Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-14

contemplation Of the greatness of the men
assembled there. 1 have more sense than
that. Simply because a man can get up
and speak in public, do not yield him the
palm of superiority. It's all a matter of
chance. Some men have a natural gift for
getting up and talking to a crowd and
when you come to meet them in private
conversation, they don't say a thing worth
listening to. On the other hand, you'll find
men who are struck dumb when they stand
up before an audience VINO can under
stress Of emotion develope a flow of elo-
quence that will give the house-dog a fit
of dizziness and cause the poll parrot to
weep for profession al jealousy"
'Of course" responded the man in the
uniform. you know what YOU want 1 Of
Tered my suggestion merely because every
body seems anxious to get a look at the
senators and representatives. and wants
to know just when they are visible"
NO All l want is to go inside the
House Of Representatives for a few min
utes. and then I'm going home to see how
my husband Is getting along with the work
Of putting down carpets in the house We
have just taken"
You will find it quite cool and restful."
L don't care about the GOODNESS nor
about the rest. 1 merely desire to sit for
a moment and recall the scenes of the
past 1 want to turn my eyes upon the
Speakers desk and recall the way he used
to handle the gavel"
Are you interested in parliamentary
proceedings?"
Not bit. am simply hungering to
be reminded that the country has pro-
duced a man who could hammer away by
the hour without once hitting his thumb
or relapsing into profanity"
MOrose.
"Of course!" said Mr.. Mizzens, with a
querulous circumf1ex accent. as he held his
paper out at arms length and struck IL
with the back Of his hand. "Of course,"
What's the matter, Mizzie, dear?" in
quired his wife.
Things are going wrong again"
why, no they're not, dear. The ice is
full weight. your laundry collars came
from the laundry in time this week, and
We have kept the same servant for over a
n.enth!''
did you suppose that 1 was bestowing
thought on the sordid details of domes-
ticityr' was the inquiry
Il took 1t for granted you were talking
about the things you generally seem to
take the most interest in," she replied. In
Il am thinking Of the welfare of my
country And I'm getting more and more
worried about it,
'-Oh"' she exclaimed, Frightening up.
The country is all right. I've been read
ing all about the country in the paper.
The tariff bill Is In operation, and every
thlng Is going to be prosperous in a little
while. People are finding gold up in Alas
ka and bringing 1t home In barrels. I'm
sure there isn't anything to worry over.
And then. just think Of it!'' she added,
with sudden inspiration: bicycles have
gotten SO cheap that nearly anybody can
AFFORD to have the latest model every year"
NOW" said her husband, sofemnly, you
have struck the keynote. Any student of
history cannot fail to be impressed by the
manner in which events fail to harmonize
Perhaps you know that the tariff is going
to make lot Of things we eat more ex-
pensfve?'
Yes. The grocery man told me yester-
day that I might as well look forward to
that"
There is the sad coincidence There is
q new illustration Of the manner tn which
the human race Is. from year to year, and
from century to century. kept hustling to
make both ends meet. Just at the time
when i becomes expensive to run the
table. the price Of bicycles drops so thar
everybody will be out pedaling with all his
might to get up an appetizer