Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN


blonde perfection. You remember that deli
cate conceit Of the old Elizabethan poet:
Her little feet, beneath her petticoat,
Like little mice, stole in and out
AS though they feared the light
And. Oh! she dances such a way,
No sun upon an Easter day
Was half so fine sight"
Then you crane your neck and look
stealthily down to see the poem practically
Illustrated, and. 10, the woman who is so
delightful to look upon from the hem of her
skirt to the spear in her hat turns her toes
In toward each other at ungainly and hor-
rible angles. The surgeon who can make
feminine feet squarely toe the mark of
tional capital
There Is more danger concealed in q pint
or milk than many people imagine, and
consumers of the tactical fluid cannot be too
careful in their inquiries as to where their
daily supply comes from and the manner in
which IT is handled from the time it leaves
the cow until Mary Ann takes 1t in at the
area door. Milk that has been cooled i'm
mediately after milking is harmless; If II
is allowed to slowly change in temperature
1t IS proper to guard against it. The re-
searches Of l.. Pasteur on Fermentation
For the Last Fifty Years" and v. c.
Vaughn of Ann Arbor. Mich, on "Tyrocox-
icon"-milk poison-prove that milk which
Is not instantly cooled Is very apt to be
dangerous. At this season of the year, which
Is so critical for small children and babies.
too much care cannot be taken about the
milk. The beverage at a temperature rang
Ing from 65 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit is an
excellent medium for the development of
disease germs, accumulated from the dust
in the air, from utensils and other sources.
So, If you have any Of the milk of human
Kindness in you. see that your little ones
have milk Of the COW that is free from even
the slightest suspicion of faint.
There is an awfully bright woman In this
town, who has a great big, good-natured
and fairly good-looking husband, who dotes
upon her. SO far as his personal attrac-
tons go he never gives them thought, but
she delights in giving him credit for being
the most conceted mortal on the face of
the earth. The other night she took two
friends to the theater-a mother and daugh-
ter-the former of whom has a great admi-
ration for the husband in question. Bush
ness prevented his accompanying the trio.
but he promised to get to the theater in
time to escort the ladies home. The old
lady looked around the house, endeavoring
to discover the young man, as the perform
ance drew toward a close, but her search
was unavailing. NO." she said, when she
gave it up. 'he is not here, and / haven't
seen a man as good-looking as he is here,
either"
This delighted the wife. and when she
reached home she told her husband, when
he arrived a few minutes later.
That was very kind" he remarked on
Did Mrs. BIS daughter say the same
thing?'
''Oh. no." returned his spouse quickly,
she Is younger than her mother. and has
better eyesight."
An old HE insurance agent, who has re-
tired from active business, was conversing
with a party Of friends the other night, and
gave an excellent insight into the system
which he adopted in his business. and
which brought him substantial success II
was aware when / entered the ranks of
Life insurance solicitors that the first thing
every mothers son did when they got their
daily paper was to look up the marriage
notices, set about finding out the permanent
loca ton Of the groom, and wait until he re-
turned from his wedding trip to swoop
down upon him. and expatiate on the won
derful advantage he would derive from
curing policy in the Paysure Whenyoudie
Company Of Plunktown, Patagonia. l
adopted the same plan, but found that every
other agent in town would mark the same
victim as myself One day | met an old
chum coming along the street, with his face
aglow. He stopped, shook hands with
really surprising cordialty, and then in
formed me that his wife had presented him
with baby In two minutes after my con-
CALCULATIONS had been offered, and while we
were still slipping the health Of the new
miss, i was talking life insurance to him.
portrayed his increased responsibilities
and the rough time the little baby would
have If he was suddenly called and his wife
compelled to leave the infant every day in
order TO work and support it. That after
noon he was examined, and in q week his
policy for 5000 was in his possession and
my commission in mine. After that let
new husbands slide and paid my attention
to new fathers Every day 1 visited the
health office and scanned the reports of
births. Then paid my respects to the men
most interested in the events that made
them necessary. l believe ninety out of
every hundred of the thousands of policies
have written were secured from men who
were in the flush Of pride over paternity
Now. that I've retired. don't mind giving
my snap away"
Some of the piscatorial members of the
Press Club went up the river above the
Chain bridge few days ago for the purpose
Of fishing. They hoped they would catch a
bass; they thought they might hook a rock
fish, and were dead certain they would pull
in some toothsome white perch at any rate
So they started in high spirits and a four
seat Dayton wagon, equipped with live bait
Shortly after dark the party returned. The
members were morose and gloomy.
Hello. Charlie shouted stay at-home,
did you bring back any fsh?''
YES" was the almost surly response
What kind?"
"a box of sardines." growled the disap-
pointed angler.
There Is quite journalistic wave sweep
ing over Washington. producing new daily
and weekly papers at a rate never before
known here. Not the least noticeable
though perhaps the least in size, of these
new sheets is The Phoenix, which today
of
Phoenix has not come with promises Of
making a new niche in public needs. nor Of
filling an old one, long void and aching. 1t
simply starts, and with delightful amount
Of pluck and enthusiasm that are good
signs that 1t will weather the usual storm
that attacks the prosperity of newspapers
The Phoenix is edited by two bright young
men, whose aggregate ages do not exceed
twenty-seven years; so a total they are
not too old to begin the life of Journalism
Twelve of these years are contributed %,