Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-24
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS


back track to old times" said Ernest E. A.
Waters of ST. Louis at the Arlington yester-
day, land recer tly in England ] saw an
other evidence tEat the irresistible sex are
going to pattern still more after their
grandmothers. v lille in London at a very
swell house l was astonishcd to see the
young daughters of my hest, who were
presented at The last drawing room of the
queen, appear with their hair fixed for all
the world in the shape of the old-tine
waterfall, with the net and all. 1t is true
ire halr was Coilel loosely, but l imagine
II VIII only be = short time before il is worn
loose in the ct, as see il i'm OLD cae;.e;,rea-
types. The ladies L speak of are among the
leaders of English fashion and would moi
.nlnk OF affecting airy style that was not
nisniy proper. The waterfall is coming
Dack, and I'll bet the women on this side
the water will be wearing them before sum
lner comes again."
Every now and then the sporting col
uihhs OF the newspapers TEEN with stories
abeut the remarkable winnings some better
Is making against the horse race book
makers, said Lem. Flanagan, the old race
follower, at Wizards last night You re-
member how Hotel Keeper Walton wa.
written up until he became known the
world over as the Plunger' and later on the
way Pittsburg Phil was credited with win
nlng untold thousands on long shots Just
row the pet OF the papers in this direction
Is Riley Grammar. of whom 1t is written.
with all seriousness, that he has won s.,
tar this year over $3JoOOo and NOT lost
ever Sboo. Of course, such stuff rs rot
Grammar has been mighty lucky in his
cettihg against other books-he runs one
hlmseif-but I'll bet a big cold bottle that
SfO,TN Will cover his winnings this wear
ike blanket would cover a stable bow
me exaggerated stories, however serve the
pookmakers good purpose. Young fel-
lows with a tendency toward playinc
horses read them and straightway think
pretty pictures Of doing the same thing
ana then every cent they can get goes into
,ne oox on the long-odd entries. If it
wasn't for the tenderfeet though. the
bookies couldn't get along Did YOU eyer
know the expense a bookmaker is under?
Ii you did, you'd know that a lot of public
money mad to be lost before the book
makers even commenced to get q percent
age 1t is a mighty small book at a decent
track that don't cost 500 a day to keep IL
gong L mean for actual expenses, such
as the privilege of selling at the track,
TIE salaries Of the assistants the station
cry ana such things as that But then If
your paper will let the slang go, a sucker
IS porn every second, and as long as that
propoI.lon Keeps Up the gambler will win
ana the gentleman will lose This is a
tough town for a sporting man to strike
uhough. No faro or anything like that
ana no poker where a passer through who
rs rs mar stranger can get his nose In
washington used to be a pretty good live
town Tor a gambler. but it's as dead as the
big African desert now. Doggone II
Know what the worlds coming to- any
how" sly
Talking about hard luck in the navy"
said an old naval man at the Riggs House
TINS mQrning. when some one spoke of
Lieut.. Commander Couden's misfortune in
being ordered to command the Pinta-that
wheezy tug which does duty solely in the
shadows along the Alaska coast reminds
me that regular hcodoo appears to follow
Pay Simpson-you know him, he's :
passed assistant now-who was appointed
several years ago. Simpson is one of tnc
incest fellows in the world good in the
mess, and clever wherever you put him
but some Nemesis seems to follow him with
relentless energy. He was sent down south
on the Detroit during the Brazilian troubles
and one night he was walking on the ber,h
oeck, when he fell down INTO the hold AMI
struck on water tank. This shook him up
pretty badly. and he was just managing, to
get around with stick when the row at
rio occurred. The decks of the Dstroit
hai been cleared for action, and another
oHlcer was buckling on his belt in the CABIN
where Simpson was sitting. when the re-
volver tell out and explode on striking the
moor. Simpson had his left leg over the
other. and the ball from the pistol passed
the knee. and then through the limb above
II. He was getting over this mishap when
the Detroit came north. One day at some
one OF the West Indian ports Simpson was
taxing little shore air AMI pushing him
self around on a pair of crutches Gentle
men, 1t seems hard to believe. but while
Simpson was hobbling about he slipped and
fell and broke his legi But this is not AN
The Detroit came home and Sin. pson CON
cluded that he needed recuperatfon. so ne
Went to Old Point to ct II. The Hygeia is
only three stories high. and Simpson was
tfgnc1 to a room in the top one The
peer. fate-tortured fellow got into the ele-
vator TO 20 up and take possession Of the
quarters which promised him such needed
repcse. and when the elevator got up even
with hts landing the rope broke and the
whole business went to the bottom Sinlp-
son is convalcscing again now: indeed he is
a chronic convalescent, and the whole navy
is waiting to hear what happens to him
next.
TT was the accident to Simpson at Rio, By
the way. which inspired the sensational dis
patch sent to this country stating that ne
had been wounded by the Brazilian insur-
gents firing on the Detroit and causing a
great many timid people in the states to
Il Sc sleep worrying about a possible war be-