Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-27
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II is already apTaT, nj that the personal
feature nf this session Of Congress will be
thu suddenly formed and extremely close
friendship between Mr.. Littlefield, the new
preventative from Maine, and Mr.. DE
Almond of Missouri Each Congress has
its striking personal features-its Calamity
Weller of the earlier days, its Jerry Simp-
son of a later period, its James Hamilton
Lewis Just passed away, or some other
personality or thing IF human interest on,
of the ordinary This session it will be the
cIcs, intellectual linking of the man from
Maine with the man from Missouri.
This week has witness in the House the
NEST notable debate of the session, in
which there has BEEN an unusual exhibition
% constitutional study and review of the
teachings of the fathers and which mas
been marked by close reasoning SUCH as Is
seldom heard out. itis the Supreme Court
There mas been witnessed also the introduce
ton of a new name in public life. In many
years no man has made such an impress
son of his ability upon the House OF rep
reSentatives as that made by Littieiieid or
Maine. He has sprung into prominence by
reason of the great power he displayed IN
his arg3lrnen MT ON the Roberts case, which IS
sure to mark him for distinction among his
fellow members. What impressed the
House was the con1prehcusiveness or MS
vision. the resourcefulneSs of his reasonins'
his knowledge of political history IN us
more refined analysis, and his force1ul
manner of speaking
There is a similarity of mind between
him and De Almond. hut he is a more at
fractiYe sneaker While he delivering
the speech which has given him a name DE
Almond sat by his side and handed him his
notes and references, and otherwise as
sisted him When it came De Almonds
time to speak Littlefeld was by his side on
the democratic side of the House giving
him similar assistance; The manner m
which they have paired of Is a very I'M
usual thing in Congress.
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Very few shoe wearers probably know
that a size in shoes is only one-third of an
inch in length explained shoe dealer to
the writer yesterday. This doesn't seem
much. ard yet to many women it is a mo-
menrous affair. Two inches in waist or
bust measurement are not as apparent as
one-tIlird of an inch IN the foot, for in the
latter 1T is direct or lineal increase. The dis
taste. for Increasing the size of our shoes
becomes more pronounced a. We ascend the
scale of the size-stick. a woman who had
hIbitually worn M. 3 shoe, when neces-
siiy demands. can don a 81, without great
sacrifice: she still fe:aiHs the integral num-
b-r =. which in some measure compensates
hsr for the added fraction, but new in
ttggT- No t. i dGStdSteful by reason of its
formidable sound. II shp.s. like hats, could
b" graded by eighths II an inch, she could
k refuge in 4 81 shoe and Yet be COM
pIrativeIy happy From No. AZ to No. 3 is
st.iI a greater trial IL feminine nerves, and
IL TN" realm Of GS-wsH few women speak
At that >iZe to any one else but the dealer.
TIN iZc-Stick. except for certain Work, IS
Eet often brought out in the retail shoe
store II il a dangerous thing in the hands
Of Il tyrp salesman and would defeat many
d sale. With the expert salesman it can be
made Il powerful iiltis ally in selling shoes
u credulo;ts folk. He can skillfully place
the sIZe-SIfJk where II will be mShtier than
either sword or tongue in confuting preju-
die and bringing peace of mind to a Gus
Toner
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"A strange and very cnzy method of fish,
ing at tas season Is that of catching
snielts through a trap door In the floor Of
>hanty placed on tie ice which has frozen
over the streams and salt water inlets all
along the coast 81 Maine from Castine to
Passport. remarked old resident of the
latter town To the writer last week 1.-THE
sn-lt fishing industry gives employment to
thousands of people vino would otherwise
b. idle all through the winter. When the
cold weather comes and no farming opera
III rs can be carried ON the entire popula-
ton Of the seaboard towns goes out on the
Ice and fishes for smells Every fisherman
has 4Xt wooden house built upon runners,
q which he sits perched upon stool or a
block Of wood placed by the side Of a red
hot sheet IRON stove. Having cut hole in
the ice as long his -hanty is wide he
Sides his dwelling over the hole. takes up
Il noOr board and with two lines bafted
with mnn0ws is ready fer business.
With his two lines through the ice the
fisherman sits smoking and waiting for
SmeitS To bite from sunrise to midnight.
Some days he makes good wages, getting
many as twenty-five pounds of fish,
which al from II to Ii cents per pound
yields enough money to support his family
in comfort Again. in stormy weather.
when the smells strike off-shore to avoid
being ground TO pieces on the wrecks, he
may fish for whole week and not average
over six or seven pounds a day. But
whether he gets much little he keeps on
fishing, knowing that he can find nothing
better TO do and preferring small wages to
no wages at all. As fast as he haus the
fish up he puts them m box, the boxes
used being of various sizes, each containing
q specified number of fish. When he has
box packed full he puts 1t out on the ice
and pours water in it. The fish there
BY frozen solid in the boxes. and in this
condition they shipped to market in
Boston. New York and elsewhere"