New-York tribune., 1902-11-19
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES
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Washington. November 18
MR. WI WILL BE MISSED.-There is sadness
in the hearts OF the inhabitants OF Washington
for WI has gone. The great. the inimitable WI
whose questions polite they penetrat
ing. bland they were ofttimes embarrassing
has departed for China, and left behind him only
pleasant memories. II has been the custom here
when any man met the Chinese Minister for his
friends TO corral him Immediately, and demand tC
knew the question WI had asked him. Like Car
denio. in Don QuiKote" WI would talk only
him Instantly. Among the many stories told d
unusual unreserve WI was giorifyng American
women He had declared his sympathy with the
On SSe o suSeo when soms one nquTed
women vote?" instantly the air Of fTankness van, an
counter question. do they want to?'
AN EXAMPLE OF CHINESE HUMoR.-Another
story OF considerable currency is told Of the Chi
nese Minister'S declaration that Chinese humor
resembed American humor. Pressed for exam
pie Of this. WI told the following story:
There a Chinese doctor. who didn't
satisfy his patient The sicker the patient the
more indignant his friends became at the unsuc-
oessful physician. At last. when the sick man was
in the final stage and death was imminent. the
tor. and tying him up 10 a tree. started TO ad-
nsieI @ - srT 9 ti I, 4I bib wh nlS t bsst hin
the doctor freed himself, and jumping into the
river swan 10 safety. When he reached home he
found his son. who was studying TO be a physician,
poring over a book on medicine. Put IT up; put IT
requisite Of doctor is 10 know how to swim. not
70 cure. ="
WASHINGTON LEADS IN LETTER WRITING.
The first place among American cities in the
number Of letters written. and corTespondingly
IN the amount OF postal tariff paid 10 the ma
tional government. belongs by right to Wash
ington. II is explained here by the pleasant
II conceited argument that everybody in
Washington has friends Probably the people
--s.
their friends about il contribute a large share to
the enormous postal revenue collected in the Dis
for postage OF the residents OF Washington amounts
as last year These figures are ali the more re-
variable when one considers the amount of frank
ing done here. which is enormous. To New-York
belongs The second position in the per capita ex-
being Sc 7s cents behind that in the District of
Columbia Moreover; the business in the District
having increased 8 cents last year. In New.York
nOis II cents and in Massachusetts and Connecti-
cut only seven cents. II looks from these figures
answered.
VANITY OF VANITIEs-After contemplating
for some minutes a collection Of pictures in the
window OF a photographer who says he has the
largest number OF ikenesses Of prominent men in
Washington. a Senator who has returned to Wash
ingon for the session uttered the following note Of
warning:
Whenever a new Senator or Representative or
other public comes 10 Washington he said
he receives polite from this artist request
ing the pleasure of a sitting TO complete his mag
nihoent collection Of photographs Of prominent
men or course, there will be charge. The un-
sophisticated statesman submits. and soon there
after is greeted with carcature of himself similar
70 these you see here He promptly complains If
is then informed that II he viii grant another sit
ting at So a dozen this time; mind you. the freak
Now, look al that picture Of Uncle Billy Allison.
JUST see fnaL picture or Senator HanEbrOught That
is the mustache he grew TO scare desperadoes when
Cannon looks as though he had never known
square meal ana had never even dreamed Of the
ing country bridegroom. Senator Platt looks as II
ever see anything 10 equal them? Now, these nice
looking fellows have been unable stand the injury
a new sitting. Speaker Henderson's present like
one before IL II made one think Of an ayart,s .e
nent Tor hair OIL Representative Payne has
graph looked like veritabie hobo It is really
awful that innocent and unsophsticated statesmen
PUB. p1esh my little %STn1g it will be furthering
It is .hardly, necessary to add that the speaker
had submitted 20 the little game. and had favored
got likeness Which satisfied him. ,i but thar in e
formation was not for publication.
NEW GUNS FOR DISTRICT PoLICE.-The Dis
trict Commissioners have made reouisition on the
War Department for six hundred Krag-Jorgensen
csrbines for the equipment Of the police of the Dis
a
the idea of equpping policemen soldiers in a
quiet community like Washington. it is explained
that the guns wanted to replace the stock Of
Colts revoVers now held in These re-
Volvers have become obsolete. and ii is proposed
substitute carbnes for use in of riot dis
order. The United States Government supplies the
weapons Of the local police. and the matter has
been referred 10 Brigadier General crozieI. Chief
Of Ordnance, for report. There is record of the
government ever having equipped the District po-
lice with small arms There those who suggest
that this will call out anfiimperialstic protest
a. an example OF the growing tendency toward
rnllitarism in this country.
A MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL MOMENT.
Two Roman lions. the architectural decorations
of the marble mantel In the state dining at
the White House. have reused a merry of wit
A Cabinet officer who was inspecting the work Of
renovation stood aghast he the ram
pant lions, the symbol OF British power and su-
premacy the world over. showing their teeth from
q American state apartment.
This will do in the world said he in