The Evening critic., 1883-04-06
THE CRITIC ABROAD,

I'LL OI'l IIO HDisOHO'
The Critic was The first to announce the
fact that the President was warbler and
that he devoted considerable time to sing
ing for his charming little daughter Miss
Nellie. As further evidence that the
President is passionately fond of music it
is said that the day before his departure
for the South, he went to the well-known
book store of Brentano, and after laying in
a supply of light literature for train
reading, he also purchased several sheets Of
music. Some of the latter embraced
songs of the most frivolous character, such
for instance as Golden Slippers" Sweet
Chariot" Rocked in the Cradle of the
Deep" 1.-THE Moonlight on the Lake." in
four parts, and other well-known songs.
There was one song in particular that he
asked for at the store, entitled, 81 Will Not
Tell" The first lines of this song run
thus: "Whom do / love will not say
This song the bookseller had not, but
kindly sent out and got it for the Presi-
dent.
No doubt the Presidential party will be
much enlivened on the trip, as the Presi-
dent has deep, rich and melodious voice,
and will beyond question sing as coquet-
tishly rs blooming sixteen-year-old miss
"W HON do love will not say"
Wonder who the President really does
love? 1t is now limited that he is very
much smitten with a radiant black-eyed
| damsel who lives at Aiken, s. c., and that
| he will, on his return from Florida, stop at
| that place. What his object in stopping at
| Aiken is, no one can tell, but the gossps
| say the President is sure enough gone this
| time, and that the White House, for at least
| eighteen months of his term, will be pre-
sided over by Mrs. Arthur, and she will
hail from South Carolina, too,
-:o.-
Said prominent politician last night to
| the Critic:
II can give you a good point on the
! Civil-Service Commission if you want it,"
Want it? Why, l am crying for it.
| i want anything that is calculated in the
least to expose fraud, and / think this
| Civil Service business is a fraud out of
| muddy water. What is your point 2"
| "Well, it is this About a month ago this
Civil-Service Commission, of which d. B.
Eaton is chairman, employed q steno-
| grapher to report the proceedings of the
Commission. He was and is a sober, hard
working, industrious man and competent
to the fullest extent. Everything went on
smoothly until about week ago, when
Mr.. Eaton went to him and told him that
he would have to resign in order that his
| place might be supplied by another.
"'Why is this queried Mr.. Doyle, for that
| was the young mans name; what have l
done? Am l not competent? and have l
not done my work well?'
| "'Oh, yes,' said Mr.. Eaton, but there is
such a pressure brought to bear on us from
| New York by Postmaster Pearson and
| others that we find it necessary to resort
to this move in order to satisfy the
| clamor.'
| But you will give me chance in COM
| petitive examination will you not? That
is in accordance with the Civil-Service
| law
| "'Ob, no; we have not commenced to
work under the law yet. After we get
organized We will then transact all busi-
ness in strict accordance with the Civil
Service law as passed by the last Con-
| gress.'
| This ended the conversations, and Mr.
Doyle had to step down and out and the
| New York man was put in"
-:o:-
| Bob Odlum returned to the city yester-
day, after months absence. Bob left here
on the 10th of March for Old Point Com
fort, Va, from which point he contemplated
making the trip to Fortress Monroe la
Boyton.
Bob arrived at the Point in due time,
and after the usual preliminaries he en-
barked on his voyage. Late in the evening
on the day he started on his journey a
heavy storm came up. The wind blew and
hail fell in torrents So furious was the
storm that Bob found he would have to make
for the shore. Before he had reached the
banks Of the bay the storm had ceased to
disturb the waters, but the sun was low
down in the Western hills and Bob was
weary, and therefore concluded to land and
seek shelter for the night in cabin close
by the banks of the bay.
He observed, as he drew near the shore,
crowd, consisting of ten or a dozen
colored men, standing on the bank. The
within two hundI I'd yards of the shore, SO
he got ON his feet and walked out.
Now Bob, of course, had on his rubber
suit, and made him look to the colored men
on the bank like the devil or some
monstrous water animal. So much
did he in the opinion of the colored breth.
rem look like some demon from the deer
that they were all, except one, startled with
fright, and ran for dear life for the cabin
about O half mile away. One remained
being little more intelligent than the
Others. Bob got to the bank. The darky
with knife in hand, watched him closely
as he approached. Bob landed, however
and began to talk with the only one Of the
crowd left on the bank, when the mar
said to him:
ave all thought you were some great SCI
monster coming out here to devour us
They all ran but me- and thought woul'
stay, be you what you might, devil or SCI
monster"
why" said Bob, were you moro brav
than the rest of your companions?"
Il am no brayer, but my mother-in-lay
lives with me, you see."
At this point the mother-in-law put ID
q her appearance, took her son-in-law by tn
ear and marched him OFF to the house, an
Bob had to walk mile to get a place +
? sleep.
Senators without Pay.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Palmer
} the new Senator from Michigan, cannot dral
, any pay until next December II the Senat
l should not be called together before that tim,