Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-26
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the story of the experiences Of the loco
rs1.iva engineer III relation to The activity
rf The imagination in last Saturdays Star
srar-. uf great interest to me" explained
a;,rp-ater to Il Star reporter, for | went
hrpugh a somewhat similar experience
CO., r-. myself Many years ago | WAS at
,rS putting uD tn" large gilded cross
hich i. on top of the spire Of tho Epiphany
Episcopal Church. We had almost gotten
thc cross in its position when IL careened
and fen to the ground. IL was very
heavy, and in Its fail II brought down part
~ the scarold on which We were working,
giving me a pitch into ;he air from a dis
JsHcc of about thirty-fvc feet. Fortunately
tor me, my fall was broken by a part of
The scaffold. and l landed in the grass plot.
l don't suppose l was over three seconds
IL reaching the ground, but during that
tine l went through great deal in the
way of ina gina ton. much Of which was SO
photographed in my mind that / can never
forget il. thought trat the fall had KILLED
me and that | went straight to heaven.
Arriving there / found that heaven was \
very easy place TO enter if you were on the
right track. As | saw il. those who were
destined for heaven were conducted thither.
a
~..Iu.- u hat like the cash-carrying systems
IL use in the larg" stores. There was no
u.tiSe confusion on the steam rail-
roads. hut everything worked very quietly
y short time before the arrival of the car
word reached those who were III charge of
admissions. giving the name OF the party.
Instantly the record of the party was
looked up. Though the examination was
very rapidly made. there no undue
rush OF apparent haste about it. \ glance
NJ the record told the story. All the good
things were on one side and the bad things
"u the other SIDE of the book. If the good
things preGominated. the switches were so
ARIA ng-G that the newcomer was switched
istp the big gates. II the record showed
more bad than good. the car was allowed
u 90 right on without stopping Where it
went To- I did not ask. though | imagined,
having been church going man all my
life
In several cases that came along while
was there the record was about equally
LIN id-d. and without making any dctarmi-
nation. the car was switched off to a kind
of a purgatOry, " here a more detailed eE-
animation vas made l recognized several
III this purgatory place one of whom told
Iu- he had been there for several months
awaiting a decision. H said that for the
tin.. those who We're in purg Itpry were as
nicely treated as though they bad been al
lowed 10 enter heaven, though the suspense
vas somewhat annoying. / ran across an
old friend. olaStCr@r, VIII hal diCt about
HtN Years btIpTP JDt-n. " llt'll lie Was
,u earth ne lived a few doors from me in
:he locality known as Swampoodlc. in the
Uort heaSteTn section Of the CITY lie SAID
that he had a delightful time in heaven,
but that ne was somewhat lonely, as so far
Ia had not met many of mis- intimate earth
Is acquaintance. though he had been told
tEey were there. / asked him about some
old mutual friends, and was panied to hear
that they had not reached heaven. The
fact is my friend told me, there has not
been one admission here IrOm SWampoodle
for nineteen years
Il was not ma ie lnsensible ny my fail,
though was injured somewhat. and | had
.. ne through the experience / have related
ia the three seconds or less from the time
I was pitched from tn Scafold until l
reached the ground"
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There are lots Of things which can be
and are said about Cinnamon as an unde-
-ir,tbI- class" remarked Il well-known real
estate. agent to Il Star reporter. but it can
also be-. said to their credit that they never
fail L. pay their rents. In the past ten
years have rented great many buildings
~ store rooms to Cinnamon, and in no in
stance have failed to receive every penny
that was to be paid me. and promptly at
The. promised time. The kind of property
that Cinnamon use for the laundry shops
i about the lowest grade Of property. and
much of it il badly out Of repair: but they
never fail L" pay every cent they promise
Z, pay They are rather careful about
renting q place, and never do so until they
have inspected it Il number of times and
consulted some of their countrymen about
takjrg it, but once they say they will take
q place they do SO without fail. and plank
down The. rent in advance and pay it regu-
Iariy in advance. l have spoken to several
OF our local magistrates on the subject and
Ju.y have assured me that they have never
h.sa q Chinaman sued in their courts for
Upu-pHN ntnt Of rent. / certainly have
never heard of Sucn a suit, and / am so
situated that | would toe likely to hear of
such. if any occurred As | understand il.
Il Ch!utnan never opens up laundry bust
hess unless hv has cash enough ON hand
a. his command 10 insure the payment of
three months rent. even If he does not
Jakv III a penny over his counter, and that
when ne once locates it is his intention, if
allowed to do 80. u be permanent. If no
work comes IL bin from the public his
laundry friends see 10 it that he has
enough to do so THAI mis- rent is paid. HIS
chinese friends are very diplomatic in send
ing him work. II j. always sent in the
uiSh- and taken away also AT night.
q can tell al a single glance whether d
brick house front has been painted by a
painter or bricklaycr.' said a well-known
architect to Star reporter. and there arc
many others who can do the same. OF
course. there is not much difference when
only the red paint il pat on, but when il
comes 10 penciiius he joints painter is
simply not in it alongside OF a bricklayer.
y painter paints everything one way
whether il is of wood. brick or iron. and
when he i through with the job it looks
a. il il had been painted. lie may use the
same paint as the bricklayer does, and the
SAM quality Of it. hut he puts it on in a
different way. Brick fronts should, If pos
sIpie. not only be what Is called cleaned
down by the men who laid the bricks but
the p"uci.ing OF the joints should be done