The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-03-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
PARKHURsTs DOUBLE.
New York Correspondence.l ]

man who would pass for DIR. Parkhurst's
double leaned against the rail of Park Row
bar the other evening, and the "soaks" and
strollers who dropped in eyed him and whis-
pered. He was dead ringer for the par
son. both as regards whiskers and physique.
What he took, however, dispelled the illusion
at that place. Today the same fellow dropped
in the room where the Excise board was sit
ting and almost knocked those worthless off
their chairs. whats DIR. Parkhurst doing
hereT' they whispered each to the other, and
then the double smiled broad enough to assure
them that they were mistaken. The man
who looks like Parkhurst Is Statan Island
brewer. He may make trouble for the fight
ing parson some day.
UNAPPRECIATED FRIENDLINESs.
Chicago Record,l
There was funny scene in the room of the
presidents private secretary the other day. A
number of senators, representatives and
strangers were sitting around waiting an op-
portunity to see the president, when Mr.. Car
Isle passed through. His face was pale and
bore detected appearance, his head hung over
his breast and his eyes were on the carpet, as if
he wished TO avoid observation. Private Sec
retary Thurber sat chatting eheerfully at his
desk, but when he noticed the chief of the
treasury he sprung from his chair, crossed the
room with cheerful hop, skip and jump, and,
seizing Mr.. Carlisle's hand, exclaimed Good
morning, Mr.. Secretary. good morning How
are your finances this morning2"
Mr. Carlisle looked at him with an express
sion of unutterable disgust and passed through
the door into the presidents room without
making reply.
MRS. CLEVELAND SHOPPING.
New York Adyertser.l
When Mrs. Cleveland shops she chooses a
rainy day. preferring the discomfort of driving
through the rain to the ordeal of facinQ MANY
XVh mi 11.aCc nd ahnIH
selections.
Last fall, when she did her last shoppipR.
she chose dull, cold, raw day-7the very last
You would select for a lady to go out voluntar-
lily. And she seemed to revel In it. Early in
the morning a man servant of the White
House called upon the proprietor of the shop
and had mysterious conference with him,
making several requests which We're promised
fulflllment.
And when Mrs. Cleveland arrived an hour
latea 1t was very apparent what the requests
had been. AS the First Lady entered the store
the shop girls looked down, each at the couI ter
where she was standing, and not one in the es-
tablishment breathed Mrs. Cleveland's name,
though all must have recognized her at once.
The children's department of this particular
store where Mrs. Cleveland does most of her
Washington shopping Is on the second floor,
and here she was hastily conducted by a floor
walker who was waiting for her.
II do not wish you to tell what buy" said
Mrs. Cleveland to the shop girl. ~ have been
greatly annoyed by reading detailed accounts
Of my purchases"
And then she went on to select white frOcks,
light spring cambrics by the half dozen, sew
eral large linen sun hats for the complexions
of Misses Ruth and Esther Cleveland and she
wound up by picking out great many pairs Of
little shoes.
Mrs. Cleveland goes shopping only twice
year, at spring, almost the day before Easter,
I II. IL e
children. and again in the fall. Each time
there Is the same ceremony observed TO guard
her oversensitiveness from publicity. But
shop girls will be shop girls. You cannot keep
them from chatting TO their favorite customers
when there's anything 10 tell