Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-04

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Secretary Root seems to be particularly
unfortunate with crowds whenever he goes
awayfro Washington or New York city
remarked a gentleman to Star reporter
the other day. land the only explanation l
can give is that he is not we'll known in
other places. He accompanied President
Roosevelt to Sea Girt to review the Ma
tional Guard of New Jersey several weeks
ago. and becoming separated from the
party was unable to join it in the review
ing stand In attempting to do he was
roughly handled by the guards. who
wouldn't listen to his statements, and he
finally gave up in disgust. Later he had
similar experience in Indianapolis, when he
was accompanying the party carrying Presi-
dent Roosevelt from the hospital where he
was operated upon to the train which was
to bring him to Washington. Col Russell
Harrison son Of ex-President Harrison,
was in command Of the local troops at the
station. The usual crowd was present and
the more curious pressed forward to get
better view of the President on his litter
This worried the President, and he asked
one of the policemen walking at his SIDE
to keep the people back. Col. Harrison
overheard the request and at once took
steps to enforce 1t. Throw EN- back hard.
he shouted to the soldiers who lined the
narrow lane kept open for the President:
The order was obeyed literally, and one of
the first to feel it's effects was Secretary
Root who was hustled back for about
twenty feet. The soldier who was doing
the hustling replied to the Secretary's ex-
cited circumstances that he didn't care
who he was Col. Harrison had ordered him
to put the crowd back and he was going to
do it. The War Secretary was finally res
cued from his predicament by a secret ser
vice man and eventually reached the Presi-
dent before his train started. Secretary
Root and Col Harrison are not good
friends. but L do not think that fact had
anything to do with this incident. 1t isn't
likely that Secretary Root will have any
throuble in passing through the lines dur
ing the Grand Army encampment in this
city next week. for the reason that the
committee in charge of the police arrange
ments has thoughtfully provided him with
a special pass badge in red, white and blue
COlOrS.'
There was another infantile tragedy up
town few days ago. The little girl whose
heart was temporarily broken is four. with
great round brown eyes. She owns
many dolls a she can count-a happy fam
lily of doll-children of all kinds and sizes.
She had tiny china dolls no bigger than her
thumb and great waxen images almost
large as herself. She has dolls that walk.
a doll that SAYS Papa a ballet doll. a
Japanese maiden, a lady from gay old
Paris
In the midst of all these beautiful crea-
tons of the dolmakers skill there IS
poor lonely creature, rag doll. nome-
made. D!ckaninny. And to this Sad-faoed,
plainly arrayed dolly the tenderest affeC-
tons of the little girl are attached. She
q To har in IA and MIA VIE, har
more perhaps than with all the others put
together. She nurses 'Dinah" through SER
ious spells Of illness. she mends her ragged
clothes and attempts occasionally to wash
her dirty face. which, however. only adds
to the appearance of utter depravity which
hangs about this poor old parcel.
The little girl has an uncle a youngster
OF twelve. maybe. and he was the unwiu
ting cause of the dire disaster that befell
his muchlv loved and tiny biz of a niece.
With tears streaming down her plump
red checks. and a look Of utter woe in her
big. round eyes, the little girl came waillng
to her mother the other day. "Dinah" was
being pulled helplessly along by one Of her
arms. Something terrible had happened.
What is it, little girl?' asked mother in
alarm. Then through the tears came the
truth of the tragedy:
''Oh. mudder." she cried. Charles called
my beautiful Dinah a dirty thing"
ITS remarkable how so many lunch
rooms can be fitted up in a short time" OBJ
served a Pennsylvania avenue merchant,
who had noticed the number of new places
which Will assist in supplying quick lunches
for the thousands of visitors next week
There about ten such places
where there was few days ago." add
ed the merchant. 1T seems almost impos-
sible for many places to spring up in
night on the mushroom order and then dis
appear between shutdown and sunrise. Many
small rooms on and off Pennsy lyania ave-
nue. have been rented and as many more
lunch rooms have been fitted up in hall
wayS. In addition to these there are scores
of men and women furnishing lunches from
baskets and carts. and while their trade
seems insignificant some of them will clear
from 81 to So each day during the en-
camDment. These people Will sell food at
the regulation prices, and they will be
largely patroniZed by the strangers for
people who are out in crowd are not al
ways particular about where they eat
especially if they are strangers In the city
II asked one of the men who was selling
from a basket what he expected he would
earn next week. and he promptly respond
ed. Fifty dollars. anyhow and added
that those who patronize him will get
their moneys worth"
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THE modesty of the Washington teIe-
phone girl is in keeping with her courtesy
and kindness said man who frequently
uses the telephone in the transaction Of i'm
portant business. 81 had a peculiar ex-
perience with some of these operators the
other day | wanted TO get quick connec-
ton over the long distance telephone for
New York, and. securing the long distance
exchange made my call. After waiting
f1ve or six minutes and hearing thing |