Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21

perience in different way. A cousin. 20
they termed her, Is employed in the Post
Office Department and they were taken
there by the daughter of the house. Into
the corridor they went and thence to the
elevator. The young lady led the way and
the two old mammies followed, their eyes
rolling and wonder expressed in every fea-
ture. as the little door of the cage was
closed. Then they looked around, as IL to
see how they were going to get out of the
little room. There was not the least sign
of place of egress and they had begun to
shiver with a feeling of fear mingled with
awe when the elevator shot upward and
both sank to their knees. One OF them
grasped the skirt of the young lady who
had them in charge and turning blanched.
ashy face to her. cried:
Good Lawd Almighty, Miss Maude, de
rooms done goin' up!''
X X X
The idea that the modern and popular
disease appendicitis, is caused by for
eign substance becoming lodged in the ap-
pendix is generally ridiculed," said well.
known Washington physician the other
day, 'but nevertheless 1t may have such
an origin. / knew Of very strange case
recently. A child not over eighteen months
old was playing about the nursery at 10
O'Clock one morning, apparently well. 1t
suddenly became Ill. and had great diff
Guilty in breathing. By o'clock that after
noon 1t was dead. An autopsy disclosed the
fact that 1t had died from appendicitis.
and imbedded in the appendix, which was
much diseased. was found one Of these
ordinary glass-headed pins. The point Of
the pin had punctured the appendix and
fatal results followed The child had at
some time swallowed the pin. and 1t had
made Its way without causing harm until
1T had lodged in the appendix. 1t was a
very remarkable case and think undoubt-
eddy the youngest case on record"
X X X
When 1 lived in the country" remarked
business man the other day, IT used to
hunt quite a good deal. and in one way and
another spent considerable time in the
haunts of wild animals AS one result of
this experience I found that animals had
their special localities. where they were
usually found. They had their favorite
paths or lines Of travel, and their entire life
as FAR as l could learn was confined to
comparatively restricted area
1t seems to me that people resemble ami
mails In this regard, at least those who live
In cities. We move in very limited circles,
ana go from our homes to our places of
business day after day without much varia-
ton. The result Is that we know COM
paratively little Of our own city. There are
thousands Of people who have lived within
the shadow Of the dome of the Capitol for
years and probably they have not been in
the building more than once In that whole
period AS far as the other public buildings
are concerned. the chances are they have
not been inside them at all.
"A surprising number of people have
never been inside of some Of our large retail
stores and hardly know their location They
have no knowledge of the progress In the
building up of the city both within and
without the old urban limits. The extent
ana variety of the ignorance of residents
or the city in regard to their own city is
simply amazing. In fact. at first mention. 1t
seems incredible, but the situation grows
more probable when we begin sort of
CIVIL service examination as to our own
up-to-date knowledge on this subject Then
we soon become convinced that we. too.
are living In a rather contracted circle and
that we know little Of what is going on
outside. The fact is that If every once in a
while we should start a series of little trips
about the city we would experience the
benefit which comes from the broadening
influence of travel
X X X
In view OF recent accounts Of battles in
the far east between the soldiers of the
car and the mikado, letter recently re-
ceived by merchant of this city from a
relative in Manchuria is of especial inter-
est. as the writer gives concise COMPARE
son between the types of certain Russian
lighters and those of Japan. He compares
the dash and the mobility of the little Jap
with the stolidity and clumsiness of the big
bearded Russ. and says:
1t Is no wonder the active Japanese in
fantry go through the heavy masses of
Russian riiemen like lightning darting
through murky and cloudy sky"
He pictures the Japanese as auick-moy-
Ing hornets. singing the clumsy Russian
inf frcn
means of retaliating on his nimble tor
mentors.
Glad in their heavy great coats. the
hens of which almost touch the ground.
with their unwieldy boots and unsoldierly
astrakhan hats. the cars fighting men are
In strange and unfavorable contrast with
the trim little yellow soldiers of Japan
whose every movement Is graceful and
athletic. In either a forward or a retro
grade movement the Russians are slow and
deliberate, and 1t seems difficult while they
are retreating to get beyond the fire zone Of
the Japs This slowness of movement &C
counts for the great casualties among the
Russians when they are once in the open,
having been forced from their defenses
Then, too, the writer states, the slowness
OF the Russians is manifested in their fir
Ing. which Is desultory. while that of the
Japs Is snappy and full of vim as well as
missiles. He praises the japanese battery
work, which is described as marvellous, but
says their cavalry Is poor and no match
for the Cossacks, who have been described
as 1.-The Rough Riders of the car" The
writer adds that the Japanese are naturally
poor horseback riders, while the Cossacks
were reared in the saddle The Cossacks
are also described as fearless, fanaticai
fighters. next In quality to the famous
American cowboys Of the west. These wild
riders are said TO be feared more by the
Japanese than any other branch OF the
Russian soldiery, just as the Beers were
said to have had a wholesome fear during
the campaigns In South Africa of 'the SOL
diers who wore dresses like women" mean
ing the intrepid Scotch Highlanders. The
Japs are said TO speak Of the Cossacks as
devil fighters or dragon riders" and
their cavalry is no match concludes the
writer, for the bearded horsemen Of the