Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
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and the bill that the "guv' munt' clerk had
to foot made his weeks salary look like
seven cents.
brave as he picked his teeth In true white
brother fashion in the corridor. we eat
here again" But 1t will not be in COM
pany with that particular clerk.
x X x
Talking about odd occupations said a
New York man to Star reporter yester-
day, there is a man in my town with an
office near Union Square, who has built up
a large and lucrative business connection
by professionally advising all sorts and
conditions Of people as to what hobby TO
adopt. This man is well informed and an
excellent judge of human nature, and his
advice is always based as far as possible
on a pretty accurate knowledge OF his
customers temperament and occupation.
And a queer fact Is that several prominent
city physicians have discovered his worth
and are sending their brain-fagged patients
to him for hobby treatment, just as they
might advise them to go to a certain dem
fist for toothache.
GAS almost every one knows there is at
present a marked fashion for hobbies OF
all sorts. and to the person who is too
busy or too lazy to start one for himself
this hobby merchant has become perfect
make collection of old books or china. or
rare coins stamps curios. y GU simply
call at his office one day and leave your
order. The whole thing is conducted with
the strictest confidence, and within rev
days or weeks you are supplied with what
ever articles you may have chosen TO col
lect. To the value of the collection the
hobby merchant adds from 10 TO 70 per cent
for his services. according TO the time and
difficulty he has had in procuring any de-
sired article or articles.
x x x *
The lawyer who evidently considers life
one huge. continuous joke entered the
clerks office at the city hall yesterday with
an expression of extreme radiance over
spreading his countenance. The clerks and
others having business in the office at the
time ceased their several pursuits. Ex-
perience had taught them that the afore-
said lawyer would say something Of an
entertaining character.
Gather round boys" he said. II have
dandy for you this morning. It's the
best, so far. of the year 1901"
The speaker paused. The others silently
waited for what was coming.
Now listen carefully resumed the law
yer. land note the beauty of the connec-
ton between the three sections of this little
conundrum. Here it is: IF the postmaster
should visit the Zoo. and while there be
eaten by the wild animals, what o'clock
would it be?
There was another pause. Finally the
clerk in charge of the dockets ventured
the answer: 1t would be all day with the
postmaster"
Wrong entirely wrong" commented the
lawyer. Il didn't ask what time; ! asked
what o'clock would it be-"
A third pause. Then by general consent
the answer requested. The lawyer
gaily announced
Ate, P. M
Before the gathering had recovered the
lawyer had fitted from the room, and
was headed for the Court of Appeals to
try the postmas -zoo-wld animals CO.
nundrum on the higher tribunal.
X i; 4: X 4:
THE snow yesterday brought to my
mind the great blizzard of February, 1893"
said barber as he sawed away on the
face Of a reporter. That was the only
day in my life that 1 stayed in shop all
day long without shaving single person
or doing any other tonsorial work. Three
of us were in the shop from o'clock in
the morning until after o'clock in the af-
terncon, and not a man entered the door
for shave. That was on Monday. too,
generally a good day for shaving, as Gus
toners have frequently not shaved since
Saturday. Men were scarce on the street
that day and hurried by with their
thoughts on their business their homes.
| We closed up shop after the departments
| had all shut down, and there was no pros
| pect of getting customer l remember
| struggling on home. and expecting every
| minute to sink in the deep snow and be
| unable to continue. 1 helped to pull two
| or three exhausted men out of deep drifts.
| think. however, that nearly every Wash
/ ingtonian will always remember that day
| without having it called to his mind
| X X x *
| Girls between the ages of sixteen and
/ eighteen generally have big feet" said a
| fashionable shoemaker, and they are at
| such periods of their lives disposed to be
| fat and f1abby, but at twenty-five a re-
markabIe change takes place. The foot
| then completely subsidies. the flabbiness
| disappears, the flesh of the foot becomes
| firmer. the muscles and tendons gel
stronger and the bones become we'll set
! Altogether a great difference is noticeable
Yes; we have great difficulty with girls
| of about seventeen or whereabouts, for then
they require shoe large as full-grown
woman. When they get older and the foot
| becomes settled new boots made on the
| old last will be found too large and it is
only when the young ladies complain that
| their new shoes are too big that we know
! the foot has undergone the change just de-
| scribed. Then explanations have to be
| given, Dut tHe Snoemaher doeSnt MIND tnls
! 50 much. for a woman as she grows older
| likes to be told that her foot is getting
| smaller.
| After forty the feet Of a woman go
back to the fat and f1abby state, and here
| IN grows the trouble for the shoemaker
who has to state in explanation why the
last pair Of shoes do not fit. that the cause
| lies in the fact that her feet are getting
bigger.
mo, don't think that cycling increases
| the size Of girls foot True, one or two
| of our lady cycling customers have asked
us to make their new boots a shade larger
| but this difficulty Is gotten over by making
them full We have never altered the
| length"