Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
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street car line recently" said man
who rides on that road good deal. while
discussing matters in general with
Star reporter. Either they have lot
Of new motormen who don't know their
business or they have put on new
sort OF car couplings or something else
that makes q ride on the line about as ex-
citing as trip up the Matterhorn. Now,
possibly the motornen have troubles OF
their own, and 1t may be that they have
a new schedule that thew have to live up
to, but the way they throw around passen-
gers is not just what Washington people are
used to. Possibly 1t is not every motorman
who is so careless and possibly 1t Is not
every car that likes to initiate a bucking
broncho. There are peculiar personalities
in machinery as in individuals. But nave
been up against some hard propositions on
that line lately.
Some of the metormen start and stop
their car with jerk that will throw a
strong man off his feet, and have seen one
or two doneStic-looking men dumped into
the laps of ladies who were riding near
them without even the Formally of an In
PRODUCTION, and have seen one or two Ia
dies sit down on the knees of gentlemen
passengers with whom they were obviously
not acquainted. But the worst have mo-
ticed was recently, when an old lady near
the corner of 10th and H streets was
thrown fiat by the sudden starting OF the
car. There were several passengers who
saw the incident and suggested going for
ward and telling the motorman few
things. But they did not. / have been In
the middle of a pile of passengers who were
stacked up both by the stopping and START
ing of the cars. and It Is not the sort of
thing that a man pays a nickel for the prtyt-
lege of enduring"
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There is dainty. tender-hearted little
Toman in the government printing Office
who is ever trying to do some humane act
toward her fellow mortals. She is Just
trimming over with the milk OF human
kindness, and her friends declare she Is like
a bright ray of sunshine in the realms OF
shadows. She is named for a pretty flower,
which might or might not be Violet. The
other day Miss Violet had a severe setback
just after having performed one of her
characteristic humane acts.
''Oh. girls" she said, as she entered the
office. II have just assisted poor sick
lady who was out on the street. The wom-
an was scarcely able to walk and l half
lifted her into a store and requested the
shopkeeper to allow her to rest herself"
What sort of a looking woman was your
sick Lady," asked fellow employee who
was of a more practical turn of mind
Miss Violet described the woman minute
ly, including her costume. The inquiring
employee who had entered the office after
"You cruel creature" said the humane
one reprovingly, "how can you laugh at the
poor sick woman who was so weak she
could hardly walk
sick, indeed said the young woman
of practical turn. way, l met that wom-
an as | was coming down the street. She
was as drunk as a billed owl The last
saw of her she had fallen into the tender
clutches of a big policeman. Read The
Star tomorrow and you will no doubt learn
what has been done to get the rum out OF
her system"
Sure enough" said the practical woman
10 a Star reporter, "she was taken before
Judge Mullcwny, who recognized her as
an old-time booze artist and gave her
piece of good advice and ninety days on the
side
Half pint TASKS containing something that
was much stronger than water were much
in evidence at the fire on Louisiana avenue
last Wednesday morning. Hot coffee had
been passed around. but some of the fire
men had been neglected and were In need
of something to stimulate them. In tie
crowd about the fire was a business man
who had asked number of questions about
the treatment of firemen while attending
q big confagration. Hearing one Of the
men in uniform say he had been without
food or drink all night. the interested mer
and distributed the bottles to The fremen.
Does Chief Belt permit firemen to take
drink while on duty?' was the inquiry
that was made by, a person who showed
some interest In the fire-flghters.
Chief Belt answered the question that af-
ternoon while engaged in conversation with
a party of friends.
when a man Is wet and fatigued after a
long siege at fire." the chief said. Il don't
mind II he takes drink. The only trouble
is that when there Is free whisky going the
rounds 1t is not every man who knows when
to stop or just what size drink he should
take and the consequence is that he is apt
to take enough to get him in trouble.
whisky" the chief said, lis good thing
when properly handled and If hremen
would use 1t In that manner they would be
better off. 1 recall my experience several
years ago when / went cunning with q
party OF friends. and the different ways In
which the whisky was used and how differ.
entity it affected the different members of
the party. When I started upon the trip I
made up my mind that every time my COM
panions took a drink L would use a similar
quantity of the whisky for rubbing pur-
poses.
81 stuck to my part of the bargain
throughout the trip. much to the amuse-
ment of my companions, but when we re-
turned home was the only one in the party
who had reason to laugh. There was Moth
ing the matter with me, but the others had
pneumonia and other ailments If the fire.
ment will use it as liniment and not as
beverage they will get the benefit from 1t
the same as did. and will not get in trou-
BILE"
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He was one of those original characters
found III rural communities sometimes and,
like David Harum. is looked upon as some
thing of an authority on various matters OF
local and general interest. But he had
never been to Washington and so recently
he decided to devote some of his savings to
seeing for himself how the government is
managed at the center.
Under the guidance of an acquaintance
who formerly lived in his part of the coun-
try he did the town pretty we'll One day
they came TO the monument. and, as the
visitor looked up along It's mighty walls
and took in. as well as he could. the sweep