Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
NO SHAMOKIN.
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One of the most distinguished of Wash
ington clergymen was seen the other day
walking uncertainty along LIST street north
west just south of The entrance to the Sol
diers' Home. He held a slip Of paper In
his hand, looked at 1t every little while
with a puzzled expression on his face and
then turned to stare absently at the open
fields all about him.
A mounted policeman rode up to him
after little and asked: Can I help you.
sr?'
Maybe" answered. the venerable doctor.
I'm looking for house up in this neigh
borhood somewhere and with that he
handed his slip of paper to the officer. 1T
is No. 2S16 list street. To guide me I've
written after the number that the house
is on LIST street near the corner of 9th. But
l don't see how there can be any corner Of
1st and 9th Streets
The policeman was as much puzzled as
the clergyman. letter carrier who pass
ed just at that time was accordingly called
into the consultation. The three were
studying over the address when the min
lister folded the paper with strange. faint
smile and began to walk back toward the
city.
Have you found the house?" asked the
letter carrier, catching step with the
clergyman.
A>o. L maven lOuHu the HouSt, WAS Inc
answer. Il find that the address I had
written down Is the twenty-eignth verse OF
the sixteenth chapter of the first epistle to
the Corinthians"
Brother against brother was the political
situation in the fight for Congress in the
tenth North Carolina district. Consul Cen
eral H. A. Gudger at Panama came all the
way to Asheville, N. c.. to campaign for
Representative Moody, who was nominated
by the republicans to succeed himself. In
the meantime j. NJ. Gudger, jr., also of
Asheville, was made the democratic nomi
nee in the tenth district. Notwi INST andin2
this fact. however, the consul general spent
his thirty days leave in making political
speeches telling why Moody and not Gudger
should be elected, while Gudger. jr., was
billed extensively at political rallies II his
own behalf. The fight was the hottest in
the state. and the election the c)sest and
the Gudger who is consul general will go
back to hi soffice in Panama disappointed,
while his brother will come to Congress.
The second and fifth North Carolina dis
tricts will be represented in the Fifty
eighth Congress by the Kitcnen brothers,
Claude and William K.
In Indiana Representative G. B. Lands
will be assisted in representing his state in
the Fifty-eighth Congress by his younger
brother. Fred. K. Lands.
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In one of the important downtown de-
partments of the general government the
clerks are still laughing over the ingenious
joke played by one of the pretty young
clerks the other day on some of her sister
employees. This young clerk had not been
in the government service very long, but
she had noticed that at lunch hour, after
the girls had finished their MONDAY repasts,
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other and sometimes about each other 1t
was particularly noticeable that when
girl CHANGED to come to office adorned in
new frock or wearing a new or odd piece of
jewelry the other girls would ply her with
all sorts of questions regarding the gar
,nent or trinket.
Now it happened the ingenious young lady
who had but lately come to work had a
birthday not very long ago. Among the
presents made to her was beautiful gold
locket, dangling at the end of a fine chain.
She Immediately thought of what the girls
at the office would say when they saw it.
THE very first thing" she thought to
herself, they will want to know whose
picture is on the inside. And I'm going to
fool them this once even if they all hate
me forever afterward.'
So she went to work next morning. The
locket dangled from the chain around her
neck. The girls could see 1t from afar, and
their curiosity was great ere ~ o'clock ar
rived. Sure enough, they wanted to see
whose picture was within. At first the girl
with the locket protested. But the others
insisted. and finally she said, "All right"
Then one of the curious coterie undertook
the task. She was nervous and excited.
and pressed away vainly at the springs for
a few moments. Then it came open, and
this is what greeted the gaze of all:
Darn your curiosity"
1t was neatly printed on a bit of paper
carefully cut to fit the trinket.