Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
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M for getting there" remarked
A'A an army officer who has seen
service in almost every part of the
globe, at the Army and Navy Club the
3ther night.
AN English officer who had distin-
Euished himself in the India service"
be said, "once told me that the glory
thrust upon him by the public on his
return home drove his Indian butler
INTO ravinS maniac.
"Mjegive, l think, was the mans
same. There was some sort of story
about the man having saved the Off
GERS life during a fever in he east,
and the officer. when he recovered,
showed his appreciation in many little
ways. Mjegive became so attached to
the officer. and insisted on waiting
upon him like a slave, that when the
officer returned to London 1t was the
most natural thing that Miegive should
30 along. too. BY this time be had
learned to speak English very we'll.
and the officer established him in his
town house as butler. London was
ringing with the officers praises. and
both women and men We're anxious to
pay homage to the returning hero
Mjegive learned to use the telephone
but he disliked to answer it, for this
invention made him extremely nervous
The telephone was almost constantly
ringing. and Mjegive finally found no
time for anything else All sorts of
people were constantly calling up, some
wanting interviews. some souvenir
photographs, and some extending con-
gratulations. Mjegive's master noticed
that he was becoming exceedingly nerv-
cus, but never dreamed it vas his
work of opening the door to the hordes
Of callers and answering the telephone
that was the cause of it. But the
nervous strain of the work finally
broke Mjegive. One day he went
screaming about the house. and talking
wildly about Ire telephone. The police
were summoned and sent MjeSive to an
asylum, but his nervous system was so
shattered he lived only a short time. And
this strain on Mjegive is nothing com
pared to what heroes have to live through
from an admiring public"
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An emergency room has been estab-
f!shed in the subbasement of the State,
War and Navy bunding by Capt. Poole.
the superintendent for use in treating
emergency cases arising in that building.
THE need Of such a room." said Capt.
Poole to Star reporter, had been long
felt. for it is quite frequent that visitors
and employees are accidentally injured or
are seized with sudden sickness requiring
Immediate medical attention, or at least
a quite comfortable and sanitary place
where they may rest on bed. The room
Is simply a small, light and airy apart
ment thoroughly cleaned and painted
containing two white enamel hunks,
white enamel washstand and furnishings,
and large wardrobe The wardrobe is
amply supplied with materials, medicines
and apparatus needed for such emergency
cases. The surgeon-general of both the
army and navy have kinu.y granted the
assistance of the medical officers on duty
In their bureaus. and those gentlemen
respond cheerfully and without delay to
all calls for medical aid. Under this
system. If a clerk is taken seriously i'll
or is injured by q fall or other occurrence,
he or she is Immediately taken to the
emergency room on a stretcher If neces-
saTy. If medical aid is necessary one of
tSe army or navy doctors is Immediately
sNtUoned by phone or messenger In
can oy serious casualty the sufferer is
keSS%h the room only long enough to
FeceNe sorf OF first aid attendance,
afterAWhich he is sent either to his home
Or tolb regular hospital, as circumstances
6ay fequire1 The room is essentially an
emergency room and entrance is always
denied to employees who think they need
rest or have headache. fever. etc Since
1t was ogensd last spring over a dozen
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The other day Senator Daniel dropped
into one of Washington's photograph
.studios to pass an opinion on some proofs
Of pictures for which he had posed.
THE young woman in charge of the
studio looked and looked and looked, but
she could not find the envelope of proofs.
Desperately she returned to the senator
and said: Would you please tell me just
bow you spell your name?"
D-a-n-i-e-l," spelled the senator. Il
meyer knew any other way of spelling
such name did your" he asked rather
CURLY, consulting his watch and growing
uneasy over the delay.
No, sir returned the young woman
sweetly, by this time recognizing the
senator. but you see" she explained. 80
many liberties are taken with the spelling
Of names these days that sometimes l
am not even sure of spelling Jones CT
Smith correctly"
x x x
Living near Guinea. Va says an eye
witness Of the event, lis a thirteen-year-
old lad who is unquestionably entitled to
Carnegie medal, having rescued a play
mate from drowning while grown men
stood near and watched the heroic boy
plunge into the water and bring his little
friend safely to land
'The name Of this young hero is