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even in the dark. or indeed. the trunk of
any other kind of man that travels much.
THE jolly good fellow carries a particular
kind of a satche.. 1t Is of a kind that opens
easily and bears signs of frequent openings.
Very frequently 1t carries a bottle. bunch
of cigars or an apple or an orange for a
child. Grandpa's and grandma's satchelS
are easily picked out. for generally on the
outside there are little bundles tied on. We
know who the bund es are for and how
pleased the recipients will be when they
receive them. The man who is going down
to Atlantic City for whole week need not
tell US when he enters the depot. His satch-
ell very often tells US, and very often we
know the man from whom he borrowed 1t,
for 1t is remarkable how many there are
who use borrowed satchels."
X \ X y
while the average department clerk can
hold his or her own as far as drinking Ice
water Is concerned. the clerks by no means
consume all the Ice purchased for the depart
ments," remarked Waterman In the
Treasury Department to Star reporter.
II am satisfied that one-half OF the ice
water furnished in each of the departments
Is drunk by outsiders, visitors to the city.
people who have business with the omclais
and residents who drop in while passing
up or down town for rest for a moment
and a glass of water. This dropping IN
grows to be very large factor in connec-
ton with the consumption of Ice. VISITORS
to the city drink wonderful quantities. ana
during very hot days. such as we had last
week, they took a drink on every hoor.
The Treasury Department leads the de-
partments as regards the number Of clerks.
and consumes a great amount OF ice.
Three or four wagon loads each day are
needed to supply the demand during a not
SPELL though when cooler season, IKE
that which opened up during the early par ,
l., no.
at least one-haf. There are some clerks
who use the water cooler at least once eacn
hour during a specially hot DAY; ,nougn
the coolest-ook!ng clerk In the building tne
is clerk in the office of the commissioner
of customs) has never been known to take
a drink of ice water. The champion Ice
water dr.nker Is in the office OF the COM
missioner of internal revenue he mas nau
a record of four quarts Of water each DAY
during the summer for several years Inc
Interior Department and the land ONCE build
ing. formerly the Post Office Department.
also come in for a liberal supply of drop,
pers-in, who enjoy brief cooling off and
from one to three glasses OF Ice water. Inc
big stores down town furnish Ice water 10
all customers, but there are a certain num-
Der of persons who prefer drink OF water
supplied by the departments. The war,
State and Navy Department oulioing,
though it does not hold half as many clerks
as the Treasury Department, also consumed
during the hot spell last week from three
to four wagon loads of Ice day. though
in ordinary weather two wagon loads each
day are sufficient The Post Office Depart
ment by moving into its new building
saves from 600 to 1850 pounds Of Ice day.
for the but ding being now out Of the line
of travel has comparatively few troopers
in to drink up its ice water"
X II 4
1.-THE pretty woman hasn't all the good
things In life," remarked plain woman
Yesterday. "She misses one thing certainly
the comfort of ugliness. To be sure, she
has to be old enough to have philosophical
a bit about life before she finds this out.
And before that time she is certain TO have
lain awake nights crying because the skim
deep gift of the gods has been denied her.
But by and by sue begins to see that her
plain features, If they haven't brought her
joy. have spared her pain. In the first
place, she hasn't expected much of the
world, and so she has not been disappoint-
ed. Then she has had leisure from her
mirror and her admirers. and. most of all,
from herself. to think some thoughts worth
thinking and to do a little something of
solid worth. The worst slave ever knew
was a remarkably pretty girl who was al
ways in terror lest she was not at her
beauty's best and whose whole life was q
round of severe self-exactions that she
might keep her beauty unimpaired The
poor child actually found time for nothing
else In life than the office of being her own
groom.
BEST of all. the plain woman is reason
ably sure to escape the observation and
girl and which is not half so pleasing to
her. IL she be sensible and right minded
as the mass of mankind suppose.
"Oh. yes. life has plenty Of compensa-
am qualified to know having lived the life
or one, loi these many years"