Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
III THINGS
I M XlzGQEAlRD
|l' :-,Nl Ag SEEN

could not be had during the busy days of
Congress and the President did not pc
gin them until toward the close OF the
session. He has always received a FEW
people for handshaking courtesies alone, but
il was not until within the last six weeks
that he began to extend the numoer Oh
people received The visitors always come
away highly pleased. The Presidents cor
dial reception of each person, while quick
ly over, Is always remembered by each
Individual. who feels that he or she has
been personally sought out for kind word
by the President As a matter OF fact
the President never fails to say something
pleasant to each person who passes In the
line and whose hand he grasps. 1t Is
some word of greeting that Is remembered.
In this respect the President enjoys rep
uta ton for impressing each person, and the
pleased faces that go away from the White
House almost daily testify to the fact
that the receptions are not without Inn
mense qualification to many people.
X
Members Of the Georgetown Citizens
Association are on the right track In the
matter of recommending the enactment of
a curfew law for the District" remarked
member Of the police department to a
Star reporter one day this week after sew
eral arrests of youthful offenders had
been made
Had these children been in their homes
at night instead of being permitted to run
the Streets" he added. their parents would
not have been given so much trouble. Why
sensible people object to a curfew law
am at q loss to understand. To my mind
there is no infringement on the personal
liberty laws, as the curfew opponents ar
que. 1t is merely matter of doing what
Is necessary for the good Of the young.
Thousands of parents do not do what they
should for their children. and 1t is neces-
sary for the state to step in and take a
hand.
10 1Nxv NH, loor ~
their rascality while running the streets
at night. Keep them at home or let par
ents take them with them and make COM
panions of them and there will soon be a
big decrease In the number of children ar
rested.
Here's a case now" he added, (which
shows the need Of some influence other
than the child has had. Here Is girl who
ran away from home and does not want TO
return. Her father comes for her and
tells her he Is not angry with her because
she left home. She tells him she does not
care whether he Is or not. And this Is
to the notice Of the department every few
days.
with a curfew law in force and chill
dren at home in bed or studying their les
sons instead of running the streets at
night" the officer concluded, there can
be but one result, and that would be bet
ter boys and girls and consequently better
men and women.
81 had a case not long ago that struck
me as being somewhat out Of the ordi-
nary" remarked a prominent local lawyer
while at luncheon In the cafe at the city
hall "A colored woman who had formerly
been employed as domestic by a member
of my family, but who had married, sus-
tanned the loss of her husband suddenly
through the medium Of premature ex-
plosion, the aforesaid husband being In the
employ of company that was conducting
blasting operations at a nearby quarry.
Clearly. the widow had a good case for
big damages, there being no doubt that the
ness for which; the company employing
him was legally responsible. I was asked
to take the case and was about to address
pointed communication to the blasting
company when / learned that the claim had
been settled. The husband was killed on g
Tuesday Imagine my surprise when
learned that the widow had accepted $50
in full settlement Of all claims against the
tracted another marriage, using the $50 she
received for her first husbands death to
pay for trousseau and other expenses In
cidental to promptly obtaining a second
lord and master. 1t was the quickest pro-
ceeding of its kind In my experience"
X
The ideas persons from other parts of the
country have about the climate of Wash
ington are often amusing, and more than
once have led to great deal Of discomfort
for visitors. Members of the nineteenth
quadrennlal session Of the general confer
ence Of the Methodist Protestant Church IN
the United States, which has been In prog
ress here this week. have gotten q taste OF
the Washington spring that they do not
relish. But the strangest thing about the
situation is that the southern delegates are
suffering from the heat the most, and the
reason is stranger yet. The man from Ala
bama is here with heavier clothes than his
brother from northern New York or Mich
igan.
Il thought 1t was cold away up here in
Washington" sigh the churchmen from the
far south, as they wipe the perspiration
from their brows.
If the conference had begun just little
earlier. before the hot spell commenced. or,
| indeed IL it had been held in midwinter, the
northerners would have been the fooled
ones.
at Is always warm down here. I have
known Washington was on the border line
of the sunny south ever since can remem-
ber," they say.
II these gentlemen, with their gauzy
wearing apparel, had landed on the Dor
ders of the sunny south" about two
months ago. 1t is easy to see where the
laugh would be.