Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-17

rlnless am very much mistaken stlu
the man who goes out walking. the pe"-
pIe Of Washington aye nowadays more CIV
en- To pedestrianism than ever before. lisS
wander into the suburbs In large h"hlDe'
whenever their convenience and tue "eat"' !
will permit ii. and on fair SUNDAYS ana
HOLIDAYS the woods and surrounding couH
try generally are alive with Peop''' >'--i-7
and old alone in pairs or IN groups walk
ing simply for pleasure or eNer'lse -
Is very seldom now that you can 60 any
,rrora IN the nearby country ON SUNDAY
,.itbort meeting troops Of people bdihpi',9
about for arnuSe rueut and tiat on -
and places which not many ett, be,
,,.aro rra.tiraiIy isolated from the cry, "
ing regarded as TOO far away l"t any 'A'"s
~ ,nucstriaus bicyclists o. Neh!Sles,
- simpIy shows that walking IS no" ne
voDtIIar AS well as the proper Capei.
q GOOD thing all around for NE "HN %
49, fe the hest medicine that any one can
have. and a good bracing walk Is "a : ga
aid TO digestion and coHtehteu h''iio'
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.~There IS not an engineer on TINS oo'"
that 7 can't recognize by the souhu vi ''''
whistle of his engine remarked locoiii'
five fireman the other day IN reference ~
his associates in the employ OF the 0outH
orn railway Each man has dis'iICl''e
blast which Is as plain as spoken la"
eIage to his fellow employees ana - IL
ouently familiar TO the members OIL MS
family. To those who have served long
time on the road and are well acquainted
with both the men and the locomotives
tbara is a distinCtivcness in almost every
,.Eistla soi,nd even though IL may seem
exactly like a hundred others TO any one
else. often. the home people or the eng
ueers are as skilled in detecting particulai
whistle sounds as are the railroad heu
&c "a
see an engineers wife. with perhaps t"o
or three little children by her side leanlhg :
ont OF a window I'm sight or the raiiroat
waiting in pleasing expectancy TO wave d
raottrsy 10 The man in the cab. having been
made acquainted with the fact or ms dp-
proach by means only Of the SOUND OF '"e
whistle. o-
toned 10 handle any one locomotive si' -
more or less special care To- tn" Whlsti"' ia
MANY instances the men personally V""
these souud-mak.ng devices and Keep u'1-t
throughout services covering stNeLai A'''N
ana involving numerous transfers from o.le
engine to another. man is disposed %
become attached to his whistle, regarding
IT as n sort of personal adjunct. lie bloN
It and blows il until he comes 10 play on Ii
sounding the varying range of his FEELINGS
in the caderces Of the blast In TINS W3E
the whistle assumes the dignity of crude
index to character and disposition.
MANY Of the differences among whistles
are obvious TO people III S'tiS-ebl- 1 tS 'iiA'4'@
whistle for instance. is familiar to many.
Uniting several sounds. its musical blast IS
a favOrlte among engineers Thls type Is
specially used for variety.
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some os those attendants at White
House receptions are becoming very eN-
rcrt." remarked "A young man who mad
Struggled through the tunnel" where the
long line Of invited guests crowd their
fI--
are some OF them" he continued, WAo
toss your hat up into the upper tiers OF
boxes. where wraps are Kept, with as
much deXterlty as the clown with me Wool
hats IN the circus
Not always remarked another. wao
heard the conversation The fellow who
handled my hat missed two or three throws
one night and my hat looked like cat
when l went out.
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Senator Clark of Wyoming remembers
some good stories that he has heard IN
the west He was telling one recently
about how a friend of his got the best o.
"A crowd Of liars that had been relating
Lair-breadth escapes and miraculous res
cues This friend listened 10 nearly every
man, and each tried to Guido the other.
Finally Il was the turn Of Clark 5 friend
who began.
''Thc toughest proposition I was ever UP
against was.when The Cheyennes or Mon
away in the mountains prospecting and dId
n1t know they were out until was jog
giug along back TO. the settlements ana
met half-trced, who told me the Indians
were in war paint and had better scratch
for safety. There was only one way. and
that was 20 get through the pass ahead
and strike for the route around cnaln
OF mountains and take chances tneN
wouldn't cross my trail. ! got through the
pass all right, but late In the afternoon 1
heard them on my trail. | put spurs Ia
my bronco, but hadn't gone far before /
came slap bang up against another band
or the same tribe Nothing 10 do but
swerve to the right up "a canyon, which !
did with the whole yelling pack right be-
hind me. ] looked ahead mp that canyon
hoping there was an outlet SO that l could
get through tut / hadn't gone mile bc-
fore 1 saw that lt broke short off and the
rock rose a. sheer 2.OOD feet almost straight
mp on all sides. / could hear the req
devils sCreeehing out war whOops. as they
seemed t1 yhiuk they had me cornered, and
] just felt my time had come for there
was 80 possible chance TO escape"
Here he. paused and smoked his pipe
tGpuEatfully.
"oh. I didn't get OUT was the reply.
"TAey killed me-
UId you ever hear how a slip OF an army
Elr, held up Il ship for ten days in Manila?
Well. she tells It herself II seems that her
father was commanding a regiment IN the
Philippines and her mother was In Manila.
This girl went over 20 H0uskOug on a trip,
and very enjoyable one i, was. While
there sine received a cable from Mrs Taft.
which said Bring me an 'amah' " Now.
az "amau' is Chinese nurse girl THIS
army young lady went out ana engaged
nine % meet her az the dock the day the
ship sailed. She was a very wise young
woman, and guessed that most of them
would not show up Perhaps shs had lived
81 Washington and learned how the faithful
GO coioTet servant promises five times ever
80 come tle next day al 9 o'clock and Is
never heard of again. When the ship sailed
there was one Chinese woman out OF the
nine on hand. and our heroine took her