Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
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There seems to be sag somewhere in the
power of the press in this locality. News
paper men who returned their annual passes
for renewal to their favorite railroads over
week ago are still watching their post
office boxes with yearning eyes.
AT recent dinner given by the president
of the board of aldermen II was unanimous
ly decided that the genial host would make
splendid mayor for this town. We are re-
quested to state that the following gentle
men were not present at the dinner: Coun-
ty Treasurer Shaw. Alderman Foraker, Sec
rotary Root and General of Militia Taft
Joseph Cannon. foreman at the gas works.
was present, but had stepped out when the
resolution was adopted.
They do say down at the woman's ex
change that Charles J. Bell and Frank A.
Vanderlip as ushers at recent wedding,
were Just too cute for anything 1t does
not take much imagination to shut your
eyes, call up the festive scene and realize
that Tor once the woman's exchange Is right.
/ After Aulick Palmer. the marshal of this
town. had walked into the bank and served
papers esteemed fellow citizen,
Charles c. Glover. in a disgruntied cook
suit for $1104, we should have known that
ne was not a man to be bluffed, but we
dldnt Yesterday We talked to him forty
minutes about the tremendous power of the
press, and when we got through he served
a jury summons on without turning
hair Now we know.
George B. Corteyou. our courteous city
postmaster. is a very careful man usually.
but yesterday when he was sorting the IL
O'Clock mail he got to figuring out how
campaign contributions were going to be
collected after all the insurance companies
reformed and a result there was little
mix in the Smith mail. Two letters belong
ing TO our popular fellow-citiZen, Fred S.
INIT ho,,I aI
Smith. and when the reverend gentleman
read them he issued a hurry call for spe
cial week of prayer.
At last nights meeting of the Husbands
Protective Association Eddie Walsh was
elected a member. The button up the
back shirt waist question was up for final
decision, and after full and free debate
the following was adopted:
Whereas, wrecker of character, q
devastator of happy homes and a general
drag on civilization the demon rum is not
one, two, three with the modern button-up-
der is hereby adopted
"on and after January Is general strike
of all members of this association IS or
dered against the ignoble and debasing Gus
tom of husbands hooking or buttonng
their wives dresses up the back.
Members who have been married less
than one year, on application to the coun-
Gil, may be granted thirty days in which
to prepare themselves and their wives for
this strike, after which no excuse for fail
ure to obey this order will be admitted.
Walking delegates will inform members OF
this strike and the council will enforce it
vigorously and firmly
The local Episcopal Rectors' Association
held its first meeting of the winter this
week. The proceedings We're extremely
harmonious and cordial unit! the arrival of
Rev. Henry Thomas, the latest rector APP
pointed to this locality. Then the air be-
came SO frosty that the water froze in the
pitcher, and although the new arrival
hastily adjusted paid of ear muffs his left
ear was slightly frost-bitten. The cold
snap did not last long, however, for DR..
Thomas very soon announced that his
mothers maiden name had been Smith,
whereupon he was received right into the
family and made to feel at home. In
other column will be found his advertise
ment offering to exchange pair of ear
muffs for a genealogy of the Smith family.
We recently stated our opinion that Ben
Minor was an optimist because he thought
his base ball team would beat out Rock
vile When Bill Dwyer read the para
graph he said he never knew what an opti-
mist was before. but that now he knew it
meant a cheerful liar. That base ball
club will never be any good" says Bill,
until 1t gets -red-headed man for
manager"