Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12

I'm Indiana there are numSer of towns
that bear names similar to cities. towns
and villages in Maryland said mali
hustler who is employed in the Washington
post Office For instance, the capltai Oh
MARYLAND. Annapolis. is duplicated oy
nonulous town in Parke' county, lhuiaha'
There are also Cumberlands In poth STATES
I could mention many other aual piSaoe'
hut the two / have named are sahicieH' ~
Illustrate what desire to call attention to-
and that is, that when people nave -
or other mail matter for places IN eithei
Marvland or Indiana they should not az
rayfate the names of the states III WI rs
fhe addresses. but spell them IN Iuii
reason for making this suGsestoh VIZ, III
once become apparent to you II YOU w.
,ake 1our peucil and quickly ana cdrepessis
write the authorizations of each state IInu'
and Md.-and notice what striknie LIZ
arity they bear to each other. Mah9 ie $3.50
Intended for places in Maryland nave oeen
cent nv mistake to places similarly haineo
in the Hoosier state Woro 10 'N'
should be sufficient.
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The vocabulary of the average Greek ana
Itolian fruit vendors-that is. the recent
arrivals in Americas quite limited ana
includes at first only very few words tlat
they absolutely require in the conduct OIL
their itinerant business. Soon after They
roach these shores this class of Immigrants
are taken in hand by an instructor, VINO
hastily trains his pupils how to briefly de-
scrib, their wares and inform prospective
purchasers as to the price OF the art@cies
they may have on sale. This accomplished
the pupils are turned loose to sell bananas
oranges "saur kraut candy ana what not
Tho result of the very sparse language
training these fellows receive was illus
trated in South Washington the other uay
A dark skinned son OF Greece, VINO e t,
IDENTIFY had not been long In Inc Cnlteu
States. was passing along " S''ee' Si'i'e
in a monotone.
''NiCe-a banan', nice-a
A blxon colored woman stopped the ven
dor and began examining his wares some
Of the bananas had begun 10 plaehei anu
show signs of decay -, -...o.,os
Am dey gud bananas?" she queried
The word good evidently st9inPeu .iIe
Greek and he mumhled a sort OF mtelros-
atorv as to what its meaning might be-
Am dey gud;" g-u-d?' persisted the
woman. .,,. ..No
eood-a. Mecca, nice-a," with q series of
shrugs of the shoulders.
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The friends of Mai. Dickinson. the we'll
known newspaper man, tell good story
on him It seems that an old colored
nanny whose master the major knew In
the DAYS 'befoh' the wah' came to him to
get his assistance in procuring sttua-
ton. He happened TO know of friend
who wanted a cook. so he said to the old
lady. "Aunty, I know a place where they
want good cook" Oats wot 1 is said
she. IF you'au will Civ me de numban
III go up dab" Well. you get on a
Georgetown car, said the major, ASK the
conductor to let you off at Both street,
then walk to Q street and you'll lind the
place which is called Hammond court
svVl4 Gai1 oh
cote? Why, sab, don you'an know dat
Use never wukked fob any but quality
folks, bofe durin' my ole massah's time
and since, and do you fink dat at dis tim
o life Use gwlue to wuk fob any wife
trash dat lives in cotesl Nor sab! Nor
gahl 1 mought be pore. an l mought want
wuk mighty bad, but Use got some pride
I'm me ylt" And. throwing her head in the
air the old lady Indignantly left the ma
Scr gasping for breath
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Old Uncle Ike paid a visit TO the Dis
trict building yesterday. Uncle Ike,
though not one OF the hlghest-paid Dis
trlct employees. Is one of the most faith
ful. His duty is TO sit by a pile Of rock
ale ngside of country road and with a
hummer to break the stone into pieces for
Use in repairing the roads. He comes in
twice a month to 'pussonally see bout
his wages" Scorning the use of the ele-
VatOr, ne IaDofiously Climbs up Tour
fights of stairs TO the surface division
OF the engineer department, and, putting
his woolly head Inside the door inquiries
Boss is de rock crackers roll ready?''
Being told that he can find it In the dis
bursting office. he hobbies down to the
basement, gets his pay. and, returning to
his stone pile, cracks away until another
ray day rolls around.
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The man who draws his salary and then
goes home penniless does not put himself