Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
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sending papa away somewhere to board,
but then there are vexatfeus~ details about
such an arrangement. When he stays az
home u species of domestic machinery has
to be devised that will, to large extent,
represent In miniature that of the larger
household when the members of the family
are at home. a servant has to be procured,
and she or he must be of the right sort. Az
large number of the domeSticS follow the
example of their miStreSSeS and seek some
cooler climate for the summer season, a
new complication is encountered in making
arrangements for the stay-at-hOmes. When
papa is finally installed in his home. with
provision for his meals he is left to allie
viate or bear the loneliness of the empty
house as best he can. The great majority
manage to accomplish this with more or
less success and to exist until their house.
holds are restored to normal conditions.
* * \
IF you ever wish to learn exactly how
big a five-year-old boy can be just apply
for a position of conductor on one of the
street car lines of this city, remarked
the man in charge of collecting fares on
a local railroad line the other day.
The conductor stood silently viewing the
occupants of the car for as much a
whole minute before he ventured another
remark. Then he nodded his head toward
two children inside of the closed car.
You see those cherubs there he asked.
well, how old do you think they are?''
The passenger suggested that one of
them might be six and the other eight
years of age.
"Well, you are mistaken retorted the
conductor. "They are well grown chill
dren. of course, but they are young.
Neither of them has reached the tender
age of five years yet. You see their
mother knows their ages. That is the lady
Hxrit, No, hl
five"
Then a woman with a buxom boy of
the size usually seen in the second or third
grade of school entered.
How old do you think that boy Isl
whispered the conductor.
When seven was guessed he offered to
wager that the lad was not yet five and to
prove it by the mother of the young man
when he collected the fare, but the pas
senger had become wary of betting man
on bis own proposition and kept off. 1t
turned out that the boy was not quite five
years of age.
.Five years is to children just what six
teen is to the sweet girl a little later on
in life" continued the conductor 1t is an
age to cling to. Five years is the age at
which the children must have their fares
paid, while below that they ride free. l
now and then point out to visitors to THIS
city some of the five-year-olds with whom
| am acquainted just as an ADVERTISEMENT
showing what a place this is to grow chill
en- In the course of time the town will
get a reputation as the best location for
a children's sanitarium in the world
!: !; :;
Realizing that It is not always best to re-
veal their identity, the members of the de-
tectiye corps sometimes travel as mechanics
or professional men. 1t was only a few
days ago that one of them found it neces-
sary. at short notice. to say he was some
thing other than a detective.
I'm water inspector. he said by way
of introduction, land I'd like to see through
the house"
I'm glad you called said the lady of
the house. zone OF your inspectors called
here not long ago. and of all the men I've
met in my time he was the worst
I'm very sorry to hear that said the
man who was impersonatng an inspector,
land I'm glad you have told me of it.
There are some men who don't know just
how to enter houses and do and say the
right thing
You are certainly right about that" the
housekeeper said. II don't mind the inspect
ors coming here, for they sometimes rem
edy evils and cause the owner of the prop
erty to make Improvements that he would
not otherwise make.
The detective was there to get informa-
ton concerning the whereabouts of a man
who WAS wanted to answer for a crime,
While the water question was being dis
cussed Information was being obtained
about the man charged with the crime, and
when the bogus inspector left the house he
was in possession of the desired infOrma-
ton. .-a.-,'
I'm awfully glad you called" the house
keeper said to him as he was about to de-
part. land l hope you will call again"
An hour later the detective arrested the
man about whom he had obtained the in
formation.
* X :: x *
Tho sd of e Eran in ha M
the youthful days of the American repub
lie, is embodied in the daily habits of life
of Senator Plat of New York. This is par
ticularly the case in relation to at least
portion of Franklins admonition in rela-
ton to being early to bed and early to rise
in order to grow healthy. wealthy and wise.
Some one has said that if Franklin ever
said that man should sleep six hours,
woman seven and a fool eight he should
have followed the eight-hour rule. But no
one has yet had the temerity to call into
question his precept about the virtue of
going to bed with the chickens and getting
up with the lark. That is the part of the
Franklin philosophy that apparently ap-
peals to Senator Plat to some extent, at
least. He Is noted for the amount of bust
ness he does in the morning, and his habit
of getting to work early is always shown
when he comes to this city He commonly
reaches the departments before officials he
wishes to see have gotten to their desks
1t often happens that he gets here in the
afternoon of one day, and in order to look
after departmental business starts out as
soon as there $ any chance of catching the
officials he wants to see. By the afternoon
he has transacted much business as
would keep many another man here at
least a couple of days and then takes the
early afternoon train back to New York
On these days he is up at an early hour
often has his breakfast at the hotel as soon
as the dining room door is opened and has
plenty of time to read the newspapers of
the morning in order that when he starts
out he is fully informed of the latest hap
peningS