Evening star., 1898-02-19

the matter. He returned shortly and in.
formed the senator that Mrs. Wolcott, who
returned home to find herself locked out
and unable to effect an entrance.
Sne wants you to come right home and
let her 1n, continued the sergeant-at-
arms.
Turning to Senator Hoar, who was pre-
colt said:
Mr.. Chairman. can you appreciate how
extremely fortunate It was for me that I
was not there when she reached homer"
Even the staid old father Of the Senate
could not help smiling at the peculiar sit
ua1ion. senator Wolcott added that he
tnat this was the first instance where such
thing had befallen one of the weaker sex.
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Ihere Is newspaper man in Washington
who prides himself on his knowledge of
good horses and has a young animal who
Is very fleet Of foot. This newspaper mans
friends have heard often how this horse
mas made mile in 2:18 but they have
never had an ocular demonstration of its
ability so to do.
But that has very little to do with the
worth of this story.
There is certain Institution In Washing
ton where boys and girls are taught the
mysteries and intricacies of elocution and
physical culture. This fleet-footed horse
IS stabbed in a shed in the rear of the in
stitution- Everything that is said or done
IN the eiocution school may be distinctly
neard in the shed.
A Few afternoons ago the newspaper
man went around to see how his horse was
coming on and was amused to find it
going through a series Of antics and exer-
cises that were truly amusing. At first he
thought that the horse was i'll and its
movements were indicative of great pain.
He sat down on basket in the shed and
watched for further Developments
Pretty soon he heard the commands of
the teacher in the school and the voices of
the class In chorus. He claims with all
solemnfty that the horse followed eyery
command with a gyration of its own. In
o',n ornes words. mis- horse has originated
system Of equine physical culture The
newspaper man says that he will try and
have the system introduced in other
stables, and hopes to make some money
out of it.
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There Is something that wasbineto,
ians have seldom seen," said an old-timer
the other evening as Abner Mckinley turn
ed the corner Of 18th and F streets.
Il refer to a brother of President
Abner Mckinley is one of the few men
Who have ever been brother of a President
That Is, so far as Washingtonians know
anything about 1t. Garfield had a brother.
but / don't think he ever came to WASH
lrgton while his brother was in the White
House. Grant didn't have a brother. and
L believe that Hayes and Arthur w.re
brotherless. That Is, we never heard of
either having a brother visit him while in
office
No one have talked with can remem
ber that Lincoln had brother visit him in
the White House. and the sams Ia true
with Buchanan. And 1 presume there are
Cthers. Remember, / don't say that tho
presidents have mentioned were brother
less L merely comment upon the fact that
olo.ume el Washingtonians fail to remember
tnat those Presidents had brothers who
VISITED them here while in office and he
came familiar figures on the streets. as
Abner Mckinley has done'',
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In Washington, Philadelphia, Cincinnati
and other cities YOU find that men who ride
In street cars are extremely courteous to
wcmen.'' said a man who has Travelled a
good deal. g. They invariably offer their
seats to women Il all the seats are taken.
In New York it Is different Men keen
on reading their papers as If obliyious to
the fact that dozen or more women nay
New Orleans, and the men there are cour-
teous by birth. so to see women standing
up and men sitting down In the oars In
New York caused considerable surprise tc
me when 1 first went there.
1t was fully two months before be-
came accustomed to it. and now keep my
seat, when j am fortunate enough to get
one. regardless Of who is around me, un-
less. OF course. 1 see an elderly woman or
some one whom firmly believe needs 1t
more than /.
II am convinced that the reason the men
of New York do not show the same gallant
that they did generation ago is that the
women have become unappreciative.s Sell
dom do you see a woman acknowledge her
appreciation of the favor of a seat.
Now a man enjoys knowing that what
he has done for another is appreciated, and
If he doesn't get that acknowledgment
either In one way or another it Is only
matter of time before he becomes cal
loused. That's what Is the matter with
the men of New York
Il am glad to say that the women of
Washington are always appreciative of
street car favors."
Monday night large force of men were
working on the street car tracks in 18th
street near the treasury building. couple
making light for the working1nen
About 1870 O'Clock a prominent down.
town merchant, with his wife. came along
and stopped. The man looked about him
and breathed in deep inhalations:
Come, John. let us hurry on" said the
woman, as she tugged at his coat frock.
Wait minute. my dear" the man re-
piled. Il want another smell of that"
"Oh. come on, 1t is too cold to wait here"
the woman persisted.
Then he explained to her. Said he:
My dear. If you had ever been in the
circus business you could appreciate my
feelings when 1 inhale the odor from those
torches. When l was young man was
private secretary to the owner of a circus.
and sold tickets. The odor from those
torches brings back to me with distinctness
my experiences on the road. When spring
comes around 1 always have a desire to
see the red wagons and blue seats, and 1
presume 1 Shall always have those feel
ings."
He took one more deep inhalation and
Sfo orfa NIT p IaiS g. a., L.