Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25

'.There is a man in this town who has
the rudimentary idea which is the founda-
ton of commercial success. He believes in
advertising and he knows how to do It,
The speaker was pouring his line OF IN
formation into the patient ears OF re-
porter for The Star, which latter person
cooked up the aforesaid ears and yanked
out pencil for the purpose of committing
to memory the words of the savant.
1.-THE man l mean sells newspapers ana
rat traps and l understand that he expects
TO soon enlarge the field of his operations.
If he don't make John ID. at some time in
the future 1t will be because that party has
got all there is in sight and my man mas
paid the freight.
II don't believe he has money enough yet
TO advertise In the papers and / don't think
that that medium would especially help him
in his campaign against the public, but he
advertises all right and it pays, too. On 81.
Fatricks day l observed him with pun
die of papers under his arm and bunch OF
rat traps slung to his breast He had on a
pair of goggles and a brown derby hat, ana
It was this last named adjunct to his toilet
which served his purpose. In the pahu ne
had stuck four red roses-the roses OF Eng
land if you come to think of it-and be-
tween each pair he had reared tall bunch
of green stuff that looked like piece OF
kale. Well. L guess that was bad en-! u
Oh no; not at all. OF course not. What
do you think of it? The green above the
red all right, all right! He sold every
paper he had in an hour, and then Went
back for more, and the last saw OF him ne
was dealing them out to the natives OF the
little old Emerald Isle as fast as he couid
make change l guess that man don t
know his business, eh?'
sometimes the resident diplomats here
run across curious obstacles in their
efforts to follow processes of legisla-
ton that might be of vital interest to
their own country" said one of the patient
officials of the government whose duty II
Is to answer inquiries and make as pleasant
as possible the lot of these foreign repre-
sentatives while they stay in Washington.
"This one occurred some time ago, and that
particular diplomat is no longer stationed
here so there is no risk of hurting his feel
ing by repeating the inquiry he made OF
me- Pending before Congress was mat
ter of legislation that, if enacted, would
strongly affect the people of the country OF
this particular diplomat emigrating to the
United States The particular bill having
gone through certain preliminary stages or
legislation, finally, under the House rules,
would next come up in committee or the
whole This diplomat was keeping his gov
eminent almost hourly advised by cable or
the progress of the bill. but when 1t came
to the next move he was in dismay. So he
wrote to me, explaining alphabetically that
before bothering me he had first exhausted
all other channels of information, and par
ticularly had he closely studied the COM
mttee lists in the Congressional Directory,
but he had totally failed to find therein the
committee of the whole" Therefore, he
besought me to tell him the membership of
this committee which he understood was to
deal on the next day with the bill in which
he was so much interested. l replied that
III I'D sf.j he
official membership of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and that is the last l heard of
the matter"
few days ago an artist was noticed
standing on chair before the bust picture
of former Speaker Henderson of the House
of Representatives. touching up the face
of that distinguished statesman. Those
who noticed the artist in the lobby of the
House wondered that any one should take
such liberties with the oil painting that
was known to have been the work of one
of the distinguished artists of the coun-
try, being ordered by the House SO that
the features of the Iowan might be placed
on the wall of the lobby along with those
of all the other men who have occupied
the responsible position of Speaker since
the beginning of the government.
The artist was emphasizing the lines of
the face, giving the coQntenance that force
full expression that every one knew on the
face of the former Speaker. The artist
himself seemed 10 realize that his course
might be regarded unusual to those who
did not know him. and who regarded him as
a probable employe of the Capitol who was
taking liberties with one of the historical
pictures. Turning to some of those who
were regarding him curiously, ne remarked
1T is my work. / am the artist who
painted the picture. OF course no one else
would have a right to touch it,"
1t was the artist Thorp, whose work in
delineating the features of Mr.. Henderson
has received commendation among the men
who knew Mr.. Henderson best. But the
necessity for retouching the portrait is an
Interesting story. 1t was painted about a
year ago, and for nearly that length of
time has been on the wall of the House
lobby. AS the picture gradually became
seasoned by time there was a softening of
the lines of the face. taking from it that
strength of expression that had been placed
there by the artist. There something
effeminate in the face after the painting
had passed its first birthday. II was to
remedy that condition that Mr. Thorp went
to the Capitol 10 view his work and to