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whispers. with dated observation-disclosures
that may mean. He is too ubiquitous to be
spoken of right out loud. and his wrath is
mighty.
Still, the New York fat janitor is able to
point logically to some fairly valid reasons
for his tyranny. \ large fiat house or
apartment house-they are one and the
same thing. except in the matter of rent
scales-is a sort of little crowded commu-
nifty. and it would be headless. and. there
fore. in danger of relapSing into riot and
anarchy, were 1t not for the janitor. AS
well fancy a boys school without a super
intendent or principal a New York fiat
or apartment house without janitor. The
deuce would be equally to pay in the one
case or the other. Being installed by the
agent as overseer, big chief boss. or
head warden of the fiat OF apartment
house. the wonder is not great that the
average New York janftor-who is rarely
well enough acquainted with history to be
aware of the detestation in which tyrants
have been held from the earliest times
speedily develops into a despot. He be-
comes drunk with power, as higher-class
men occasionally do who rule larger do
mains. and when he reaches this stage
you-that is if you're a tenant in his fiat
house-have simply got to be good. There
is no way out of it. You have to live by
the janitor's book. and. even then, the jani-
tor'll get you If you don't watch out.
Cause for Amusement.
A somewhat nearsghted professional
highly satisfactory apartment up town.
The professional man was no less delighted
than amazed to find. after he had installed
his family and his household gods and him.
self in the apartment. that for some in
scrutable reason he was treated quite in
diligently. II not almost kindly, by the
janitor. He tried to study out how this
came about, but he had to finally give 1t up
1T was too unprecedented and mysterious.
The janitOr would nod to him quite con-
descendingly as he entered or left the
house. and the professional man would ex-
perience a thrill of pleasure after getting
these little mods. He told his wife about it.
81 don't understand it, really" he said to
her. 1.-The man almost treats me as civilly
as my Office boy, who is beholden to me for
his wages, and when he inclines his large
head in my direction as 1 pass out or come
in. while he regards other incoming or out
going tenants with frigid stares. 1 cannot
but experience a certain sense of triumph
Maybe the janitor thinks I'm somebody
else. It's all too deep for me. anyhow"
Well. this janitor went right on being civil
to the professional man until last Sunday
afternoon. when something happened. The
nearsighted professional man was taking
a walk in the park. by himself when a
large exceedingly gorgeous male person
bore down upon him from the opposite di-
rection. He was logged out in silk hat
frock coat, cane, gloves, and so on, and his
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Overcoming His scrup1e..

The man who wanted the fiat was turning
away, marveling over the inconsistency Of
some people and things, when the ground
floor tenant with the poodle, who had been
standing on the front steps, edged up and
said in low tone:
Let me put you WISE my friend, about
the dog situation in this house. It's merely
little matter of dig. with the janitor as
the recpient-a couple of dollars extra on
the months rent. The janitor's simply
trying you out. that's all. If you're in a
mind to produce you can fetch your mutt
along all right
OH said the man who wanted the fiat,
and a couple of minutes later there was a
little transaction at the end of the hail.
where the janitor stood Stroking his mus
tache. When the dog came along with the
other household goods in the furniture van
the next day the janitor. far from exclud-
ing the animal examined him critically for
points.
The New York fiat janitor exacts the
strictest punctuality at the hands of his
tenants. Take the matter of sending the
ashes and garbage down by the dumb
waiter, for example. When you are moving
In the janitor will set forth his rule in this
matter as he points out the galvanized iron
receptacles for the refuse. thus:
"Youse wants L see to it that them cans
is down by o'clock and no later. 1 got
somethin' else L do besides hangin' aroun
tn shafts a-waitin' FIR them cans all day..
Thus exhorted, you are very liable to
have those two cans on your mind just as
soon as you wake up in the morning. but
all flesh is occasionally neglectful or for
getfuI, and there will come morning when
you will not have the two cans on the
dumbwaiter until fully eighteen seconds
past Q.
Then 1t were as well for you not to put
them on the dumbwaiter at all. The janitor
won't be there to take them off. Moreover.
he won't accept your ashes and garbage
under any circumstances whatsoever for
three full days, in order that you may have
a proper lesson. Then. when you have been
using the wood box and the stationary
washtubs and the baby carriage and the
dishpans for the ashes and garbage for the
three days. you go down to where the jan
itor sits enthroned in the basement, make
your obesance, promise to do so no more,
and, IL his breakfast has set just right, he
will appear at the bottom of the shaft after
few hours and yell up for them cans.
She Comes Next.
The janitor's wife is his able assistant.
Any matter of discipline that he happens to
overlook she sticks a pin in and tells him
about it. She Is very suspicious Of women
tenants, even the married ones. who are
well dressed. She shakes her head over
them. 1t Is plain that she doesn't think
they're any better than they ought TO be.
The janitor himself Ia very suspicious of
male persons-newspaper men, for example
whose employments require them to sleep
during the day and work at night. Many Of
the fiat houses here are barred and bolted
at o'clock in the morning, that nobody
who lives in one Of them can get in after
that hour without using a battering ram.
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A Timely Suggestion.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

