Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09

learned to know them as they are
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A pathetic picture was witnessed by
hundreds of those who attended the con-
federate memorial services at Arlington
last Sunday. On the plot of green, where
rest the remains of number OF Virginia
soldiers, the young women were busiiy
engaged in strewing the blooms Of spring
over the mounts, when suddenly the lines
of fair ones were opened to allow a ven-
cradle, age-bowed and palsied man to ap-
proach. He was assisted to walk by Two
ladies who had hold OF his arms, ana even
then 1t was with difficulty that he couio
get along.
One of Marse sob Lees disappearing
men In gray" suggested another veneer
able son of Dixie, who wore the bronze
medal OF the United Confederate Veter-
ans on his coal lapel, referring to the de-
crepid old soldier.
The ladies led him to a mound, ABOVE
which a small stone tablet bore the name.
company and regiment of a Virginia vol
unteer With quaking hand the old man
dropped a handful of flowers on the
grave. Then he turned to go as one OF Tue
bystanders remarked that beneath .ns
sod there slept the palsied veteran
''bunkie" of more than forty years ago.
At that moment the lone artillery bugier
from Fort Myer sounded the piaintlVe
notes of "taps"-lights out-ana .eas
he leaned heavily upon the arms Oh HIS
supports and was led away
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An Incident occurred in one of the local
courts a few days ago which SHOWS no"
easy II is for even a skilled and vigilant
lawyer to lapse into depression from the
observance of the ordinary forms OF court
procedure. A ruling respecting constantly
recurring point of evidence had been MADE
by the presiding justice to which exceptions
were noted by counsel for the defense. and
each time the matter came up again the
leading counsel for the defense made the
same motions. with the same action by the
court. Eventually, however, the attorney
startled the court by disposing of the ques-
ton himself with the sententious announce
ment, Same ruling" The justice looked
his surprise and, after moments pause,
asked, DO you make that ruling yourseif?"
The scene of the surprise was Immediately
shifted from the bench to the counsel, who
had intended to do nothing more than re-
peat his formal motions. and who hastily
disclaimed any intention of attempting to
relieve the court of a part of it's plain func-
ton.
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The Washington correspondent of a wes-
tern paper which, for the purposes of this
story, will be called the Bugle wrote tae
other day to his managing editor suggesting
that there was to be a very interesting
political convention at Harrisburg, and pro-
posing to make arrangements to cover 1t.
The reply came in these few terse woros:
The Bugle has no subscribers in Harris
burg"
Thereupon the correspondent wrote the
managing editor, who happens to ba his
brother, as follows:
Dear Sir; 1 observe that you have pup-
lshed long accounts of King Alfonsos we'd
ding and have devoted much space to the
riots at Cananea. Mexico I have never
been In Spain and do not know how
teyerish the Bugle's Spanish subscrtb-
have been In Mexico, however and / can
readily see in my minds eye the anxious
crowds standing about the depot at Can
anea, waiting for the arrival OF the last
your point as to having no subscribers in
Harrisburg"
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The street cars constantly afford excellent
opportunities for the play of the human
comedy, and the drama witnessed elsewhere
mas never given more signal proof of the
courage of the reformer than little cpl
sode at transfer station a day or two
ago.
An old colored man, in whom the love OF
nature was plainly a dominant sentiment.
was seated in the end seat of a car. affec-
tionately shielding against his shoulder a
size and In full flower. The old man
looked at the flower with pride while he
shrank into as small a space as possible in
an humble effort not to incommode any
other passengers
At the transfer station a brisk large
and robust, If not periwig-pated lady made
for the car. With mathematical precision
she counted four passengers on the front
seat, and regardless of bulk she pumped
into the hypothetical fifth space. Down she
settled beside the old colored man, break
Ing in her expansive movement the entire
upper part of the flower.
She was entirely conscious of the acct
dent, and also entirely superior to her awk-
wardness and the whole circumstance. THE
old man looked grieved and possibly a trife
shocked. With futile tenderness he stroked
the broken stalk, and began ainlessly and
regretfully to piece It together as one does
broken china.
His emotion was too much for a dignified
young lady on the seat behind. With flash
Ing eyes she leaned forward and touched
the woman the shoulder. Her voice was
Icy and relentless, and was heard through
the whole car:
Are you aware. madam" she said. that
you have broken this old mans fower?"
The woman flushed and turned to the old
man and began tardy apologies while the
old man. with tears In his eyes, assured her
that it all right and that the plant
would grow again. For a moment, while
the apology was still coming, 1t looked as
though the guardian of manners on the
next seat WAS about to summon police
man.
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The observer was on Connecticut avenue
car the other day. when young society
woman Of Columbia Heights entered at Co
lumbia road and 18th street. Right grandly
she started down the center passage of the
car the attention OF all eyes, and just at
that moment the car gave a sudden lurch,
with the hesult that wild attempt to seize
a strap did not prevent her from being pre-
cipitated most ungracefully into the lap of
a fatherly old man. who looked the part of
being from the Emerald Isle" As she
arose to her feet she said most graciously,
Pray pardon me-"
Don't mintion 1t. me darlint." came the
quick response. Sure. I could hold We
full hour