Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

The first clash between the chief of stan
of the army and the new military secre-
tary arose over the official form to be
used on the stationery of the newly created
Office Gen. Ainsworth suggested as a
form the following: "Ofice Of the Military
Secretary" as the first line, WAR Depart
ment' as the second line and washington,
ID. c. as the third line. Gen. Chaffee OBJ
Jected to that form as magnifying the mill
tary secretary's Office and suggested q
change so that the "War Department
should form the first line and the Office
of Military Secretary" the second line. The
question was submitted to Secretary Taft
and he sustained Gen. Chaffee on the gener-
al ground that the form suggested by him
was In accordance with the form used In the
case of all the other bureaus of the War
Department. The military secretary Is un
der the chief of staff in all purely military
matters. but the former Is supreme In all
civil matters coming within his Jurisdiction.
Including the direction of the large force of
employees formerly in the adJutant gen.
erals office and the record and pension
office, as now consolidated.
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Kate the Bumboat Woman is the title
bestowed by Our Naval Apprentice on an
old friend OF United States sailors who has
been a familiar figure at the Washington
navy yard for the past forty years. She is
about seventy years of age and is a vet
eran In her business Daily she visits the
yard with basket filled with fruit candies
and notions for sale to the bluejackets and
marines stationed at that yard. Two score
years ago she Is said to have made herself
a part of the naval service, and at the pres
ent time she wears ten red enlistment
stripes on the sleeve Of her waist, each
stripe indicating to her satisfaction four
years of supposed service in the navy
4 X X
I've been railroadin' for sixteen years In
this town." said conductor on one of the
city lines. land 1 don't like to say it. but
It's the truth, that of all the people who
travel on this road the crowd of men who
work downtown the hardest to get
money out Of"
He was speaking to a Star reporter. but
he did not know that, which proves the
value OF the time-honored advice of the
careful father to his son not to tell secrets
10 strangers. The observation was, how
ever. not precisely confidential, and since
the conductor failed to say that he was not
talking for publication it cannot be con-
sidered a breach of confidence II he is
quoted He was, therefore. encouraged in
his desire TO relieve himself of load of
woe.
Yes. sir; when 1 leave the barn for my
trip that takes in that crowd I get ready
for trouble. don't mean that there is
ever any real trouble where you have to
put man off the car for not paying his
fare, but the kind where you have to ask
every last one of them for his nickel or
MS tichel OF you uOn get IL. Iney never
have their money ready, and when you
touch them on the shoulder and ask for
1t they look as IL you'd hurt their feelings.
and the chances are they'll pull out a dol
lar bill or a five and offer It, and then tell
you they don't want tickets.
THAT takes time to make the change,
and then you'll get several more before
you are through the car, and it keeps you
humpint yourself the whole run to get even
before you get to the end of the line And
of course. in a crowd like that, you are
going to miss some fares. for how can a
man get fare that's up front when the
man has come to where he wants to get off
before / get 10 him? circus ticket seller
has a copper-lined cinch compared with
that job.
Now. with the ladies' it's different. I
like that crowd They always have their
money or tickets ready and they seldom
have more than quarter to change II
you overlook any of them In a crowded
car they'll give you the fare IL they have
to do 1t after they get off and the car
has to wait for them to do it. They're all
right. you beti
1.-THE bunch of girls that go to the High
Schools are all right, too, you bet! 1t
does me good to take them down. They
always have their little old tickets In their
hands. and IL they have money it's always
a quarter for tickets and no change to
make. They laugh and talk all the way
down. and II makes man feel young again
and be glad he's alive just to watch them
and see how little it takes for youth to
have a good time. 1 get them every morn
ing when I'm on the other trip and /
wouldn't trade that run for one that gets
the men If they doubled my wages. The
men are all right when they aren't on a
car. but they seem to think It's wicked to
spend money for car fare"
President Roosevelt Is delighting many
people each day by shaking hands with
them The public generally Is not admitted
to these receptions' but about noon each
day the President shakes hands with sew
eral hundred strangers in Washington.
They are received by request OF friends.
AS rule the visitors are excursionists, and
their reception by the President Is arrang-
ed by the excursion agents. Sometimes
senators or representatives ask the Presi-
dent to receive them. Such receptions