get anything"
!" Its all right when you win, but it isn't so
pleasant when you come away with an empty
pocketbook," Davies said. 1T isn't generally
known how the money goes Take, for in
stance, this race. We engaged Dobler TO walk
began 70 loom up. Dobler went into training
here, and On the 5th of october we started
four or u.s. all first class cabin passengers. We
had everything we wanted on The ship. but 1t
was rough voyage, and Dobler didn't have
any exercise, and he gained sixteen pounds.
After We arrived we had 10 nunt up training
ground and you don't get anything for nothing
over there That took day. sunday was
another day lost. Then We had to fix things In
our house in Agricultural Hall You have no
ifea what is needed. We had 70 have an Ice
cot, blankets, coffee, tea, and other
things. We had to make a raid On a clothing
store and get six pair OF DRIVERS OF the
dozen towels, and two or three sets of racing
trunks We took our shoes over. Some had
three pair and others five. After the
men began walking something was needed all
the time. III Dobler took notion 10 have pears,
we went out and got them, even II we had TO get
them In dollhouse, aud the same way with
grapes. There is no telling what man will
want while he is on the track. IL he thinks he
would like to have some jelly we give 1T to him
II we think tn not hurt him. Ii be doesn't g.
no nHnt,p L. nIrfr, \
like to have some champagne, say on The last
day. We get it. He Will probably be satisfied
with small glaSSful. Three or four hours
afterwaTd he may want some more. but the bot
tie has been emptled or Is no good and we have
70 get some more. ItcOSts on the average $25
day TO keep one man and three attendants. How
much beef do you suppose we used Ia one week
In making beef tea? Two hundred pounds!
That would make good many gallons OF the
soup that we ger in a restaurant, but you would
be surprised TO see how small the quantity was
that we got. We made the tea ourselves.
or had somebody we kneg well make It in a
house near by. Besides ali these. there are lin
iueIt5 handageS, and spongeS that have TO be
kept Ia order. And We had TO tip every body IL
we asked for anything, even the policemen.
Really, | asked policeman about something,
ard af!erwaJd he touched his hat and said. Beg
pardon, Sir; but shall drink your 'ealth?' AMI
or course Had TO Zip him."
Are the men troublesome when in a racer"
GAS rule they are easily managed. but they
are very nGtional, and want lots OF things done
What is their chief trouble?'
That's a secret we keep to ourselves. The
men have their weak points, and we don't tell
what they aIe.'
81 know Weston's weak points O'Leary In
terrupted,' AID II had him under my training
could make him do something bigger than
anything that has been done YET
- One trouble is to keep the mind occupied.
What did you used TO DO, DAM
Il used to let my thoughts run back to my
boyhood days, when / pitched pennies and
rolled marbles. or course COULDN'T help think
Ing about the race at times. although tried not
10. The strain comes when man Is behind
you. / used to watch the posts at the side OF
the track: II was opposite one post and the
ne, Ia try to walk to the post / had
left. II l was ahead few steps I'd think was
gaining, and that would urge me on to the next
post. Sometimes a man feels like dropping
down and giving UP. and it takes pluck more
than anything else TO keep on the track"
land It's worse when the men walk in an
uncomfortable place, SAID Davies. why. the
fog was so thick over there that Davis said he
was going 70 cut some out and send 1t over here
In box. Honestly, you could almost pick it
up with your hands like snow
You must meet some queer characters in
your travelS?"
We'll. should say so. They are queer
ducks over there. About the queere5t Of EN-
ali were the boys and men that met Us at Liver
pool and gave US a reception. | should think
there were at least 1000 of 'em On the big stone
dock. They all wore wooden shoes shod with
iron. and when they ran after us 1t was clap
perry, clapperty, clap, for at least six miles. A
policeman shouted, What's the dog
".Oh, Only Their walkin' coveS was the reply.
They thought / was Weston, and cheered
for weston and O'Leary.' We met a curious
customer In public house one day. He had a
big fat head, short hair, and stout body. His
short coat was buttOned up to his chin, and
his pauts were sotight that you could almost
see the veins OF his legs, and the toes of his
sho' looked him in the face. Thought he was
prize fighter out of training. OLeary asked
eveIytody to drink ard motioned to the man
in the short coat.
well. you know. | don't mind If l do take
little bitters. you know said he. Then he
turned to OLeary and Said But Ii it's the
same to you. sir. III take sixpence instead
g If you can't do as the rest of us, you needn't
take anything O'Leary growled.'
I'm coaehman OUT of job, you know,
and "a rather have the money, you know, than
the drink, you know, he said
"O'Leary got interested in the man and be-
fore We went away he had given Dan all the
points about getting JOB as coachman IL he
wanted such JOB. We were 'coge5' every
Where-'walkin' coves' and Yankee coYes-
and We couldn't make anybody believe that
Madison Square Garden, you know, is better
than Agricultural Hall, you knoW."-N T. Sun.