Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-08

There Is no accounting for tastes as
far as the eating of watermelons and cante-
loupes is concerned" remarked the heao
waiter OF one Of the principal hotels, and
/ am not surprised any more at anything
that is called for or eaten on them Re-
Gently We had party Of New Englanders
here and they all ate sugar on their cante-
Ioupe and salt on their watermelon usu-
ally. however, salt and pepper are used on
canteloupes. The using of sugar on cante-
loupes was a new thing on me, and asked
the people about 1t and found that 1t was
customary to do SO by many Massachu-
sets people. They prefer sugar to SAT-
and that IS all there is about It, Those
who eat salt on watermeons think the
salt makes the melon more digestibie
There are many people. and especially Can
fornians and Pacific coasters, who never
eat an apple after a meal without sprlnk-
ling salt on il, as many do upon nuts. MY
observation. however. Is that the most par
ticular epicures eat watermelon plain, Win
out putting anything on 1t. Still. II is the
old story ali the way through that one
mans food Is another mans poison. Among
ladies / have observed of late years tnat
the practice of putting any condiment a.
all on fruits is fast growing out OF CUSTOM
y
The story In The Star the other day
about dentist pulling the teeth OF dog
reminds me-" said leading Ohio lawyer
who practices in this city. "of another case
the same dentist had. 1t appears ne MADE
a set Of teeth for a Congressman. who al
though he used them, claimed that they
did not fit his mouth well. and for that
reason declined to pay for them The den
list offered to make any alterations that
might be necessary, but the Congressman
would not have the changes made Then
the dentist demanded that as the Congress
man refused TO pay the bill. he should re-
turn the teeth, which demand was also re-
fused though the Congressman said ne
would pay the exact cost of the material
used in the teeth and more. Things
remained in this way for week or more,
when one day the announcement was made
in the daily papers here that the Congress
man would make speech on a matter
that then occupied considerable public at
tention. The day prior to the delivery OF
the speech the dentist called on me and
asked if it was possible for him to get an
injunction on the CongreSSmans teeth. so
as to prevent him from using them while
delivering his speech The proposition was
novel one to me. and i promised L would
look it up and let him know that night. /
read of Ben Buffers famous case where
he laid an injunction on the driving wheel
of a mill. and other somewhat similar
though less notorious cases. and convinced
myself that there enough merit In the
dentists claim to apply at least for the In
junction. Somehow the Congressman heard
of what was intended to be DONE and,
knowing what a lu6icrous position tEat
even the application for injunction
would put him in, he sent for the dentist
and paid the bill of So. Before that he
was only willing to pay the . which the
materials in the teeth cost The story got
out by publication made by MIR. I. G.
Crawford. then the correspondent of the
Chicago Times. and 1t was circulated in
the Congressmans district. and. with other
things. brought about defeat for re-elec-
ton
when the Coggsweli fountain at 7th
and Ior c-y,- .v,ia 1a,as civ
TO this city. IT was with an understanding
said a gentleman prominent as temper
ance reformer. that during the summer ice
was TO be used therein so that the water
Should be kept cool. The most elaborate
arrangement in the way of an Ice box
and coil of pipes through which the water
was run was built near the base OF the
fountain. and. matter of fact. ice water
was furnished to all drinkers for
two weeks there. All of a sudden in
fUences were put into operation and the
supply of ice was cut Off. and since then
The water has not been cooled during the
summer. My understanding of the matter
is that under the terms of DIR. Coggswelis
gift. Ice should at all times be kept in the
refrigeratoring coil of pipes al the base of
and j would like TO know where the re-
sponsibiity for the failure rests"
Unlimited riding for one fare is now pos
this city, and though we are trying to put
a stop to 1t, do not succeed in every
case A passenger gets on a 18th street
car on the avenue or 18th street and rides
out to L street. A transfer is then secured
to the u street line and then when the
passenger reaches eth street a transfer
can be mad down 9TH street At the avenue
junction a transfer is taken to the 14tn
street car and the trip Is taken over again.
Though it does not often occur / have
known of parties who spend the entire
evening making this round. There Is a rule
not to give transfer a transfer but in
the hurry TO get off at the end of the U
street line at 9Th street, transfers are very
often given to those who ride a transfer
from the lith street line. Once on Ith
street car. the junction agent at the corner
Of It'll street and Pennsylvania avenue Of
course, cannot tell whether or not the pas
eenger rode down It'll street on transfer
from the street line. and Of course he
asks no questions. To vary the trip passen-
gers on the following evening ride down
the avenue and get a transfer up It'll street.
and from there get on the L street line and
transfer down 18th street. The same kind
Of a continuous ride for enc fare can be
had by a little manipulation on some of
the other transfer lines. though they have
nearly broken up the practice
The business of giving lessons on the b.
cycle is of very extended proportions
Just now" explained an agent for a popular
wheel. "and 1t furnishes a pretty steady
employment for a large number of young
men. night and day, except during rainy
weather After learners take several les
sons in the halls or covered tracks they
are anxious to get On the streets There
has recently been cut in the price Ii
originally started at rate Of 50 cents per
hour or lesson. which included the use of
the bicycle. Then a cut to IS cents per
lesson was made. and now some of those
who give lessons give their own services
and the use of the wheel for Is cents per
lesson. Nearly one-half of the instructors
are coiored men. and some of them have
every bit OF their time from early in the
morning TO late AT night engaged for weeks
ahead The instructor Who does the best
business with the West End folks Is a col
ored man. and while he does not exactly
have money to burn. he makes more money
every day than do many men in what are
known as the learned professions, especial
ly during the summer months"
between the electric and cable cars on
one side and the bicycles on the other"
complained a Montgomery county, Mary