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HOW THEY WERE RECOGNIZED

ONE of the Daughters OF the AmeTi-
~ can Revolution. who is a member
of a Northwestern chapter. was at the
congress which recently closed its ses-
sion in washington. She tells the follow
ing story:
Il met at the Capital the wives and
daughters OF most Of the foreign en-
bassies and legations. Charming women:
but what funny ideas some OF them have.
What queer questions they ask,
when I was introduced 10 the wife OF
one of the ambassadors she said wi n
sweet simplicity;
$50 you come from the Northwest? ?
What State?"
When 7 said Wisconsin, she said: .Ah.
yes, you know Milwaukee. then
If know any town il is Milwaukee.
But 1 wondered why this woman. whose
home is leagues beyond the seas. and
who has not been in this country long.
should speak as she did of milwaukee,.
Later in the evening when my curiosity
had free rein drew her out on the sub
tect and she said:
I should so much like 10 see the
great American City where they make
such delicious a beverage. An. the Nil
waukee beeri'
The next one / met said:
You are from the NOrthwcst2 And
your home is
q" Wisconsin, I said.
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has not suffered death and Oblivion it is
the flower fad. From time immemorial
the schoolgirl. the debutante. the ma
tron, and even the picturesque old lady
in her black silk gown and lace cap
have had their penchant for flowers.
The streets at this season Of the year
are literally lined with flower venders.
Most Of them carry violets. but there
are trays Of roses and carnations of
every hue known to the makeup table
OF fair Flora.
The Greenish- Blue Carnation.
There is one street stand on r Street
which displays a flower unknown to the
vender or even to the other florists Of
the city. A modest little shelf erected
on the sidewalk holds lars of nodding
ionquils and statuesque American
Beauty roses. These, however, are not
the main attraction. For block away
from the stand the pedestrians may
catch captivating mass of real tur-
quoise blue. which gives the impression
that Fl is a hydrangia blossom. He is
treated TO great surprise when he ap-
proaches the stand and discovers that
the jar contains a cluster OF greenish-
blue carnations. They are not bogus,
hut give forth perfume rivaling in
sweetness the whitest or reddest of the
variety. This biae earnation has be
come, or rather was last season. the
rage. It is grown only in New ork.
and is shipped to this one dealer in
Washington. Owing TO the great de-
mand for them in the metropolis. not
more than two dozen are sent 10 the
Capital, and these are quickly bought.
singly. by Washington's floral faddists.
Down the street a little way one en-
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I do not know it. you viii pardon
me. do Eot know where it is. she
answered
Wisconsin I said. is the State Of
which Milwaukee is the metropolis
All she replied. fairly clapping her
jeweled hands I know know. now.
Milwaukee IS where the American beer
is made
Then there was another bewilderirg 2
woman who spoke no English. but 7
learned through an interpreter that she
so much longed to see Milwaukee. be-
cause. she said. il was the city which
was better known 10 her family than
any in this country mex TO Washington,
as her family all liked the beer that wss
made there.
And Then ! met a foreign minister.
and he was so polite. so courteous. az
they all are. and when I said. in reply
20 his question, that I was from Wiscon-
sin. l added quickly:
Ny home is not far from Milwaukee.
which is noted for it's beautiful women ,
Yes, yes he added. bowing like a
ccUrtier. AID &c splendid beer.
"Wcn. it was weU intended. OF course.
But | must say that IL got 20 Re q triae
tedIous- ] rather Cnvied the women who
hailed from other cities. Milwaukee is
a beautiful city. but IL has something
else besides breweries.''
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"From Louisa County, Sah."

peditiously as the crankiest tenant in
the building.
The boy can keep at the tenants in
a constant state of irritation by ignor-
ing their calls He can be surly 10 visi-
tors to the apartment and forgetful
OF notes and messages left with him
for delivery
'He can smash the simplest automat-
&c elevator three times week without
half trying. and keep the janitor busy
making repairs and explanations when
that fuctionary wants 10 be AT work on
the steam or the pumps. On the other
hand that rare phenomenon. a good
elevator boy. can smooth the path or
jsnitor and tenant and make himself
the pride OF an apartment houss.
Bad boys do the damage. and leave the
explanation to the janitor
The Telephone a Perpetual Worry.
