Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-15
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friends around the capital recently. when
he pointed out a magnificent old residence
built by a famous lawyer Of the earlier
period.
why" asked the frugal New Highlander
was he able to build that handsome resi-
dence by his practiceT'
Yes" replied the senator by his prae-
tice and his practices"
x
Three days vacation in twenty-five years
is the record Of Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw. 81 am afraid to take a long vaca-
tion, said the Secretary, when asked what
his recreation consisted OF. II have a
hearty sympathy for the physician who
was prescribing for man who seemed to
be very much run down. After studying
the case most carefully the physician de-
ne cessary for you to give up your annual
vacation this year. as I don't believe your
condition warrants the strain
II would be afraid to risk the effect OF
long vacation on my constitution, con-
tinued the Secretary. laughingIy. so take
my recreation from day to day in walk
ing from my house to the treasury and back
again.
zone thing I would like to do more Of,
and that is horseback riding. 1 believe that
is the most healthful exercise man can
| indulge in, and to me it is very fascinat-
ing"
Secretary Shaw's long, swinging stride
and the keen expression of enjoyment ap-
parent on his face as he does the distance
between the Treasury Department and his
Massachusetts avenue residence. Is more
evidence than is necessary to substantiate
the Secretary's word that he needs no va
cation, and that walking is his chief de-
! light.
x X u
at strikes me that a long time will glide
past into history before the average citi-
zen will be able to tell correctly at glance
as to just what branch of the service or to
what staff department an officer of the
United States army is attached, when the
new uniform order goes into effect, re-
marked a man who always follows band
of music and who is deeply interested in
everything that pertains to the military
although officers are not required to pro-
cure the new dress and equipments until
the list of next July. quite number of the
youngsters recently commissioned are al
ready poisoning out in the latest garb.
The other day / happened across three
young officers walking along Pennsylvania
avenue. They wore spick and span uni
forms apparently just from the tailors. Al
though 7 have studied the details of the
uniform order pretty thoroughly that trio
OF followers of Mars had me guessing for
some little time regarding what they were.
1t was not until ! got sufficiently close to
observe the color OF the fleld of their Shout
der straps and saw 1t was the maroon hue
adopted for the medical department that
I was able to classify them as assistant
surgeons
80 many material changes have been
provided" concluded the individual of mar
tial hankerings. that the general public
viii have to observe pretty closely before it
will be competent to differentiate between
an ordnance officer and a man holding
commission in some other branch of the
service"
X X x
1.-THE American girl has achieved another
distinction in European eyes" said one Of
the representatives Of the United States
government who has just returned from
The Hague tribunal. ''In the very first
place in the beautiful hall where the au-
gust tribunal met to arbitrate the Plus
case. and directly beneath the desk of the
judges. throughout the proceedings. sat
two charming young women from Wash
| ington. Miss Hanna and Miss Larkin, pens
! in hand. swiftly and easily recording in
| good. sound Pitman every English ut
| terance in the court. The French speeches
| were recorded by trained male stenogra-
| pliers from Paris. Not one Of the great
| European publicists gathered in the court
| room on the bench or In the audience.
| ever before had seen female reporter
Women are known to a limited extent as
amanuenses In Europe, but none ever had
| been known to undertake such formidable
| work as court reporting. But the Ameri-
| can girls did not hesitate, and their work
| was a revelation to the court, the mem
bers of which never seemed to tire of
| watching the fair heads bent over the fly
I ing pens and foolscap."
| X II
'It is big mistake to have your face
| packed in hot towels in a barber shop"
said an eye specialist the other day. ut is
| very bad for the eyes. The towels, steam
| ing with heat. are packed about the face
! In such way that inevitably they cover
| the eyes and there they remain for several
| minutes, drawing the blood to the tender
! vessels of the eye and swelling them.
| THE hot pack feels good to the face, and
| undoubtedly helps to steam out the skim
| but the benefit derived in that direction is
! more than offset by the damage done the
| eyes.
| The corridor of the upper floor of the city
| hall building. at least that portion Of IL
| in the western wing OF the structure, might
| very readily be mistaken for a hardware
store. a machine shop. or a stove dealers
| establishment just at present. The rea-
| son for this is that the Court of Appeals
| IS this week engaged in hearing patent
| cases. Piled up in the court room and
| along the adjacent corridor are oil stoves
| of both the cooking and heating types,
/ cash registers and machines Of all sorts.
During the arguments of counsel the arti-
/ Giles referred to are made use Of to en-
| tighten the court on the disputed points re-
/ garding patent rights.