The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
usorse Washington's Sand Stand Jerr,
Simpsons Golf Hose The
Presidents Liberality.
Especial Correspondence

through INC Nice regent from Rhode
Island. 1t is an old sand stand, which
used to be used long ago, in the DAYS
before blotters, to dry the ink. This one
is small iron affair used by General
Washington during the Revolution and
was presented by the descendants of
William Baker, who was one of the
minute men from Concord.
Some of the vice regents firmly be-
lieve that they have discovered why the
father Of his country was such a pro-
verbal early riser The trees at Mount
Vernon, even at this late day, are filed
with humming birds, thrushes, whip
pcorwills and almost every other kind
of feathered songster. and they begin to
exercise their vocal chords with the first
streak Of light in the east, and by the
time daylight has fully come their
morning concert has reached such a
pitch that sleep is entirely out of the
question to all within hearing, so from
force of necessity the vice regents emu
late their illustrious predecessor. and
they feel quite sure that his early rising
was due to the same cause.
Jerry Simpsons Golf Hose.
Jerry Simpsons popularity is increas.
ing rapidly, and the recent cartoons in
The Post depicting Jerry as a bicyclist
in full dress, golf stockings and all,
have created "a great furore in Kansas,
and the demands for the copies contain
ing that cartoon have been great
A friend met him recently on the
steps to the entrance to The Post build
ing, where he h.l boon getting another
cartoon. The Kansan was just adjusting
pair of trousers clamps around his
ankles.
"Where are those golf stockings VIC
hear so much about?" he asked.
"Im going TO have 'em all right
enough, was the reply. Il don't pro-
pose to have the name without the
game.
Senator Morgan uses an average OF
% days year for his speeches. If the
remaining Sc members were as prodigal
Of ether peoples time. there would
have to be 2, 10 days in year to give
| them all chance.
The Presidents Liberality.
One of the Texas representatives, was
| telling story recently which speaks
well for President McKinley's liberal
| ity, but which will cause him no enc
| of trouble when it is generally known
| AS the story goes, colored man, wht
| is an applicant from that state for {
| consul to Jamaica or some other place
| was told when he called at the White
| House for the twentieth time that there
| was no use for his remaining here any
| longer; that such positions would no
be filled for some months yet, and tina
he would better return home,
The crestfallen office seeker Leaned
| forward and confded in low tone t
the president that he would gladly g
home, but that he did not have cen
to go with. The president was evident
" touched, so the story goes, and pu
his hand in his vest pocket and pulle'
out a SO bill, which he presented {
the colored man.
Stories of hard luck may be expecte
| to pour in upon the president every da
L
after this.
An Example to American Youth.
I met n man on the avenue recently
said correspondent the Other day, wh
ought to be an example to the youth c
America. He is an ex-congressmai
Last year he represented thousands
voters. He had voice i'll the MAXIM
of our laws and, what is more 10 th
point. he had a salary of 50, 600 yeai
He remained in Washington after IN
4th of March. and he applied for yer
important European mission. he dldn
get it. He applied for something else
, something else that he didn't get u
has kept right on applying, and ne WI
keep on as long as he can, though
has spent every penny ne had ana I'd
begun to run in debt. He could go pac
TO the southern town where he belong
, and make an honest living, but he pr
fers to stay here and beg favors. La
wear he was a respectable CONGRESSMAN
Q This year-well, he's an object lessor
4 and he hasn't even his own respect.
= Miss Root and De Reszke.
. There was q young woman III W"
= recently who has been presented
. more than one European court. She
!. Miss Grace Root Of the Lyceum COZ ,l
: pany, the daughter Of the late =
!. George F. Root. who wrote hai
}. Round the Flag" She is new TO
y stage, but is not unknown 10 mns'o,al
Q for she has written number OF cleV
o songs, one of which is a great favor We
. with Jean de Reszke. She met M.
:. Reszke last year for the first time at
luncheon. The great tenor, who Is us
ally so reserved in manner was III
"a especially good humor that afterno s
k He was telling in the droiiest way VI
l. soprano who had sung "Slegiriea W. w,
re him the night before. He had ne'
v seen her till he advanced to KISS ner
% the stage. He sang as he told OF !.
"a f,nttered the tails of his coat as br'
n hide had waved the mantle. AT iens