Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21


Last week well-known washington
business man and his family moved into
the country for the summer, and on one
Of the prettiest of the weeks bright days
Mrs. W was entertaining several guests
on the sunlit lawn when there came
pIaintive cry from the nursery window
Mama. come on up here"
mo. Argyle, you come down here
ooh. won't you please come up. mama.
Now, Guy. you know l am busy enter
tanning company and IL you don't come
ind tell me what is the matter III have TO
come upstairs and whip you"
Boo hoo hoo" was mama'S only answer
and she was somewhat frightened when she
called again
Tell me what is the matter, and come
down at once"
y c-c-cant, m-m-m- ma ma" wept the
little three-year-old, "'cause I'm b-b-bare-
headed all over"
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Secretary Root is not so entirely en-
dressed in statecraft." said friend of his
the other day, "as to prevent little )ocu-
larlty on his part occasionally. He was
recently talking with some friends regard
ng his cruise to South and Central America
hlrlng the coming summer. He Will start
rom New York or Hampton ROADS on the
rack new cruiser Charleston early In July.
Ind after closing up his business before
he Pan-American congress at RIO de ia
oeiro will cruise south around the Horn
md visit the principal ports on the west
coast of South America. He Will leave tiie
cruiser at Panama and@return home from
EolOn on a merchant steamer.
How long do you expect to remain Oh tle
fsthmus of Panama." the Secretary was
asked oh about thirty hours, repieu MI /
Root. with a merry twinkle In ms e9e'
that's the record established by MI b4se.
low. you know, for thorough lnspectioLl VI
Inc isthmus and all the operations In prog
ress there in connection with the cahai
work "
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When a distinguished United States SEN
ntor recently introduced resolution cali
inc f,r a statement as to the real estate
holdings of members of the Philippine COM
mission. he probably never thought that II
might result in a lawsuit in the faraway
archipelago. Yet that is more than a pos
sibility. according to Manila adVices re-
celved here Every member of the commis-
sion except one Indignantly denied having
any interests in the Islands that might nave
Influenced him in the location of railroad
routes The one exception was Senior Ia
a L
reputation. He said in substance that ne
had some lands. but that they were tanlly
properties and the title had been acquired
by him long before he became member OF
the Philippine commission. Then he TOOK
pains to describe in detail just what the
lands We're or course, his answer was sat
isfaCtOry IS far as Congress was concerned
hut 10 was not exactly so IN the Phiip-
pines and in fact the answers of the Amer
lean members were not well received there.
As for the latter. the native papers came
out in editorial articles, in the course or
which have declared that the Americans
might have been very much more useful as
commissioners had they shown sufhclent
interest In the community to acquire lands
IL the Islands, showing some confidence IN
their future and insuring them an interest
in their development
But the Filipino commissioner had dif-
fereEt experience. for upon his statement
that he possessed property, which he de-
scribgd. a certain Filipino maiden lady I'M
mediatcIy published a statement in reply, to
the effect that the lands ia question were
actually her own property. and she objected
decidedly To what she believed to be an at
tempt on the part of the commissioner TO
make good his own claim to title by avail
ing himself of the opportunity afforded by
the congressional inquiry. Moreover, she
minated her purpose to pursue the matter
IN the courts.
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Say. I've got new stenographer." said
one Washington business man to another
when they met on f street the other day.
$50 have l." responded the gentleman
accostcd. land Ill stake you TO anything
you want that you can't beat transcript
that my new stcnographer made for me
yesterday. Here it IS. and he pulled out
Of his pocket q sheet Of paper on which
his original dlctation was written. as well
US the copy which his stenographer had
made from her notes.
The original went something like this:
MISUNDERSTANDING yours OF the 4th
instant concerning MerrimaC shifting
shorts. we have all these goods turned out
by our mills. II may be q week OF even a
month before we can I'LL your order. We
have booked your order and win I'LL as soon
as possible. II you cannot walt we will
cancel. We will ship the first case re-
ceived. If We do not get word to the con-
trary from you"
The transcript made by the new Ste
nugrapher read as follows
'Gentiemen-Answering yours of the 4th
instance concerning mermaid shooting
shirts, We have all Of these goods turned
out by our mules. 1t may be a week or
We have booked your rudder and will fail
as soon AZ possible. II you cannot wait
We viii canseL Welsh pie the first course
II we do not get hell or the contrary from
you. Yours trueiy," etc.
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so far this country has escaped the
rayages OF the mongoose. but It seems
eternal vigilance IS the price OF safety,
and there is nothing IN the small animal
line that the government IS more active
in trying TO keep out Of the country. The
Department of Agriculture has a number
Of inspectors at every port. and while
they are always on the lookout for nox-
iOus birds, beasts fishes and insects of all
sorts. they have a weather eye out par
ticuIarly FOR the mougoose. This is the
more so because the little weazeI-like
rufhan does not make bad pet for those