The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-14
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

trees. or such fines ones. as Washington
In the parks. and in the Mall can be
seen the finest arb0reai specimens visible
in any city. But Of all the trees in Wash
iRgtou. the very best are in front of the
Executive Mansion The trees are the
little grove of half a dozen ems and ma
pies which stand between the driveway
and the fence toward the State Depart
ment occupying the centre of the ground,
and are unexcelled examples of their kind
They are not 50 large, but they are beau
tifuI because they are well grown Their
trunks shoot up straight. unmarried
by any off-sh0oting branches. fifteen or
twenty feet and then divide. The branch
Is that spring out above the main trunk,
are long and drOop down toward the
ground, making a sort of tent-Iike en-
closure of foliage The naples put forth
their branches a little lower than do the
eITas. but shoot them out straighteT- The
two species are mixed together. and this
results in the foliage which IS now very
fresh and thick. arranging itself in a
sort Of leafy vault with dOmeS where the
eITas occur, and lower arches where the
NAPLES are The thick leafy roof IS al
most impeTviouS to the sun, and even IN
the brightest noon is deeply shaded The
White House gardener has made sort
Of OpeG-air dollhouse out of the Swallowed
grove, and mas piled up hNiidTtu or
more DUtted palms in the centre Df i,
(which gives an extremely beautiful effect
The young male citizen of the city with
a propensity for making a noise, is in Il
delightful frame of mind. The seed of the
maple tree has reached the stage where it
can be made useful as a locust The
voice of the locust is now heard widely
in the land, and it usually emanates from
the mouth of some freckle-faced little fell
low swinging his strap full of books as
he comes down the street. In order to be
available for use in making locust
| the seed of the maple tree must have gone
just little past its greenness, and have
turned slightly brown. Real green ones
do not make so loud sound, and for that
reason are less desirable than the brown
ones. The fiat thin tail makes a better
| reed when it is just a little stiff To make
| the locust the pod of the seed is broken
off and the tail, broken end backward, is
/ placed in the roof of the mouth. The
| tongue is then pressed against the roof
| of the mouth, to hold the little seed tail
| in place. If everything has been properly
adjusted. when the breath is forc:bly ex
PEELED toward the teeth a sound not unlike
| that made when calico is torn quickly, is
produced. 1t is loud, strident, and I'M
pleasant. and for that reason Is particu-
! iarly adapted for the use of the small boy
! At one Of Washington's prosperous hut
UnpretentiOus hotels lives an III a"helor
| Of exceeding reticence- lie always seems
| prosperous. but is so unromuunicaJive
| and unsociabIe that the other CUES 5 Of the
/ hotel have long since cea sad II have any
| curiosity. concerning him To them he is
! simply boardeF who scarcely ever talks.
who minds his own business. r Ee has any
and no one seems to Know whcthe- he has
/ or n0t-and who never has a wCri To say
10 any woman about the place. II was
/ warm the other evening. and after dinner
many Of the guests, including ladies, went
/ out on the sidewalk, where some set
/ tees and chairs had been p.1ced and sat
down 20 enjoy Whatever brc,ze might
| come their way Conversation moved
/ leisurely. The old bachelor sat arart
/ from the others, and appeared 10 tale no
! interest in what was Being said Someone,
Ehowever- made some comment IN the
/ newspaper account Of Prof COOK e the
| Northwestern University Chicago. who Is
/ reported 70 have told The students # his
/ class that he had never drunk beer or spir-
| its. never smoked. and had never kissed a
! woman This subject aroused The old
! bachelor from his reverie. Tor he turned
| around. and. facing the rast Of ire party
! delivered an opinion on professors. ne
/
! away from his hearers. VINO listened to
/ what ne said in silent establishments
] For a week past" began the old bachc-
/ lOT. the papers all over this mighty md
/ have been publishing the statements OF q
] professor Of science in the University of
| Chicago. who declares that he never took
! drink or smoked and never kissed 4
| woman He seems to be serious and sin
| ceTe IN his remarks, and there are those
| who believe him, J don't G0Ebt- No y.
| what do you think Of that2 He needn't
! have touched liquor or wine. and its no
/ bOdy's business If he will not Art with the
| cup But think Of those sweet lips that
| make Us sigh. and try % imagine a man
| who has gone through life without taste
/ Of them But what an outrage II is for
/ sucn d man 10 leacn the young, Try 70
/ frome IN your minds the picture
/ OF ar old fellow whose Tur-
| seTy toys We're volumes on
! chemistry and who. growing UP in a mum
| parted liDs with his own and never got
that gentle pressure in return I'm sorry
! for that professor. He may think there is
nothing IN II. but he's wrong in his head
] cannot help sympathiZinE with him in
! his aEtction- His life must have b@cH a
/ pathetic one. It Il JWeQty-JO-One shot
| on muddy track that he never played
marbles, or went swimming or took u
| chance at anything. Just think Of a man
! who would pass up the sensation that goes
with moonlight; ride, OF summer walk
! or in the parlOr coZy-cOrner on a winters
| evening. I'm sOrTy for that man His
| life has been q faiiUrei'
| Then the old bachelor leaned back in
! the dark corner Of the porch, and re-
! sUmed mis- silent meditation His stock
/ has gone up among the men Of the hotel
! and the ladies are becoming interested in
| him
| The time oFIhe year has arrived when
| the piscatoriaI aristocrats of the Govern
/ m=nt viii leave their winter quarters in
| tanks and hot-house pools, and take up
| their summer residence in the basins Of
! the fountains Of the CITY These pam
/ pered creatures are the Chinese gold fish
IS. the japanese fantaIIs. and the Para
dis fish
| The japanese fantafIs are a compare
lively recent addition 10 the Government
ance in this country during President
| Hayes Administration and were brought
here At the request of Mr. Feistcr. the
| Chief Gardener of the White House. They
are beautiful fish of a deep red gold
| color. Their tails and fms are the prin-
| CiDal features which distinguish them
| from the common. or Chinese gold fish
| These tails are very long and iImy and
| consist Of four points which stand at right
| angles 10 each other, something like the
/ blades of q screw propeller
| The first lot imported consisted Of fifty
| fine. healthy fishes. which survived the
| trip across the Pacific Ocean from ia
| pan They landed at San Francisco
| sound and healthy, but the overland trip
| was n trying one and all died but seven
| OF these. four died within few DAYS. af-
| ter arriving at the White House