Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

navy. But the navy exists for sea service.
The full truth of the fact is well appreci-
.ted by medical students and weighs heav-
lily with them. However the proposed in
crease in the three upper grades of the med
cal corps. together with voluntary retire
ment after thirty years service, will, in a
measure. relieve the present stagnation in
promotion, and VIII not only make it posi-
BILE to reach the grades of medical inspector
and medical director at a reasonable date
hefore retirement for age. but will serve to
render the naval medical service more at
| tractive as career to the desired class of
graduates in medicine.
4 X
A shivering piece of humanity stood In the
big crowd in front of The Star building
| Tuesday night reading the election returns.
| his companions occasionally making a re-
| mark about the absence of his coat. The
coat,ess laan listened to the remarks of his
friends and seemed to enjoy them as much
as they did
well. boys" said the shivering man.
I'm getting pretty well chilled but I'm not
gutter. / came out here to hear about
the election of Hearst. and the news is al
most hot enough to keep me warm If it
gets much hotter I'll be able to shed part
or these garments and still be warm
enough"
The dispatches seemed to Indicate that
Hearst was making fairly good run. and
his admirers in the crowd felt assured that
| he had won. Then the air became more
comfortable to the coatless man, and he
expressed himself as being so warm that
ne needed a cooler" He got the cooler
and returned to the little party of friends.
What's the temperature now?' one of
his friends asked him.
Its near boiling point now" he remark
ed as he read favorable message: but
| but, he added. its dropping now" an I'M
| favorable message having been received be-
fore he had had time to finish his SEN
tenee
ii,
to Candidate Hearst were received in rapid
succession, and TIE Hearst shouter started
homeward. telling his friends it was chilly
| times
x x X
teller employed in one of the local
banks. in discussing the ignorance of the
average woman in the simplest forms of
business. tells the following story as one OF
his experiences:
woman entered the bank and presented
a check for payment. The teller at once
discovered that it was not signed. On hand
ing it back and telling her thatNit would
! have to be signed she explained: "Oh. do
they have to he signed? What an awful
lot of red tape there is in the banking BUSH
ness" .
In another case a husband had made a
deposit in the bank and gave his wife a
check book The baix. One day she re-
ceived notice rom Inc bank stating that
her account was overdrawn. She went to
the bank and told the teller that there must
be some mistake. There were STILL she said,
a great many checks left in her book. -,
X
Detective Horne tells story of the ex-
perience of two ''shell-workers'' who at
tended a county fair in a state not far from
this city last fall. When the two men
reached the town they found that the mag
istrate was conducting the arrangements
for the fall event, and they feared their
game was up. Thinking they would make
an effort to get the concession, however,
they called upon the magistrate,
Judge said one, we have come to get
permission to conduct an innocent game
on the fair grounds -
What is the gamS?'' inquired the dig
Nothing but game of hide-y and
seek-y," said the applicant, slipping a bill
in the magistrates hand.
But. said the judge what is the ma
ture of ito"
You just use shells of an English wal
nut explained the young man. land hide
pea under one of them. Then you bet
that the patron of the game can't find the
pea"
II can see no objection to that game. ;.
said the official of the town. and promptly
gave the giver of the bill the necessary
pei mission.
The workers of the game were doing a
thriving business near the main attraction
at the fair when the magistrate called upon
tkem and asked: Did you boys bring
any picky-pockets with your"
why, no." was the indignant response
II we see any such persons we always
have them arrested
II saw some men changing money at the
gates" explained the guardian of the law,
land thought there was something wrong
with them 1t seemed to me that If you had
| any rdcky- pockets with you I might get
| another bill" :