Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-01

"Some rules are made to be broken, sup
pose" remarked the military cynlc' or
perhaps it were more correct to say that
some people are superior TO all rules AT
least l have heard of several cases which
appear to justify such statement 1t is
an ironclad rule that dogs are not allowed
to enter the big granite building occupied
Jointly by the State, War and Navy De-
partments The rule is strictly enforced
in most instances, but I happen to know OF
two cases where it didn't operate. The hrst
infringement was in the case of a beautiful
setter belonging to Rear Admiral Walker,
who was known in the navy as King John
when he held the office of chief of the bu-
reau of navigation. Well, the admiral and
his dog were almost inseparable compan-
IONS and one day they went to the depart
ment together. They were stopped at the
door by the ubiquitous Waterman, who po-
Ntely informed the admiral that the dog
could not come into the building. The dog
wouldn't leave his master, and the latter
didn't propose that he should. So they went
away together. The dog was delighted at
the prospect of a walk. but the admiral was
far from pleased that he had been unable
to transact the business which took him TO
the department. He hadn't gone far wnen
he decided to make another attempt. Going
to the first telephone he could reach, he
called up the superintendent of the Navy
Department building (the man who made
the rule) and informed him that he mao
been shut out of the building because he
happened to have his dog with him. The
superintendent thought moment and con-
cluded that it might be we'll to waive the
rule in that particular case so ne notlHeu
the admiral to come back and it would be
all right And so the admfrals dog broke
the rule. The latest case of the KIND oc-
Cured last Wednesday, and the offender
was a beautiful collie owned by Maj. Gen.
Corbin. The dog has a pedigree that runs
way back and came from the celebrated
kennels of ]. Pierpont Morgan. 1t was
given to General Corbin last spring by Mr.
Griscom president of the American Steam
ship Company. 1t is very much attachea
TO the adjutant general and is overjoyed at
his return from his visits to royalty IN
Germany and England. 1t started out from
home with him last Wednesday morning,
and the general didn't have the heart to
drive him back. They went in the w ar
Department together without molestation,
the wondering watchmen at the entrance
not daring even to demonstrate. Inc con-
sequence was that the dog remained with
General Corbin all the morning. lying I'M
der his chair in the Office when he sat
down and following him into Secretary
Roots private office when the general had
occasion to go there, which happened more
than once But ii was such a beautiful dog
and had such nice manners that nobody
thought of the broken rule. These cases
remind me of another. which Is a standard
story in the navy. 1t happened at the
New York navy yard when Rear Admiral
Kirkland was the commandment and Mr..
William H Whitney was Secretary OF the
Navy. There was a strict ban against the
canine tribe In the navy yard grounds. and
Admiral kirkland was a strict construc-
ZIONIST One day he saw a dog playing on
the lawn near the gate He became very
irate at this palpable violation of the rules
and sought the sentry at once why mad
he allowed he dog to enter?" Didn't he
,Inc nd he
Che dog sign was close by). The sentry
stood the scolding as well as he could. He
had no chance to explain until finally the
admiral asked him If he knew whose dog II
was. This WAS the opportunity he longeo
for Yes sir" he replied without tbs
slightest symptoms of a smile. ''it belongs
TO Secretary Whitney, who is on visit tc
the yard" The admiraIs sruff manner
changed instantly, and he called out to the
dog in his kindest and most coaxing tones
Come here, dOggie, doggie." The "doggie'
came and the admiral patted him on the
head and made him wag his tail in the hap
piest canine style. And that closed the in
cident so far as the dog was concerned
but the story about the admiral is classic
wherever naval men ccngregate even tc
this day"
Above the heads of the clerks in the city
post office, and running lengthwise from
one end of the great hall in which almost
mail, is a curious-looking construction q
steel which might be suspended passage
way from the front to the rear of the build
Ing. But it is not thoroughfare None
of the employees of the office who handle
the mail has ever seen within the mys.
ferrous construction The aerial passage
way Is provided with peepholes or lattice
windows which resemble the openings II
an armored express car that has to meet
the dangers of knights OF the road on tht
lonely western and southwestern plains
This mysterious thing suspended over tn:
heads of the clerks of the city post office
Is no less than an invention to encourage
honesty under fear of the penalty of til;
law. What or who is in it no one who /.
not in the secret Of it's use knows, becaus,
the lattice windows do not make visible
anything within 1t, though it is supposed
they give a perfect view Of the entire DOS
office to inspectors stationed there. Blu
whether they are there or not, the horror
of the thing is just the same, because nC
one knows at what moment a suspicion:
eye Is following their every movement
This form of watch box has become one G
the stock appliances of the big post offices
it applies the principle OF the All-Seeins
Dye to earthly affairs in a way that pun
tshment can be melted out to guilty cul
prits in this world, and it is thought tina
that fear has a greater power for restrain
than does the fear Of Il, ~,