The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-28

. to any production OF the kind ever put on
the boards in a Washington theater. the
( entertainment 10 be fer the benefit of
the veteran hail fund.
The committee, composed Of Corps Com
naaRder Lee LiPsc0mb of the Postofice
! Department; Col. D. Y Chisholm. Of the
Government Printing ONCE: Capt Fran
+ els Wheaton CT the Treasury Department:
+ Capt George West Byron. Capt William
+ CllTich, CT the Government Printing Of
+ Zee; Lieut.. Herbert Myers. of the Pension
} Office. and Capt J Ligcn King. Of the
/ Congressional Record has perfected
/ plans whereby 4 great many civic and
military organizations Of the District VIII
! attend as distinctive bodies. and. where
+ possible. in full dress and field uniforms.
Among the comrades of the Spanish
War Veterans VINO viii be especially in
vited to attend, together with those who
have already accepted invitations are
President Theodore Roosevelt. Gen. Mel
son \ Miles and staf, Admiral George
Dewey and staff, Gen George Rarries and
staff, Gen. Charles Dicb and s.af. Col
n. z. UreT and staff, Col. Henry May and
staff, ard the respective National Guard
Union Veteran organizations and their
commanders, and the Spanish War Vet
eran commanders and staff. These mill
taTy dignitaries will occupy boxes Among
the military organizations expected in
their distinctive uniforms are the Cor
coran Cadets, Morton Cadets. Capron
Cadets, Emmett Rifles, Ordway Rifles
Corps OF Engineers, and the National
Rifles.
The several ladies' auxiliaries OF the
commands have already readily. responded
] 10 the call for assistance IN making the
entertainment q great financial success.
The committee appointed TO assist the
Spanish War Veterans IS composed as fol-
! lows.
Chairman. Mrs John A Logan. presf-
dent OF the auxiliary 10 the National
/ Army; Miss Harriet L. HawIy president
| Of Mary E Babcock Auxiliary TO H W
LAYTON Command; Mrs Allyn X Capron
president auxiliary to K J. Harder Com
Tand; Mrs Celia Warner Ford. president
CT auxiliary to Nelson A Miles Command,
and Mrs. Clover, president ladies' auxiIi-
aTy TO Fourth Immune Command.
President Roosevelt viii be especially
| invited to address the veterans on this
occasion, and as the President has been
most kind in the past and is most en-
| thusiastic as TO the welfare of the young
pected that he Will readily comply.
The proceeds OF the affair viii be used
IN fitting up a library and reading room
for the boys who responded TO the call 10
arms by President Mckinley IN 1898.
Mr. Al BIoomer. tho wit OF the Gov
eminent Printing Office. and who is can
didate for delegate to the International
/ Typographical Convention, which meets
IN Cincinnati in August. is telling the fol-
loving story while campaigning" around
the city in quest OF votes:
Bill d'Orsay by the way, his name Is
7ariously written d'Orsay. dorsey, dor
sal. darcy, d'Arcf, darcy, d'Orsi. De-
Arcey, DeOrsay. DeArci, DeOrsini. and
Dorsey, Of the Document proof room.
Government Printing Office, tells story
of the days when he was young and bash
full. Just imagine the time when Bill vas
both young and bashfuI. He went to see
a girl one evening, and it began to rain
-umph, how 1t did raini-so that all
| thoughts OF going home had to be ban
/ ished The family Of the girl upon whom
/ he vas iufiiCting himself prevailed upon
! him to remain with them during the night.
The next morning he wanted TO leave
/ without his breakfast, but, Of course. they
{ WOUiQ not near 20 IHaL- AT breakfast ne
4 was in misery for fear ne would make
some horrible break, and CHANGING to
! glance in a mirror opposite to him, on
/ TnanteI, he discovered that he had neg
| lected to comb his hair This ratified him
. / so that he dropped his knife on the floor
He reached down and picked il up, and on
raising his head he struck the saucer and
/ spilled his cup OF coffee BY this time he
vas greatly confused, but worse misery
row met his view. CHANGING down he
saw something white in his lap! Horrors!
T It must De his shirt So he hastily tucked
il into his trousers After what seemed
/, hours to him, when every one had finished
eating they all rose. Bill with them, and
as he did so he pulled the tablecloth and
all the dishes OF the table, Then ne
Z started to run. and he never stopped until
he got to Nebraska, where they eat on OF
tin plates on the ground
ar. William M. Reading IS one OF the
Youngest and best-IooEiag clerks Of the
} hundreds in the War Department. and
has been employed there since his honor
.bla muster cut Of the United States vol
-.7feer service. which he entered In 1888
/ RTr Reading is q grandson OF the late
I chief Justice Marshall and the son Of
7Tr. Joseph Reading Of Rockville, Md
prominent real estate broker OF that
0 civ ard . deacon in The Presbyterian
church
! Nr. John E. Mess IS the name Of very
, nogular and musicaHy inclined gentleman
: mo is connected with the Ordnance be
/ -,z-+raenf Of the Navy Nr. Neiss was ap-
rojnted 10 his present position last De
cenber from the State OF Pennsy wanna
! TIa is living at the Hotel Baltimore
One Of the prettiest. most fascinating
and independent young misses employed
in division 3. Of the recorder DIVISION
e ! General Land Office handed the Times re
rorter the following very expressive lit1ie
5 yerselet this morning:
e 'sIf I had q ham
D And a frying pan,
] would not care --
I For any living man.
among the thousand Of clerks working
g for Uncle sam in Washington are great
e MANY who are Of distinguished lineage
/ In this class Is to be found Miss Erimble
] Of division B. recorders division, Genera
- rqsca Miss TTiu1fle is A native OIL