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The Washington times., 1903-08-09

that float from the aagpole on the most
conspicuous point on the lawn This is
the scene that inspired Key to write
his Star Spangled Banner" and some
body points to where the British ship
lay with the poet prisoner on board dur
ing the night of the famous battle.
New Scenes on the Homeward Route.
The homeward bound trip is the most
interesting half of the journey. Instead
of the unfiltered Potomac. your voyage
begins on the billowy blue Patapsco,
that by and by will empty into the
Chesapeake. which in coming you
crossed in the. night
Your favorite nook on the hurricane
deck is too windy for comfort and you
go aft and in a sheltered corner thrill
and tremble with the delight of the
world about you. Steamers pass you
their moving show of colored lights sug-
costing the candIe-lit boxes that chill
dren drag along the pavements in the
twilight of a summer evening. Shad-
owy vessels are see-sawing their way
to the Baltimore port, and one mystic
rioue brig looms against the sky line
with never a light to protect her from
other vessels that may be following in
her wake. Her hulk is inky black and
her masts so vague that your imagina-
ton sets itself 10 wondering if ;his can
be the phantom ship whose captains
name is Kidd. By and by you come TO
a chain of lights stretched oceanward
from land. and though you are miles
away from shore you fancy you hear
above the surging of the water the band
at Chesapeake Beach. Then night comes
on and you go to bed early so as to be
up in time to see the most historic spot
in all Maryland, the one time St Mary's
City, down on the river chart as
Bronze. You are in your stateroom
when the steamer puts in. however. and
you barely get a peep at the path Up
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a bit worried for Z minute then he turn
ed TO the reporter and said: Here's the
message" The reporter read in a clear
feminine hand: DO come home early
Mrs. Depew.'
Our Trust in Heaven.
The secretary of one of the fire in
suranee companies here in Washington
has fund OF comicaI stories and is al
ways ready 70 amuse his friends with
them The reporter found him at hts
desk and asked him for a contribution.
4 was in the South a few years and
called to renew the insurance OF an old
darkey on his house and furniture He
didn't want to go TO the expense but his
wife finally won him over
she said: We done had insurance for
five years now Hennery. / knows We
didn't hab none befo' dat and we Just
depended on de Lord an no fire done
come but den 20 know. Hennery, it's
turrible riskey, dish yere dependin' on 10
Lord. 9"
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dark winter frocks are bingham aprons,
and the legs OF blue yarn stockings serve
for mitts.
"They amt quality" explained an old
colored man who is fiicking flies off his
OK team "They's Jest poor whites from
the backwoods down to see the boat
land - yass'm." He is determined
strangers shall not get false idea of
the inhabitants. but he thoughtfully low
ers his voice. so that the types" can
not hear.
Along about dark. you reach Lewisct-
ia. looking like a summer resort with its
clusters of modern homes. You nnd T.:
all belongs to one man who carries or a
river industry. and has built the houses
for his help. 1t is your last glimpse Of
the landings. but the man at the wheel
assures you that on your return trip you
will pass the others by day.
After supper you spend two hours of
when you 90 to bed you sleep like a top,
though, the steamer is forging through
the pillows OF Chesapeake Bay. You are
up and fresh as a daisy, by dawn, to
find yourself in Baltimore. You have Z
day to see the city. and are back by 3
O'Clock. to secure a 'coign OF vantage"
on the hurricane deck. and thus take
in the wonders OF the harbor- Ocean
going vessels are in their slips; giant
sailing ships of every make are flying
foreign eolors; there are all sorts CT
barges drawn by tugs, excursion steam
ers. and pleasure yachts. On one side Il
tremendous gray sloop moves out into
the ocean as gently and quietly as a
nun coming from a cathedral. Rushing
in another direction is brown sea drag
on that turns out 10 be railroad trans
port towing a craft that looks like par
lOT car.
As you leave the port Fort McHenry
rises green and shGpely from her sea
wall Everybody shouts ard waves a
handkerchief at the Stars and Stripes
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Other Varieties.

Philadelphians are devoted to the
tongue sandwich, however. They inclose
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Must Render an Account.
ALL WEAR COSTLY RAIMENT.

