Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12

and had sent the children to bed with
about these words: Go right to bed both
OF you. l don't want to hear a word from
either one of You. John, 1 shall keep you
IN yorr room all day tomorrow and Eliza
beth, | shall keep you home from your
cousins Now go right off to bed
That night when the mother went to her
own room she found a note. written in blue
pencil on page from tablet. There
were many corrections, but she made out
its text as follows: g.
There are always two sides to story.
i would like to make suggestion. namely,
II L were you / would not act so rash be-
fore the second side is heard from l hope
you will not call this impurtenance. /
must close, as it is getting late and l have
formed my plan for amusing myself in bed
t tom yw. according to yqur first proposi
3 y = j:
Assassins of character is what 1 call
them. observed the quiet he
reached over and took match from the
safe that stood in the center OF the small
table about which a group of club members
We're seated.
While he was striking the match and ap
plying the lighted end to his cigar, one of
the listeners observed drily that he sup
posed on the same principle he would speak
of defaulters common thieves
L believe that the law" rejoined the first
speaker, when 1t is construed without the
bias of favoritism makes no distinction ex-
cept in the degree of penalty between the
theft of a loaf of bread and one of thous-
ands of dollars There is no vital dstinc-
ton in my judgment between the deadly
blow aimed at the person and the one di-
rected against the character. Yet fire.
quentiy l hear people who would shud-
der at the thought of handling a pis-
toll or a dagger and grow pale at
the sight of blood make positive state
ments about their acquaintances and
neighbors which blast their regulations
ana utterly destroy the good record which
IS the outcome of years of self-denying liv-
ing. But 1t seems that the abuse of the
privileges of conversation has reached such
an extreme that large proportion of peo-
pie habltually discount what they hear, es-
peclaliy when 1t relates to their fellows.
Still some of the poison takes effect and it
is to make use of this fatal influence that
some persons Systematically indulge in the
most reckless assertions If a man hap
pens to get In their way, then with cruel
vindictiveness they seek to get rid of him.
not openly. but by circulating stories which
affect his good name
1t seems to me- said one of the listen
ers as he rose preparatory to going home
to dinner that you have weil-named such
people as assassins. You can omit the word
character"
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Wouldn't you like to be Judge of the
Police Court" asked a small boy of a
companion after he had been before the
court on what he considered a trifing
charge.
What would I want to be a Judge for?"
the companion wanted to know
ITO get all the money of course" was
the boys prompt answer.
DO you think they get much money!"
DO they get much? l should say they
do"
The boy who opened the conversation ex-
planned that he had paid a fine of $40, and
he was only a boy. IF they make a boy
pay that much" he said, "how much do
you think they would make a man pay?"
A man who overheard the conversation
volunteered an explanation of the manner
in which the business is conducted and
told the boys what becomes of the money
They were surprised when they were told
that the judges do not get all the money
that Is paid in fines.
If the judges don't get the money" ask
ed one of the juveniles, why do they
make the poor people pay so much?"
The man who had volunteered the in
formation found his task greater than
he had anticipated and withdrew
What becomes of the money that Is COL
lected?' inquired a bystander. 1--WE had
business about the court many times and
l must confess 1 don't know
1t was explained that the money collect
ed in this way is turned over to the Dis
trct Commissioners to be applied to the
police and firemens funds. The amount
of fines collected is usually from $4,000
to 5000 a month. 1t is believed the
fines this year Will amount to about So
0Oo. About three-fourths of the money
collected is paid in the more trifing cases
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Padere wski. the great Polish pianist was
at the Navy Department one day last week
with Madame Paderewsk and called upon
Secretary Long. who had heard the pian-
ist s performance at the White House mu-
sicale the previous evening. The Score
tary found the pianist a most interesting
talker and discovered that he possessed a
goodly fund of information in regard to
war vessels. Madame Paderewski was pre-
scented with photograph of one Of our
crack battle ships. An amusing incident oc-
CURED during the visit. A naval officer
stopped before the stalwart old messenger
at the Secretarys door and inquired if Mr..
Paderewski was inside Noting the blank
look the messengers face the officer
asked: You know him when you see him,
don't you?' The old man twtched his
back hair. "Paderewski. Paderewski" he
repeated. doubtfully. Then he grinned
with satisfaction. ''Of co'se 1 do" he said
Hes the leader of the Marine Band"
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