The daily critic., 1890-07-12

And the fare Is only about horse car
rate. The place is laid ont. graded has
streets all made, sidewalks nut down
oh, II isn't any wild country-and
houses already occupied It's q regu.
lar town now-this minute--and there
are first class people out there There s
any amount Of good, pure air and the
best Of water, and the scenery Is actu.
| ally grand. Well, when ] came in
! town / called on Mr. James Il. Waugh
! at No. 933 4 street northwest.
| who represents the company owning
/ Charlton Heights, to see what sort Of a
/ zeal / could make. / found I could
| get a lot and they would put up a house
/ Tor me Tor could put it up myself, }
and by making monthly payments |
| could get the whole bag o. tricks
clear and in my own right, for Just
| about what IL costs me to pay rent and
have nothing. Now, you know never
have very much spare money
could easily say amen to that.
We'll, / thought it ont this way
Here s a chance to get my family nicely
liked In our own home before winter
can come iH town as quickly aud as
cheaply as ] can come dorm town And,
Instead Of letting every cent I pay out
be q nail in my coffin Of poverty by-and-
by, II will be putting a shingle on my
own roof. and the dav'll come when I'll
need that selfsa thing; aud, maybe,
cant get it, and won't have 70. Don't
you think used pretty good sense, for
me2'
certainly thought so.
The place Is growing very rapidly,
too, and you can readily see that the
way Washington Is expanding it won c
be many years before I'll be almost in
town again
That's what I call a man OF sense.
He'll never lie in any potter's field.
True, for few years to come his wife
may not button her gloves with opals,
and his children may not have Shetland
ponies TO play with but he has the
satisfaction Of knowing that every days
toll Is bringing its reward, and where
once he was turning the stone hence
forth he'll be grinding the axe.
WHERE THE HUNGRY CEASE FROM
TROUBLING.
You don't have to-. That's
common expression But you do have
to. That's much more COMMON ex-
perience. What we have sadly needed
In the suburbs has been a really first
class place where we could stop, when
out driving, and get something TO eat.
know that's homely way 10 put It,
but II isn't half so homely rs the un.
satiated pangs Of hunger. just as surely
as people 60 riding they get hungry;
anf they'll come pretty near seeking
that drive which has the attraction OF
well.conducted hostelry. That's the
reason they go out Tennallytown way,
and draw up TO Woodley Inn. ! know
whereof ! speak. It's one OF the most
genteel and well.conducted places Of its
kind anywhere about Washington.
Ought to be, for nobody knows better
how to run such place than Mr.. Kee-
nan. We have pretty good chance to
Judge Of his qualities as a Boniface at
The Shoreham, which has taken one
Of those strides in popular fayer moth.
ing but sheer merit can make
a landlord Is just as important to
hotel as a minister Is TO church. and
Mr Keenan, has given us first, a very
superior hotel in The Shoreham."
and second, a most unexceptionablc
suburban resort at Woodley Inn. If you
50 driving stop there. You'll be "glai
yCu come. - No matter II you haven't
long to stop Ills chickens are given
orders In the morning 10 be
ready TO die any minute, 80
you won't be detained nor dis.
appointed. Neither will you have to
carry a check book in your pocket nor
buy the place before you get away At
Woodley Inn II IS promptness, accom-
mediation, a superb menu and reason.
able charges. There's dancing there
every Tuesday evening and music by
Donch. A 81 tdble O. Aoto dinner every
day from G 20 s o'clock. But, before
you start go, or send, 10 Mr. Keenan,. at
the Shoreham, and get card It's the
seal Of respectability he's put on the
place.
My typewriter ain't poorly, but
she gets there just the same.
JOHN HECroR.