Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-17
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"There is a marked increase of late years
in the number of Ieft-handed persons ex-
planned well-known physician to a Star
reporter. The most reliable statistics on
the subject are to the effect that in Amer
lea, up 10 twenty-five years ago, but per
cent of our people were left-handed- Ihs
statement has been allowed to run along
without question ever since, though the
observations of every one show that 1t Is
now far from correct. ] am not prepared
with any figures but it is safe to say that
at least per cent of Americans today are
left-handed. Take Congress. for instance
On q hurried visit to the Capitol one day
last week I noticed one senator who was
left-handed, and there may be more. In
the House side. during visit the week be-
fore. / saw three left-handed representa-
tives. Chairman Cannon of the appropria-
lions committee was presenting a matter
in his usual earnest sty,e and gesticulated
entirely with his left hand. The repre-
sentative who was on the other side of this
particular matter under discussion was also
left-handed. To add to the interest OF the
scene a page who was called by Mr.. can
non TO take paper to the clerks desk
WAS also 1eft-handed. The following day
I visited the manual training school, where
my son. who is ieft-handed, by the way, is
n pupil. and out of class of thirty-three
two other Ieft-handed boys. The teacher
told me that more than per cent of the
boys in his class were left-hanGed- ON
suggestion from him | visited sewing
class in the same district and found that
the sewing school teacher had observed
similar state of things among the girls.
The proprietor of the largest billiard room
in the city told me recently that the num-
her Of Ieft-handed players seemed constant
" OF the increase. and that sometimes IT
appeared 20 him that there was left
handed player at each table. He reminded
me that each of the league base ball clubs
last season had left-handed batters and
that the Boston club had two !eft-handed
players in ii. while left-handed pitchers
were So numerous that he could not remem-
Der all Of them. In this connection the sew
ing teacher told me that she never allowed
her pupils 20 give preference to the lett
hand but that she had not been able TO
entirely cure many who were left-handed
naturally. She said it was positive injury
to Il girl to be left-handed who expected
to do much sewing. and that dresSmakerS
never employed left-handed sewers when
they could avoid it, for the reason that it
was not practicable to put two persons at
work on the same piece OF work if one of
them was left-handed. Strange as 1t may
appear. left-handedness rarely occurs among
the colOred race and Chinese laundry
man tolls me that the Chinese are not al
lowed to be left-handed.
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ga high-grade position of which but little
Is known. except 10 Cnt tEdtlt- ObStl et d
prominent tobacco manufacturer to Star
reporter. rs what is known as the flavor
er' the man who is responsible for the
flavor of all the grades of goods made and
who sees TO it that the flavor is kept the
SAM year in and year out, il matters not
where the tobacco that goes in them comes
from or the conditions under which it has
grown. Of course, tobacco manufacturers
endeavor to use the same kind Of tobacco
all the time but circumstances at times
render this impossible. As an illustration,
our company had bought UP and stored
away enough tobacco to make up all our
brands of smoking tobacco and cigarettes
for the year. when all of a sudden our
storehouses were destroyed by fire and our
stock Went out of existence. There was no
more tobacco of that particular grade TO be
bought. and Were driven into new fields.
The tobacco being raised on a different soil
and being slightly different as far as seed
and stem were concerned, the flavor was
also different Smokers. and chewers as
well, insist on the same flavor all the time.
Here is where the flavorer comes in. BY
his art and skill he can make tobacco that
grows on low lands taste and smell the
same as that grown on high lands. He can
make tobacco grown during a dry season
take the same flavor as that grown during
a rainy season. Tobaccos grown at differ
ent ends of the same state or in different
states are by his treatment the same, as far
as the consumer is concerned. He draws
big money. but though he comes high. as
ths. travelling show companies say. we must
have them As may be imagined. there
not many who are competent to do the
work. and as result they range in salaries
all the way from IS to so per day of about
one hours actual work. They are en-
ployed, however, but about nine months in
each year
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There is one small girl in Washington
who has poor opinion of womens conven-
tons and congresses. She is but ten. and
a decade later may change her mind. Her
mamma was relating incident of re-
cent womans convention. The chair"
sha said. had no remarks to make
Enough had already been said by the floor"
Right here little miss broke in with: s.Mer-