Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
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Serger.
The increasing popularity of the knitted
Tam O'Shanter hats with the fair sex this
season has brought about such an extensive
demand for that style of headgear that the
productive capacity of the manufacturers is
being taxed to the limit. Dyers. too are
benefting by the taste for vivid and diversf-
fled colors in this piquant style of hat
United States Consul Mahin at Nottingham.
England. has made it the subject of brieI
report to the State Department
The revived popularity. with the reported
increased manufacture of this favorite head
gear in the United States says he. has
led Nottingham hosiery makers to put In
extra machinery for it's production. Here
tofore they have given 1t little attention.
though it is said to be very proiltapie
product. Not only have manufacturers
actively taken up the Tam o Shanter trade
but a local firm of machine builders is now
making a new machine specially adapted 10
the manufacture of that article.
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The fact that a man might be a very
great man in his own community does not
always make him a great man everywhere
And thereby hangs tale of discontinue
for one very able and worthy government
of all proportion to his actual status This
official, who holds very important posi-
ton under the government, recently decid-
ed to go to Europe this summer. He Sc
cured an appointment from the govern
ment to look after certain little matters or
interest to this country which did not
properly fall under the duties of the dlplo-
matte agents OF course he was furnished
with credentials Of very elaborate nature
setting forth his mission and certifying 10
his appointment to the work he was 10
prosecute When the commission arrived
in his office he was thunderstruck at 'ls
lack of appreciation of the importance Oh
his work by the officials of the state De
partment, who make out condltlohs loi
every kind and condition of mankind VINO
claims American citizenship. He hurried
with the commission to the office of the
Secretary of the department under whlch
he was working. and requested that the
commission be sent back to the stare De
partment with the request that theSmls-
take be remedied Immediately. The Secre-
tary a successful business man. who has
travelled over the world several times as
the representative of the government, could
see nothing wrong with the commission
and asked to have the error explained.
well SIR explained the official. the
commission reads Know all men by these
presents that John Jones. etc. 1t should
read the Honorable John Jones'.
The commission was sent back to the
State Department. bat did not remain there
long. 1t came back to the Honorable John
Jones, with a note stating that the Depart
ment of State was not in the habit of using
such titles on it's commissions. and the
Honorable John Jones had better see if he
couldn't get along without the title
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''Why is it that many persons. partic-
ularly those of your colored population.
walk in the street instead of using the side
1Jo
You see, visitors to the capital notice
things that you Westinghouse never
think off, he continued, land this struck
me as being the most peculiar of all the
sights that have met my eye since 1 came
here l wish you would enlighten me-"
The oldest inhabitant thought for a
moment and then saw an elderly descend
ant of Ham stroling along in the street
near the curb. Said the oldest inhabitant."
after a moment spent in deep thought:
do you know, sir that thought has
come to me more than once. l think 1t must
be for the same reason that automobiles
have dashboards, although the reason for
the dashboard has passed with the horse.
They were first placed on vehicle pro-
PEELED by horse that he would not fill
your eyes with mud when II was wet and
dirt when 1t was dry. But the auto does
not throw the mud or the dirt into the
the dashboard should be behind. In the
case OF that venerable citizen he appears
to be afflicted with rheuma tiSm to such an
extent that stepping up at each curb would
be painful. The streets are clean and COM
paratively free from vehicles, he avoids the
trouble of stepping down and up again at
every corner and he saves his rheumatic
leg"
Yes, 1 understand it in the case of that
old man, but look at those two young ones
there" replied the New Yorker
The oldest inha bitant" looked
We'll. that's case of heredity," he said,
ard sighed
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There are still few smart people in
this world, as l had occasion to learn re-
Gently" an attorney who has quite a prac-
tice in divorce suits said to Star reporter
yesterday.
"A client of mine instructed me to file
suit for divorce against her husband. telling
me that he deserted her several years ago.
removing to New York state, and, except
indirectly. had never heard from him. The
papers were drawn up properly and filed.
few days after they were filed she came
to me in great haste and informed me that
her absent husband had been killed in an
accident, and asked to have the divorce
proceedings quashed. In explaining the
request she said that her husband was the
owner of several houses here. and that she
knew they would revert to her, he having
no heirs relatives.
THE suit dropped the attorney
concluded, and in due course of time the
houses were turned over to the widow.
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