Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24

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1.-THE most beautiful sight in Washing
ton" was the comment of Commissioner
mcfarland as he looked at the group or
young school graduates at Convention Hall
the other evening.
Certainly one of the most unique sights
most any one would say. who was there.
for Just at that time those on the stage
had been presented with the flowers which
relatives and friends give to the happy
students on this gala occasion.
All at once this expanSe which had Deen
dominated by the quiet contrast OF the
white dresses of the girls and the black
suits of the boys, flushed into a glow OF
color. AS the great masses of flowers were
shifted about from hand to hand 1t sug-
gested the process of the arrangement OF
some gigantic bouquet At times there was
hardly face to he seen. only the moving
Kaleidoscope of great beauty and variety.
After a while the fiutter caused by the de-
livery of the gifts subsidized. and as the
boys and girls held in their arms their
treasures, the immense platform became a
flower garden, a sloping bank of blooms
that fairly rioted in the luxuriant coloriLg
of the floral season
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1.-The nearest approach to the daily crush
at the New York end of the Brooklyn
bridge that l have seen in this city," re-
marked a visitor to a Star reporter. "oc-
ours at the Rock creek railroad loop every
evening when the weather Is hot. There Is
the same mass of humanity. the same
scramble and the same mad get-there-any-
way idea. The cars of both lines are crowd
ed TO the utmost and the rush to get on the
outgoing cars Is so great that the pasSen-
gers who have come In have actually to
fight their way to the street It's anything
to get on, and the strangest part or IL is
that the crowd is mainly composed OF IA
dies and children. They attack the car
before ii has stopped and climb aboard any
old way, the more active pulling themselves
up under or over the side bar designed to
close the track side of the car. Although
somewhat undignified. It is an interesting
sight. and more exciting than bargain
crowd rampant. The wonder Is that some
Of the reckless people are not injured. ana
they undoubtedly would be but for the ef-
forts of the railroad agents in constantly
pushing them off the tracks and out of the
way of the constantly moving trains
Everv one knows the difference that
letter or punctuation mark will some
times make In the appearance of docu-
ment of any Sort but there are always new
examples of the fact turning up. There Is
one Just now In front of small grocery
store In Georgetown. OF course during the
sort of weather Washington has been en-
joying recently 1t is the part of wisdom
for green grocers and dealers of that sort
to keep their perfshable goods on Ice The
dealer in question consequently keeps the
fish with which he supplies that part OF
Georgetown on ice in his refrigerator. Not
to let any one overlook the fact that he
was still selling fish. he recently lettered
sign himself reading:
Fresh Fish Inside"
But some small boy-it could not have
been any one but small boy-came along
with a lead nencil and added an go to the
word Inside" in very much the same sort
of scraggy lettering that characterized the
rest of the sign. The result is that the an
,nyft hos y~1th ar arylv
reminiscent OF codliver oil and the giblet
chowders so popular on the New England
coast. 2@+5.a1-ss-- -sss. l.
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There is young fellow among the cor
respondents in Washington who Is not much
in the habit of taking Ice cream sodas COM
monty preferring something stronger. The
other afternoon he was out with another OF
the craft and some girls. They dropped
into drug Joint on the avenue and had
soda all round. The young man in question
leaned absentmindedly on the edge Of the
soda counter and made several passes with
his starboard foot at the bottom on the
marble bar.
what in the world are you trying to dor
asked OF the girls. Then the young
man woke up and slightly blushed.
"Oh. nothing at ALL" remarked the other
correspondent He just can't find the foot
rail- that's ALL
And now the girls are wondering wheth-
soda fountain counters.
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Secretary Wilson of the board of char
tiles about eight months ago took a poor,
half-demented colored from Washing
ton to the home of his relatives in Missis-
sippi The man had been a ward of the
board OF charities for several months prior
to his transportation to his relatives, and
the board had provided his clothes a lodg-
Ing place and food for him well med
ical attention. The colored man became
quite fond OF the board OF charities as rep
resented by Secretary Wilson, and in his
opinion that official about the kindest
man and the most generous that had hap
pened since the beginning of time.
The other day Secretary Wilson received
a'letter from the former ward of the board.
The communication stated that the colored
man had been working on farm down in
Mississippi and continued as follows:
Il wish you would send me a couple suits
of clothes, barrel of potatoes. three sacks
of -four butt OF chewing tobacco and d
gallon jug of whisky. I am needing the
things. especially the whisky. If you can't
send the other things send the whisky and
II you can't send me five gallons maybe
can git along with gallon. Hoping you
will send the things. I remain very truly
yours, Jim
"P. S.-Don't forget the whisky"
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ut don't do TO underestimate the mental
capacity of the men that the republics of
South America have gathered into their
official families" declared globe trotter
who was observing the joint army and navy
maneuvers at Old Point last week Zone
OF the brightest men I ever met had a
minor position with one OF those republics
In the diplomatic service, I think. At least
he was doing or trying to do diplomatic
stunt when he made one of the wittiest re-
forts think / ever heard.
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