The census bureau at Washington has
sent out a. timely suggestion. The enumer-
ators will begin their work June 1. In the
cities they must have their work complete
in two weeks from that date. AS many
persons go away for the summer they may
be missed. The bureau recommends that
all who expect to be absent from home dur
ing the period of enumeration shall send to
the supervisor full statement Of the num-
Der of persons in the family, age. sex. color.
place Of nativity and such other informa-
ton as the enumerators are expected to
collect The supervisors will furnish blanks
upon application.
ties accurately represented In the census
statistics should not neglect this matter.
This great government work has q definite
value. That value is highest when the in
formation is most accurate.
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and yet so far-and while he fills the pipe
and lights it, and looks up at the sky to
see how the weather is holding out When
he finally becomes aware of your presence
he looks you over from head to foot and
says:
IF they's any mail for youse. I'll put 1t in
y'r box
Then he goes down to his basement fiat
with the arrnful of mail and thinks things
over for half an hour or so. before he
again reappears and sorts the letters out in
the boxes.
''Oh. for a lodge," etc, ETC.. is the burden
of the plant of the New York fiat dweller,
when the Janitors discipline grows particu-
to be. C. L. C.
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LORD OF THE MANOR
The New York Janitor is a Potentate
With Plenary Powers.
he RULES WITH A ROD OF iron
TribuIations of People Who Live in
Apartment Houses.
MUST YIELD OBEDIENCE
he RULES With A ROD OF iron
MUST YIELD OBEDIENCE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, May "a. 1900.
There are a few characters or types, fig
uring perpetually in the pictorial comic
weeklies that are not overdrawn. One Of
them is the New York fiat janitor. The
New York fiat janitor couldn't be over
drawn. He is invariably portrayed as
grotesque despot, but that is just what he
is. He is mental tyrant. He is a Jack
Cade, who Is never overthrown. His watch
tower-here is a BULLS the basement of
the fiat house he rules with a rod of steel.
and Argus was dim-visioned compared to
him. After while one finds himself adj
dressing his fat janitor as sir and ones
swagger shrinks to stoop-shOuldered sham
bling while under the critical, sardonic in
srection of the bogie of the basement. The
ladies who read their own treatises to each
other on The Influence of Environment"
over tea, during the long Lenten after
Moons. would probably call the New York
fiat janitOr "a product of his environment
IAN inevitable outcome of the crowded
conditions of urban existence" or what
not, could they bring themselves to the
point of considering him at all. but the
New York fiat janitor is only discussed in
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Horse Saved Himself by a Life Line

Horse Saved Himself by n Life Line.
From the San Francisco Trade Journal
The almost human efforts Of a horse to
rescue himself from drowning in the bay
at Lilly & Bogardus' wharf, Saturday, is
the talk of the water front. The horse was
a most valuable one, his owner, John s.
Williams of Tacoma, setting the price at
$1,000.
At the time Of the accident, which near
ly resulted in the loss of the animal, it was
being led from the wharf across the gang
plank for shipment to Tacoma The sud-
den footing Of whistle caused the animal
to shy and slip OF the plank into the water.
Great excitement prevailed while the beast
foundered desperately in the bay. There
was no place for the horse to land nearer
than Galbraith's wharf, and 1t looked as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Mems office coats, 23c
csc. shirt waists, 5oc.

