Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14

| But they did not. That has been six years
| and half ago, and they have never used
| the device yet. About the time the patent
| runs out they will have the patent rights
| they can manufacture the device as much
/ as they please without paying any royalty
| on 1t. Real nice scheme. But 1t is rather
| hard on the inventor.
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novel feature OF the parade at the time
of the national encampment of the Spanish
| War Veterans. to be held. here next Octo-
| Der. VIII be drill team composed Of the
wives. mothers. daughters, sisters and
| sweethearts of the soldiers Of 1898. The
| team will come from Toledo, Ohio. and will
comprise about thirty-five forty women.
| They will be clad in suits of khaki cloth,
/ with skirts slightly above the shoetops. to
| show the army leggins. They will wear
/ the regulation military campaign hats OF
gray. and are armed with small silk flags
| This team Is well drilled, and it has car
| ried off prizes at several memorable drill
| contests. The soldier girls will march UP
| to the White House. headed by a band, to
| pay their respects to Comrade Roosevelt.
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| The following story is told as being lone
| on" an attorney of nearby town. A po-
| liceman was being examined on the charge
! of violating the police regulations The
| specific accusation against him was that
| he had entered bar room while on duty
| Did you ever go into this place while
| engaged in patrolling your beat?" asked
the lawyer sharply, mentioning a certain
! saloon.
Yes, SIR" replied the officer
| We'll. tell us about 1t. What did you
| go in there for and what did you do?"
II entered that bar room, said the po-
llceman. speaking deliberately and en-
| phatically, ito look for you. Being told
| that you were drunk and unable to navi-
| gate. l went there to carry you home, and
| /
| THAT will do" interrupted the lawyer
| that will do. I don't want to hear any
| thing more on that subject"
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| The vagaries and quaint doings of absent
| minded people have been well-spring OF
material for the raconteur since a time
whereof the memory of man runneth not
| to the contrary. But the latest perform
ance of a public man distinguished through
| out the country at once for his ability and
preoccupied manner illustrates what sim
| gular things an absent-minded person is
! liable to do at any time. He entered a
| well-known restaurant in the evening re-
Gently, consulted the menu, gave an order,
| III due time finished his dinner took the
| check handed to him by the waiter, gave
| rein to abstract thoughts which did not in
| clude the concrete duty of paying the cash
| Ter of the blishment, calmly walked out
| the front door and took a car for his home.
| When the conductor said, Fares please,
| the still distracted diner promptly handed
| to him the small punctured pasteboard
| which represented dinner bill at the res
| taurant in the complacent belief that it
| was a street car ticket. II beg pardon,
sir" said the considerable conductor, but
this ticket is not good on our line
sudden realization of an unpleasant
stua ton, hasty return, apology and set
Element at the cafe, and muttered de-
termination, We'll, surely 1 must give
| more attention to what am doing" closed
the incident.
| The following story is told by civil
war veteran. During the war Mr.. Wer-
| tenberger4 kept a restaurant in central
/ Indiana town. AS all commodities We're
| high In consequence of an inflated cur
rency his pie crust had no more shorten
| ing in 1t than was absolutely necessary,
| lard costing % cents pound and more.
| One day a transient customer came in and
| called for pie. which was served Ito him,
and he set out to devour 1t forthwith.
But the crust was so short of short TENN
| that he could not get his fork through it.
He struggled with it manfully for few
minutes, and then laid down his knife
and fork in despair.
Mr.. Landlord" he declared a length.
| I'D like to know who in the thunder tans
| your pfes?'
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That the swimming season has opened
| Is evidenced in the office of the Engineer
| Commissioner by the number of youthful
| applicants for permits to swim in Rock
| Creek where It flows through Rock Creek
| Park. There is a Swimming hole" just
above the Military road near the point
where the ford crosses the creek, and the
| youthful residents In the vicinity delight
In spending good portion of their time in
! this hole. especially as they need wear
nothing but "bareskin robe"
The permits are granted to all applicants,
/ and judging by the number that have been
| granted. II all of them get In at once the
| place would resemble a sardine box. The
| permits have general conditions attached
| TO them to the effect that the swimming
| must be done between sunset and sunrise,
that good order must be preserved, and
| that upon any violation the permit will be
! revoked.
| Camp Good VIII. which is situated In the
reserved for its inmates. and the boys
! and the girls in regulation attire take al
| ternate days for bathing.
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| 1t is well known that a woman will never
| become accustomed to banks Just as she
| will never learn to sharpen a pencil OIL
| drive a nail. But. speaking of banks, there
| is a woman in this city who takes the prize
| In financial matters. except that she re-
| verses conditions.
| Her husband held fairly nice account
| at local bank in common with her where
| interest was paid on deposits at the rate
/ of Per cent. One afternoon as she wen,
| shopping the wife had occasion to pass
| her husbands per cent bank and Their
| another. which paid only per cent The
| more she thought about IL the more COM
| pick the problem seemed.
| At last making up her mind that hel
| husband-and of course herself-were being
| cheated by a horrid cashier. she Withdrew
| the deposits from the per cent bank and
| turned them in at the other place.
| That evening she said: do you know
| dear. that 1 saved lots of money today?"
| How he asked.
| BY placing our money In bank that
| costs only per cent instead OF 3; It is in
/ tlntely cheaper and"
Nuf Ced.