MO MAN who eats in a restaurant
| Y ever pays less than SIS Tor a suit
or an overcOat. and no woman who
eats in a public place ever wears
a waist costing less than SO, and fire.
quently much more. AT least. so the
of a fashionable Washington
cafe says.
Like all restaurant owners. he oc-
receives complaints from peo-
pie who have lost an overcoat-or mis-
laid one-and who have had garments
positively ruined by a careless waite:
splitting soup or something else OH a
portion Of Il, usually a sleeve, and he
says that the above figures are the
lowest quotations he ever heard
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Delightful Cruising on Historic Rivers and the Noble Old
Chesapeake BdYnduStrieS Of Giles Prominent
in an Industrial pdnOrOn0--C Canning To
mOtOGS Now in Progress

ish tinge. the twilight has dyed the wa
ter: a riotous breeze blows the worry
out of your brain and puts in its place
an exhilarating appreciation of the bare
fact OF living. Suddenly. as though you
were a child. the sand man comes
around and you start for your stateroom.
You know that the steamer is TO lay
up at Leonardtown, on the Maryland
shore. for the night. and with the de -
termination to get up early enough to
catch a glimpse of the historical old
county seat of st. Mary and, in nauti-
cal lingo, you turn in" 1t is an airy lit
tie room, with a window that shows the
moon and a square of rushing water
and the two berths. one above the other.
are comfortable and white.
Cant you smell the salt in the ARP
asks Kodak, from above.
4 can taste it" answers Pencil, from
beneath
Asleep on the Murmuring Wave.
You feel that the waves are growing
large and the rhythm OF the paddle is so
much music in your ears. You do not
sleep at once. but in blissful. drOwsY
fashion are conscious whenever the
steamer makes into a wharf before she
sounds whistle or bell. Some time In
the small hours she anchors-then.
dreamless sleep until dawn.
The day begins bright and early with
breakfast-such a breakfast, The en-
erald waves have become blue green
pillows, and your boat is blowing
through them to the sky line. with the
shores Of Maryland and Virginia on
either side. As she touches each wharf
you get glimpses of customs and types.
You notice that the freight taken from
the Maryland wharf mainly consists Of
tobacco. II is shipped in hogsheads new
ly made of oak that still smells Of the
forest; each so heavy that il takes {
half dozen truckmen to trundle it aboard,
man who knows tell you that to-
bacco is more trouble than a teethiuS
baby. but that 1t represents the wealth
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COPPER WEDDING GIFTS