though the steed was a goner. AT this
stage somebody suggested to throw a line.
and as the manila hit the water the spec
Cling beast seize the end Of the rope in its
mouth, gripping 1t firmly. In the mean
time a boat had reached the scene and.
although hawser was made fast about
the horses neck, to tow him. he refused to
loosen the rope in his mouth. In this man.
ner the equine was towed to a landing and
hauled safely on shore.
The second attempt to load the horse
was more successful and he is now in Ia
coma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Then Came the Downfall.

Well. this splendiferous male person was
the nearsighted professional mans janitor
but the professional man. who was think
ing with a lot of concentration upon some
matter. and whose eyes perform but sorry
service for him. didn't recognize the janitor
when the latter did him the honor to grin
and jerk his head slightly forward Not
until after the Janitor had passed along did
the professional man awaken to the fact
that the ornate individual had bowed to
him. and then he wheeled about to see II
he could place the man. He almost fell
down when he saw that the man who had
bowed to him. without receiving a bow in
return, was his janitor. His first impulse
was to run after the janitor and apologize
giving the treachery of his vision as an ex-
cuse. but by this time the janitor was
mixed up with the thrOng Of pedestrians
and the professional man feared that he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
TRY GRAlN-0l TRY GRAlN-04

Ask your Grocer today to show you a package of
GRAIS-O. the new food drink that takes the place
Of coffee The children may drink It without in
jury as well as the adult All who try II like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or
Java. but 1t 10 made from pure grains and the
most delicate stomach receives II without distress
4 the price Of coffee. Is and Is cts per package
Sold by all grocsfR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Holland window shades, I0c.
Best quality Holland window shades: in
all colors; complete with fixtures for 19c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Boys straw hats, 23c.
Lot of boys straw yachts, which a
worth 49c.; this hour for DC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Boys summer coats. 25c.
Boys summer coats Of striped materials;
irstead of SOC. for CSC. this hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Mems 75c. shirts, SOC.
Immense lot of mems percnle and t.heviot
shirts; soft bosoms, with attached collars:
the very newest ,t terms, but instead of
75c., this hour for ;}9c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Window screens, 20c.
Extra size walnut finish window screens:
30 inches high; will fit any window, for
29c.
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White pique skirts. $Io8.
Lot of ladies' white piIue skirts. trimmed
with two of embroidery inserting
across the front; newest effect; worth 50,
for 81 IS.
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Coo. to $I.25 silks, .30c.

O9C. 10 9I.25 SILKS, 39C.
A most surprising offer. lot Of rem
nants of silks comprising 24-inch all-silk
black brocaded Indias: 27-inch all-silk black
Habutais; plain and figured striped all silk
taffetas; heavy corded black and colored
taifetas; polka dot India satin foulards;
all in good lengths. suitable for waist trim
ming and chidrcn's dresses: which we
positively guarantee cannot be had else
where for less than 69c.. and some Of them
not for less than 81 Is: to go at the uniform
price this hour Of 39c
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Bed spreads, SOC.
Extra heavy full double bed size bed
spreads. in handsomest patterns; instead Of
81 for IIc.
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! BOYS bike suits. o8c.
Little BOYS MILDLY pants, ROC.

| Just five boys bicycle suits of crash con-
sisting of coats and pants; sizes IL TO Is;
| formerly sold up to S. choice for CSC.
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needle points. He might have looked like
an imitation swell were 1t not for the fact
that the real swells now parade 9Th avenue
on Sunday afternoons In sack coats and
Derby hats. for the sake of being unusual
and conspicuous-so great Is the hold of the
frock coat and the marked-down top hat on
the counterfeit smart men.
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MOSQUITO netting.

Best quality 7-quarter mosquito netting.
in all colors. for this hour. 57sc. yard
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Covert cloths, I2Hc.

