Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
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principal. don't you know that smoking
cigarettes will stunt your GROWTH?
This was his old and tried thrust. and II
had always worked before. but alasi he had
forgotten to consider the purport of his
words this time.
Looking down from his height the fresh
man. wilier than his years, saw his oppor-
tunty.
''Ah sir" said he. that is what I do it
for"
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1T is surprising what totally different
impressions an accident some such oc-
currence will make on people," remarked
man who rides on the street cars as a regu-
lar thing. For instance, there was a hefty
sort of a collision over i'm Georgetown not
long ago. 1 was on the that struck
| heavy wagon plumb amidships. and showed
it along the track, and finally on to the
curbstone. in lively fashion. The car was
going at a good clip. AS soon as the motor
man spied the head of the horses of that
wagon coming down side street he
| changed his gong with vigor. but the driver,
| so far as action was concerned, was deaf.
after the excitement had subsidized and
| the conductor was taking the names of the
| witnesses and gathering other data, the
| driver asserted that the motorman had not
| sounded the gong. Would you believe it, he
| was supported in that contention by fully
| half the passengers on the car. and it was
well filled! 1 had been sitting near the
front platform. and l know that gong was
| changed until 1 thought it would give way,
| but in the neighbOrhood of twenty-five peo-
| pie sitting almost as close to it as an equal
number of others who heard the din were
| prepared to make oath that the bell had not
been rupg. Remarkable? Well, I should
| say So"
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Unbreakable tableware is the subject Of
an interesting report to the State Depart
| ment by United States Consul McNalley
| at Liege, Belgium. 1t appears that a COM
pany in that city is manufacturing a hard
/ ened crystal dish, which in appearance
closely resembles fine translucent china of
uniform shape and manufacture The re-
sisting power of this ware is due to a spe-
cial hardening process and to the quality
! and nature of the crystal used. 1t not only
successfully resists the usual wear and tear.
| but is almost proof against breakage
The resistance to shocks and sudden
changes OF temperature of this product Is
| remarkable indeed. A hardened CRYSTAL
| dish can be substituted for hammer in
| driving nails into wood. while the same
| ware can be put into boiling water at a
high degree, then plunged into ice water
| repeatedly, without the least notices HE
| damage to the dish or plate
| II IS known that set of this dish ware
! mas Deen In use in Liege family for ten
| years, and presents the same fresh ap-
| pearance as when it came from the fac
tory.
Consul McNally says he has seen plates.
OF the usual form. of this hardened ware
hurled TO the stone floor of warehouse
and go bounding along the whole length
| of the building without suffering the lea
| damage. N
! The same firm makes glassware of the
| same corresponding resistance. The color
| or the hardened crystal ware is of blue
| white and not of the pure Wilderness of the
| porcelain.
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When man receives his first appoi,t-
ment to government position he generally
| swelis with pride and nourishes the firm
belief that he is of the elect of the earth,
| a child of destiny upon whose shoulders
the mantle of public office has fallen. He
never for moment permits himself to en-
! tertain the feeling that he is a mere insect
| IN the hive of governmental proteges who
| are drawing salaries. He is the real thing
| the king bee of the business. without whom
the country would go to the eternal dogs
| and anarchy take the whip hand. He cher
| 1shes this feeling for some years and then
ne begins to tire of the same old salary
| ana gets to thinking that genius such as
that with which he has been endowed is
upappreciated by republican form of gov
eminent He drags his pen YEARLY through
| page after page of dry reports saunteTs
out to his midday meal at the appointed
time and promptly at 4:30 takes his hat
| and HES him to the festive hash factory
| and the furnished room. After a few years
or this he gets raise of his salary and
| hrally induces some unsuspecting woman
| to believe that 1t is enough for two, Or
] more in the future. and they are mar
ried and live happily ever after, maybe.
| II the course of dozen years he gets
another raise. but his pride has In the
| meantime had fall and he looks upon
| this Increase in his income as a godsCnd
rather than as just reward. This salary
| hangs to him for long time and then he
| IS told that he Is too old to attend to the
duties of the position well as he used
| to and that he will have to step down for
| younger man. This hurts him. and he
! begins to feel that the government is after
| his scalp. When in the course of hall
! century or so he finds himself on the same
| ring of the ladder where he first put his
| foot on coming to Washington. he lakes
| gloomy view of the situation and is harass-
| ed by day and by night with the idea that
| his days of usefulness to his country are
! numbered. 1t was at this stage in the life
of a government clerk that a Star reporter
| happened along and to the professional
rCmanticist the old man poured forth the
| walls of his woe. He told how he had come
to Washington promising young man On
| August l, 1S4S, in response to call from
| his country to aid her in Strengthening OIL.
| her accounts. During all those years he
| had labored only a government clerk
| can labor. and what had been his reward
| for duty well done?
During Cleveland's first administration"
he said. Il was fired and IL took me a
| month to get back. Since that time have
| been in nightmare of dread of the Official
| AK until my hair has grown white. I tell
you. he concluded with sigh that seem
ed to originate in his very soul, "a govern
ment job is a very uncertain means of I've
lihC od.' and he ambled back to the old
| desk where he had pushed pen for mere