Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-07
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juries was completed. Finally. the several
juries attempted to Guido one another in
the value of the articles bestowed. and
then the court gave instructions that the
giving of presents should be eliminated.
LAS stated, however. the custom Is being
gradually revived It started with grand
jury. which presented Its foreman, clerk
and the deputy marshal in attendance with
tokens of regard. Incidentally. the deputy
marshal referred to was given an umbrella
on that occasion, and 1t is not betraying
confidence to say that he is the possessor
of sufficient number of such, received
from time to time. to start an umbrella
store. 1t seems that this officer is doomed
to receive an umbrella once every three
months during the remainder Of his days
FROM the grand jury the practice
spread to one Of the criminal courts. At
first flowers constituted the remembra noes.
but soon the inevitable umbrellas, boxes of
cigars and pocket books were included In
the list A few days ago. when the jarors
in the circuit and criminal courts com
pleted their terms of service, they declined
to depart until they had given evidence in
substantial form of their regard for the
Judges and attaches. AS much as the court
desires to discourage this practice of pres
ent-siving it seems bound to survive"
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Congress having decided that commits
stoned officers of the army and navy who
served during the civil war shall be given
an additional grade on retirement, the nom
commissioned officers and enlisted men Of
the army and navy who served during the
same conflict have inaugurated movement
10 secure similar recognition for themselves
II is argued in their behalf that they served
tnelr country under precisely the same con-
dit :ons as the officers, without anything like
the same pecuniary aad other rewards, and
that it would be unjust to discriminate
AGAINST them IN the matter of advanced
rank on retirement simply because of their
number positions in the ranks In the
event of the extension of the provisions Of
the retirement law in the manner indicated
II would result in non-commissioned officers
OF the highest rank retiring with the rank
and pay Of second lieutenants of the line
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Owing to the scarcity and high price of
fuel this winter, there has been q yery
noticeable increase in the demand for cook
ed foods said local market merchant to
a Star reporter. "a great many people
who heretofore prepared almost everything
at home are now coming here and getting
it already cooked. In an effort to econo-
mize on the wood and coal bill this style of
purchasing jumped into popularity by leaps
and bounds. A short time ago ham and
tongue were about the only things that
were cooked. Now you can get almost any,
thing you want-meats, vegetables, game
and fowls-and the end is not yet. This
ucular class. An elegantly dressed woman
came here the other day and ordered q
cooked turkey and some cranberries An
other woman asked me to send her up
med1um-done roast Of beef, weighing not
more than ten pounds. Orders Of baked
chicken are common. Hominy this weather
is quite popular. while boiled rice can be
purchased In any quantities. On the outside
anything you want. One old colored
nanny informs me that she is making
money out Of bacon and cabbage, while an
other old woman makes speciality Of liver
mand for cooked food has not struck Wash
ington long before this In New York you
know, you can purchase anything you want
In any quantity already prepared. Such places
OF business are on every street. more especial
ly in Brooklyn. A friend of mine who re-
sides in the city Of churches. during re-
cent visit here. informed me he had dis
pensed with the services of cook and was
dealing exclusively with the corner chef
One strong feature about these places Is
that the price for such cooked things Is
only about ten per cent above the market
price for the raw material 1t is only
question of time when the head Of the fam
lily will be able to order anything for the
table in quantity-ready to serve"
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collections Of milktops is the new thing
under the sun. and the boys are having a
lively time over Them" said West End
boy to Star reporter. The boy then ex-
planned that milk tops meant the paper
shoppers used by the dairymen- in milk and
cream bottles. II don't know where it
started he continued "but I am told It
originated in Philadelphia. 1t struck Wash
ington before Christmas and hit some boys
very hard There are several hundred
dairies In this city that use milk tops with
their names printed on them. while there
are number Of smaller dairies that use
latter are of no use to collectors for the
idea is to get as many as possible with
different names on them. Some boys who
do not take the trouble to make collections
so as to be in the milk-top swim, buy them
and pay as high as penny each for them.
As in postage stamps, milk top has its
value on It's appearance. A perfect copy
has no blemish on it-and gets its value
according to Its scarcity. A boy who at
tends the Berret School has collection Of
104 milk tops, while Frank Schofield, the
son of the chief clerk Of the War Depart
ment. who also attends that school, has q
collection nearly as large. 1t Is no unusual
thing to see boys following the dairy wag-
ons along their routes and asking the Gus
toners for the milk tops. By exchanging
duplicates they manage in a few days tc
increase their collections very rapidly. The
fad has got strong hold among the boys
in East Washington, though I think the
boys in the northwest lead all others so far
There is more fun in it than in collecting
postage stamps. for there Is an element OF
chance involved, in the tossing and match
ing of the tops. They are thrown on the
ground. and those that fall with the printed
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