Lot of covert cloth dress goods: yard
wide: in gray. green. castor. navy and
brown; especially suitable for bicycle suits
and skirts; instead of 25c. yard, for 12i2c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Cheviot serge skirts, S2.o8.
Lot of ladies' black cheviot serge skirts;
pure wool. and with new backs; for this
hour. $29S.
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Bows wash suits, Soc.

Boys wash suits, Soc.
table piled high with boys fine quality
duck and pique washable sailor suits; the
cutest effects. in sizes , to IL: trimmed
with silk embroidery; with collars of same
and OF contrasting materials; all trimmed
with braid; suits which we guarantee you
cannot equal for less than 81 .9S and 81 so
elsewhere; choice for soc. this hour.
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Brownie overalls. ISc

Lot of little boys MILDLY" pants Of duck
and crash: sizes to I; formerly sold up to
81; choice for SOC. this hour
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Child's hose, 6Hc.
Lot of childrens fast black full seamless
hose: In all sizes. for this hour. SIC.
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N Il GSVl N=Ul
To break the rec,
for we are the acknOv
when we put on sale {
sire it, asking you not
| s to- g.
Mems office coats, 23c.
Mems office coats. such are sold by
others at 35c., to go this hour for DC:
Not more than two to any one buyer. and
none sold to children.
Mems shirts, I0c.
Mems white Numbered shirts in sizes II
and TN only which formerly sold for SOC.
each: to go this hour for lSc
@ to 10.
Ladies vests, SIC.
with tapped necks, and worth 121ac, for
SIZE.
Linen collars, &c.
Lot Of ladies' linen collars; all sizes and
all styles, for 1c. each this hour.
Ladies crash skirts, Ioc.
We do a most unusual thing when we put
sale lot of ladies' crash skirts. full in
width and well made for 19c. this hour
tomorrow.
Boys waists, us.
Lot of boys percale shirt waists; we'll
made, long-iived garments, which sell usu-
ally at Ice, for 712c. this hour.
Mems $I.5o pants, ST.
Lot of mems cashmere pants. in four
patterns-stripes and checks; 81 instead Of
Mems 1oc. furnishings, 4Hc.
Lot of mems wearables. embracing black
and tan half hose. mems white and colored
border handkerebiefs and an odd lot Of
much as 1Oc formerly; this hour, choice for
412c.
Child's 4oc. shoes, 25c.
4S pairs of children's tan and black but
ton shoes: sizes 5 to 8: which are good
shoes at even 4oc. this hour for 25c pair.
SOC mouse Shippers, 2SC.
Sc pairs of ladies' black serge house Slip
pers: sizes to 8: instead of 5Uc the reg
ular price, to go this hour at 25c.
Child's and misses 6oc. hats, &c.
Lot Of childrens and misses very stylish
mixed, plain white Mackinaw and fancy
braid straw hats, such as are being sold
about town at 69c.: this hour 25c
1oc. dimities, 4zsc.
Lot of short lengths of new corded dimi-
ties In the greatest assortment of striped
and figured patterns, on light and dark
grounds; splendid lengths sell at 1Oc. yard
from the piece: this hour. 45sc. yard
CASTLE soap, &c. cake.
Child's drawers, I2Hc.
Lot Of children's muslin drawers; sizes
TO years; finished with deep hem and
tucks; this hour. 12l.c
Window screens, -OHC.
Good size window screens: walnut finish;
Will fit any ordinary window; this hour
9Ec.
Window shades, 658c.
Waterproof felt window shades; in all
colors; complete with fixtures. for 6isc.
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would be the best way to get around the
riddle.
We'll there goes another dog, eh?" he
said finally in a weak voice
Let i'm go: we don't stand for no dogs
around this fiat house" said the janitOr
choppily, walking back to the rear end Of
the hall.
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1 1 to IL.
suits. Ss.Q2.

Lot Of ladies' cheviot serge Suits in black
only. but in all sizes and In all the different
styles Of jackets: so very serviceable for the
summer now at hand and the clnse-following
fall: this hour for $.i.9S: skirt or jacket
alone Is worth this price.
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Apron bingham, $50.
assortment of check patterns.