"In apartment houses where there is
but one telephone. and that in,the main
hall. a new element to make trouble Is
introduced. The ianitor is responsible
10 the agents for the receipts at the
telephone Tenants use the telephone
forget TO pay. and then deny their in
debtedness.
"Janitors sometimes make mistakes In
telephone charges. suppose. and refuse
10 acknowledge their errors. Servants
make use OF the telephone and have il
charged 10 some other family. Hall
boys use IL and charge il impartiaIlv.
The janitor has to pay the whole bill
and collect as much as he can from the
tenants by diplomacy, threats or oppres-
sion.
The cleaning OF public halls and
stairways is never accomplished with out
trouble for the janitor. Scrubwomep
leave pools of water in the dark cor
ners. in which feminine garments soak
as they swish along the hall. That
means trouble for the janitor
Marble stairways or light tiled floor
ings show every spot and speck of dirt.
Tenants. many times themselves re-
sponsible for unnecessary muss and
dirt. are quick and loud in their COM
plants TO the janltor or to the agents.
1T is not OF record that any apart
ment house halls were ever washed too
often, but janitors believe that II tbev
were cleaned daily tenants would de-
clare that malaria resulted from the
continual dampness and that trouble
would result.
The Fire Department keeps an eye
on the hre-escaDes- Distractions on
the landings or ladders-favorfte places
for servants 20 put buckets and boxes
and waste of all kinds-mean an official
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SWEET Fl OWERS HERALD THE EVER WEI CONF SPRING
That The Gldd-
some Season Is Here
awakened in The Most
prOSdiC Breast bU the
Advent Of thc pcrOnbu-
ldtinq DcOIer in FIOrd'S
Fair tIdndiWOrR-S Some
+ Street Sidewalk scenes

she is about the corner OF Eleventh ani
Streets and not a woman in the colo
ny OF shoppers. from the ranlssof the
Diplomatic Corps TO the progressive
miss who earns her own salary bat
knows this quaint character. In a
sweet voice-not without its pathos-
she offers her flowers II you do not buy
she turns eheerfuHy to the next one.
but II her posies meet with favor size
adds to its beauty and fragrance
prayer that blessings may shower on
your head forever and day.
In the Blythesome Spring.
According to the poet. In the spring
the young mans fancy lightly turns 10
thoughts of love" Just what direction
the maids thoughts take IS not so
easily guessed. but from the evident in
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he janitor, sitting on the steps
leading from the sidewalk to the
basement OF the big Connecticut Avenue
apartment house whose nagement is
in his charge. looked critically at the
periodical which excuses its existence
by alleging that it is witty. He seemed
annoyed. He laid the paper down. not
gently.
1T makes me tired. all this talk about
janitors." he said. Every paper I see
is full of what suppose are considered
jokes about janitors. / don't see why
they are printed. They aren't true and
they don't tell the truth about janitors.
i've been a janitor for ten years.
I'm still employed by the agents for
whom ] first worked. Some of the ten
ants have been in houses have run for
years one tenant changed his home
simply TO follow me from one apart
ment house to another. The best
friends 1 have are among the tenants.
All this talk about janitors being rob-
bers and rufTians is bosh."
The janitor smoked the offered cigar.
His good temper returned. Then he
spoke again.
IF you're not in a hurry TO go away
I'll tell you something about janitors.
When you've heard IL you may not take
as much stock in all this cheap talk as
you do now
The Janitor's Narrative.
Then the janitor began. and here is
part OF the many things he said during
an hours lecture on the duties, respon-
sibilities and limitations OF apartment
house janitors:
Even II Il were possible to obtain
complete census Of the tenement houses
OF all kinds in the District OF Columbia.
IL would be out OF the question to esti-
mate. except in the toughest way. the
number OF janitors who preside over
their destinies. with the great Increase
in the number Of apartment houses Of
various grades during the past three
decades. the possibilities of this new
trade have broadened and multiplied un-
iii it Is a conservative estimate to say
that today there are FIVE hundred men
whose time is given 10 the care Of
apartment houses. and FIVE times that
number OF persons whose livelihood de-
pends in whole OF In part on this source
OF revenue.
Prom the carctaker OF the trans
formed dwelling house rebuilt 10 &c
commodate six or eight families. 10 the
weIl-dressed superintendent OF a mod
ern apartment building covering a fun
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counters a line OF dusky venders, who
exhibit their wares on large trays. vio-
let's piled a foot high. massed one bunch
on another. is a sight one meets from
early morning until late in the after
noon.
