The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-05
LOCAL TALKS.
What Persons. Prominent and other
wise. Find TO Interest Them.


Thomas X. ilarding--l think the citi-
zens of Washington have better facilities
for being converted than are afforded in
any other city Of the Union. &c you walk
along the Avenue OF Sunday afternoon,
exhoiters are preaching to the passers.by
on every hand, Il is true that some Of
these are cranks. but the most of them
are doing good Christian work that will
undoubtedly bear fruit. May God reward
their efforts.
John X. DawsOn--I was passing through
that immense cemetery of human ideas,
yclept the exhibit of the Patent Office,
when the utter liselessncss OF the greater
part of the exhibit struck me. What piles
upon piles of models, representing
an enormous outlay in money and
that are not of tho slightest use to
the Government and the public. While
the Patent Office is SO much cramped for
room why don't they separate the CHI ar
from the wheat among the models and
lay the useless ones aside. II would be an
enormous amount OF work of course,
but 1t would give the Office an
practically wasted now. And then
II would he benefit to the public,
for people don't like to stare wonderingly
and helplessly Mt a mass of models about
which they know nothing and care less.
Miss Louise Bevcridge You can hardly
conceive how many times | have had to
answer bell calls since the Sioux delegation
has been here. Between . and O'clock
in the afternoon one would think that we
had an electric call and that the wire was
out of order. The rule has been fixed
that no one shall be admitted without an
order from Commissioner Morgan, but
there are numbers Of people who come
here and insist that they must be allowedto
see the Indians. There were only eighteen
added to the crowd to-day, which IN
creases the number to forty-ninc. Ladies
come with permits and ask, Can we be
protected should we come in2o Many of
them have never seen an Indian before
ana hardly know how to meet them.
They are very shy and do not know
whether they are going to he scaIped the
next moment or escape scot free,
Suppose they break loose and give q
war whoop or n ghost dance on the Ave
nue., what would be the result?' asked one
lady. "Oh, that is impossible" replied,
Tor they are only protected and governed
by three or four ladies III the house" They
are the most peaceable people TO contend
with that you ever met. 1t is now nearly
q week since they came here, and have
not had a particle of trouble with them.
A Washington paper circulated the report
some days ago that some OF the chiefs
were out imbibing with convivial friends.
but they all came in without any indica-
ton of being in liquor, and not single
key was turned after IL O'clock that night.
This is more than some citizens of Wash
ington could have said the same evening.
There are number of people who have
come here with orders from Commissioner
Morgan who have abused the privilege.
| One man has already had his order re-
| vOked, and the chances are that there will
be others in the future.
Thomas T. Luekett-It is certainly very
funny how the tide of fortune turns in
favor of some people. Here l am trying
to make a living by passing "schooners'
of the District, while John 4. West, the
owner Of Vests Hotel at Minneapolis, Is
aourishing In wealth. Away back in 1874
Buck West, as we then knew him, was
conductor on train between here and
Baltimore, and previous to that time he
pulled the brake wheel on a freight train
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal.
timore Railway. While running on the
train between here and Baltimore was
employed as brakeman. One day when
we came into the office to report, "Buck'
was handed letter which came from his
uncle in Cincinnati urging him to go tc
Minneapolis and start saloon there
He followed the advice given and fol
some time run q saloon on the corner OF
Third avenue south and Washington ave
nue. and did well. In the meantime hi,
wealthy uncle in Cincinnati built and fin
ished the $500, 900 West hotel in Mime
apolis, and Buck had control of the prop
erty. have seen him several times sine,
he came into his fortune, but he does no
seem like my old conductor companion o
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