Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-13
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

1.-The shopkeepers in Washington are
about as accommodating and, I might add,
as careless as any l have ever had deal
ings with said Mr.. W. j. Adamson of
Memphis at the New Willard. Il went into
an F street shop this afternoon and made
purchases to the extent of STATS, and when
l looked into my pocket to get the money
to pay for them I found that had left my
wallet at the hotel AS needed the arti-
cles at once, I wanted to take them with
me instead of having them sent c. o. D.
| did not know a soul in the establishment,
and as [ in quite hurry l told my
predicament to the salesman.
- oh, that will be all right said the
salesman; just wait a moment until | send
for the floor walker" In few minutes
the floor walker came up and 1 explained
my predicament to him.
Why, have the articles charged; that Is
the easiest way out of it," said the floor
walker. I'll sign your check
How In the world can you do business
that way 1 responded, taken completely
&c No, sir; never saw you before that L
know of
Then how do you know 1 am what
represent myself to be?'
Simply because / am first-rate judge
of human nature and am perfectly willing
to take the chance of your sending the
check. Every day 1 take the same chance,
q
II took the bundles and sent the check on
arriving at the hotel. It was an accommo-
dation that might have proved expensive.
though" ~~elsg
Chop suey, the favorfte Chinese dish
with Americans can reach perfection only
in a Chinese Kitchen said Mr.. Henry o.
Kemper of San Francisco at the New VIII
lard. There is, however, a counterfeit so
much like the original that it suits the
average occidental taste 1t can be made in
the American chating-dish or frying-pan.
Follow carefully the following recipe
and you will have really excellent and
palatable dish.
Put into pan enough peanut oil to
moisten it and cook a few narrow strips of
fat pork without browning them. Add an
onion, also cut in fine strips: little water
and some bean and mushroom sauces. Boil
ten minutes. Then add mushrooms cut into
small pieces. sliced water nuts, sprouted
beans and celery and bamboo cut fine.
These should all be in about equal portions.
Stir in cloves, chopped garlic, salt and pep
per and cook until all are tender. This Will
require about five minutes. Butter or olive
oil can be substituted for peanut oil and
pork.
Another Chinese dish much liked by
Americans is chow mein, or, in plain, every
day English, fried noodles The noodle
paste is made of flour and water, which is
cut in narrow strips and fried in deep fat.
1t should come to the table an attractive
golden brown heap, with the top delicately
garnished with strips of green garlic and
onion, cooked in oil until they are clear.
Over them is spread a lightly arranged
layer of boiled ham and the white meat of
chicken, also cut in tiny strips
"Of all the most disagreeable things in
the world deliver me from the person who
is attending a play for the second time"
said Mr.. Frank E. Grymes of Cleveland,
Ohio, at the Raleigh. 81 have just come in
from the theater, but really hardly remem
Der what the play was, for l got little pleas
ure out of it. A woman sat behind me who
had seen the play the night before and
came back to bring a friend who had evil
IDENTIFY just arrived in town. Seriously, I
really couldn't enjoy the play for having to
listen to such remarks as these:
That's the villain. You'll see in min
ute how he tries to strange her.
Don't be afraid; the hero will jump
through the panel in the next scene and
save her.
She finds the lost will in her GRANDPA
theirs shoe box-that will come out In the
next act
There was a lot more of the same kind
L wonder why people will make themselves
so obnoxious. People go to the theater to
see play, not to have 1t spoiled by descrip-
lions of what is coming"
"Of all the changes that time has brought
in the practice of the various professions
none has been more striking or interesting
than those incident to the legal vocation
said William F. Johnson, Boston lawyer,
at the New Willard "The recent death Of
William F. Howe of New York, who during
his career tried over half a thousand crimi-
nal cases. makes clear the fact that crimi-
nal practice is on the decline in New York.
This condition is equally true Of Boston and
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pear to be turning their abilities more and
more to civil practice by which they re-
ceive large fees from corporations and the
management Of estates.
Even the study and practice of law has
changed. Many of the Boston criminal
practitioners who distinguished themselves
in that line Of work were once very poor
and without college segeation Seth SETH j.
Somerby engaged in gardening at Brighton.
Rufus Choate's first case was in the old
city hall, when he defended some contract
ors who had burned some houses they had
built because they could not get paid for
them Among others who attained reputa-
lions In criminal practice are William Gas
defended John Brown at Harper's Ferry;
William Gale and Augustus Russ.
To-day the criminal bar in Boston Is rep
resented by comparatively small number
of attorneys.
while it is often said that the legal pro-
fession is overcrowded ON account of the
large number of young men being turned
out by the colleges each year, 1t strikes me
man cannot make living in his home town
he can go to some other place and build
himself up If he Will only work"
Nowhere else in the world do pumpkins,
melons and squashes flourish and assume
such proportions as they do in southern
California" said Mr.. c. C. league, man.
ager of the Blanchard ranch in the South
Santa Clara valley, at the Raleigh.
The last season has been particularly
good one for the product of the vine. and
some remarkable specimens, probably never