HE decorative value OF copper in
housekeeping equipment has only
recently been realized in this eoun-
try. AT one OF the biggest OF the
fashionable June weddings the display
of bridal gifts demonstrated the rise
into popularity of copper for tea things.
beer sets. coffee equipments. smoking
appliances. and for many other purposes
for which silver only was formerly used.
\ full copper tea service for the hap
Ply Pair consisted Of kettle. pot, sugar,
and waste water bowl. tongs. caddy. and
creameI. Each article was made OF clear
red French copper. without other dec
Grafton than a delicate trimming OF Ius-
terless silver IN Louis Quinze pattern
about the handles aud rims. Each ar
ticle was heavily plated inside with sill
yer and the whole set stood upon a tray
OF black polished oak. with a stout and
artistic rim of copper trimmed also with
q fine scroll Of silver.
The cost Of this set was considerable
ana its effect admirable from the stand
point Of usefulness and decorative value.
Beside the tea tray there was a superb
set OF six copper ale hagons and q hsge
copper pitcher on an oaken board.
trimmed stoutly in copper. The fiagons
were lined with gold and trimmed with
silver.
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5000, 900 herring and thousands OF bar
rels of fish. both sailed and corned.
on again. for miles of big green waves
and salty breezes. to say nothing OF 4
dinner 10 which you bring the appetite
of a field hand In the shank of he
afternoon you put into famous old Kin
sale. The first thing to capture your
interest is an ancient brown farm house
with its shingled roof sloping to the pi-
azza, and with its chimney built outside
the wall. Your heart goes out to this relic
of Revolutionary architecture and to the
old fashioned posies blooming in the
yard. Another hours wait, which you
spend ashore. You penetrate the IN
terror until you come to a drug store.
Curious TO learn IL this innovation in
cludes an ice cream soda attachment.
you lift the latch and walk in. Evil
IDENTIFY the people of Kinsale are as hon
est as the people of Turkey. for you
could walk out again with the store and
its contents. the druggist having prob
ably joined the population Ito sec the
boat come in"
At Cone River. where you land next,
you find a tomato factory in full blast.
1t is a big pavilion with a peaked roof
upheld by wooden supports which en-
abIes you 10 see the people az work
On the outer edge Of this pavilion are
hundreds Of boxes OF tomatoes. that
make glorious burst of red
and yellow against the tide
stained wood, and piled up tins cans
shine like minted silver in the sun. The
hands. mostly colored. sing az they
work. and when one of the deck hands
upsets a sack of salt in the river the
camp meeting hymn usually changes 10
equally musical laughter. One woman,
as brown as a tobacco leaf. who wears
a bright bingham fFock and pink sun
bonnet. proves as cordially communica-
tive as every other native on both cides
OF the river
"Yass'm; we all likes canning. We
suttinly does. I makes my four cents
bucket for skinning 'tomats.' an I con
earn a dollar a day easy, and sometimes
more. We starts with strawberries and
cherries; we's just getting through with
blackberries, and by the time ives done
with these 'tomats,' We takes UP peaches
and corn"
The Honorable Old SunbOnnet.
Down the road tramp two odd figures
that give you a sensation You have
come across a typei They wear slat
s1InbOnuets Of purple calico over their
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TIVE HUNDRED miles to Baltimore
= and back,
To the average Washingtonian
a round trip to our sister city on the
PataPsco means a two hours whiz by
rail. II is a good way. but il is not the
only way. II isn't even the best way.
according to two vacation hunters who
are just back from the roundabout
route, and who took notes and made
snapshots along the way.
A steamer leaves her Seventh Street
wharf on Tuesday afternoon. If It were
Sunday her decks would be crowded. but
happily the passengers are limited TO a
half-doZen 'roundtrippers" and a fam
lily or so of city relatives who will land
at wharves along the line. The water
is as yellow as taffy, but there are no
pessimists aboard and all are willing to
give the Potomac chance.
As the steamer makes her first land
ing at Alexandria two men with a mis-
taken sense of conditions discuss the
ancient city
1T looks like an allegory of Sleep"
says one
The ailegory would be Death If 1t
were not for the harbor." answers the
other.
In contradiction to this criticism the
sixteen brawny black deck hands. who
swarm over the wharf the instant the
gangplank is thrown, are over an hour
clearing the warehouse of freight.
The water continues TO be muddy, but
the ripples have grown into waves as
the boat is steered within the green
shadows under the wooded blum of ely
mont on the Maryland shore. The beach,
with its upward winding road and an
cient trees. makes a pretty picture. but
the supper bell proves metal more at
tractiye. And that sea food supper
more than carries out the promises OF
the bell.
By the time you are on deck again the
blue in the clouds has taken on n gray
The Washington times., 1903-08-09
SICK ROOFS FOR
WOMEN SUFFERERS
EW YORK is decidedly in advance
OF all other large American cit
les in one aspect ct least. AL

IEW YORK is decidedly in advance
M of all other large American cit
les in one aspect ct least. AL
most all the large dry goods and depart
ment stores have provided sick rooms
for the care OF their women customers
ing.
Should a clerk discover that custom
or is i'll she at once notifies the aisle
man, who, if the customer is too i'll to
walk, rings an emergency gong. An at
tendant Immediately starts with a roll
ing chair for the scene of trouble with
the patient aboard it is rolled into an
elevator and hurried to the sick room.
The coIored maid in attendance is sup
piled with a number OF simple remedies,
the use Of which she understands. If
these fail 10 relieve she gives the case
into the care OF a trained nurse en-
ployed for that purpose. II dangerous
symptoms are manifest the nurse sum
mons the store physician, who. II not on
duty in the store, can be summoned by
telephone. The patient can remain where
she is until restored, or If she desires
is carefully placed In a cab and removed
10 her homie
II has been noticed that there are al
ways more patients on bargain days.
doubtless resulting from the crush and
excitement which all women are not
htted to encounter. 1t is a somewhat
disCCura ging fact that In very few In
stances do the persons ministered TO in
this manner at tho expense OF the firm
over return to express thanks or to offer
remuneration.
An employees sick room IS part of the
establishment in all department stores.
During rush hours especially fainting hts
are common among the girls, and very
often If given good care and half an
hours rest they are able to resume their
duties, when otherwise they would be
incapacitated for the day. Such a room
is always equipped with comfortable
lounges. a complement of medicines. all
in charge of q matron.
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THE LILY OF PALESTINE.

