The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-06
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

one member of the PRESIDENTS party on
the recent Western lour thinks that he
played very clever trick on his wife,
and is so proud of his success that he Is
now boastiug of the joke to all his friends,
but is careful to wasu them they must
under no circumstances : tell the mad
anne" While the Pr4sidentiaI train was
travelling through the Arizona desert each
member OF the party was presented with
dozen very large oranges carefully put in
box with a handle attached for eonven-
fence in carrying. They had be IN shipped
by the Redlands Orange Growers AsSo-
citation and presented with the compiI-
meuts of that body 1t was observed that
the young man in question cGrefully tore
the box apart. preserved each one OF the
bits of board. the handle, the nails, ana
even pieces of silk paper stamped with
the associations design and trademark
which We're wrapped around the choice
yellow fruit These he packed away ~
his grip. after having eaten all the or
anges- He arrived in Washington and
while on his way home from the depot
stopped at an Italian fruit yenders stand
and purchased dozen large oranges
Then he went to his Office, took out the
pieces Of silk paper carefully wrapped
{ them about the fruit, put the crate TO-
gether, placed them in it, and continued
on his way home. The dear little woE-
an still believes that her husband brought
that dozen Of oranges home to her at
I great trouble and inconvenience all the
! way from RedIands-
on nearly all the business streets Of
/ Washington houses are being torn down.
oh hoe co o.
come a centre for business houses, is not
! an exception to the rule, and IS just now
! suffering the removal Of q landmark
! which has been standing for eighty-tiyc
/ years or more. The cid St. Vincent 5
/ Orphan Asylum building is rapidly being
! demolished and q few months viii see
standing in its place a spick and span
new building Washington has arrived 1t
/ the stage in its growth where it has be
. come q necessity to tear down in order TO
build Up. There is plenty Of room IN the
suburbs. but III order to obtain ground
/ upon which to erect buildings that shall!
/ be worthy companions OF those already
I erected and that shall make Il good show
/ ing amid their surroundings there IS no
choice left but to rip something from It's
foundation This is true also IN degree
! Of the residence portion Of the city, and
/ large houses IN the fashionable district
! are being erected where oId-fashioned
/ structures stood
! St Vincent's Orphan Asylum Is only one
! Of a great many Old houses to so. Among
! these may be mentioned the two-story
/ white brick building or F Street, between
/ Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets, viii h
used to be occupied by the offices Of the
! Central and Union Fire Insurance Com
/ panieS and by various other banking and
brokerage firms The south side OF Penn
! syIvania Avenue is also showing activity
/ in this direction and there are TWO build
/ ings near Ninth Street now ii process Of
! demolition. The first and most noted
/ house in the residence section to be torn
! down this year was the Stewart CaSJle-
/ the walls Of which have leng since dIsap-
/ peared. The cId-fashionsd houses Whlch
/ stood near the corner Of InGInaS ClTc-e
and Massachusetts Avenue had TO give
J way to the demand for apartment houses
/ and now q great white stone building IS
/ going up on the lots where they STOOD,
! The big square brick building WhIeh sJoo0
/ at he corner of Seventeenth ana streets
: has also been RACED and the TounddJion
! has been laid for an apartment house OF
/ nearly a dozen stories. Houses that are
{ being remodeIed are to be numbered Dy
/ the score, and eveTyH here over the CITY
/ the old is being replaced by the new
Each year the great palm in the north
west corner Of the Botanical Garden hot
| houses raises the roof few days ago
| it did this for the thirteenth time, # all
] calculations based upon the memory OF
/ old employees IN the gardens are correct It
poked its head through the glass above
II and now the light green tufts OF It's
! topmost leaves can be seen waving sew
/ eraI feet above the ridge Of the roof Each
( year the top of the tree IS sawed OF, ana
! each spring when the sap begins to run
/ it shoots up again and. surprising every
! one reaches the glass roof IN short
s-,ace of time. Then it begins 20 press
/ against the glass, so gradually that in
stead of breaking its boughs it sometimes
curves fhe panes around an arc several
/: ches deep. Then when the limit Of the
elasticity of the glass has been reached,
the tree bursts through, and rapidly
throws out its green leaves into the open
air. It IS continually chatting against its
/ confinement and asking for more room.
/ but the Superintendent OF the Gardens.
/ William R Smith, can do nothing for 1t
as Congress viii not appropriate money
/ to give the roof the raising that Is needed
I An addition Of twenty feet to the height
of the building, says the superintendent,
) VIII be enough 70 give the tree growing
{ room for some years
1t is q wild date palm. and is. according
J 10 best information, the largest palm of
( any kind under cultivation in green
[ house It is thought to be about seventy
I five years old and has been over fOTty-.Ve
years in the greenhouse where it now
stands In diameter it's trunk is nearly
sixteen inches, and even under the lin
tied and restricted conditions in which il
is growing the three spreads its leaves
neaTFy' twenty feet That is considered
is growing the tree spreads its leaves
which grow at its top have to be cut off,
in order that the glass in the roof may
be put in and the tree be protected from
the cold Of winter Some years ago it had
grown so much that it was found neces-
sarv to dispose Of some of its height in
some way. 4 hole eleven feet deep was
dug beside it, and the palm was slipped
into the hole. In its new location it took
new start and in a few years was
knocking again with its top leaves at the
roof new roof could be put on. It is
stated for quite small sum, and this
Improvement would enable the Botanical
Gardens to have a palm tree of surprising
beauty, size. and spread Of foliage
Republican Tariff Gospel.
From the Kansas City Starr
Mr.. Hanna declarations regarding the tariff are
valuable because they come ETom headquarters.
He does not speak the scribes in regard q
/ anything connected with the Administration bur
as one having authority. Il may be assumed
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