Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
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their faces as they counted up their COM
bned capital and found it to consist OF
nickel and five copper cents None OF ,he
papers wanted any space work, YET tue wv
must eat. having acquired the habit during
PALMER days in the east. and the only way
to eat in Chicago Is to buy the 1000 vi
buy beer and eat free lunch 1t may pe
said. in confidence. that similar restrlctiohs
obtain in other localities. The newspaper
men had been thoroughly schooled In this
incontrovertible fact and knew that some
one had once said that lager beer contains
a large percentage of food matter.
They resolved. therefore. to seek out tne
place where the most could be had Tor the
m oney both of the beer and the accom-
panying free lunch. and in following out
this laudable purpose they visited several
afes peering into the doors and SIZING up
the lunch counters while appearing 10 pe III
search of friend. 1t CHANGED mat the
hungry crowd had been at all OF them ,ha'
day and the tables were Daoly apuSeu.
Suddenly IL occurred to one OF the TWO tfaI
he knew place where several POUNDS oi
bologna, cheese and crackers couid De gam
cred in within the time between the sNIns
OF an order to the barkeeper anu 'nt Sc ~
ing of the beer. They went there WIN an
speed for the matter was beyond the jest
ing point with them. and was rapidly ac-
ouiring the phase of Tragedy
Boldly they walked into me care ,,,' .a"
without once CHANGING at the lunch counter,
az n the thought OF food had no place II.
their calculations. ordered two Wagons u.
lager beer from the wood. u he oroei ""s
served and they slipped the amber ot,ai
although small portion OF dry prefer
would have been. at that moment. far mols
10 the point with both. Half way 'owaIo
the bottom of the glasses they couio go ny
farther and each casually tu,neu . ,tsrire
the lunch table. Their mouths Wa'e,lhe
with the thought of solid food 1heir tas.
cent was gone and they must nave Una.
food and have it quickly ,
Then two pairs of eyes bulged from their
sockets and the glitter of the maniac came
where had been the glance of reason. nc
last vcstige of food had been cleared rom
the table and a waiter had Just eh'eieu
and was carrying the taple ,.seii H. ~ ~
There was real tragedy there, but Its re-
cital would be painful and the curtain
must. through pity. be drawn sunbeam
may be cast into the gloom, however. by
saying that both of those men are no" lal
beyond the reach of hunger. which does
not mean. necessarily. that they are deao'
but in this case does mean that thev are
occupying profitable positions In their
chosen profession.
According to statement prepared at
the NAVY Department articles appraised at
$40 90 have been presented to vessels or the
new navy by states and cities after winch
they were named. and In few Instances,
also by individuals This amount by no
means represents. however. the actual
value of such donations. for the reason
that many of the articles are OF char
aoter precluding fair appraisement
silver service is by far the most popular
form OF gift to the warships. and Is al
ways welcome because of its usefulness
and value as an ornament.
Gifts of that kind have been made to the
Atlanta, the Baltimore. the Brooklyn. the
Cincinnati. the Detroit the Iowa. the
Helena, the Indiana, the old Maine. the
Minneapolis the Montgomery. the Nash
vile, the Newport. the New York, the
Raleigh. the San Francisco. the Texas the
Wheeling. the Chicago the New Orleans
the Marietta, the Illinois. the olympia, the
Albany and the Alabama. Some of these
services were extremely costly, that pre-
scented to the battle ship Indiana APP
praised at S9.526. being the highest. Other
expensive services were those presented to
the San Francisco, at 81, 1876, the Brooklyn.
at s3.397. the Albany. at $o.SSS and the IL
linois at 5000. No appraisement Is made
of the services presented to the New York
and the Chicago.
punch bowl is another popular and ac
ceptable form Of gift. Articles of that char
acter were presented to the Annapolis, the
Castine. the MachiaS, the Oregon, the
Princeton and the Wilmington. Loving
cups were presented TO the Bailey the Are
thusa. the Harvard and the Oregon. and
Charleston. the Columbia. the Princeton, the
New York and the New Orleans.
Organs were presented to the Balti-
more the Columbia. the Indiana, the
Iowa. the New York, the Oregon.
and the Thetis. piano presented
to the Minneapolis. Libraries were pre-
scented to the Baltimore. the Indiana, the
Helena the Princeton the Massachusetts,
the New York. the Texas. the Wilmington
and the Iowa. and special editions of the
Bible We're presented to the Baltimore. the
Boston, the Wilmington and the kearsarge
and in the of the last named vessel
the Holy Book was supplemented by an
elaborate pulpit Other donations include
bucks head for the Alert, paintings for
the Atlanta. the Baltimore. the Cincinnati
and the Oregon. silk ensiGns for the Wis
consin. the Dixie. the Charleston the At
lanta, the Boston. the Gushing. the Indiana.
the Marblehead. the Massachusetts,, the
New York, the Oregon and the Buffalo. and
photographs to the Dupont the FoOte and
some of the vessels already mentioned.
In addition to the gifts already enumerat-
ed the New York received a complete ath
letic outfit: the Boston. Rogers statue of
Peace and Vices" the Massachusetts. a
statue and the Buffalo telephotos set
York are appraised at s14.5D, including the
silver service. The battleship Oregon re-
ceived more gifts than any other vessel.
including a 81. 900 clock. organ and an
old oak frame and glass. albums. photo
graphs history of the Pacific. punch bowls.
champagne glasses. flags. loving cup and