New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

II have watched with interest the habits OF pub
lie men while attending 10 their duties in Congress
and am convinced that for hard
HARD WORK work. steady application and wear
OF CON- ing labor the leaders In Congress
GREssMEN. have few equals In any other pro-
fession" The speaker was Walter
r. Kuhn. OF Washington. Mr.. Kuhn, who Is at the
Hotel Imperial. is here to spend the holidays.
saw" he continued that Mr. Boutelle had been
stricken down in Boston and that it Is feared ne
will be unable TO do much work Tor tne resI q, ht III
session I have Just about made up my mind wnst
causes the greater part Of the illness among tne
prominent members Of Congress HARD r worK IN
sufficient exercise and indiscriminate ea'hs' ing ~,
think. responsible for the greater part OF ne III
ness hear Of. OF course, the great maIorty i 9r
legislative duties. They have good time ana pay
no attention to Congress. But you take the CON- COM
mittee chairmen, the floor leaders ana the wIeer e
horses; they will sit up nearly all night poThg one,
papers and figures. They will get few hours
feT he days % work. In the course Of the afternoon
they will go down into the House restaurant amd
eat heavy indgestible rich meal that Is almost
death in Itself while the forenoon is spent In com
mitee rooms with heavy black cigars ana be In dfep fo
NAL dinners, and after that the wearing nights OF
work Take it WITH the ub, b snd Sack k
and the stimuants and the work. ! wonder now
some Of them stand 1t as long as they do Aside
statesmen In Washington for whom the life OF the
aPs I Sa 10 The ts wsas or z hy are
neTs They s fas' wins and dine and are the
the time and they are up nearly all night. Poker
Sas P but hare is gu deal Of it not
big sensational games, but quiet and persistent;
the green table and 1t would astonish the majority
OF people TO know how many games thrive III
Washington. Hard work and irregularity IN dining
Dingey. Hard work and the same rich % food ru, and
telies health. OF the others, when they drop out
through Illness death you do not hear so much
one that few men. unless they have cast iron CON
stitutons and copper lined stomachs, can stand
The following story about the quaint way a Sal
walton Army assie took to deliver merlted rebuke
to a Yulede ceebrator is told by
HOPED TO Frederick Hollis we'll known con-
MEET HIM tractor OF Pttsburg. Mr.. Hollis
AGAIN who is at the Waldorf-Astoria'
said: "The man in question was In
a cafe with some kindred spirits rejoicing. when
Salvation Army lassie came in. she mad had ntt,e tu
box and asked him to put in contribution for the
humoredy that the babies were all rishtt, but that
the Salvation Army girl was In herself very ar
should be glad to see you again said the girl de-
murely Well, you shall he replied and dropped a
nns n gorr o To ~ see sy You again The girl turned
roguish glance upon him, slipped through me @ dooT
you In Heaven sir. but you will have TO reform
There Is a man in one OF the Northwestern
cities" said L. A. Clark. OF San Francisco, yester-
day at the Hotel Manhattan,
WOULD NOT where have frequently 10 go on
BELIEVE IT. business, who, although decidedly
clever, suffers slightly In the
place he lives Is an exceedingly smooth citizen
named Roe who In a certain business transaction
rather got the better Of Welch. the stutterer. AT
that time Roe engaged In a suit with another
equally slick citizen over the ownership OF mine,
and betting was running high In the community
as to who would win. The only comment Welch
made on the transaction wherein he was done up
by Roe was TO say TO the latter, We'll. B-BIly'
g-g-guess I'll b-bet on your getting the mine;
Later in the year, however, he was more drastc
IN his comments Roe. for one day when ne
was sitting in his club. man told a story OF now now
an the previous evening Roe had fallen az paIl
With his partner while waltzing. and Welch broke
in with an abrupt I d-d-don't believe that s Ins
other man naturally indignant that his WORD
should be doubted protested with warmth: What
do you say that for? saw him fall myself. 81 IL
this w-w5rd will persuade me that B-B-Billy
Roe was ever fiat on h-his back on a i.hoor' ana
some one did didn't stamp on his f-t-face