Evening star., 1901-04-27
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| to the minute. Stops were made for longer
| or shorter periods at the principal cities in
| the states of Virginia. Tennessee. Georgia,
Alabama. Arkansas. Texas. Arizona CAN
| fornia. Oregon Washington Idaho. Utah,
| Colorado. Nebraska. Illinois. Indiana and
| Pennsylvania. At no time was there any
| break in the arrangements, and the entire
prearranged program was carried out to
the letter at every point on the route.
| During the entire time the party was on
! the road it occupied special train of five
| magnificent Pullman coaches, and, with the
exception of locomotives. no change was
| made in the composition of the train from
| beginning to end. and there was not a
| single change of cars on any of the differ
| ent lines traversed. The train was made up
| of an observation car, a sleeping car,
| dining room car. a combination library and
| smoking car and the private car New Zea-
| land. which latter was assigned to the spe-
| clal use OF President and Mrs. Harrison.
| The train was lighted throughout with cleo
| tricity and provided with every possible
| facility for comfort and convenience. in
| Guiding fully equipped barber shop. The
party consisted of President aud Mrs. Har-
rison. Mrs. Mckee Mrs Dimmick (after-
| ward Mrs HarrisonD. Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
| Harrison. Postmaster General Wanamaker
Secretary Rusk. Marshal RansdeII. Mr.
! and Mrs. George W. Boyd. Col. J. P
| Sanger. l. s. A; Mr.. F.. F. Tibbott a
| photographer and an artist and one repre-
| sentative of each of the three press asso-
| Citations.
| The Harrison party always rested on Sun
| day, and the Mckinley party will do like
| wise. In the case of the former the Sum
| days We're spent in Galveston. San Fran
| cisco ttwo) and GlenwoOd Springs. The
! Sundays in President Mckinley's tour will
| be spent in San Antonio Del Monte San
| Francisco, Spokane. Salt Lake City and
\ Chicago.
| The Harrison trip occupied thirty-one
| days and covered 9,22S miles. while the Nc
| kinley trip will occupy thirty-eight days
and will cover about 1O,5oO miles
| X x x X
| ThiS fncldept was heard and seen a few
evenings ago In front of the National Thea
ter, and to certain of those who heard and
saw it proved as enjoyable as the per-
| formance that had just been witnessed on
| the stage of the play house. 1t seems that
| one of the popular assistants in the office
| of the United States attorney for the Dis
| trict of Columbia recently met a most at
| tractive young lady, and was particularly
deSlrous of creating favorable impression
| so far as she was concerned. He invited
her to attend the theater. and in order ito
90 the thing in style as he expressed 1T,
| Mr.. Blank concluded to hire proper We
| hicie and as dashing a team as could be
| secured. He confided his plans to Mr. Ralph
Given, who Is sort of business manager
| for the office, and the latter sympathetically
volunteered to attend to the carriage end
OF the arrangements. explaining that he
was well acquainted with liveryman who
was IN a position to supply Just what was
| needed.
A swell rig called at the house at the
| hour appointed. and Mr.. Blank took i'm
1neHSe satisfaction in handing in the Young
lady and driving beside her to the theater
| All went as smooth as velvet until the time
| TO start homeward Mr.. Blank rapidly
pushed passage through the crowd on the
sidewalk and gave his name to the robust
youth who calls carriages.
youth
The gentleman whose name was uttered
threw out his chest and began imagining
what the folks who were going to board
street cars would enviously think when his
equipage trotted up. But the turnout
was SLOW IN appearing. so a second request
was made of the youth
Mr.. Blanks carriage" fairly yelled the
human megaphone. Still no response
To make a prolonged Situation briaf tho
carriage was called dozen times The ladv
was not only embarrassed, but growing
provoked A number of men lined along
the carbing We're grinning maliciously, rain
had begun to fall and Blank was ready
and anxious to sink into the earth The
| best he could do was to humble something
| to the effect that the driver must have mis-
understood the orders
Finally, nearly all the private carriaeos
had moved away. and a number of might
liners were inflicting themselves on the
aDasned couple in front of the theater
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seemed familiar in appearance, and Blank
escorted his companion toward it
Ism this Mr. Blanks carriage?" he de-
| nlanded.
NO. sir" replied the driver. "Tbis ,s
Mr.. Given,s team but 1 think 1 brought
you down"
1t turned out that Mr. Given. in ordering
the carriage, had forgotten to mention Mr.
Blank 9 name. The liveryman instructed
| the driver to call at a certain address for
| Mr.. Given. 01
| The drive home from the theater was In
silence MIR. Blank was not even asked to
| call again. and he has made no move to
/ do so. He and Mr.. Given are not as close
friends as they used to be-
| X X X X
! There is one thing said an Indignant
| citizen yesterday. Il wish the District Com
| missioners would do. and that is to make
i regulation prohibiting the presence of
babies and very small children at places Of
! public amusement at night. Such a law
| would. L believe. not only protect the au-
| dlences from annoyance, but would also
| protect the youngsters by enforcing their
| presence at home. where they should be at
| suci, IL time. The Commissioners l under
| stand, are authorized to make regulations
| for the protection of life and property and
to secure the peace, comfort and quiet of
! the community. and to enforce their oh
| servance by penalties. The absence of ba-
| bles and very young children from places
! OF public amusement would inquest ionably
| add 20 the peace. comfort and quiet Of the
| public. and the remaining at home of the
| little ones would undoubtedly benefit their
| health. and, therefore. protect their lives
| | am led to thus express myself by what
J L saw at the Buffalo Bill show Wednesday
| night. 1t was about as disagreeable a night
as could be arranged the rain falling
| heavily, and l felt that L was very foolish
| TO venture out Yet | saw there that night
| scores of parents carrying babies in their
| arms and dragging little tots along through
| the mud and water. If that wasn't cruelty
| to children then / do not know what it
| was and / am certain that had the pres
! ence or those little ones there been pro-
hioited by law, many would have escaped
| sickness which, / am no less certain will
result to them because of their exposure
am serious In this matter. and. having
! children OF my own. speak as one having
| experience If not authority"
| Evolution Below Stairs.
From Puck.
Cook wants week of"
| What for?''