At the corner OF Eleventh and F
Streets there is a group Of sellers gath
cred. This is the most congested place
in the shopping district, where maid
meets maid-or otherwise-and where
for the want of something else to do.
people pause simply to watch the
crowd"
Guaranteed the Genuine Article.
Just where the flowers that repose on
the venders' trays come from is a ques-
tion that suggests itself to ones mind
when the fresh color and strong. sweet
odor declare them . be fresh from the
pluckins Some hard hearted individual.
without regard for feminine feelings
might suggest that they are grown out
slde the city IN suffocating, tumble
down hothouse. That is too much fo-
the heart OF the debutsnte to tolerate.
To her they are products OF a far-off
tropical cline. where the winds Of win
ter are unknown and flowers nod at one
along Fhe footpaths. in the byways and
highways; where the song Of love is in
the air and all is life, youth, beauty.
and everlasting Joy.
From Louisa County, Sab"
According to the little colony OF ven
ders at Eleventh and F. Streets, their
violets are the genuine article They
scorn the idea OF cultivation at Ben
ming. where the atmosphere savors OF
other and material things. Their bios
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block. with a dozen stories and 6ftv
families. is long step; but the duties
and responsibilities OF the janitor in
each are essentially the same. They
differ only in degree.
Origin of the Much-Abused Official.
ITO do the work made necessary bv
the present mode Of life adopted bv
many Washington families scores OF
mechanics Of all trades have been with
drawn from their original occupations.
in which they were apprenticed. 20 earn
their living as janitors. The janltors
form an important class in the commu-
nifty. for their duties bring them into
personal contact not only with the own
ers and agents of the buildings in which
they serve. but with the tenants. the
tradespeOple. and the city government.
l get along smoothly with all OF them
that is, most OF the time.
The duties Of a janitor include
everything. Primarily he is hired 10
represent the owner OF the building in
protecting il and in keeping Il up
He is responsible for the appearance
Of the sidewalks about the house. the
condition Of the public halls on all the
floors. the stairways, the dre-escapes,
the fire extinguishlng apparatus. the
heating and lighting plants within the
house. the electric call bells from the
vestibule 10 the apartments. the dumb
waiter. the airshafts. and generally the
whole OF the building not in the direct
care OF the tenants
Handy Jack of All Trades.
IF this were all that ne had 20 look
after he would be a reasonably busy man.
But. as a matter OF fact, In addition to
the duties for which the owner pays
him. the janitor is the handy man and
jack-of- all-trades for every tenant in
the building. and he must be an expert
in every branch. Of manual endeavor to
be a success.
Sometimes the janitor is the rent
the direct representative OF the agents
in all the disputes that arise. not only
between tenant and landlord, but be-
tween tenant and tenant
III there is any trouble OF any 30
scription in an apartment Mouse the
ianitor is the handiest representative
OF high authority to whom appeal may
be made Pooh Bah OF the community
In which from 90 TO 200 persons live, a
Washington Janitor comes in for as
much abuse as the Secretary Of War at
the end Of a foreign campaign.
I'm all the newer apartment houses
there are dozens OF labor-saying devices
operated by steam. electricity and water
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clination OF the majority who gather
these bright mornings and afternoons il
Street it would seem that for the
time. az least. love has been reIesatei
TO the background and in place CT
dainty little Cupid a fragrant violet IS
enshrined on the throne OF the maiden 8
heart
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acters TO be found in the coteries Of
flower sellers is a little old woman.
dressed neatly in black gown. spotless
white apron and a charmingly pic
turesque bonnet. She carries a large
wicker basket filed to the brim with
roses. carnations and vioiets. Usually
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than its quota Of pretty girls knows not
whereof he speaks. and he who can pass
a tray Of beautiful. rich purple vioIets
without sense Of their exquisite worth
surely has no religion in his soul.
Society is addicted TO fads. but il
there was ever one Indulgence which
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wished for no greater excuse than 10
match a skein OF silk for a trip TO the
stores F Street has been the Mecca for
society to the masses OF real flowers
banked high on the venders' trays. He
who says that Washington has not more
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which are committed completely to the
care of the janitor. To run them econom-
ically and TO repair them when they are
out OF order requires pretty fair prac-
teal knowledge Of steam, electric and
hydraulic engineering.
