Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-09
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Tan many men affect to laugh at the
which have for their final object the
strangulation of the municipal tiger" said
Walter o. Mallory at La Normandie this
morning, but they are really trembling
in their boots. Heretofore Tammany has
been confident of its power to prevent in
reference with its election methods by
the use of brute and brutal strength. The
mere sight of its square-jawed, staggering
heelers at or near the polls has been SUI
fcient to deter a timid MAINLAND decent
people are more or less timid when placed
amid such standardization more than
exercising his right to cast his own vote
and get away as soon as possible. This
system has prevented respectable citizens
OF New York city, so far as any considera-
BILE number of them is concerned. from
taking an active part in politics The re-
suit of the trials of Boss McKane and his
crowd over at Gravesend and the convic-
ton of men for illegal election practices in
Gotham itself have encouraged many Of
those who have heretofore held back to
take a more lively personal interest In pol
tiles, and / believe Tammany appre-
ciates that its goose is cooked, so far as
corruption and bulldozing are concerned.
OF course, it will take time, just as all re
forms do, but 1 think another decade Will
see the complete decentralization of Tam
many's power to control the city Of New
York"
Il saw a pretty lively chicken fight one
night in the reception room of a swell
member of the 400 on 9Th avenue, New
York." said Milton Kirk of Chicago at the
Ebbitt yesterday, land 1 thought that was
getting pugnacous encounters into pretty
elevated quarters, but l came through
Reading, Pa, the other day / heard Of
prize fight that had been raided a short
time before at a place called Worrys or
Weaversville. Where do you think they
were having it? In Methodist church. as
am sinner. The officers found that
ring had been pitched in the center of the
church, from which the seats had been re-
moved, and the two bruisers were going at
1t hammer and tongs, while the time
keeper stood in the pulpit and the specta-
tors occupied the pews. The fight was
stopped in the second round, i was told,
and the information was further volun-
teered that no arrests were made, although
both principals were very well known,
reveng, as they did, in the euphonious
appellations of Boston Mike and Fatty
Kramer"
Il had funny experience the other
morning." said one of the most prominent
newspaper correspondents in Washington,
who is modest about the use of his name,
at the Riggs House this morning. Il was
upstairs, but Mrs. r. was in the dining
room, when the door bell rang. The ser
want had stepped out, so my wife answered
1t. She found a man in his shirt sleeves
standing on the door step and shivering in
the raw air. He told her plaintive story
about how he had gone the night before to
cheap lodging house, and upon awaking
had found that his overcOat and coat had
been stolen. He was stranger, he said,
and without funds. and asked If an old
coat could be given him. Mrs. RS SYM
pathies were naturally touched, and up
stairs she came just as 1 had about fin
ished dressing. 1t happens that 1 haven't
any very old clothes, but she selected a
coat, and, telling me how the poor man
was freezing to death, took II down to
him. l looked out of the window and
something about the man aroused my sus-
piclon, SO ran down and grabbed my hat
and followed him. He turned the first cor
ner, and as l followed suit, or rather coat
L saw him join another fellow who had a
coat over his arm. They were exchanging
animated condolences as 1 walked up.
Take off that coat commanded.
." That amt my coat said the man,
pointing at the apparel on the others arm
rake on that coat repeated, and he
skinned out Of it in short order. Then
when they saw / was going to follow them
they both ran like deer l wish you could
have seen Mrs. RS face when 1 marched
back into my mansion with the coat in my
! hope The Star will put the people onto
1.-THE most self-possessed woman I ever
saw is just now one of the bellies down at
Old Point Comfort" said Arthur Spalding
OF Bridgeport at the Arlington last night.
she is a perfect Juno as to figure and
half the manly heads at the place have
been turned by ner. and the other half
would give all their hopes of the hereafter
to be called as she calls her spaniel
sweetheart The young lady has played
no faVorites among her admirers how
ever, and an examination of her card at
any OF the dances would show a list of
names as different as those on the register
yonder. The other day she went up for
her usual promenade on the ramparts of
the fort. and, as usual. was accompanied
by her aunt, who is her chaperone one of
her rigid rules being to allow no man
10 escort her when she takes her
morning constitutional. BY some agera-
waiting cause she lost an article which is
an important part of the feminine ap-
parel. 1t happened that bright young
devil OF an army officer came along and
picked it up. He caressed the narrow strip
OF blue silk, admired the artistic workman
ship of the gold contraptions on either end