Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13

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the hundreds Of interesting relics of that
! kind that are there preserved.
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| "I'll not do 1t! No. sir! If 1 ever play
| poker again with woman, may the spots
| fade from the cards.,
| The man who occasionally passes the
| buck to while away evening seemed
some put out. He was real cantankerous.
"Why?'' he continued Say, dfi ever
play poker with woman? ITh huh. That's
why you're so ignorant. Well. don't ever.
| Take my advice and let 'em have their mat
| inee euchrc tests. but don't ever beguite
| 'em into a real game OF cards. For why?
| Now. just this one, little explanatory rea-
| son why. 1 won't tell long story nor
| give more than this one. I happened to be
| one of a party that sat up with a few good
| hands and tried to nurse some bad ones to
| keep EN- company few nights ago, and
| there was woman in the party. On one
| particular round of jackpots she drew two
| cards. | dropped my little pair of treys
and looked her hand over. There were
four in the game. Two had stayed before
| it got around to her, and one of the others
had boosted the pot. Just before the draw
| looked over her hand, and help me if
she hadn't held up a tray, a four and a FIVE.
| When she picked up her cards looked EN-
! over again. and I hope l may never see
another rosy dawn if she hadn't hooked up
deuce and a six. And when it came to
| the betting she was all there with the s.
cent chips. She waited for call. of course.
and when it came she threw down her
cards and shrieked
| Its minei It's mine, / held three
| and four and a five and got the others.
don't know what it is. but it was open at
both ends like stovepipe. and 1 got the
| right ones
''She didn't know what it was, Wouldn't
| that jar you? Why didn't she say it needed
a collar and the skirt too short, but
she managed to find the Goods and make
| necessary alterations Think you want to
play with people like that? Not for mine.
When people take my money l want them
| to know at least the denomination of the
bills. They might lose some
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Frank Eermillion, the District boiler in
| spector, is man who appreciates a joke
and enjoys one even when he is the victim
just as well as when he is the perpetrator of
| it. He was the victim of a joke played by
the wife of a South Washington business
| man last week and he readily admits oil s
| one on him
One morning just after the close of the
| holiday season the inspector received a
message over the telephone requesting in
formation respecting the law under when
| he works. The information wanted was
| whether it was lawful to install boiler
upon private premises without a permit and
| allow boy under age to operate it.
| 1T is certainly a violation of law" the
| inspector told his questioner.
| He was told that such condition of af-
fairs existed at a house on 7th street south
| west and that neighbors We're talking about
| it. Not being certain that the informa ton
| was meant as joke or if such conditions
| really existed the inspector went about his
| work without visiting the 7th street house.
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| quest that the inspection be made upon the
| premises indicated.
This time admitted the inspector to a
| friend 81 thought the request was gen.
| uine and down l went to make an inspec-
| ton.
| what did they do to me?" he asked
They simply showed me toy boiler and
| introduced to the child who had been
| made happy when he received 1t as a
| Christmas present.
| In order to make it appear that he had
not been made the victim of a joke he &C
| tually inspected the miniature boiler, pass
| ed upon it and sent bill to the father OF
| the child for services. Later he received his
pay in the form of an invitation to attend
| an oyster roast.
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| Talk about that man The Star printed
a story about the other day who tried I'M
| availingly to put a crimp in the gas com
| pany, I've got him beat without drawing {
| card" said a Georgetown man to Stal
| reporter the other day. What do yor
think of getting bill in due form for gaE
when YOU haven't any in your house ant
when there has not been inspector
around to even see you for months? Tha
is what happened to me the other day.
have been living in the same place now
for about year, and when l bought the
house 1 had had some experience with gas
companies in Washington and | never hat
the gas turned on. We have been usins
lamps ever since, and though 1t Is little
more trouble 1t is a whole lot less expen
| stVe.
| well, got back bill for the people who
had occupied the house before me. 1 wa:
not walking the floor on account of theii
gas bills, SO l paid no attention to 1t and
heard nothing more from ii. Then the gas
meter man came around few times. Tit
first time he polted in and into the cellar
without asking leave of any one. The nex'
time he called my wife met him and. afte
telling him there was gas in the house
suggested the feasibility of turning loost
the dog. After that we saw no more of thu
inspector, and l was beginning to thinl
that the gas company had forgotten me
But / moderated their interest in inhabited
houses The other day l got bill for DC
tober and December combined. My mann
and address We're neatly printed on it, ap
| parently with rubber stamp, and ther'
were the last reading of the meter and the
| December reading, the amount of gas con
sumed and even the amount of discoun
| that would De taken OH IL the Dill were Dal(
before the 10th of the month. That las
was mighty kind and Thoughtful of them
| How they came to get 1t all nicely fig
ured out without gas man ever beini
| near the house I don't know, and neithe
do 1 know why they should waste goot
postage or messenger service sending it t,
| me. Maybe, after all, ii was just merr,
| jest on the part of the gas company. The,
are frolicsome grig-lke people anyhow, bu
if had been a millionaire, which am not
and had gone down and paid that BILL
| their mistaken"