The janitor must be able 20 repair
the electric elevator when II breaks
down and 10 tinker the pumps when
they get out OF order. Some OF the big
apartment houses, practically, are built
so that their upper stories are above
the city water level and the apartments
on the upper floors are served from
tanks on the roof
A Howl When the Water Fails.
Broken pumps mean no water in the
tanks and that means a general and
united howl from perhaps 30 per cent of
the families Tenants usually regard the
janitOr il not as a sworn enemy. at least
as a necessary evil. and no excuses will
they accept when the water is cut Off So
the janitor, besides starting the pumps
at the proper time, must be able to re-
pair any break that disables them, and
that promptly.
The steam heating plant for six
months OF the year is another source
OF constant work and worry TO the tani-
tor II his duties and responsibilities
ended when he stocked the fire and got
steam up. he would be happy. But in
a seven floor house with three apart
ments TO each floor. there are at least
l25 radiators with all their valves and
connections TO keep in running order.
besides the service pipes and boilers
themselves.
Whole Families Furnish Opinions.
twenty-five families can develop a
multiplicity OF opinions in regard to
temperatures that would feaze a greater
man than the janitor. Jones, in the
nth floor west is freezing: Smith. in
the third north is broiled. Why doesn't
the janitor pay some attention to the
heat2 is their cry. II the janitor tries
to explain he probably loses his temper
and then he is reported to the agents
He's lucky il all hands don't report him
Much Of the janitors woe flows from
the elevator; also much OF the tenants
The wages paid 10 elevator boys in
apartment houses does not attract the
highest class Of skilled labor Mr.. Jani-
tor is responsible for the behavior Of
the boys TO the tenants and TO the agent
The Elevator Boy a Mighty Power.
THE boys are responsible for a good
deal OF the friction between janitors and
tenants. An impertinent, neslectfuI
elevator boy can produce gray hairs on
a janitor aHd drive him to drink as ex-
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Street Vendors Of NiOletS,
Roses and Carnations
Now in Evidence as
HOrbinqCrS Of Incense
Breathing summer, When
Young Mems Thoughts
Turn Lightly TO Love and
the fl0id is Gov.

II HE streets OF Washington. par
ticularly those in the shopping
and promenade districts. are pull
sating with the atmosphere of spring.
JOY, enthusiasm and a feeling Of thanks
giving that this season was not left out
of the calendar, or rather that it was
inserted. fairly lift humanity OF its
feet and one instinctively assumes an
attitude indicative of peace with all the
world and wishing for more worlds to
make friends with.
Buds of Many Varieties.
For weeks one has had a suspicion
that spring was vending it's way from
the tropics and in happy anticipation Of
fits coming the boulevards have been
thronged and Washington fomininity has
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ton, superintendent of nurses and matrons;
G. M. Rufin, Md, j. D. Rogers, MD, F.
N. Poole, MD, residents; c. v. Nyman,
pharmacist.
The officers of the board Of lady man.
ayers are Mrs. w. H. Hoeke, president;
Mrs Charles ]. Bell, first vice president
Mrs H. c. Yarrow, second vice president;
Mrs. Henry G. Thompson, corresponding
secretary; Miss Mae McCauley, recording
secretary; Mrs. D. K. Shute, treasurer.
History of the Institution.
The first course of instruction in the Med
ical School of Columbian University began
with an Introductory lecture, delivered by
DR.. Thomas Sewall, professor of anatomy
and physiology, March 30, 1925. At that
time there were only sixteen other medical
schools in the United States. Now there
are in this country more than $50 regular
medical colleges. .
When the Medical School Of the Column
bian University was established in 1925
there were in the whole United States about
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parlors arranged which are reached by
large, easy-going elevators.
A number of the private rooms have been
fitted up by wealthy patrons and pat
r,nesses of the hospital as memorials. Mrs
Gardiner G. Hubbard has expended large
sum on one of the rooms as a memorial
to her husband. Mrs. w. H. -IcKnew has
also furnished one of the memorials, as
have DR. and Mrs. A. C. Yarrow, Mrs. Wal
bridge, Mrs. Stanley Matthews, DR.. and
Mrs. Donaldson and others. The medical
wards will be named iii honor of DR.. w.
w. Johnston, who was one of the most en-
thusiastic workers for the success of the
hospital and of the medical schools of the
university.
