Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

| ton and was apparently helpless. He had
| an interesting family and his children were
practically starving 1t took all the man
could make to pay his house rent to keep
| shelter over the heads of his loved ones.
Somebody told Secretary Gage just enough
! of the mans case for him to know part OF
| 1t. The man got an audience with Secre-
tary Gage and was told that there was no
| position in sight then and might not be- Be
| sides. l fear that you are not eligible 10 re.
| instatement from what L understand CT
your case l wish could do something LOT
| you at once Will you make use OF this IN
| some way he asked. as he handed the
! surprised man a $50 BILL The man started
| to decline, but he looked into the beneVo-
| lent kindly face of the Secretary and put
| the money in his pocket. Come back In
/ two three weeks added Mr.. Gage Ihe
man did So and there was still no position
| for him. but he received another so Dill,
and few weeks later matters were ar
| ranged SO that he got a position.
| Frank a. Vanderlip, who was first prl-
! vate secretary to Secretary Gage and then
assistant secretary, and who Is now recog-
niZed one of the wfseSt bankers IN the
| country, was the same kind of man, and
| l have seen tears come into his eyes many
I times after hearing the hard luck stories OF
| men and women. especially women with
| broods of little ones. He was always try
| ing to help this class of people, and posi-
| lively know that real distress and poverty
| were stronger influence at the treasury In
| those days imam all lDe pOlltlCdl
! that could be welded
* X < X x
! A long line of cabs with their tWlnkhns
| lamps stood backed up against the curb In
| a residence section of the city The snow
had changed into rain, and the cabpies
| either sat huddled up beneath wraps ana
umbrellas or were stamping up and down
| the pavement in their efforts to keep warm.
| The dinner hour in most homes was over
| for the day and it seemed to peiated
passerby that the men were not showing
much sense in waiting for business at that
| hour.
..Tbe DAVIS work is over" he thought,
land even If people had planned to go out
they would give it up in the face or sucn
weather.
"Why don't you go homer" he remarked
to one of the cab drivers. There WILL De
no one out such a night.
That is one thing about this business you
can count on as sure replied the man.
THE worse the weather, the more calls
there are for cabs l would like to go home
if l could he added. but this IS my ousy
time.
K x X X \,
One cold night not long ago Capt. Cross,
who has charge of the police department at
night. was seated in his office at headquar-
tiers almost wishing something would nap
pen in order that he might have something
were but few persons on the street, but
one pedestrian did appear in the vicinity
of headquarters who was much the worse
for wear. There had been an apparent dis
regard for the provisions of the snow law
by the District, and the Intoxicated man
had measured his length upon the sidewalk.
His appearance indicated that he had been
severely injured. and an Italian rushed INTO
headquarters and told the officer IN charge
that assistance was needed OUTSIDE.
"A man falla and killa himself, SAID the
excited owner of a peanut stand
Some trouble at last" thought the cap
tain, as he hurried to assist the injured
| pedestrian.
BY the time the captain reached the pave
ment the man was upon his feet ana
promptly gave notice that he was able 10
care for himself -
Il know my narne,' he stammered, know
where 1 live, and want no assistance.
Then he started to skate toward a saloon
and the captain returned to his ONCE.
X x x
Probably the cheeriest place in town DUR
ing the recent cold weather has been the
members lobby in the House wing OF
! the Capitol. Two roaring wood fires, in
| great fireplaces at either end. have fur-
nished an attraction that seemed to pos
sess a fascination for many of the repre-
! sentatives, and on ordinary days there
| than in the House.
| The chamber is spacious apartment,
| furnished in exquisite taste. The ceilings
! and walls are heavily incrusted with gold
! leaf frescoes adorn the panels and arches
and rich curtains festoon the great WIN
dows that open southwark to the Polo-
| mac. The marble floor is covered with eX-
! pensive oriental rugs, in harmony with the
| hangings and mural effects. Heavy leather
| furniture and mahogany tables complete
| the fittings.
| Rut the browning glory of the room these
| DAYS is the wood fire in each fireplace.
| Ranked high with seasoned ash, hickory
| and oak the glowing furnaces roar and
| sparkle and cast out a grateful neat Inc
| western and southern members, who live
| in hotels and boarding houses while In
| Washington, take great comfort IN THESE
| big fires.
! T can't get used to keeping warm by a
| hole in the wall" remarked a western
| member who lives in house heated by
| registers, land if l could just take this
| wood fire up TO my boarding house l would
| be reconciled to life away from Pike coun-
| ty."
| Through a curious combination of cir
| cumstances Secretary Taft has been called
| on to consider a protest to one of his OWL
| decisions. A few days ago he denied an
! application made by Gov. Cummins OF
| Iowa in behalf of certain volunteer regi-
| rnents of that state for permission to change
| the inscriptions on certain state monu-
ments in the Shiloh national cemetery. II
| so happened that Secretary Taft was 9TH
| erwise engaged when the letter announcing
! his action was prepared, and it was signed
| in the course of routine business by Assist
| ant Secretary Oliver. Gov. Cummlns was
| dissatisfied with the action of the depart
| ment, and assuming that it was the work
| of Assistant Secretary Oliver, he wrote a
letter to the President protesting vigorously
| against the latter's action. Without knowl-
| edge of the facts in the case, the President
| sent the protest to Secretary Taft for such
| action as he deemed necessary. Under the
| circumstances 1t is not likely that Gov
+! Cummins' protest will have the desired