Evening star., 1901-05-04
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panies do the rest. Every time they get a
quantity on hand, for the government does
not care to bother with sums of less than
500. they send them to subtreasury, and
in Washington to the Treasury Department
direct, for redemption. The result is that
through the telephone companies alone
over 81 900 worth of mutilated or worn
out dimes are redeemed each week Busi-
ness people have already begun to notice
that the great majority of the dimes now In
circulation in much better condition
than they were even six months ago
In a lesser degree the redemption of a great
quantity of quarters and halves is effected
through the long-distanCe telephones
x K X
do you know" said the round-faced
gentleman in an F street barber shop as
he held his Is cents suspended above the
outstretched palm of the boss barber, do
you know that any one man on earth who
could convey to the minds of all Of the
BARRIERS earth simultaneously that it Is
entirely unnecessary for BARRIERS to rub
the hands over and over a mans face after
the razor passes over it would be the one
man whom all other men would rise up an
call thrice blessed?
Don't you know, my silent friend, that
the skin of some men is very tender, and
that these men, and nearly all others who
| have all kinds of texture of skin. are In
wardly anathematzing the BARRIERS who
sciape Tue razor win oiie MANU- "iu "n y.
rup the lace WIFI tne other W See IL IL 10
snooth' as tney glance opl ol .ne "il,uom a,,as
every other second?
Don't you know that about every fifth
man. as he leaves the chair, swears that
ne VIII iLiineuiatelS uePdrl heLee @ ~ 10
shaving and then forgetS it until the next
day when the time for his shave comes
"Dnn,t Won know that Won are gradually
changing a race of ordinarily good d-natured
men into creatures who c0niIre I'D deep
and deadly schemes of revenge and plots
| INVOLVING the shedding of the good red
HOOD of all barber<fnd as they lie in the
chair swathed to the neck in towels and
I o,r.,. s,,h,,;tti,o ciIen+1v h,t r1efully to
~ scr,Dasnrare and r,,h-rub process ?
You don'to Wei. you ought"
X X
Il Will she exciaimed' 1 VIII NOT AVe
win you ahother day
on IL ieaFe me- VIII you he eaii'''s
asked.
les VIII.
Wv heh-
'NoW-right of-thls minute
OH IL go away
YES, sif
II Wouldn II were YOU
But | Will. dety you 10 prevent me
I have suffered at your hands as long as
| l can put up with YOU
'Oh. I shan't try to stop YOU he quietly
replied. I'm simply report to the police
| that my wife has mysterioUsiy disappeared
They'll want your description and l will
give it, You wear No shoes, YOU have
an extra large mouth, you walk stiff In
Your knees. your nose turns up at the
end ewes rather on the squint, voice like
a"
..Wretcht You Wouidn dare do THAR she
screamed
II certainly will. and the description will
on in all the newspaper"
They glared at each other a moment in
silence Then 1t was plain to be seen that
sb. had changed her mind
= y x x
SECRETARY Root has a rule that he will not
- ,-o,,o, oouors ofter q o,cIock In the
se. a,t..aa +bis nc OH the
| AFTERNOON. 10 ehiotIe 'i i"e i 'i
doors to the suite OF three large rooms oc-
! crnied by the Secretary and his private
| oaro,,rr or. sacureIv locked at the hour
| -, - o,,,,arr +a1,a +bair
hafleo' anu an LIZ - -
stations lnSlue. Inc SeefeediS 10 e1ioS Aii
accessible to all except few newspaper
men who are provided with a code Of sig
-, ~ ti,,, +har ,,,x, seoura admission
y. - 49, coo,o.o,,- e.. .
at " CLOCK anu see the oecietaiS ioi
few minutes in regard to the official trans
actions of the day. These favored tndivid-
uaIs sacura admission nv Knocking on the
! 3oor, 80 Tho apta rnap, sa,-aroI tJnoa
| ou'ei uoois u INC 'i'e I'm
| In peculiar way known only TO the IN
/ itiated. The strict enforcement OF the rule
| has caused great indignation on the part
| oe ,,,,n,, ,,,,bpc ana Drivate individuals
,o,, h,,o 10 ,;fIio,,1+,. IN sao,n. tho
VINO uSuaiiS n"' i0 -'' NV
| President ana Other members OF the CAP
| met when it is necessary.
| short time ago Secretary Hay wanted
| To talk to Secretary Root on an important
| matter of business relating to the situation
! in China He walked around to the office
of the War Secretary The doors were
| locked and his entrance barred. He looked
| m nd down the haII for messenger but
! az tbe entire CORPS was inside his search
vas futile Somewhat yexed he returned
! TO his office A gentleman who saw the in
! cident s1lhsenuently told one of the mes
| sensers who happened to come out on an
| errand and he at once went around to the
| State Denartmant and escorted Mr.. Hav
into Sacratary Root's Once On another
| occasion a high public official, who could
| not set into Secretary Roots Dresence in