The Washington critic., 1890-03-19
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PICTURES OF MEN AND THINGS AT
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a Hay Rum Cocktail - Comm odore
Ramsey's Ingenious Contrivanoe--
Street MOtsrs-nIaISIng Plates for
Newspapers.
81 was very much amused" re-
marked young man about town to
The CRITIC, "at the ingenuity of a
friend that slept with me the other
night. We had been out late and had
during the evening partaken of a variety
of liquid refreshments. AS a conse-
quence we both felt very dry when we
awoke next morning. ] generally keep
some whisky and all the other in
gredlents' in my room, but as luck
would have IL on this particular morn
ing the bottle was as dry as we were.
When my friend discovered this fact
he was in despair. Although | wanted
a drink pretty badly, | couldn't help but
laugh as saw the expression of disap-
pointmeE. and despair on his counte-
nance. His eyes wandered all over the
room, as II he expected to find cock
tail hidden away in some unexpected
place. Suddenly his face lightened up.
Aha have it, he said; where are
your sugar and lemons p Having
given him these articles he put
a couple Of spoonfuls of sugar,
some lemon juice and water into q
glass and stirred them up. must con-
foss | was somewhat puzzled by this
proceeding, for had never known my
friend to drink anything so mild as
lemonade in the morning, and I won
dered where he was going to get the
material necessary to bring its strength
up to the desired point How do you
suppose he managed it? Why, he
took the bay rum bottle off the dressing
table, poured a good four fingers out
Of 1t into the glass with the lemon
and sugar and drank it down. He
smacked his lips over it, too, and de-
clared that bay-rum cocktail was O
fine thing. Perhaps it is,. but didn't
care to try the experiment. and waited
for my drink until I got outside"
y
II think that the managers of the
theatres here make mistake" said q
guest at one of the uptown hotels, 'in
not announcing in their advertisements
the hour at which the curtain rises, as
is done in other cities. OF course, this
is not necessary for people who live
here, but 1t would be great conve
nience to strangers. / don't know
whether the performances commence al
the same hour in all the houses here
but they don't in other cities, and
strangers are often at a loss to know
just what time to CO."
Commodore Ramsey, chief of the
Bureau of Navigation in the Navy De
partment, has had placed in his Office
an ingenious arrangement which indi
Gates the whereabouts of all United
States vessels. 1t consists of series o
rows of small, oblong squares, int
which card board slips can be placed
very much as hotel clerks keep accoun
of the guests in each room. One row
indicates the names of ships, the mex
their commanders; then the last por
from which they sailed, and where anC
when they last arrived, etc. Any on
visiting the Bureau can at glance oh
tain much valuable and interesting in
formation without asking question
The arrangement will be especially ap
paper men.
1--WE have in our place." says Mr.
Frank Scarf of Kansas City, "mor
varieties of street motors than any cit
in the Union, I believe, and after prac
tically testing all it seems to be the con
sensus of opinion Of citizens that til
cable motor is preferable to all others
We not only have operating in the Cat
City mule cars, horse cars, electric cars
and cable cars, but ours is the only cit
besides New York and Brooklyn ths
is successfully operating elevated raj
roads. After a fair test of them all ou
people like the cable best for all pul
poses. / am glad to see them intro
duced at the Capital, for am sure ths
after trial this system is destined to bt
come very popular"
The alacrity with which mechanic
drop their work the very second th
dinner hour arrives has become almo.
proverbial, but there is one branch G
business in which such is not the case
The other day the camera dropped int
an establishment in this city where tn
ready-set plate matter so popular anon
country newspapers is manufactured
1t was few minutes after noon an
the unusual spectacle was witnessed Q
carpenter who was saving off lumbe
for boxes, supplying himself wit
lunch with one hand while he save
with the other. The compositors
stereotypers, laborers and everybod
else about the place were lunching |
the same manner just snatching bit
without stopping their work. Th
fact is, that in the "boiler-plate' bus
ness, as in regular newspaper Office
time is very precious. for the loss of
few minutes may cause the publisher
of many newspapers to be without thei
usual supply of news for whole day
''Some people have no sense at a
about taking care of cold, and II
one of them," said Commissions
Douglass. II expect I'll continue to b
that way till die. got the grip la
December and I've had it ever sine,
Every few days, Just when / seem to t
getting nicely over 1t, / get an additio
TO it.
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