Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-02
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

w. C. Patterson, president of the Los An.
geles chamber of commerce who is at the
Shoreham, said: This is the season for
the flower festival in California Writers
frequently describe IL long articles similar
but very much inferior ceremonies in Eu-
rope, but this beautiful American season
is seldom referred to, except in the Pacific
coast papers. To one who has never wit
ressed the flower festival ii is Undesirable
The floats and pageants of Mardi Gras, in
New Orleans or the yelled prophets in St
Louis do not compare with those of the
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles flower fes-
tivals. In addition to the parades, consist
ing OF floats built of flowers arranged in
every form the imagination can conceive or
ingenuity contrive, there are battles of
mowers, and the entire week is given I'D to
leasing and sports. / will miss seeing 1t
this year, fact that 1 regret very much"
Il have a customer who makes presi-
dental years his best ones for trade" said
Il. A Lewis at the Riggs. 1T is a we'll
known fact that merchants usually account
presidential years dull, but my customer
has found way to change that. He never
takes any part in politics. but exhibits a
warm sympathy for those who do, and en-
Sourages them. Every man who is solvent
ne talks hopefully to, and makes him feel
mat ne is going 10 either be elected or ap-
pointed 10 some office. The store is, there
every degree, and if they are solvent credit
Is freely extended. The result is that by
.he time the year is gone the merchant
Ilas accounts against each of the aspirants
DurIhg the next year these are paid and
me prohts of presidential years are greater
IMAM those OF any others. OF course all.
.nerchants could not do this, but the Gus
TONER OF whom 1 speak has worked il suc-
eeSsluly Tor the past.forty years"
saw In The Star good dog story the
cther DAY, said r. A. Markham of Balti-
more at the Normandie. lit reminded me
Oh a story OF a dog belonging to my father
although the incidents are wholly dis
similar. when L was boy cut my wrist,
the wound leaving an ugly scar AT the
time OF the accident was accompanied by
dog, at that time just grown beyond the
age OF puppyhood. A year later left home
and did not return fer fifteen years. After
greeting the members of the family, ask
cd about my old playmate, the dog. and
was told That the animal still lived al
though very feeble. L hunted for him and
iouhd MN laying on some straw i'm the
Darn. mad grown beyond his recollection,
and my beard served still further to make
me a stranger TO him. The old dog growled
as approached him. i held out my hand 10
coax hlm, but he refused to allow me to
touch him, until suddenly his eye rested
Upon the scar. He looked a moment then
~hined, licked the scar, and / never saw
sueh evidence Of joy upon the part of any
living being. He remembered the scar per-
lectly and knew me entirely by il, even
when by reason of old age he could scarcely
see"
Il had peculiar order to transmit TO my
house, said A. l.. Lyons of New York, a
travelling salesman, handling Photographic
supplies, at the Raleigh Il was in a small
Illinois town, where there is but one dealer
in my line of goods, and as soon as / hand
ed him my card he said: Yes 1 have been
waiting for YOU This seemed very favor
able for my obtaining an order, and be-
gan to open my sample cases. He looked
at everything without a word. | showed
him every sample i had and asked him II
he saw anything he wanted. No. he said.
i want some of them new kodaks, the
cathode ray kind. I've got some young
Iellers here that wants them right away,
You see, they've got an idea that they can
photograph what their girls are thinking
about them. / want the smallest size so
they can carry them in their pockets
Il tried to explain to him what the ca
thode rays really were, but he would not
believe me, and | had to promise TO write
the house about them, which ! did, but they
have not sent me samples of that kind of
kodaks yet