Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-25
THINGS HEARD AND SEEN

| About the most aggravating thing in the
r1nitsl States is the tortuous opening, fitted
with a little brass barricade. through which
| a passenger in O herdic is compelled to
drop his fare into the box. If one has a
nickel handy. and is gifted with any amount
CT dexterity, he can pay his fare after two
| or three attempts. but II he is one OF those
thrifty people who purchase car tickets he
| Is doomed to annoyance every time he gets
| aboard OF herdic. Ninety-nins out Of
| every hundred tickets stick in the little
| narrow chute which leads down into the
| box. and as the driver cannot see through
| metal he is almost always under the i'm
preston that somebody has failed to pay
fare and rings the bell violently, to follow
1t with vocal demand and then eventu-
ally to stop the vehicle. get down from his
| seat, come around inside and punch the
suspended ticket down into sight with the
small end Of his whip stock. OF all sense
less contrivances to be found anywhere the
fare box in herdic stands pre-eminent, ard
why 1t was ever invented 10 fellow can
find out.
That bright Washington woman who is
always saying such excellent things was
friend, who in addition to the just acquired
burden Of matrimony is also guardian for a
big hulk Of brother. The young man has
not been satisfied with his allowance of
late and has been Fostering the life out Of
his devoted sister for an increase. In the
shape Of advances. to be returned when the
estate Is divided, which will be when a
still younger brother reaches his majority.
The reason for the demand Of the youth Is
that he has taken a sudden fancy to eques-
trianism. and desires to have what he
vaguely alludes to as "a propah gentle
mans stud. We knaw." His sister copse-
quently was reciting to her friend what she
had to contend with.
He wants to buy every horse he sees"
said the poor creature. II never saw any
thing like him. And then whom I argue
with him to show him his foolishness, he
becomes downright obstinate. Indeed,
don't know what has occurred to make
Dick SO awfuily hardheaded"
Why. 1 do" calculated her companion,
with aiacrity. The dear boys noddle has
become hossifled''
There Is another bright creature In Wash
ington who has for many moons coveted
the possession OF a marQuise ring. She
never goes down town without returning to
tel her doting, but temporarily impecuni-
Gus, husband about the lovely creation she
saw In this or that jewelers. window. The
poor man has been studying all sorts of
schemes In order to crafty the desire OF
ms hearts delight, but none OF them have
reached an outcome substantial enough for
MIN TO DO 80. The other night both of them
were tucked snugly away in bed when the
door bell suddenly set up a changing. Awak-
ing, he inquired hazily:
Dear, did some one ring?
She only heard the last word
On, It's lovely, she murmured sleepily
witt" with a perfectly exquisite emerald in the
He negotiated note and got 1t for her
the next day to save her mind from going
to wreck and ruin.
Those who truly REPRESENT the ether.a,
cult in Washington are giving much atten-
ton to hypnotism just now, and there are
several young men who affect the pursuit
or the advanced sciences who have become
quite adept In exercising the mysterious
magnetic power upon each other Most of
them have confined their experiments 20
the coterie to which they belong, in order
TO thoroughly master the art before trying
II on persons who might be skeptical and
ueat them with derision and scorn At one
OF the uptown clubs. where a postgraduate
diploma must be shown to the waiter be-
fore ne VIII bring man drink. three or
-FOUR OF the hypnotic novices were grouped
the other evening, when one of them star
tled his companions by announcing that he
was going to exert the influence over a
prominent member of the organization who
did not believe In fads Of any sort and re-
garded the claims of the coterie In question
as supremely ridiculous.
am going to hypnotic him." asserted
the youth. "and when he is in the trance I
Will make him give me SO. This we will
expend on dinner. to which he will be in
vited, and when the coffee and cheese are
reached we win acquaint linn with the fact
tnat ne has paid for the feast as a punish
trf0 v1lf
There was murmur Of admiration at
this spplaudable suggestion, and a sharp
lookout was kept for the unsuspecting vic.
tim that was to be.
Pretty soon he came in and the arch
conspirator engaged him in conversation
preparatory to bringing him under the spell.
while the others waited around with we'll
simulated indifference for the hypnotism to
get in Its work. The operator proceeded
with his subject until he imagined he had
prepared him to alphabetically receive the
power to be transmitted. when he suddenly
made number OF rapid passes before the
skeptic's face with his hands. The latter
tumbled In an instant to the others ten
tons and feigned to become drowsy and a
willing creature OF the operators will. He
answered questions as he knew the hyp-
notfst wanted them answered to the de-
light OF the latter and the admiration Of his
friends. Then he approached the crucial
test:
pocket AMI give me twenty dollars and for
get all about Ii Immediately after doing So"
said the operator.
You are mistaken" responded the sub
ject, briskly what I am going TO give
you Is a good licking II you don't straight
away set up the supper for the Inevitable
Six"
The hypnotist tried to beg of, but the 9TH
er was obdurate and he was forced to en-
terrain at a costly spread six of the most
dare devil rascals In the shape Of practical
jokers who can be found outside of a Junior
class. He is cured of hypnotic experiments
now, because the sextet made him the SUBJ
tect of more mesmerism and other occult
things that night than the mightiest of
modern magicians ever dreamed OF.
The car was creeping snail-like up town
the other night Outside rain and cold were
making night hfdeous and inside a six
months bit OF humanity was making things
more so. There was not much choice but
The Star writer thought he would rather
fly to evils that he knew not of out ON the
back platform In the cold than endure the
evils inside which he had been thoroughly
IL troduced to. So he gently slammed the
door and stepped outside where the conduc-
tor was wrapped in thoughts too deep for
utterance and a $3.50 overcoat. The fare
puncher looked sad. His face wore that ex-
preston of WEAKNESS which oyershadows a
man when he has lost his best tile on a
game Of poker. or been bounced from a free
lunch. But he was sociable, Just the same
and, after Kidding himself Of a little sur
plus tobacco juice by reaching for the news
boy who was trying to ride half way up
town under guise of selling his papers, the
conductor opened up the conversation
II feel d-m bad tonight" he remarked
in as solemn a voice as II he were quoting
q Ia fall oa