Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-18

while every man wears CraVdt, SalO
a downtown haberdasher to Star re-
porter today, there is probably not one In
a thousand who could in an ofr-hand way
tell you how 1t came about that men first
placed such ornaments about their collars.
The word cravat came into our language
about 1885. Prior to that year a feature of
the uniform of the Austrian cavalry was a
wide band of coarse linen worn in folds
around the neck under their short hussar
jackets. This cavalry organization was
called the 'Cravate, its members being
styled the 'Cravates. Later, in the seven
teenth century, France recruited rest-
ment of cavalry, adopting for 1t the uni
form of the Austrian regiment recruited In
Croatia, calling it the Royal Cravattes.
Later, in England the word 'crabat' was
applied to a neck-handkerchief. After the
battle of Steenkirk in Flanders in 1852
English officers brought home the 'steen-
kirk long flowing neck scarf edged with
fine Flemish lace. the ends of which We're
drawn through a buttonhole of enormous
size The neckwear of today is clearly
traceable to the 'Steenkirk and the modln-
cations it underwent"
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young army officer of a decidedly sem
timental turn of mind made a curious mis-
take a few days ago. Under the army
regulations, all officers Of the army are re-
quired to furnish the adjutant general with
photographs of themselves for filing with
their records. The officer in question I'M
dertook to comply with this requirement.
but he must have been thinking of some
one else at the time, for instead Of sending
his own photograph to the War Department
he sent that of a beautiful young lady con-
tanning only her first name and a brief
term of endearment. The officials are In
somewhat of quandary in the matter, as
they have no means of identifying either
bean crirn1 of he NH nh
of the sender That young man may learn
of his mistake when he looks for the pho
tograph of his sweetheart
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Secretary Moody had peculiar expert
ence on his recent visit to San Juan. P. K.
on the good ship Dolphin. While there the
vessel was an object Of great interest to
the natives, and many of them came on
board to look around. One of the number
becoming thirsty asked a short, thick-Set
man. dressed in white and wearing a sort
of naval cap to get him a drink of water
AS though there was nothing unusual In
the request the man in white went into the
cabin and brought the native a glass OF
water. which he drank and then handed
the glass back to the man that had waited
on him. and he took it back to its place In
the cabin. The native thought no more OF
the incident until shortly after, when one
of Secretary Moody's guests who had wit
messed the proceedings reminded him that
he had forgotten to tip the man who waited
on him. After fumbling in his pockets foi
a coin which he did not find, the native
mildly inquired why he should give the tip
Because" said the gentleman. the man
who waited on you was Mr.. Moody, the
Secretary of the Navy" That was a fact.
and the innocent native was decidedly crest
fallen. He took occasion at the first oppor-
tunity. however. to make a profuse apology
to Secretary Moody. The latter treated
the matter with the utmost good hunor
and assured the native that the mistake
was of no consequence whatever.
The races are over and I'm glad of it,"
remarked man who was a faithful patron
of the bookmakers during the spring meet
ing of the Washington Jockey Club.
1t was Tuesday afternoon and the last
race of the meeting had been run. The
man who made the remark a man
careful with his wagers but he had lost.
Fortunately for me- he said. II only
play the races when the horses come here,
and it is the only sport 1 enjoy. 'I'll admit
that | am out few dollars, and my bets
were all small While on the track heard
many stories of how thousands of dollars
We're played and won, and the very people
who professed to be heavy winners were
on the track trying to borrow small
amounts of money. Very few long shots
were fortunate enough to hit them were
few and far between, although hundreds of
people were claiming they had made the
hits.
eff all the people who discuss racing had
won the money they claimed they had" he