The Critic and record., 1891-04-04
THE CRITIC ABROAD.

The late General Albert Pike was for
three score wears q user of tobacco ia vari-
ous forms, and his collection Of pipes was
the largest, perhaps, outside OF the
museums. in the country. The General
took great pride in the collection aud no
one ever called upon him that he did not
show the contents of the big case To him.
lie bad, perhaps, 800 pipes from all paris
of thc world that he had collected i'm his
travels
Ioodlc' is distnctiyclya a Washington
word and its use is confined entirely o.
the members Of the police force aud the
people who associate with them. II has
been used for years, vet no one eau tell
Its origin and the Critic searched i'm vain
for man who had been ON the force whcn
II was not used. "Iu noodle means tp
loaf, noodle Is place to loaf i'm aud
"huodliug' is an act that means u big
liuc before the trial board. There is, per
haps, not an officer on the force that has
NOT his 'huOdlc, and no one can blame
them for having IL.
ON cold, wet night trampng around
the streets is no very agreeable OCcupa-
ton, and half am hour in a warm room
by an office stove, or back where the still
warm engine is, is not to be despsed.
enough. Nearly every officer OH the force
carries the keys Of quite number of
establishments ON his beat, and if nc
chooses on q cold night To take an hour
out of the wet why no one loses any
thing, and hc feels the better for it. lIut
If ne fOrpots himself and goes tD sleep,
then the night inspector may take hand
in the game and very probably the patrol
man won't draw as much salary as usual
for time.
During q discussion last night between
number of people on the corner Of
Ninth street aud Pennsylvania avenue,
Colonel Elliott called up the subject Of
| tcrrapin.
"They are considered great delicacy
| and are very expensive said the Colonel;
| but have some friends who are engaged
| i'm the business down in Florida and they
| can put their turtles on the retail market
| at wholesale prices. Why, this thing of
| charging dollar or dollar and a-half
! for terrapin stew is simply eXtortion.'
! The conversation then drifted into dis
| Cussiun OF the various dishes cpiCures find
| toOthsomc The Colonel said
"a new business is being opened up
| down South that will beat terrapin farm
| ing all to pieces. Alligator eggs are now
| being hatChed i'm incubatOrs i'm Florida
and supplied to the New Orleans market
They are very salable and high prices
prevail, for the Young saurians. For some
years the people in the Southern States
have tra,ickcd in young allgatOrs, and
| the business has been lively and prOiita-
blc one, but the Matching Of them by
means Of incubators is new
! "NOv adays,' Chipped in Frank Thomp-
| son, an omployC of the POstOllice Depart
| ment, "liye alligatOrs are shipped through
the mails in paStcbOard boxes. Once in a
while they die while in transit, but not
very often. When they do the packages,
of course, are sent to the Dead Letter
OniCc.n
At this point Mr.. Thompson's conver-
sation was interrupted by George Driver,
who said that he could tell about the mos,
| modern and unique business known.
| 1T is, he said. "the rental of gOOlsze
live turtles for display i'm restaurant win
dows These turtles are carried around
the country by an Italian. who is making
more than living by this novel and
unique scheme The price asked is all the
way from 81 to $3.50 day,
81 am glad TO see the Critic taking such
a deep interest in East Washington af
airs, said ext Congressman Bliss of Brook
lyn and Twning City. "You are right in
|
! section. IL is interesting to me tn watch
the progress now being made toward build
ing up 50 much of what was few year;
ago waste land.
by the way, speaking OF the eastern
section, reminds me of remark madC
by Senator Stanford lew days ago. II,
predicted then that East Washington
would, before 1900, have population o
| 1854 COO The territory over the Eastern
Branch" continued Mr.. Bliss, lis another
part of the District of Columbia that il
being dotted with beautiful residences
| Twinlng City, the new suberb, is gOin,
along beautifully, and before long, vii
distance many Of its older competitors
II was - a'clock yesterday when tn
Hon. James G. Blaine entered the Whit
House gate on his way to the Cabine
meeting. At the same time nine ubiqui
tious correspondents were Just filing on
of the White House door ON their way &
the Western Union Telegraph Office
They had been in to ask Private Secretar,
Haliord to let them take a peep at tina
letter." One of the ubiquitious, repre-
sentative of an insular and erratic post
meridian sheet, espied the Secretary o
State and ran like an Adirondack deer Il
catch him. lie caught him and Wake
along with him.
How are you to-day, Mr., Secretary,
asked the correspondent.
= Every well, indeed" was Mr., Blaine
reply, and he looked we'll,
, 81 would like to have that letter. sal
the newsman.
, "What letter." asked the America,
/ Premier.
why the Rudini letter"
=. How will YOU have it, in the origina
or transatedY'
"The original of course
You will yet that letter just as soon q
il is ready to be given out"
But gasped the correspondent, 9TH
y colonel is very anxious about it and Nv
only got twcnty-nine minutes to get it o
the wire"
Mr. Blaine looked at the persistent col
respondent with an amused smile an
S then waving his hands gently, he waite
1 the young man away, remarking in sootl
ing tones:
s Run away, little boy, run away. You
p get the letter just as soon rs anybody elsl
Now run away"
And he ran away TO the telegraph oiiC
and sent an authentic synopsis Of th
, letter.
For Gentlemen Only.
!. is there a code of newspaper manners
This is one of the questions whic
r George William Curtis will discuss in tn
q. - M. =.