Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
Hot Observation-Disclosures.


He was as big as all outdoors. anyhow.
Must have weighed 800 at the very least,
and he was over six feet tall. He was pac-
ing slowly down the avenue from the Cap
itol, talking to friend He.was red-faced,
and was hopping himself every half min
ute with a big silk handkerchief And no
wonder, for he wore a heavy sllvery-brown
beaver overcoat, and it was lined with
sable and came clear down to his heels
which was really good ways. The lapels
of the coat We're of the sable and peep
ing out of the wide-mouthed pockets were
Uncovered gloves and a muffier.
They stopped right in front of The Star
office, and the big fellow threw back the
fronts of his overcoat, and then said firmly,
We'll, by jnks I've got to peel this thing.
Say, Langdon, l didn't know it ever got
this hot down here. Why, l couldn't live
in this blasted country. Couldn't get my
breath"
Hot" echoed ''Langdon." with volumes
of scorn in his voice. DO you call this
hot? Why, we have been fairly weeping
because the mercury has been loafing
around below the freezing point this whole
enduring winter. My coal costs me $25 a
month, ought to cost about so, normally.
Hot! I'd like to know what you would
call cOld?"
.Oh. come off now Langdon," returned
the big fellow, shaking himself like a big
Newfoundland dog that has just come out
of the water, and throwing that priceless
hot enough here to roast salamander.
Why, up at Dawson we have had it about
80 degrees below for the last six months,
and some of the time 1t was 50 degrees.
Say, old man, that's the country to live in
Why, man can feel warm and get frozen
to death up there and never know it, it Is
so still. When l made up my mind to come
over from Montreal, 1 thought 1 would be
safe because / saw by the papers that you
were having such cold weather. Say, old
man, you come go home with me and I'll
show you what real cold weather is" and
they walked away, "Langdon' muff1ed to
his ears, and the big man still hopping
perspiration.
Character Sketch Under Capitol Dome.
Statuary Hall is a constant source of
interest when strangers are filling it, be-
cause it's use seems to be very little known,
and the great number of marble and bronco
figures are variously accounted for. One
couple wandered in there yesterday, a very
young couple, the lady in white muslin
and heavy coat and the man with new
boots and a new hat. Bride and groom,
of course, for she chung to his arm as
though she feared to lose him. and that
| would have been no joke in that crowd.
AS they glided in the bride caught her
breath with a sharp little cry
"Oh! This is where they bury them,
amt it?"
well, they do look pretty dead" replied
the husband facetiously.
my, but there is lot of them?" Then
a CLEAN of comprehension struck athwart
her face. ~ know now, this is what they
call a mosem, and they put people in a
crypt and shove EN- in holes around the
wall and masonry 'em in"
yep, reckon that's it," was the simple
response and then they began to move
about and examine the names on the
statues.
Must be big men, members Of Congress,
perhaps" remarked the bride. II didn't
know they buried 'em right on the spot.
Do you spose he killed himself with that
| thing?" pausing before the statue of Rob-
ert Fulton, who is lolling all over an arm
| chair in a most ungraceful attitude with
| a piece of machinery in his hand on which
| he gazes with an intense look which might
| be taken for pain.
well. I don't think they ought to do
| that sort of thing in a place like this.
| Pears like 1t is bad enough to have to
| look on these statoos of who have
| died here, without having their dying agony
| cut into marble. Say, l b'leeve I'd like to
| como to Congress?'
| well, why don't you. Jim?" with an
| admiring little squeeze of "Jim's" arm.
| you are just as good as any man here,
| I'll bet. And just see how you are gettin'
| on. If you get that place on the city eoun-
| Gil in the spring, you can go right on
| climin, and I'll help you all / can. My.
| wouldn't 1t be fine to come up here every
day? Say. let's go use that card we got,