The Washington critic., 1889-02-23
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

Row. Yesterday morning there slipped,
slid, glided, noatcd, or, somehow, In some
quiet way, came into the Office of the New
York Times, where Mr. Il. G. Dunnoll, the
head of the bureau for that newspaper, was
presiding, an individual whose appearance
was dilapidatcd and self-deprecatory, yet
not exactly sad. Mr.. Dunnell looked up.
The visitor smiled. "You haven't any
old newspapers n few days old which you
could spare ~ said he, inslnuatingly.
Mr.. Dunnell said goodnaturdly that
there might be paper or two about that
he could spare.
The intruder smiled aud looked hopeful.
"You haven't even n to-day's paper could
take, have You ~ said he.
The correspondent didn't know. lie
thought 1t doubtful and said 50. Tho
bland visitor spoke again:
"Ah, well, have you quarter of a dollar
about you that you don't need ?'
That ended the interview. The man
with the humiliated, but cheerful air left
that Office Immediately, but there was n
laugh and n degree of admiration Of his
method. His gradual ascension from an
old newspaper to quarter OF dollar was
so smooth, so easy, SO like the ascent of q
locomotive up hill, that he commanded
regard.
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The following notice has been sent to
THE CRITIC by correspondent:
In'the last volume of Appleton's Cyclic
padia Of American Biography, recently
published, l have stumbled upon the in
Commissioner Of the District, and thought
that your readers might be Interested In
this record of his antecedents as a supporter
of the Government during the Rebellion, as
n man of affairs connected with leading
business enterprises, and as n prominent
legal authority:
civilian Benning Webb. Born In Wash
ington, ID. c., September II, 1928. He was
graduated ut Columbian College In 1911,
studied law and was admitted to the bar in
1S47, and entered upon active practice, IN
which he was soon successful. When the
civil war opened in 1861 he became captain
of company of District of Colum-
bia volunteers, and when the Dis
trict police force was reorganized
about that time, Mr.. Webb was ap-
pointed the superintendent After holding
the office for three years and doing much
his commission and returned to the prac-
tice of his profession. lie subsequently
became counsel for the Washington Gas
light Company, for Adams Express Com
pany and the First National Bank of
Washington; was also director In the first
| named company and was chosen president of
| the Washington Bar Association. In lSS6he
became president of the Board OF District
| Commissioners. He is the author of codill-
| cation of the laws of the corporation Of
| Washington, which is accepted as stand
| ard authority"
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Military masses, such as the one cele-
brated in Trinity Church, Georgetown, on
Monday, are rare in this country, and not
| for years, II indeed, ever before, has mill
| tary pontifcal mass been celebrated in
Washington. They are comparatively fire.
quent in Europe though, especially where
the Catholic Church takes prominent part
in the affairs Of State. 1t is the highest
sort Of ceremonial and only done on extra
ordinary occasions. At the most impress
sively solemn moment of the mass, as the
bell is tolled, the cannon is fired, and the
firing is repeated at intervals Of five Sec
onds until the end of the ceremony. 1t
adds double impressiveness to the grand
ceremony, this reverberating boom of can
non, and makes fitting adjunct to the
beautiful ceremony. The cannon firing at
night was at the instance of the students,
however, and had no religious significance.
~
The people who rent windows along the
Avenue from which to look at the Inaugu-
ration parade will have a 1int-hearted,
hard-to-get- -ahead-of lot of people to deal
with in some instances. Now, there was a
month or SO ago a man who had O room In
the top story of building on the Avenue,
and the window will command fine view
of the parade. The room is little one, and
our friend probably didn't pay over $40 q
month for 1t. One day last month some
one who wanted to secure firm grip on
Times forelock went to our friend and paid
him $15 for his window on Inauguration
Day. Our friend was couple of weeks
ago put out Of the room for not paying his
rent. Three or four days ago the present
renter of the room received q call from the
man who had paid for the use of the win
dow, and said that he would like to put
some chairs in the window and get ready
for the great 4th the evening before. Then
1t developed that the man who got the Sl5
safely into his inside pocket had nothing to
do with the window on the 4th of March, and
furthermore that the present renter OF the
room had been paid $50 for the window
Inauguration Day by another party Sc
the prudent mans $15 grip ON Times fore
lock was insecure after all.
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