The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-04
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

1T is impossible to estimate the amount
of money spent about this time every
year ii Washington in dyes for eggs,
said a Pennsylvania Avenue druggist this
morning Its larger than most people
imagine. but il is Il pardonable eStrava-
gance on the part of our citizens when
one comes to think what lot of pleasure
Is to be had from one OF these little
packages. 1 have sold over 100 of them
since o'clock Yesterday afternoon. and
there are . number of stores doing more
business than we are. Easter Monday is
still four days of, bot the mothers are
getting ready for thu egg rolling at the
White House. Several years ago eggs dyed
in the solid colors were the rule and few
were adorned with stripes or pictures or
Siven a notified effect. Nowadays they
are deliberately decorated. Here for in
stance, is 4 package with the pictures Of
SciIley- Roosevelt, Dewey, Mckinley, Joe
Wheeler, and a lot of other public men
ready TO be transferred to eggs. Then
there are flags. coats of arms. battle
ships, rabbits. characters from Mother
Goose. and a host of other designs. They
are put on the eggs after the shells have
received a coating of solid color and the
opportunity for artistic effects is limited
only by the ingenuity of the person doing
J Il work There are more Easter egg
other city in the country. This is. Of
course. due TO the annual egg rolling in
the Presidents back yard"
1T is curious, but true. that Aguinaldo
IS unable TO speak or read Spanish" said
Adjutant General Corbin. at the War
Department this morning The rebel
leader knew only a few words of the Ian
guage and while Re was conyersant with
the Tagal tongue. was compelled To hire
an interpreter when any papers in Span
ISL We're received This fact was made
Known to Secretary Root in a letter writ
ten by AguinaIdO himself MANY of his
followers knew only Spanish and were
not cohEersant with the Tagal tongue
Treasury Department officials are high
" pleased with the design for the new
SO note. Proofs have been received from
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
and Secretary Gage pronounced the de-
sign the haudsOmeSt ever produced. The
bill was prepared under the direction of
Mr. Allies, the new Assistant Secretary,
and depicts buffalo charging across a
prairie, with lowered horns On either
side ara Vignettes Of Lewis and Clark, the
V estern pioneers, and the whole bill is
suggestive of the West The usual seals
aitA 81 oliS q = OOLlC III i novel manner
and the bill as whole presents an at
traCtive appearance.
When a horse, in a running race. lifts
his tail said an old horseman from St
Louis at Chamberlin's this morning dur
ing discussion Of yesterdays results at
Benning. Gid track men consider il
signal Of distress. and Immediately resign
themselves TO a loss If they have backed
that particular animal. 1 was at the
New Orleans track some years ago. in
company with a picker one Of th1se
Gamssters who always put their money on
long shots. There was a five-nHe race, in
which the favorite could not lose, ac-
cording to the wise ones, and his price
on the BOOKS. was at most prohibitive
odds My companion placed his money
on 100 to ! Shot. At the post, the 1gC 10
: shot elevated his tail, and my friend Che
picker gave UP the game at once, as a
superstitiOus gambler consistently should
The 100 to l shot. however. raced four
miles with tail in the air, and came under
he wire. an easy winner diSJanciug the
horse that couldn't lose"