Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Ever since cold weather set in and there
was a fall of snow, month or more ago,
| have been pestere,i scandalously and con-
stantly by friends who reside here in town.
most Of whom are cooped up in fats with
rooms by o. and buffet Kitchen re-
marked man who lives in the suburbs.
Those self-appointed humorists, when L
enter the Office in the morning, sing sar-.
castically OF the joys of country life In
midwinter, of the pleasures connected with
pioughing through snow drifts, the costa
cies of walking a mile to the trolley car
line. the delights of waiting, exposed to
arctic blasts half an hour or so. for a car,
and of equally annoying things.
Now the fact is, straight and honest.
we folks who live outside the congested
city have had very much the best of it so
far during the winter of 1904-0o. While
the city people have been slipping and slid
ing and jarring the universe endeavoring
TO move along the snow and ice covered
payements. out where l live the board
walks have remained absolutely safe for
pedestrianism. Ever give thought to the
likelihood that a substantial board walk
doesn't take hold of snow and sleet like
brick granolithic sidewalk? Well, 1t
doesn't.
Il don't mind letting the boys have their
fun with me now, for l am already chuck
ling with glee in anticipation of the sport
| am going to have at their expense along
about the middle of next July or the 1st
of August, when | direct their attention to
the blissfulness of sleeping under blankets
out where my domicile stands, while they
are in town surrounded by brick walls,
above heat-retaining asphalt streets, swell
tering right"
In the southwestern portion of the coun-
try where the climate is so favorable for
persons who are afflicted with any lung
trouble, remarked recent visitor there
lit is at times, in fact at all times, difficult
to find employment for all those who not
only want to work but whose clrcum-
stances make it necessary for them to add
to their incomes In one OF the towns OF
New Mexico short time ago an electric
railroad was built and the services of eight
men were needed as conductors and motor
men to operate the two cars that were piac-
ed in use. The managers of the road re-
ceved applications for the eight places from
no less than three hundred and siXty-five
persons.
1T does not follow that all of these APP
plicants were health seekers and no doubt
a large proportion were not. Still the in
stance only illustrates what is well known,
and that is the difficulty in finding employ
ment. 1t is not possible for all those who
so out in that region in search of health
TO work, even if they had the opportunity,
for frequently they are physically unable to
do so. 1t is not unusual for persons to land
at some of the stations so far gone with the
disease that they are scarcely able to walk
and yet almost entirely without money. To
provide for such cases charitable organiZa-
tons have been formed and considerable
money Is spent each year in behalf of those
whose hopefulness or rather strong desire
to get well have induced them to go far
from home and friends without money on
the chances that change of climate
would prove beneficial"
r
young lady employed in the State De-
partment had peculiar experience a few
lays ago. In transferring from the cars
at the corner of 9th and K streets she
slipped on the ice and fell down. Several
young men rushed to her assistance and
raised her to her feet none the worse for
her fall in the snow. She had dropped her
handbag, and that was returned to her and
she continued her journey home without
further incident until her arrival when,
happening to open the bag, she discovered
that the purse she carried there was miss
ing. AS it contained $50 in money its loss
meant considerable to her 1t was evident
that it had dropped out of her handbag
when she fell, and she FASTENED back to
the transfer point to look for it. OF course
1t wasn't there, and the young lady again
went home very much cast down. Her
sorrow was quickly turned to joy, how
ever. when informed by strange lady
who had just called that sne had come to
restore her pocket book, which she had
picked up at the transfer corner and knew
ii was hers from the cards il contained.
The money all inside. The honest
finder would accept no reward.
II happened recently at a hotel in a small
town in the south. Two young men on re-
firing for the night left an order with the
clerk 10 be called at o'clock in the morn
ing in order TO catch certain train for
Washington. About half past o'clock they
were aroused by a tremendous knocking on
their door,
whats the matter?'' asked one of the
young men, only half awake.
Time to get up. sah." came through the
door in a negros voice.
oh. that's all right" said the traveller
we are not going TO get up now; we've
changed our minds and will take a later
train"
NO you don't, massa," responded the
negro in excited tones You've gotter get
up. You can't change your mind in that
room. II you want to change your mind
you'll have to go down to the Office and see
the clerk about it."
With that the darkey resumed his knock
ing on the door, and in spite of vigorous and
prOfane proteStations. kept it up until the
two tired and Disguised travellers were COM
PEELED to get up and see the hotel clerk in
sef-defense.
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"Oh, now. 1 almost forgot the most i'm
portant thing | wanted to say" remarked
!, trig little woman to the man presiding
over one of the big meat stands in the
Center market today after her purchase
had been delivered to her and she was
about starting away.
The market man listened patiently as she
explained with considerable detail all about
the needs of some poor family and con-
cluded with an earnest appeal that the
meat man should promise to send to that
poor family supply of meat twice week.