Mems $I.5o pants, ST.
Lot of mems neat cassmerc pants. in
four styles Of stripes and checks; instead
Of $15O. this hour tomorrow for 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Lot of ribbon, I5c. yard.
Lot Of aIl-silk taffeta. satin gros grain and
fancy ribbon: in 9 to inches wide: in all
colors, including black and white; to go
this hour for 15c. yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Window screens, FAC.
Large walnut finish window screens,
which will widen out to fit any window;
instead of Soc, this hour. 24c.
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Trimmed sailors, 25c
Lot Of ladies', misses and chidren's trim
med sailors. in white and black; the same
which being sold mt 69c. elsewhere;
tomorrow this hour choice for 2jc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
&c. and Ioc. India linOn. 17s(

Lot Of remnants Of white India linon; the
sheer. pretty quality which sells from the
piece at Sc. and Zoe. yard; to go this hour
for 47sc. yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Child's ST. slippers. SOC.

CO pairs OF chiIdrcn's spring heel strap
slippers. in patent leather and vici kid; not
pair worth less than 81; sizes 6 TO q;
choice for 59c
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Nestie suits. SI.Q8.

Closing out our surplus stock of boys
all-wool vestie suits; hence we give you
the choice OF lot of suits. in sizes :, to 8
years, which sold up to IS. at $1.9S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Bicycle boots. SI.2o.

Lot of mems bicycle pants. in check and
figured patterns. which are worth 81 30 10
go for 81 pair this hour tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Taffeta gloves, Ioc.
Ladies' taffeta gloves in all colors and
black. which sell usually at 29c.. for 19c.
pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Ladies I9c hose. pairs for 25c
Ladies' fast-black tan and unbleached
seamless hose. I'm all sizes. which usually
sold at 19c. pair: to 60 for pair for pc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Straw sailors, Ioc.
Table full Of children's wide-brim straw
Sailors on the fourth floor in the hat de-
partment. to go this hour at 19c.: worth
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1 to 3.
Shirt waists, roc.

Shirt waists, SOC.
An immense lot Of ladies' percale shirt
waists will be punched on Il large table to-
morrow this hour the third floor and Of
fered you for 39c.; the lot consists of waists
which have. been selling and are worth
great deal more; are in all good washable
patterns and Il splendid assortment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Pique skirts, $I.4o.
Lot Of ladies' white pique skirts. trimmed
with one row Of inserting across the front;
full, well-made, perfect-ftting skirts; for
81 40 this hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

&C. table.
table full of dozens of different articles
in jewelry and shell goods. worth three
times as much, for Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Summer corsets, SIC.
Ladies' summer corsets made Of good
durable net material and fancy dimity;
choice of short long lengths; this hour,
Ale
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3oc. flowers for IIHc.
Immense :ableful of flowers, embracing
clover in all colors: pOppics In all colors;
forget me-nots In all colors; roses with
foliage III all colors: lunches Of fruit and
foliage: not one worth less than 33c., for
11Isc this hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Lot of ribbons, &C. yard.
Lot of ribbons. in good colors. which may
be used for. various purposes: in pink. blue
and about all colors: l to inches wide;
for Sc. yard this hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Table oil cloth, 1916.
The very best quality table oilcloth. in
coors and the most desirable OF patterns;
this hour, 13Iac. yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Stair Oil cloth, Csc.
Best quality stair or runner oflcloth. in A
new line of cOlors and patterns; instead Of
loo, for 65sc. yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Boys covert and duck pants, soc.
Lot of boys covert and duck short pants
sizes II to Is years. with belt straps; for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Black storm serge, IQc

Yard wide black storm serge: the very
splendid. serviceable quality which sells
usually for 29c. yard: this hour, Zoe. yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24

Lot skirts at 08C.
Lot of ladies' summer SKIRTS consisting
of fine blue ducks, trimmed with white
duck; plain white pique skirts and three
different cOlors in covert skirts; choice this
hour for 9Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-24
Muslin gowns, ROC.

Lot of ladies' muslin gowns; trimmed
with embroidery and lace and the regular
69c. values; for this hour. SOC.
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Crash skirts, 4Qc.

CRASH SkITlS, 4VC.
Ladies' linen crash skirts, trimmed with
two rows of white duck or two rows of
black duck; for this hour 49c.