Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
AROUND THE CITY

A man going along one Of the corridors
OF the Capitol recently picked up the fol-
lowing page from the past. scrubbed in
pencil on a telegraph blank:
April 30. 1904.
To whom 1t may concern:
have strolled through the Capitol build
Ing very slowly and find that 1t is a very
handsome building: looks much better than
1t did during the war. when troops were
CHARTERED in 1t and bake ovens were in the
basement. and guns mounted around it
VETERAN.
Owen wister's Emily has a rival in an
street hen that for a year past has been
the chum of small black cat that lives
In the same yard. With the coming or
spring the cat had kittens. and the pullet
Matched eggs with the maternal Intention
of setting when her nest was full. The
lady of the house had different plans and
each day there was a newly laid egg on
the breakfast table. The hen became des-
perate with delayed hope and deliberately
kidnapped a kitten. The mother cat howled
and the lady OF the house came to the res
cue Both were forced to retreat. Finally.
everybody came to terms; the cat retired
from the contest, the lady of the house fur
nished the nest with daily pans OF milk;
the small. furry thing learned to love its
adopted mother. and today the hen cutters
around the yard with it as satisfied as
though she had brood of her own in tow.
She runs her beak lovingly over the kit
tens coat. which is the nearest she can
come to licking 1t. and the comfortable 1T
tie noise the youngster makes. as II cud-
dies up to her, is more like cluck than a
purr.
A trim little trap, drawn by reliable bay
nag. stood before downtown office.
small dog was seated on a cushion inside.
and three or four young men around tho
vehicle were trying. both by force and per-
suasion, either to make 1t get out or to let
one of them get in. A man who knew the
dog said:
There's no use trying to get the best of
that terrier. His master has put him IN
charge and he's there to stay until ne re-
turns"
An elderly onlooker said to his compan-
ion: eff we could only train dogs to count
money there would be no dishonest CASH
iers."
And when the young men got tired they
went their way, and the terrier reigned su-
preme
A woman crossing Executive avenue the
other evening about dusk noticed a middle
aged man in a self-propelling chair who
had stopped and was looking down the as
phalt street between the State Department
and the White House grounds. The woman
also looked and saw only small girl
skimming down the incline on roller skates.
Her blonde pigtails were flying outright ana
ness of a bird on the wing. With the free
masonry of friendliness that most people
feel for very old, very young and very al
hicted people. the woman said to the man:
Makes q pretty picture. doesn't she?'
The man looked up and she saw that his
eyes were wistful and trimming over with
tears.
aShe typifes youthful health and that is
the most beautiful thing in the world.
Every time 1 see that child watch her
with envy"
And l." said the woman, have often en-
We'd YOU
He gave a contemptuous survey OF his
helpless limbs and answered:
II didn't suppose the world could hold
anybody unfortunate enough to envy me.
The woman hesitated and then stepped
close to the chair.
THE only person in the world belonging
to me was Ill long time. 1 hoped that
she would one day be strong enough to be
taken out in rolling chair, and i saved all
my extra money for months until / had
enough to buy her the best that could be
made. She kept the money in a little sill
yer purse under her pillow, and we loved
to talk of the beautiful little trips We would
have all around here In the evenings, when
my work was done. She died. don't want
to be envious, but 1t hurts like a knife stab
when L come across fortunate people-hke
you.
And when she had finished the woman
walked on without waiting to hear what
the man would say.
A young bachelor Of the diplomatic corps
was walking briskly up 10th street, when
he was halted by an ancient colored wo-
man. who asked him to give her nickel
for the car ticket she held in her hand.
The young man refused to enter into in
ternational negotiations, but took quar-
ter from his vest, handed it to her. touched
his hat as politely as though she had been a
member of his own smart set and passed j.
on. The ancient one flung blessing in his
track and the next instant waylaid an
other man, thrust the ticket In his face
and whined the same request AS he had
seen the first transaction, and was. more-a'
over, a policeman In plain clothes, IL Is
needless TO say that he showed the dame
no quarter. And now she will have time
enough to figure out whether the luxury
of getting % cents without working for 1t
compensates for the necessity OF being
run in. ,. g. 80 5rss.sF.ss- istE7
boy five years old went to the corner
grocery with neighbours dog at his heels
A customer in the store offered him dime
for the dog. The boy was agreeable. and
the deal was made. After due exptana-
lions the owner regained his property, and
the mother of the boy proceeded to DO
things with her slipper.
That's all right, hummer, he said,
with an innocence in keeping with his
baby eyes and yellow hair. 'old Mr.. Jones
is out of work an hadn't got no money to
buy his self smoke.
And now that parent is on the anxious
bench. She doesn't know whether she ID
rearing a philanthropist or thief.