Arrangements nave been made for a ma
ternity service, and all the necessary rooms
and appliances in the old building. In the
new structure there will be, besides the
private rooms, wards for medical and surgf-
cal patients that will accommodate fifty
patients. Three operating rooms with a
full equipment of every modern instrument
and appliance ha been constructed. The
equipment of the operating rooms will in
clude an X-ray apparatus of the latest pat
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BUILDINGS RELOCATED
Order Of Exercises at Column
bian University addition.
THE NEW HOSPITAL
ELABORATE PLANS FOR ACCOM-
MoDATINa STUDENTS.
Medical and Dental Glasses Provided
With Handsome Quarters
ton Of the Structures.


With simple ceremony the new buildings
to be occupied by the Columbian Univers-
ity medical and dental schools and hos
pital, on H street northwest between 18th
and 18th streets, were dedicated this after
noon. The ceremonies began at o'clock
and are now in progress. The dedication of
the new buildings marks new era in the
study of medicine in the District. The
hospital building and dental school occupy
about one-third of the block, and are hand
some structures. The buildings are all
connected, so that student can pass frora
one to the other without going out of doors.
The board Of lady managers will receive
the visitors this afternoon between and 5
o'clock and they will be escorted through
the hospital and medical schools Nurses
will be in attendance to show the hospital
appliances and students will act as escorts
in the medical school.
Every department of the three institu-
tons in the group of buildings is thrown
open to the visitors. Refreshments will be
served in one Of the corridors.
Address by DR.. Needham.
The exercises today began with shor.
address by DR.. Charles w. Needham, presi-
dent of Columbian University. Dr. Need
ham welcomed the guests on behalf of the
university and then introduced Rev. Teunis
3. Hamlin, DID,, pastor of the Church Of
the Covenant, who pronounced the invoca-
ton and made short address. Succeeding
DR.. Hamlin DR.. A. F. A. King, president of
the medical college, will make an address.
and Rev. Samuel H. Greene, DID, pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church, and former
president Of Columbian University will
also make an address and pronounce the
benediction. At the conclusion of these
exercises the inspection of the buildings
will begin.
The hospital is In the5s same building IT
formerly occupied, with an addition almost
as large on the east side. The interior of
the old building has been entirely recon-
structed
AS the structure stands now there are
thirty-eight private rooms, each fitted with
every appliance and convenience that can
add to the comfort and health of the pa
tient. Some of the rooms are arranged en-
suite and some of them =have private baths
A roof garden has been fitted up and sun
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tern, which will be used to assist in surgi-
cal cases. Every one of these rooms and
wards have been completely fitted up and
Dental and Medical Schools.
The building of the dental and medical
schools are brand new throughout, and are
fitted up with the most modern conyen-
fences. The two schools are placed in one
building. but are entirely distinct and sep
arate. The structure is i've stories in height
and has four large lecture halls. each capa-
BILE of seating from 200 to $50 students. The
building is also provided with large labora-
tories, recitation rooms, professors rooms.
museum. reading room and study rooms
The building was designed by and con-
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CURES CATkRRH
Hyomei, the Most Wonderful
Cure for Catarrh Ever Discov-
cred" Says Mayor Ward.

Do not try to cure catarrh by taking drugs
into the stomach; it cannot be cured in that
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OF catarrh and prevent their growth
Hyomei is the only known method Of
treatment that accomplishes this 1t Is the
simplest, most pleasant and the only abso-
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discovered.
Thousands Of unsolicited testimonials have
been received from the most prominent men
and women in the country who have been
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bankers, Ewyers, even eminent physicians
have sent strong testimonials as to the re-
markable powers of Hyomei to cure catarrh.
Former Mayor Emory NJ. Ward Of Trenton,
N. j., writes: "Yox have my permission to
say that believe .HyomeP to be one of the
most wonderful cures for catarrh and throat
trouble that has ever been discovered. In
my case the effect has been marvellous /
inclose you money order for two outfits for
friends of mine to whom have recommend
ed 'Hyomer and who l am anxious shall
have the benefit Of this remarkable pana-
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The leading druggists Of this city have 20
much confidence In the power Of Hyomei to
cure catarrk, that they Will sell 1t under an
absolute guarantee to refund the money II
the purchaser can say that 1t did not help