Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-28
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

said an old-time theatrical man who now
lives on the interest of indebtedness ac-
c,mulated during the many days and nights
he gave to the profession. II found Robert
Downing. Years ago his father-whon !
knew quite well when Bob was just begin
ming to take interest in marbles and
base ball and places where they solo the
rostest candy for the leastest money
owned a very nice farm out in that region,
but Robert has improved very much upon
| the old gentleman's idea and now has one OF
the prettiest and most delightfully."- situated
| suburban homes L have ever had the privi-
| lege of spending an hour in There with
1 his wife, his mother-in-law, and children
enough to make the place interesting, as
| only children can. tie Downngs spend
/ most of the time from the close OF one sea
son to the beginning of another.
| Did you everThear of Roberts adventure
/ with sou'western bronco" he went on.
Il happened To be an eyewitness to that
| encounter, but was not aware until the
| other evening that Robert was really dis
| turbed over the occurrence. He was doing
| 'Tally-ho' then. and he was doing il i'm the
town of Paris. Texas, Some time in the
| afternoon his manager met a rumOr, which
| insisted that Robert was only a stage horse
man, and that he was entirely incapable of
| wrestling with a wild Texas pony. The
manager promptly stigmatizel the insinua-
| ton as false, and in the conversation which
| ensuei a bet was made Then the manager
| sought out the star and notified him that
| ne had to get out and ride bronco, W. n
| would be selected for him by the cowboy
element, from whose n.iust the aspers4Oli
to Roberts equestrian inability had sprung.
/ Downing was astonished and at heart UNI
willing, but he knew that failure meant an
| empty house in that community, so he sal
/ lied forth fortified by scheme and armed
| with one OF those singing little Mexican
quirts. The most vicious animal in all the
| region round about Was saddled and was
| tf,y- ling f.f
| ty TO stick TO a Texas saddle no matter how
much the animal beneath it might cut up
| Robert swung himself astrine of the bIg
| bundle of nerves. and ill-temper. and be-
| fore the horse had fair chance to start in
| bGclSing delivered two or three heavy blows
! with the quirt and moved down street like
| a Kansas cycloua. 1t was a hard ride and .
| long one, and when the yelling, whooping
| crowd-rnost of whom had enlivened the af-
! fair by firing their pistols a tritie too near
Downing and his horse for the comfort of
| either-caught up with the front end of the
| procession, their boosted steed was lying on
| his side gasping for breath and fairly beat
| en-. s...z ..
"'Give me another horse said Downing
as he disentangled his feet from the stir
rups, and III ride back to town with YOU
| Give me something that's fit to ride; that
| miserable plug IL no good
| That WAS the crowning stroke. To sue
| cessfully ride an animal that had thrown
ninety mine per cent of those who had ever
| tried to mount him was a great victory; to
| completely wind him added a little more to
the glory of the occasion; to refer to him
| as plug was indicative of a degree OF
| superiority unlocked for in him. whom they
4 had believed to be a tenderfoot.
| Half a dozen Of the cowboys straightway
| took the elaborate bands OF their SOM
breros and presented them to the Washing
| tonian-the highest homage they could rem
| der. The theater was never more tightly
packed than IL was that night; never was
| there more of unrestrained enthusiasm;
will
| per given in his honor after the close of the
| performance"
| Two little misses. about six years old. re-
| spectively, were playing with their dolls
the other afternoon under the shade of a
| tree in Franklin Park. As they were en-
gagged in their innocent prattle another
| little girl passed along in charge of a nurse.
She took no notice of the other children
| other form of amusement that the others
| We're enjoying all over the park. One of
| the little girls first mentioned espied he
demur and sedate little creature, and turn
4 ed to her tiny companion. a-.
| oh, Bess," she remarked. In a tone Il
compassion. don't 90 feel sowwy Cor
Susieg'
1 way and asked: "What for. Bell?''
| Why answered Bell. Susie has dust
| lost her papa. Now amt 90 sowwy for
| her" 80.
| Bess looked very solemn for a moment or
| two and then a portentous sigh broke from
| her rosy lips: /" Deed. Bell" she said. pa
| theticaly, Il God love to be sowwy for
| Susie, but dot so much sorrow OBJ my own.
| You know my dodmovver died last winter,
| dust befor' Kismusr
| The enormity of the affection that had
overwhelmed Bessie impressed Belle so
| much that she didn't continue her sympa-
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| say when Bess had finished her sentence.
| We'll, that was ,awfulr'
|
The best way to keep your rooms cool"
| said an old hot-weather campaigner TO a
sweltering crowd of young people trying to
| get breath of fresh air on the front porch.
| lis to close in your shutters as soon you
1 jump out of bed in the morning, pull down
| your windows, and leave directions il you
| are called away from home that they are
| not to be meddled with / know a great
many people think that such a proceeding,
while il keeps the hot air out Of the room.
retains the same old atmosphere all day.
| with the result of making the apartment
| stuffy, they call il. If the contents of
| the room are clean, YOU may rest assured
| that there is no chance for il To become
| close and sitting when tightly closed up.
| In the winter. everybody in this latitude
lives in rooms whose windows are not only
| tightly closed. but which are further rein
forced by weather strips that prevent al
most every particle of air from entering by
| their means. In addition to this, a hot fire