Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-22

with ANYTHING but roses and violets,'' re-
marked one of that calling to Star re-
porter the other day. Contrary to the
prevailing belief" he continued. they suf-
fer by the rulings of their organizations
as much as the employers against whom
the action Is directed. and sometimes find
themselves in a very laughable position
Upon his first visit to this city an out
side labor official, utterly ignorant of ex-
listing boycotts and without taking time
to ascertain any intelligence In that d-
rection jumped into a cab and directed
that he be driven to a hotel which he
named. 1t developed that this cab was
a non-union vehicle, and this fact found
its way to the ears of several local lead
ers. The offender had occasion to give
an explanation of this conduct to the local
union.
He thoroughly remembered the reproach
and on a later visit here took his grip in
hand and walked to his hotel lest he
might offend d second time.
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All the guests, with one exception, at a
recent gathering of a portion of Wash
ington swelldom We're quietly amused be-
cause of embarrassing occurrence in
connection with which the exception men,
toned figured the victim. The excep-
ton was a lady well equipped with airs
Ice cream had been served, when she
Quested of the butler in tones rather loud:
please let me have a spoon
beg pardon, mum. replied the butler,
In voice dignified but equally as loud, but
we are using forks. not spoons. for ices
this season."
The other guests made believe they
hadn't heard, bun they had. and some of
them repeated the remarks.
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"A friend of mine in New York recently
wrote me asking for any government pub
LEGATION that would contain a concise BIZ
ography of Presidents and cabinet officials
since the inception of the government
said Washington correspondent, land 1
was forced to write him that 1 did not
know of any such compilation anywhere 1
suppose the nearest thing to 1t would be
copies of the Congressional Directory but
this would not go back enough years or be
full enough to supply correct or satisfac-
tory data. The letter makes me think that
there should be such compilation, and
that Congress would do well to authorize
one. There should be somewhere in the
government records concise document Of
ficially furnishing the biographies Of the
men who have made the country and It's
history, and the records should be available
to any person desiring Information for his
torical or other purposes An endless
amount OF labor would be saved to histo-
rians and writer's If they could lay their
hands on such a compilation now
or In the future, and the history that
We hand down to posterity would undoubt-
eddy be more accurate and satisfactory.
Just offhand l would suggest a small bu-
reau to put together such a compilation,
and in the future to obtain official biogra-
phies of Presidents, Vice Presidents and
members. of the cabinet. together with SEN
ators and representatives, If deemed nee
essary; also of judges of the Supreme and
other courts. The Congressional Directory
Biographies are prepared by the subjects
themselves and are, therefore, about as
near accurate as they can be- This could
be done If the government should under
take to preserve the histories of the men
who have served ii in conspicuous posi-
tons. l have never talked on the subject
with any one, and my views are crude in
aSmuch they were formed from the let
ter 1 received
"On the walls of nearly all the depart
ments hang the oil paintings of men who
have been the executive heads of the re-
spectfve departments, but you could not
find In those departments a consecutive BIZ
ographfcal history of these men. In the
Treasury Department, for instance, are the
paintings of all the secretaries including
those who have contributed greatly to our
countrys history. The faces of the men
are there, but the facts of their lives and
work cannot be had in concise form Each
cabinet officer. on going out of office, leaves
painting of himself for decorating the
walls of the department he has served but
he does not officially contribute anything
about himself that would enlighten search
ers for information as 10 his history and
what he might have done. l submit that
the data as to the life of the man would
be more valuable any time than his photo
graph as 1t is not the faces of men that
hve after them or that make impressions
on history and future generations
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Il was out in the country the other
night" observed man who makes 1t his
invariable rule to spend the evenings at
the club when his family is out of the
city.
You say that with an air as II you
had been in South Africa or some other
unusual place" retorted one of the group
that had been gradually formed In the
lounging room of a club At the same time
he winked his eye to the other men. as
much as to say he going to have some
FUN with the bucolc experiences of their
friend.
Il will admit" the first speaker said
that OF late years l have not been found
frequently in the country. / spent my
boyhood there. however. and before / fin