Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
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ill-conceaIed enjoyment at the discontinue
of the caller. Col. Sanger Is patient man
and waited as long as he could for some
one to respond to his gentle knock, but
without effect and he was finally compelled
to return to his own office and await an
other and more favorable opportunity. AS
that Secretary Root Is yet ignorant of the
failure Of the attempt of his assistant to
see him.
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with me a sure sign OF spring IS the
coming Of the blue bird"
The man to whom this remark was ad-
dressed stirred rather uneasily in his chair,
but made no further protest to what ap-
peared to be coming dissertation on the
weather. With one of those rare flashes
of insight which sometimes come to even
a chronic babbler. he noticed the mild pro-
test and fastened on. so as to get as far
away from the meteorological tendency
and as soon as possible.
This morning 1 was walking through
one of the parks" he went on. when 1
heard the sweet notes of blue bird. 1t
was only for a moment and the singer was
gone. Perhaps will not hear another one
this year. Then. presently, the robins Will
come, and perhaps in some of the larger
parks 1 may get a glimpse of one, and so
with the other song birds. Why the parks
which would make their home there Is
problem that cannot solve, but 1t seems to
me that there Is no reason why such places
in this city, which Is so Ren advanced with
trees, should not be a favorite resort Tor
the song birds"
How about the sparrows," inquired his
friend, who took but slight interest in the
subject. II am told that these pugnacious
little animals drive all the birds away"
IF that is the cause" was the response,
there is no good reason why our city
should not be vocal with the cheerful voices
of birds. Everybody seems to agree that
the sparrow Is nuisance. Then Why are
not means adopted to exterminate him? 1t
would not be hard to do so If there Is only
the will"
LAS far as I am concerned" said his lis
tener, who got up to go away, you can
have the sparrows cleaned completely out
if you want to. l will make no protest.
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Coroner hewitt has been kept busy lately
investigating cases Of sudden deaths and
giving certificates in order that burial per-
mits might be obtained at the health office.
In most of the cases the reports come
through the police department. Many times
the reports telephoned to headquarters from
the stations have conveyed the information
that the particular individual died without
the assistance of a physician" A case of
this kind occurred when DR.. Patterson was
coroner, and the policeman who made the
report heard from the coroner.
What kind Of report do you call this?'
the coroner asked the officer, when he went
to make an investigation. "Do people need
the assistance of doctors when they are
going to dep
Il don't know" was the policeman's re-
Spouse, but l judge that they have helped
many poor fellow to die. 1t may be wrong
to say that person died without the as
sistance of physician. and 1t may also be
right to say that death occurred with the
assistance of medical man."
You may be right admitted the doctor,
but l thought the wording of your report
might have been such that there would be
no reflection cast upon the profession"
After that incident most of the reports
merely told of the sudden deaths. without
an effort to fix the responsibility.
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Send my best wishes to that citizen"
said the President, with emphasis, the
other day. Tell him I think he is a pa
triot, and the kind Of a man we need more
Of" w. s. Shallenberger. assistant post
master general. went to the White House
to see the President on a matter While
there he drew from his pocket the photo
Of a post Office employee and his family
At the head Of the family stood the father
and at the foot the mother. Between the
two were nine sons. the oldest twenty-seven
and the youngest seven. The father is
w. G.. Rowland Of st. Louis Mich, a star
route contractor. His business card, which
gives the names Of his wife and nine sons
and states that the whole family are
'proprietors" of the business, shows that
he Is livery stable bus and transfer
owner and manager. The four oldest boys
are actively engaged in business with him,
while the FIVE youngest sons are in school,
The photograph has beneath the boys the
statement that there are 'forty-two feet
of sons meaning that the combined
height Of the nine boys Is forty-two feet
There hasn't been a death in the family
and the boys are all fine specimens Of the
healthy American lad. When the Presi-
dent saw the photograph of the family his
well-known sentiments as to increase in
American homes manifested themselves in
his spoken expressions of admiration for
such a happy father and mother and he
asked Mr.. Shallenberger to convey his best
wishes to the head Of that family.