Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04
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go under that tree daily to make their
wishes OF course. there are many who
make their visits 10 the tree that we do
not know. As a rule. the wishers do not
seem to be noticed. and as it appears to be
satisfaction to them. we generally look
in some other way when they advance to
the tree. on Wednesday the man in charge
OF the men mislaid a new broom, and,
though he had all hunt for it, it did not
turn up As a last resort, without letting
us know of it. he went over to the wishing
tree and wished earnestly that he could
lind it. II less than five minutes the broom
was found easily enough. Some one had
carefully placed it under a seat, not hav-
ing time then to take it to the tool house.
and the wisher walked directly there and
found IL The women folks, always,
greatly outnumber the men in the way of
making their wishes under the tree. and
seem to have less cOncealment about their
desires. y young lady who was member
OF the last opera company which played at
inc Lafayette Opera House was daily
pilgrim to the wishing tree On Tuesday
last she started for Chicago to fill a sum-
mer engagement. She said the tree had
brought her an engagement after several
OF the theatrical agencies had failed Sew
eral days ago l heard young lady say
that the wishing tree had got her into the
census office. and in rather peculiar way.
She was sitting in the park one morning
when lady who was stopping at the Ar
llngton Hotel sat on the seat next to her
Tree. 1t came out that the lady was the
wife OF certain senator of more than
ordinary prominence. Among other things
the young lady told her that she wanted a
place IN the census office. but that, being
Il resident of the District, she had no con-
Sressional influence and could not secure a
chance to stand the examinat ton. Whether
from the novelty of the chance meeting or
from her general kindness l do not know
but In less than three days the young lady
was armed with a request from the sena-
tor asking that the young lady. and who
by the way, was a former resident of the
state the senator represented. should be
examined and if she succeeded in passing
her appointment should be charged to his
quota She got the appointment all right
and Is now working the tree for q transfer
from the census Office proper to one of
the outside rented buildings, where 1t is
cooler ana the work pays better. She has
full confidence in winning out, too. But.
with the exception of finding our broom T
90 not know that the wishing tree has done
anything for the park men, though there is
no telling what 1t may have In store for
US.
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" nile the wars and rumors Of war in
the past three years have turned the var
ious militia organizations throughout the
country upside down, and from which de-
moralization they can hardly recover for
several years, they have increased the
business of the military academies and col
leSes wonderfully explained an official of
the bureau of education to a Star reporter
report We have now in hand and which
VIII be published in a couple of months will
Snow that teaching military tactics has
grown to be more profitable than teaching
almost anything else. The colleges which
have military attachments. uniformed
cadets and military instructors have in
three years increased over 40 per cent. The
boys get the military fever much worse
than grown-up folks and many of them de-
cline to go to schools or colleges which
have no military departments. Many schools
IT ID out as long as they could against
II. but finally. as a matter of business had
TO fall in and join the ranks or suffer in
the matter of attendance, pupils and the.
consequent income. For years all of the
older institutions had army officers detailed
t. them as military instructors, but there was
no way 10 get the students to take the ad-
vantage of the military instruction fur
nlShed. Such thing attending drills
going through marches and maneuvers be-
came back number and there was moth
ing left for the military instructor to do
except to make his monthly report and
play poker with the older students or those
who were literally supplied with funds. All
of this is changed now and will probably
remain as it is until the dOvc-winged peace
VIII again be on top and all about. The
academies that are strictly military schools
have reaped great financial benefits from
the change and have the most enthusia site
prospects of even an increased business in
the school year to open up next month. A
college that has no military branch con-
ne ted with it is not hardly in the educa-
tional swim any more. The theological
colleges complain that this trend of
thought among the rising generation has
actually injured their business, and some
of them. so as to catch some benefit from
the matter, offer special advantages in the
way of education for the positions Of chap
lain. Last week while walking along the
boardwalk at Atlantic City | noticed boy
sitting under the boardwalk in the shade
attentively reading a book. | supposed, of
course. it was a detective novel or some
thing worse. but on investigation found
that he was studying out an intricate prob
lem of tactics in connection with the
imaginary movement of an imaginary
army and he was only one of very large
number similarly engaged. From Il lead
ing publisher | learned recently that book
On military tactics. drills, etc, were never
in more demand than at present. and that
! the demand was not from miitiamen and
these who are supposed ordinarily to be in
teleSted in such matters but from the
youth of the country"
\ farmers man took the village doctor
a note the other day and with some diff
Guilty Medicus spelt out, please send me a
bottle Of fiZZic.'
''HaIloa." exclaimed the doctor. fig
z-t-c doesn't spell physic."
Don't it2" answered the rustic; what do
il spell them
The doctor gave it up.-Tit-Bits
Sunday School Teacher-''Johnny. do you
always try to read good books?'
Johnny-'fe s'm; but it's gettin' to be
hard work fer a Teller to git hold of good