Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08
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I assure you this is no joking matter: I
am hollerin loud's I can, and I would like
to have cocktail
Cant hear YOU says the telephone
lady, and shuts off the phone. Well. sir.
there I stood. and in my despair the tears
fairly rolled down my face. l was too weak
to dress until I'd had my drink. getting
weaker every minute, and here was shut
up in room on the seventh floor of a
building, with no way of attracting human
attention.
II tell you. don't know what I'd done
II just at that moment Colonel Bledsoe,
who had been up all night in a poker game.
hadn't come to my room to see if was up,
and I got him to Ak up things with the
telephone lady, so We were soon all right.
After this, though, I don't take any
chances with a telephone room. I want
| the push button. or, better still, one of
| them good old-fashioned bell cords that
| you can yank and hear the bell jangle
| plumb down in the Office"
x
1.-The age Of field officers in the American
| army Is exceedingly high" remarked one
\ Of them to Star reporter the other day,
especially when compared with the ages
| of officers of corresponding grades in the
armies Of Europe. Over there, for instance
| colonies commanding regiments are any
where from thirty to forty years old, while
| in the American army the average age Of
colonies is nearly sixty years. Now, every
| body knows that an average man of that
age is scarcely fit for active field service,
| when much of his time is necessarily spent
on horseback. Take the colonies Of in
fantry. for illustration. There are thirty
Of them. Three-Ikline. Haskell and OCon-
nor-are sixty-three years of age, and one
Dougherty-is sixty-one. OF the others,
! nine are sixty. six fifty nine, three fifty
eight. one fifty seven, one f1fty-six, two
fftythree, two fifty-one. and the youngest
-Duncan-is fifty. Their average age Is
ffty-eight and one-third years. The OFF,
GERS 1 speak of are those who will remain
| in active service after the retirement Of all
the officers to be promoted brigadier gen.
erals on account of service in the war Of
the rebellion"
The office of "chief Of STAFF recently
created by the Secretary Of the Navy, Will
necessitate certain alterations in the In
| terror construction in the flagship of the
fleet to which he is attached. By virtue Of
| his exalted position on shipboard he will be
| entitled to a separate cabin with the In
evitable bath room attachment, and spe-
| cial provision will have to be made for
| them in the interior economy Of the vessel
! 1t Is estimated that 1t will take at least
| 81 900 to make the necessary changes. but
| find the necessary additional space on
board without sacrifice to the regular naval
equipment. Capt John E. Pilsbury has
been detailed as chief of staff to Rear Ad-
mral Barker, commanding the North At
| lantic fleet, for special duty during the COM
ing joint army and naval maneuvers.
x X X y
A prominent local attorney who is board
ing in Maryland this summer, making the
journey to and from his Office morning and
evening aboard the Rockville electric cars,
was asked today at the city hall if he was
living in Maryland in the hope that he
would thereby be eligible for appointment
to the vacancy in the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia resulting from the
retirement of Justice Hagner.
Not at al,' was the cheerful reply OF
the temporary suburbanite. 4 am happy
to say that we are escaping from our COOK
lady for few months
X X x
Among the improvements being made at
the Capitol during the present summer is
bal shop for the Ioueo of IscPrcscn-
tatives Outside of the Capitol republicans
and democrats meet in barber shops and
occupy chairs Unfortunately. A republi
can may precede or follow a democrat in a
chair, or may sit alongside of him while
having his hirsute appendage repaired in
the most approved fashion. But 1t is not so
at the Capitol on the House side. Before
the present barber shop accommodations
were provided the republicans had shop
in their lobby and the democrats had an
other on their side of the House. Now
that the entire force Of BARRIERS is being
moved to quarters in the basement, on the
opposite side of the hallway from the
House restaurant, arrangements have been
made for having the republicans and demo-
Gratis shaved in separate rooms. These
rooms adjoining, with only a marble
barrier between them, but they have been
provided with separate doors, so that re-
publicanS and democrats may never meet
even in going in or coming out of the shop.
On the Senate side of the Capitol there is
a more general mixing of men of all shades
of political views There is but one barber
shop, and there republicans and democrats
meet as contestants for the chairs when
they are empty. When there were popu-
lists in the Senate they, too. used the bar
Der shop, though, as a rule, they did not
need shaving, but merely came to get their
hair trimmed or their boards kept within
reasonable limits.
On both the Senate and the House side of
the Capitol the BARRIERS are paid from the
public funds. They are very well paid,
too, and in addition to what they get in
the way of salaries from the government
they get good many tips from their
statesmen customers. In both Senate and
House there is a very strict rule against
any one except a senator or representative
making use of the special shops. A senator
never invades the precincts of the House
barber and representative never even
looks into the senatorial quarters.
On both sides of the Capitol there are
shops where any one can have the atten-
ton OF BARRIERS for paying the usual rates.
These are patronized very largely by en-
ployes of Congress.
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A well-known correspondent on newspa-
per row took the correspondentship of a
western paper at the last session of Con-
gress and the business manager came on
to Washington to talk over things with
him.
Hadn't better put the members of the
congressional delegation on the exchange
list?' asked the business manager
Well replied the correspondent, eff /
can't make it Interesting enough for them
to buy the paper 1 am not the man you
need"
About three weeks after that the corre-
spondent received this note from the bust
ness manager:
Dear Sir: The last man in the delega-
ton sent in his subscription today"
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