COME time ago. friend sent Bishop
y Satterlee some bulbs OF the red
anemOne. or lily of the field. This
flower, which blossoms in profusion Ia
Palestine. is commonly accepted as the
hower-the lily-referred to in the Ser
mon on the Mount calling it more beau
tiful than even Solomon in all his glory.
The plants are being cared for by friends
until they are large and sturdy enough
10 be placed in the cathedral close. The
red anemOne has been adopted as the
flower Of the diocese.
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:. TALKS WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW :

right on. l called them Men of Ameri-
ca. patriots and friends When l had
finished I sat down amid a prolonged
shout of laughter.
Il found another Princeton man in the
ante-room of the stage and said 20
him, Billy, is there anything the mat
ter with NE. What made those people
laugh so?'
He turned me round and said, You've
forgotten to take the tag of your waist
coat And so I had
Ponds Extract.
The Times man tried to get an inter
view with Major James B. Pond the ia
nous manager of lectures. They told
him that the major was dead, so an in
terview was arranged through a medium.
No" said the spook Of the major.
Il refuse; | positively refuse. to tell z
funny story on myself. You lose your
taste for them after you depart this
life. Instead I'll tell you one of my
dear friend Henry Ward Beecher, il
Illustrating his nobility of character. and
hope it will do you some good.
"One day when 1 was making a long
railway journey with the great pulpit
orator. he happened TO put his hand into
the little watch pocket of his trousers
He drew from il sealed envelope, and
with a puzzled look. tore it open. He
passed # TO me saying: Major. see
what's inside. Some weeks ago | off,
ciated at the wedding of a great rail-
way magnate and after the ceremony
he handed me this envelope. l slipped
it in my pocket and had forgotten all
about 1t until now
Il opened the envelope" said Pond 5
ghost, and there lay five $1,000 bills"
The Senator's Story.
Senator Depew was found some months
ago in the lobby of the Arlington Hotel
THE most touching plea / ever heard 20
said he. was not delivered in a court
ror yet by a lawyer. / was driving on
the Riverside one afternoon when lady
passed me in an automobile. She was
handsomely dressed and on the seat be
side her was a small lap dog. She pass
ed nurse wheeling perambulator with
little girl in it.
oh mama cried the little one.
What is II, my dear?'
If Fido died would you take me out >
It's awful tiresome goin' with Clara in
the perambulator all the time.
There's a sequel and a moral to that
story" said the Senator, but here a mes
senger boy interrupted him with dain-
ty, scented note. He read 1t and seemed
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We are such things as dreams are made Of.
The Tempest"

We are such things as dreams are made Of;
THE Tempest"
MO one really knows what was
M the origin of the sandwich.
Time and again scientific guess
es have been made as to its possible
beginnings by men who wished to be
decorated by societies, but the world
IS none the wiser for their ambition.
Immense labor and research have been
applied to the subject with the dis
closure OF the following beggarly facts
The earliest date when the sandwich
was known 10 be in existence was when
Lief Ericsson discovered Bosting.
witches were greatly dreaded by the
Norseman in those pre-Roosevelt days
and naturally the witches which came
out of the sea were held TO be the most
powerful These hays were called water
witches or sandwiches. because they
spent most Of their time on the sands
bv the seaside. Their power was con-
sldered marvellous.
It's Possible Origin.
On the morning OF Lief Ericsson's
voyage his wife put him up a snack
70 last him until he should reach the
other size. 1t consisted of twenty-five
bologna sausages wrapped in fifty
pieces Of homemade bread. Lief
thanked his wife. but like a shrewd
fellow set his teeth in one before he
started. It was so delicious that Lief
threw up his hands in ecstasy and cried
out "A sandwich 20 meaning that one
Of these fairies must have made Il.
It was Lief. too. you Will remember.
who first invented the expression ia
Just as lief" for which he has statue
erected to his memory in the very
center OF the Hub"
The Washington Specimens
The city man. however, does not care
so much about the early history Of the
sandwich, he is TOO much concerned
with the grim ract Of its present exist
ence
He knows that there are four kinds Of
good saIable. indigestible sandwiches
on exhibition in Washington lunchrooms
the tongue. the ham, the egg and The
cheese sandwich. OF these the fayorite,
the real standby, is the ham sandwich,
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:. a MONOLOGuE OF THE SANDWICH :.

