Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16
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"The expression of the electric car en-
ployes about the Juice explained an ex-
pert in the car business to Star reporter
lis by no means local one, and is known
wherever there Is electric or trolley
car line throughout the world, and par
ticularly throughout this country. Though
all of the original experiments in the troll
ley were carried on in this country
the first trolley road that was actually
put in operation in the world was in Ire
land, the machinery having been sent over
from this country. American electricians
and electrical mechanics were sent from
this country to build and establish the line
which runs on the coast of Ireland to the
Giants Causeway. 1t happened one day
that the electric fluid stopped, and some of
the Irish employees regarding the word
Juice as synonymous to fluid, used that
word, and il has been Juice with them
and all other trolley and underground roads
ever since. though, of course. fluid would
be the more proper term, but juice seems
to have come to stay. That was the origin
of the expression. and the word juice has
got SO firmly instituted in the system that
it Is doubtful If it will ever go out of
istence. Up in Lynn. Mass, where nearly
the word juice is probably heard often
er during the day than any other
word. Juice has also been SO general
ly introduced in the standard books on the
trolley and motor service that it would be
difficult to do away with it. even if it were
necessary. which it is not, though al
Il recent convention of electrical car me-
chanics there was quite discussion on the
subject, ii being commended that juice was
not exactly the proper word and that gravy
might be substituted. The electric fluid is
more OF a gravy than juice, and some of
the up-to-date electricians contended as
more had been learned of the real constitu-
ency of the electric fluid that gravy would
be more expressive term or word than
juice but the juice people outyoted them,
and ii will probably never again be con-
sidered at d similar convention. In Bos-
ton, however, gravy is now heard more
frequently than juice. though the innova-
ton has only taken root there.
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"All the detective work OF the Post Of
flee Department is done by the special
agents of the department, except now and
then, when for some special reason, other
detectives are used" observed an old detec-
tive officer to a Star reporter; land it is di-
rected according to general plan. First,
of course. comes the detection of any
wrongdoing, and when that is settled the
next thing. according to the plan, Is to get
the accused parties to confess. 1t Is often
er more difficult to secure a confession than
to detect a guilty person, but the confess
sion can generally be secured If the case
is worked up and worked out right. In
the first place, % per cent of the crime in
the postal service is done by amateurs, and
over SO per cent of that is by letter car
riers. Old criminals rarely confess but
there is nothing more natural with anna
teur criminals They want to talk in less
than a minute after they are arrested or
confronted with their crime, and, accord
ing to the post Office plan. this talking is
encouraged-neVer, however, openly, but by
Indirect methods, which rarely fail when
carried out by experienced officers. Con-
feSSiCnS save d great Gaal of exnense in the
way of trials. the securing of indictments
by grand juries, the attendance Of witness
eS, all OF which means an expenditure of
money and time. In the great ma jority of
faseS OF the arrests OF letter carriers and
postal clerks it is always noticed that the
accused makes full. confession, pleads
guilty when arraisned and takes his med
tcine in the way of conviction and sentence
straight"
After hotel experience of over a quar-
ter Of a century, and in the largest hotels,
1 have picked up many points, said a
hotel hall mar to Star reporter. land am
competent to express some opinions on the
subject of hotels and hotel guests. With
out going into the general or large oues-
ton, can say that people show the condi-
ton Of their mind and disposition by the
way they take off their shoes on retiring for
the night: Now, as matter Of fact, 1 sell
dom ever see any of the guests when they
are in the act of taking off their shoes
because such things are generally done
after the doors have been closed. but 1 hear
them' ana have made up my mind on
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start off, ladies make much more noise in
taking of their shoes than do men, though
the shoes of the ladies are always lighter
IT'S far as weight is concerned Taey may
not know Ii, but any man or woman who
mas had any experience in hotel halls and
VINO is not deaf, can tell whether a man
or a wumal is the occupant of a room by
the noises that issue therefrom even III
there were no other way. The ladies' in
Variahly pitch their shoes on the floor after
they remove them from their feet, and in
FdriabIy the heels strike the floor and
make noise which in time becomes so
familiar.
They use their hands to take off their
SHOES, and rarely lay them on the floor
Now. with maze guests. they seldom If
ever use their hands, removing one shoe
with the aid of the other, or foot and
when they do, put them the floor with
'helr handS quietly, making no noise what
ever: Men show the condition of their
mind more in their manner of taking
OFF their shoes than do women who
make noise all the time. When things
go wrong with some men they tell
us of IL by the way they unboot
themselves. and it is as easily understood
as if they told it by expressed word or
words 1t Is slap, bang, and bang again
when things have not gone exactly as they
would have had them, and ii is a slap
bang, and bang again when things have
gone their way. There is noise both times
but there is such difference in II that no
one can mistake one for the other Last
week there were several marked illustra-
tons as to what l am trying to explain
There were two Connecticut men stopping
1t the house, both interested in getting a
contract from the government in supplying