Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
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Are you collecting quarters7" asked
messenger boy. addressing another, the
other day and displaying at the same
time a handful of silver 25-cent pieces
Nav" came the surly reply. what
cher-use?"
Carse--yoH-Aan get a premium from
Uncle Sam when you cuffeat quarters
with the letters south on EN-; ,o..a-
He referred to the small initial letter
that appears on the silver pieces, ana
which stand for the city In which sne
mint that produces them Is located. For
instance those made at the San Francesca
mint bear the letter 49,: those at ne"
Orleans 90" and so on.
The government does not pay any
premiums for such purposes, SAID treas
ury official when asked by Star man
about the matter However. IL 1t DID, no
person could ever collect coins having the
mint letters on them that would spel
south The minis are located at Phiia,
delphia- New Orleans, San Francisco and
Denver and there was one at carson Clty,
but It has been discontinued. There Is no
initial letter used at Philadelphia, hence II
the collectors get all the letters tnat are
used they will have only 49, o. 'D ana
C. It Is remarkable how many people ar g
deluded with this Idea. and are striVlng 20
get what they call the south coileeuon,
with the expectation of getting large
sum for 1t from the Treasury Department
-
woman whose husband served IN the
war with Spain claims that she has come
pretty near the solution Of the question OF
women protecting themselves against ru1-
fans when they have occasion to WISH the
suburban places about Washington elmer
on business or pleasure. and when II Is not
convenient to have a man along as an es-
cort. She has begun the formation OF
ladies' revolver club and already mas Inc
names of several members enrolled
1.-The recent cowardly assaults MADE upon
1yornen and the apparent inadequacy OF 1he
nolice force" she said, "tmpelled me 10
think of something that would AFFORD some
protection for my sisters, and sVoivea
the revolver club idea. In the Spanish
war my hubby carried Colts torty-nVe
revolver and was rated good snot WIN
IT, He has promised to give the members
Of our organization the benefit of his knowl-
edge of the weapon. OF course, we VIII
not use such large pistol as ne did, we
will get guns Of smaller caliber, ana TINS
summer we will give outings and have tar
ret nractice-and we won't have any men
along either after we perfect ourselves IN
target practice. But woe to any stray thug
or thief who may make the mistake OF at
lacking u.s. Il. such event l Will say
IN the language of the cowboy that we
would literally pump him fun OF colo
lead"
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lnere are I1iOTc tHdu a "NN-
dows In the big granite building housing
the State. War and Navy Departments, re-
marked an official who observes things to
a Star reporter one day last week. but
only one OF them deserves more than
nsssfnS attention. That window differs
from all the others in the big government
workshop In that II shows mass OF How
ering plants at Its base and Is heavily
draped with lace curtains of good texture.
II u conspicuous by contrast with the
myriad of plain unadorned windows and
has come to be known to the employees as
the window beautiful.
ssBeing of a curtous turn of mind looked
Into the matter and found that the win
dow belonged to a room occupied by Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, one Of the active
spirits in the American Red Cross. She
was given quarters in the War Department
temporarily In connection with the distrbu-
ton of relief for the sufferers from the
earthquake and fire in California. Il have
no doubt that she IL responsible for the at
tractive appearance Of that window. which
like the last rose Of summer. blooms all
alone"
John Corwin, the well-known newspaper
correspondent. was reminded the other day,
when the circus was in town, Of his ex-
periencs way back In 1873 with John
Keller. then the prize bill poster and ad-
vance agent OF the biggest circuses.
This man Keller" said Mr.. Corwin.
was what the boys now call a tight wad.'
Although he had a pocketful of passes TO
the show all the time, and was supposed to
give them out, he cried every time he had
TO part with one, which was not often at
that.
This man Keeler had fad for visiting
prisons. Every time he came to town
where there was prison he would take 1t
In
He blew into Joliet one d-y and I took
him out to the pen he was very much
affected over the plight OF some Of the in
mates and suddenly in a burst of gener-
osity, he reached down into the old blue
serge coat he wore and lugged up bunch
OF passes
around, come to the SLOW tonight: enjoy
yourselves
There was fellow who was In for life
who spoke UP and said in the vein of humor
that prevails in the pen: Well. III be glad
10 come II ! amt too busy
oh, you must come says Keller. and
then when we got out he says, John, L
have not given away SO much free adrnis-
sion in years.
There is one sore young business man in
town, and 1t Is ell because OF practical
Joke played on him by a friend. few
weeks ago he had occasion to entertain
man who was one OF the proprietors
OF a western firm for which he was work.
ting. The westerner came on TO Washington
and naturally the young business man
started IN to show him a good time and In
cicentally to impress him with the fact
that he was acquainted with everybody
worth knowing In Washington. The Y. B.
M. had a really very decent acquaintance
among the members OF Congress and other
good people In Washington. On the SEQ
ond day Of the western proprietoTs stay
In Washington the young business man
had couple OF members OF Congress and
several other good men to luncheon at a