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

and I'll pick out the seat for you to sit in
when you come to Congress" And still
clinging together they elbowed their way
through the crowd to the House gallery.
The Plain Drunks
A large number of plain drunks" were
taken in and cared fer by the policemen
of the first district on 18th street last
night. In the surging masses of people on
the downtown streets were many men and
a few boys who became helpless because
they INDUCED in too much of the liquid
which the red men term 'ifirewater.' The
cells at No. l were not equal to the emer-
genCy, and a number of the INTOXICATED
men We're placed on the floor inside the big
iron door leading to the cages These pr1s-
oners, where they had not been too bois-
ferrous profane, or inclined TO assault
the officers when placed under arrest, We're
released as soon as they had sufficiently
slept off the effects of their over-indulgence.
Some of the men were provided with pocket
TASKS which had contained anywhere from
a half pint to quart each of red licker.'
These TASKS and their contents were, of
course, confiscated by the police.
while there were many DRINKS last
night" said a veteran policeman, the
number was not as great as the number L
have seen here on other notable occasions.
The city post Office has been beSieged
since last night by strangers who called to
send or receive mail. a postal official stated
that the souvenir mailing cards, containing
pictures of the public buildings of this city,
were responsible for much of the rush at
the stamp windows To send these cards
to the homes of the sender 1t is necessary
to aftiX One-cent stamp to each For a
time last night there was long line of
visitors in front of the general delivery
window waiting their turn to call for mail
from home and friends.
The Empire State.
New York was out In force all right
Certainly from no other point than the
Bowery could have come the remark that
greeted the head Of the procession as it
came past The Star building. The per-
sistent street vendor was selling his copies
of the official souvenir program, on'y
cents,' and the vanguard of police drew
abreast of the spot. Souvenir program
Only" croaked the vendor, but voice
from the crowd choked him off. Cut it
out Bill" yelled the voice, redoent of Steve
Brodie's saloon and the Brooklyn bridge,
''Nothin' more dom; yer comes de main
squeeze"
Peace Spreads Her Wings.
If there was anything wanting in the pro-
cession to emphasize the fact that the
war is over, it was certainly furnished by
the infantry band that escorted the Presi-
dent to the Capitol The New York troop
ers were prancing to the strains of
Hiawatha as they came past the post Office
but the sound of their music was scarcely
softened by the distance when the infantry
swung past playing a medley in which
Marching Through Georgia was placed
in juxtaposition to Dixie Both tunes
We're cheered by the crowd, but as usual
in Washington Dixie" got little the best
of it.
Minus His Hat.
There was one man from a stand on the
avenue somewhere above 18th street who
probably went home bareheaded. The early
morning gentle breeze changed to a regular
March zephyr before the day was far adj
yanced, and high over the Presidents carri-
age there careened in the AIR soft felt
hat whisked by the wind from the hands of
some too enthusiastic Original Roosevelt
man" farther up the streetl.sThe hat GER
tainly Travelled from 18th to 9th street be-
fore 1t touched the ground, and 1t is very
doubtful if its owner ever recovered 1T.
Lost the Price Of Two suppers.
Among the crowds which swarm into the
national capital from all points of the COM
pass during the inauguration period some
become victims of the interruptions.
II can give expert testimony" observed
the proprietor of WE'LL known downtown
restaurant last night These terrors Of the
unsuspecting oftentimes come In gentle
manly disguise. I lost the price of two
suppers last night and am trying to find out
how it happened. My patrons had ridden
to the front of my place in a hired carriage.
They were fautlessly dressed. There was
nothing in the style or fit of their clothing or
immaculate linen to remind me or the adage
of EVOLVES in sleeps clothing. Their or
der included the best wines. canvas-back
duck. frog legs and other gilt-edged dainties
on the menu card The waiter gave the
best of service, probably for the reason that
his calculations regarding the size of the tip
We're being based on the appearance Of the
patrons. They finished their supper and
took a. hike" as the waiter made his APP
pearance. In another minute the waiter
was out on the curb staring at the empty
cab. The stolid coachman was staring into
space, oblivious of what had transpired.
The waiter returned to the restaurant. At
that instant the two men who had been
seen to step carefully from the opposite side
of the hack on which they had been lean