Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07
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Strange as 1t may appear. smoking to-
bacco is practically unknown in cuba or
Porto Rico observed an officer of the
ordnance corps who has recently returned
from those islands 10 Star reporter
Though, as is wei known. tobacco IS the
principaI crop and every one uses it, Ihey
regard If as so much time lost to use to-
bacco in a pipe. Even if they wanted TO
use pines they cannot get them, Tor the
sirnrIe reason that there are no pipes Tor
sale Being a pipe smoker myself had 10
visit at least Il dozen stores in havana
before [ could find even the cheapest kind
of a pipe though on account OF the derlAilo
from Americans and others pipes are hnd-
ing their way into Cuba and Porto Rico
The natives content themselves with CIGARS
cheroots and cigarettes. and many OF them
did not know until couple of years ago
that thare were some benighted people who
supposed that smoking tobacco IN pipe
was ENJOYABLE and iHdu ged in to any great
extent. The Cuban and Porto Rlcah To-
bacCOs are. of course. not sulteu 70 fip
smoking for it is grown with tne ldest ol
getting As much leaf possible ana as
thin as they can get. not considering that
The stems have any value. Their ignorance
in regard to smoking TOBACCO Is ltH't M
BILE Indeed. there is no word in the span
iSh Language for smoking tobacco OI
course they know about the leaf. but the
thought never seemed 10 get INTO thef
heads that tobacco could be smoked III
mines But American ideas are getting pref
~ wei disseminated throughout those ISL
ands now. and American smoking tobaccoS
arr. being introduced quite extensively and
with them necessarily goes pipes The
CubaHS and Porto Ricans never have used
tobacco for chewing and probably never
will though plug tobaccOs could generally
be found IN the principal ports. thouSh
rarely in the interior of those countries.
Between the ground hog. the weather
bureau and the rest of the combination
this has been a Jim Dandy winter for the
coal business" explained well-known coal
dealer to a Star reporter. and our sales
have surpassed those during any winter
for ten years. As far as can be observed
the end is not in sight Yet. for the winter
has already passed the 18th of March the
date that coal dealers reckon as the close
Of the heating season. and it will likely be
April II before ii will he safe to let the
furnaces 90 out. The consumption of coal
for cooking purposes runs along about the
same every year. and all through the year.
hut the extra business comes in during the
long winters where the ground hog gets his
fine work in. and of which the winter just
closing out is a thorough example. The
winter. il viii b. remembered. was a tritle
slow in getting into Oprrat and while
il not terrifcally intense except for a
few days. it was constant. In other words.
To use 4 phrase Of our business 1t was a
coal winter The customer who frequently
gets along with six tons of furnace coal
during winter. has found it necessary to
get Two tons extra And even then his
house has not been as warm as during some
other winters. Notwithstanding tine fact
that the furnaces are constantly being i'm
proved upon
The aeit alton of the question Of the loca-
ti"n Of the lot on which circuses are to ap-
pear md the apparent desire to send the
clrcuses as far out of the city as possible
strikes us old--imers as somewhat strange"
volunteered a member of the Oldest inhab-
tantS' Association to a Star reporter. for
in old-fashipntd times our effort was to get
the circus in the center of the city, So that
We could get at it easily. For many years
in the times when circuses had hut one per
forming horse it was the custom for all
such performances to be given on what was
then called Market House Square on Penn
sy!vania avenue between Sth and 9th streets
Before then and also afterward circus per-
f"rmanceS We're allowed on the triangular
space in front of the National Theater For
I'VE 81 six - ts"ns Dan Rjce-S and other
C-Fcuses We're allowed and. indeed Induced
&" give their performances in Judiciary
square, Armory Lot and other public parks
CIRCUS performances Were also allowed on
IA" PUBIC reservation bounded by eth
Siie't. Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues
or Market space. The public streets were
often gLEfE I" the circus companies and as
stated in The Star several weeks since in
C. injection with Rarnurn'S first apoesrzr,,.
a. a circus owner. Louisiana avenue be-
tween 9Th and 10th streets was turned oyer
10 a circus tor an entire. fan and Winter I
1h4lk there have been several circuses 81
up on Monument Lot, and i have a clear
fttpllrctl"n Of one which | attended at
"4ch PRESIDENT Polk and several members
OF MS Cabinet were present besides a laree
IImb-- Of others prominent in official and
luHtlc-tI life Permission was given by ths.
"HClatS IN charge Of the public grounds
ana inc people those days supposed thar +,
was The proper thirg to DO and that tba
public grounds Were for the use Of tha min
Ne. II l am not mistaken in my recolIec-
l,ni' mr. "tS a circus performance given
once on the White Lot. / am NOT as nu.b
interested IN such performances now as /
was once but my grandchildren are and
my tiI me that they would prefer to have
the circus+-S-there are only about two in
""cn yt-ar-located where they conId he
raSli! reached. | have lived in a number ~
Nv England and southern cities and il Is
sun tht custom in them to allow; cfrcnsIs,
to appear on the public places or en-
mons as they are called up north" e''''-
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I have been associated with Charitable
organizations as an employe for SOM.
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star reporter on the subject Of organfzed
ehariiy and am naturally. and for selfish
reasons possibly, Interested in it. am
also interested in all operations connected
with lt-that Is, those things that are of a
pubic character. There is no imagination
ltEuic enough to even ina gine the yarious
forms by which some people dispensa nr
o'hers accept charities. one of the most
nv i"ilA9 OF chtrity that l know Of
novel am sure, and original Fl thinI, 10
conducted in this city. Its organizer ana
s'lT founder Is a Jeweler who has many
friends in this city, and though he gives
Aber'tlIy to most ali charities he takes q
special delight in running his individual
charity III his own way. for the pleasure
ana benefit Of himself and those who share
II with him regardless of the orestio,,
whether II IS according to the program or
nH., ne never says anything about fl him
ssi' ana l learned about it through one NJ
us benetlciaries- The charity cons,sts IN
serving free shaves to those OF his az.
au"Lhtahces VINO would otherwise be unable
10 receive them. Like