Evening star., 1897-07-31

Nritten Exclusively for The Evening Star.
When Tom Corwn was Secretary of tn"
Treasury under Fillmore he was besiege'l
Gaiiy by a resident of South Washington
for q position in his department. The Sec
reta~y gave him no encouragement, but SO
frequently was he stopped even at the
door of his carriage by the opportunities
of the applicant. that he could get no rest,
and finally. TO the applicants Good morn
ing at the foot of the steps, he said. Mr..
j. will you promise. if l give you place,
never TO speak to me again as long as l
am in the Department.
If you So desire l will, Ny. Secretary,
was the answer.
Well. come along then. The only way
u have any comfort is to put you out of
my sight said the Secretary. and reaching
his room, ne had an appointment quickly
made out and sent the new man to report
to an official IN the basement, with direc-
tions TO keep him employed III that section.
Mr.. Corwin said that that mans patience
and perseverance deserved a reward, but
his sight he could not bear longer.
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Corwin noted Of thi best
stump orators of the day. When asked
once ii he had ever been taken down. he
replied. Yes. once: by a man who had the
patience of job treferring to his South
Washington NAM and once by one who
p!dSti Hifn a ShdDDy Sflck-
He then related that while speaking in
large western city when a number of
ladies We're seated on the platform behind
him he heard some one remark: You
wouldn't talk so highfalutin if you knew
how big a rent you have in your trousers"
Having on a short coat and knowing that
many ladies' We're there. ne threw his
hands behind him. felt i'll vain for the
rent but found that the thread of his dis
nm rod l,xn .,aI 4,
that he was the victim of a political trick
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An interesting Inauguration experience
was told the other evening by a Washing
tor lady who entertained during Inaugural
tion week Philadelphia school ma'am
She Went To the Capitol with friend who
had admission tickets. There in some way
they became separated. She made her way
to the east front of the Capitol and out on
the steps NOT far from the stand. and soon
the steps were crowded. Being small of
stature and not physically strong she be-
gan to think tnat she would see nothing of
the inaugural ceremonies. for she could see
nothing. and was unable to work her way
out of the crowd.
A stout colored man stood near. and. her
one aim being to see the oath administered.
she asked him if he could not help her to
stand on a window sill. He offered to as
SlSt ner, but just then several men climbed
into the window The colored man then
said he could fix it. and he lifted her gently
10 his shoulders. from which cosn of van
tage she had full view of the ceremony.
Paving him a quarter for his services. she
was soon on her way back to her school in
the friendly city. to tell the pupils what
she saw Of the Inauguration.
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The revival OF that once popular piece
Of music. Ben Bolt through Du Maui
rier's Trilby. has carried US back to the
Of nI,1
when Roll on. Silver Moon and Love
Not Meet Me by Moonlight were the fa-
vorites with the numerous glee clubs of
the city These. with the negro melodies
old Folks at Home 'Massa's In the Cold.
Cold Ground old Kentucky Home and
others. had their day years ago. But when
the once familiar strains strike our ears
there comes up the remembrance of the
days WHEN Capt. Pete DubInt. George
Taylor. the lan.eatcd Ben C. Greenup,
John Parsons. Joe Daniels and Bob Ball
We're among our favorite singers. Some of
the old-ti, patriotic songs have also had
their day. such The American Star
coTnm5 rlcins. Come. strike the bold an
theH- the war dogs are bowling a bold.
stirring piece of the 2Us and 3Us the Bat
tie OF North Point and Jackson's Vic
tory. 1t is doubtful if they would be re-
coSnized now Ii is true that with the ma
tioral songs of old there were some that
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popularity Of the Star Spangled Banner
and Hail Columbia is proof of the survival
OF the rttest. TIE most crude of them
were strong il fact and sentiment and
one of my old friends says his children
learned as much history from the Ameri-
can Songster. published by John Kennedy
IN baltimore In 1880. some do NOWADAYS
IN the schools. Ordinarily the managers
Oh Ole folks concerts prepare programs
mostly of church hymns but IL seems to
me that III scme manager would get UP a
concert In which the entire program would
lhclidc the songs of our faith ars and grand
fatEers il woald draw a. big audience of
the gray and the oalds. to say nothing of
the young folks.
one OF the old tunes now and then
struck by drum corps" remarked an old
citizen. lis Rally. Wings made popular in
the Polk-Ciay campaign of ~. Then Mr..
Jonn A Donoho conducted grocery at the
southeast corner of 9Th and ID streets