City, which is the home OF the famous
Kansas City sandwich" This is made
OF two slices Of bread, inclosing a piece
OF cold roast beef and with good hon
est cows butter inside. This Is the type
Of sandwich which the emigrant eats.
seated on top of the box car and watch
ing the rails stretching out before and
behind. as he goes hurrying on to his
new home. A Kansas City sandwich
Will last a family of emigrants from
one 10 three days. depending upon their
apDetitcs. 1t costs but five cents and.
unlike the New York sandwich. no paper
napkin is given with It.
volume might be written on the
different kinds OF food which are allied
20 the sandwich. or are of the same
family. For example. there is the
strawberry shortcake. which is a form
OF sandwich; the lunchroUn. short cake.
which ls made OF two wedges of cake
kept apart by three Strawberries, one
a. each corner, allowing the air to cir
culate freely between. 1t would take 4
chapter for this alone
Must Render an Account.
But the day Of reckoning Will assur-
edly come for these sandwich men, and
short will be their shrift. TIE people
Will cry: why have you dared to In
suit us with such sandwiches as these?"
Sandwich men begin TO Wilt Don't
you know that you have deprived US Of
many a man OF Drawn and brain and
sandwich men realize that their hour
has Gomez Think what harm has been
done 10 the country by your crimes 2"
Trembling sandwich men are led away
into outer darknessD
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affectionately known as the "Slamhand-
wich."
In the little lunch room around the
corner, dear little place, the ham
sandwich is made of roll, thick, sod
den and warm, a roll which is like a
flower, once fresh. but faded now. You
might as well bite into two pieces of
blanket as this roll. The size and thick
ness of the cut Of ham depends upon
the proprietor's tenderness Of heart In
the little lunch room round the corner,
he cuts it thin and calls his sandwiches
dainty" When you are eating 1t he
stands apart on one foot. the other
crossed and resting on its toe. His bald
head shines. a very bullet head II is, and
he seems to say: You won't get another
sandwich anywhere else in town. my
brave boy. I know It's a generous cut
of ham, but then I always was generous
l know my faults. am sorry for them,
but I can't help it,"
The cheese sandwich is next in popu-
larity. II varies in age and tenderness
For the most part it is made Of pale
faced cream cheese with holes punched
in II to initiate schweitzer, a base i'm
position on the public. The egg sand
witch is a newcomer and is regarded
with suspicion as yet. Tongue sand
witches are praised by many people. but
the connoisseur sticks TO ham. remem-
bering the story Of the oatmeal man,
who boosted that the difference IN meats
was all in the 'seasonin' " and that an
artist could make a cut Of old tomcat
taste exactly like tongue.
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IT HE recently appointed Bishop OF
Colorado, the Rev. Sanford Ohm
stead. is very popular despite the
skill he has in obtaining money for
charity. The Times reporter found him
in his study and knowing his reputation
as collector Of contributions even from
the unwilling. asked for story in con-
nection with this skill.
IT'S pretty hard for a man to tell
jokes at his own expense" said the
bishop with a smile. but here's one l
know 20 be a fact.
Il was rector OF ST. Asaph's Church
at Bala. Pa. for many years and I called
on a man who was well-to-do but some
what close He belonged to my parish
but would not contribute anything.
" ia give you something gladly. bisb-
op, he said when I made my request.
but I only have three hundred dollars
by me and that's for my funeral
a. You trust God with you soul but
you're afraid to trust Him with your
body said. and turning on my heel,
left him. The next day I received a
check for 5000"
Tale of a WaiStcoat.
Booth Harrington, the author of
Monsieur Beaucaire" and other popu-
lar novels has entered notifies OF late
in his native Indiana and made several
speeches. The Times reporter met him
at work on the front porch Of his de-
lightful summer home and begged for
some political "Reminiscences.
1.-The funniest thing which has hap
pened TO me so far" said he, his black
eyes twinkling at the thought, twas when
I made my second stump speech. II was
in country town. fortunately. or
might never have heard the end Of IT,
Several notable people were to be
on the platform and address the aGd:-
ence besides, SO 1 put on Prince AL
bert. I didn't have a presentable white
waistcoat so l sent out and bought one
for $3.49-how wen | remember the
price.
Il was very green politically but l
had heard that IL was best 10 stand with
one hand In your trousers pocket and
gesticulate with the other. / tried it.
As soon as l put my hand into my
pocket the first row shook. Uttered and
broke out into a roar OF laughter in
which the house finally Joined. I kept