Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-14

thing put in their reach.
"Our party" said the story-teller, went
out one day for a hunt some distance from
the sea coast. We had such poor luck In
starting game that one of our NUMBER, see
ing nothing else 10 shoot at, killed yellow
dog which We happened to run across IN
our ramble The party proceeded some
distance further and returned by the same
route In perhaps half an hour. wren we
reared the spot where the unfortunate dog
had been slain we were startled to see
crowd of natives indulging in festivities.
We watched the merrymakers Tor some
time and finally discovered that they Were
cooking the carcass of the dog preparatory
to enjoying feast Meanwhile, having
stretched the skin of the canine into a kind
of drum they were beating 1t and having
a dance"
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A stranger was on an avenue car going
west yesterday.
Where is Washington Circle?" he asked
the conductor.
''Skiddoo," was the laeonic reply
"All right" said the passenger, let me
off at that street.
He was accommodated. Puzzled over the
strange name OF the street, he consulted
the sign on the corner lamp post The sign
read '23d street. And then he tumbied.
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The other evening an association of print
ers employed in the government printing
office, known the knockers Club, gave
banquet at an uptown hotel The name
OF the organization suggested to a business
man the formation of club on the opposite
tack, a mariner would express it. He in
vited several of his friends to join him in
forming a new social club. A half dozen
men met in his parlors few evenings later,
and the Boosters Club was launched.
Officers will be elected at a future meeting.
Il
in its motto which was adopted at the first
meeting-''We don't knock-we boost our
friends" 1t was decided that any member
who fails when an opportunity offers to
say something good about brother mem
Der will be fined at the first meeting follow
ing the offense. and, besides, will be re-
CURED to do penace by either telling an
original funny story. singing a new song,
dancing iig or whistling air that the
members have never heard before.
Another motto Of the Boosters Club is
this: Don't be hyena and dig into the
graveyard of mans past. Praise his pres
ent and boost his future
There is nothing like congruity," said a
high school teacher the other day. II like
TO see the entities of life preserved but
like also to see human beings make the best
of situation In the language OF the Irish
man. If ye can't be aisy, be as aisy as ye
can Therefore. I was particularly struck
when | was going home in crowded car
the other afternoon. 1t was just about the
time the departments We're letting out. and
the majority of the passengers were stand
ing up. The railroad seems to think that it
can make more money hauling standing
than sitting passengers. Well there was a
man standing in front of me, hanging to
strap like all the rest of US who were lucky
enough TO be able to find straps. And as he
% a 10 III
you think it was? Power Through Repose'
thought to myself that he was certain
ly being as easy as he could. Perhaps he
was aecumulating data on which to acquire
power while he sat down and watched his
wife cook dinner after he got home
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Since times whereof the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary" attorneys
practicing in the local courts, and indeed
in courts in general throughout this coun-
try, have been accustomed to make ex-
planatory addresses informally and with
out being under oath, in opening cases be-
fore a jury. The time-honored custom has
come TO be looked upon as a routine part
of the procedure In a litigation, and no one
on the bench. so far as general knowledge
goes, ever thinks of questioning the pro-
priety Of the practice. 1t remained, how
ever. for the usage to be challenged the
Othef DAY DS one OF the court crlers at the
city hail. AS q lawyer who had been
addressing the court during the prelim-
inaries of a trial turned to begin his open
ing speech to the jury the crier solemnly
and deliberately presented him with the
Bible in order that he might be sworn.
When the general laugh which followed
had subsidized the court official wore the
expression of wiser but a sadder man.
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A group of get-rlch-quick individuals and
were standing In the shadow of the big
news bulletin board of The Evening Star
yesterday discussing the matters that had
been bulletined. when the conversation
turned to prospective money making inven-
tons.
You know" said one. that the fellow
who invented the simple little wooden re-
turn ball with piece of rubber attached
to 1t became immensely rich as result OF
his patent
Yes replied a man with an In-growing
mustache and a far-away expression of the
eyes. simple inventions have been money
winners in very many instances. But, gen.
tlemen, the man who can solve the prob
lem of taking the soul-harrowing and hear
ing-destroying click from the telephone
can name his own figure for the patent
when he evolves it, Those fierce clicks
others over the telephone wires have caused
many cases of partial deafness. not to men
tion innumerable cases of headaches"
The mental activities of the tall, thought
ful man having been aroused, he remarked
that he had up his sleeve a prospective in
yention that would make him a nulti-mil-
HOnaire in quick order"
What it TSP murmured the short,
sleepy man.
Wings" was the reply Wings for hui
man flight. Wings that can be worn by
men, women and children. and with which
they can fly through the air like birds
The age of horseless vehicles and wireless
biography Is on now Next In order will be
the age OF aerial fight, Then we can all
have wings without waiting to go to the
celestial realms above. Wings red black
blue and yellow. fancy and plain, will be
sold in all the department stores Walking
will be thing of the past, and we can all
take our flights Ike birds of the air
tell YOU fellow-thinkers. that the fellow
who can devise the best pair of wings will
live on Easy street forevermore and anon /"