Evening star., 1907-10-26
ffA PPARENTLY there isn't a sa-
~ loon in Mashington." said

III PPAREN ILf there isn't a sa-
~ loon in Washington" said a
= New York visitor the other
day. The hearts Of prohibitionists
ought To be sladdened. willie temperance
folk would be somewhat dubious. Not
once have | seen sign that showed where
ardent spirits could be bought to be
drunk on the premises though on the
windows of groceries 1 have read long
and thirst-compelling lists of daieCtabla
drinks that may be bought and carried
away. But | have seen all sorts of mar
velous signs setting forth that within was
buffet or cafe altf ough it was evil
dent that neither cafe nor a buffet was
behind the signs. / judge. therefore, that
there is some prevailing impression in the
city that If a saloon is not called a saloon
II ceases to be such.
But why cali IT a cafe or a buffet. when
Il Is neither? Is there some law on the
subject. or Is it merely another presenta-
t!On OF that idea prevalent among some
Americans that nothing should be called
by its right nam, Undar which impress
sion tn word depot is substituted for
station. though II dos not mean the
same thing at all and every shop becomes
Il store. ev-ry man At -tlrman and every
woman n LADY, Possibly there is some
deep-scatad moral pur rosa in this mis1all-
ing of bhr saloon bu: If there Is it is well
hidden.
at that. cafe is bless Il with a grave i'll
stead of Tu acutr accent, in most cas- s,
and buffet WLi-h never had an accent
q all, Is given either acute or gTaVe at
The sw ct will OF tie painter. some
streets are thu; made On long succession
of sHLdd"rs. possibly with the idea of
driving tGr cSaspcratcd observer to drink.
j imagine tnat a vast fortune awaits that
Wasu.nEtuH.an who can invent and copy
right Hs a new and virtuous- sounding g
a -s4iI
p HbsriutelN no conn .ction with the sale of
liquor | suppose by the time | next visit
Washington all the gin mills Will be la
beled Dining Room or VIII have reverted
10 that hucollC compromise with Eypoc-
Tisy: sample Room. ~
= 20 * 4: *
One Of the most interesting features of
The noted military organization, the Put
nam Phalanx OF Hartford Conn. which
visited Washington a few days ago, was
related Hy Col NJ, y. Winter, commander
of the Minute Men OF this city. Ii was
thai the members are all armed with orig
inal fir:ock muskets that were used by
continental soldiers in the wars with
Great Britain. These venerable guns had
been stored in one of the arsenaIs snce
the days OF Washington and Putnam and
other continental com rn!udnuerS. when Sen
ator Haw'ey of Connect cut. himself 4
member OF the PhaiauX, discovered their
wherea bouts and at once st about to rro-
cure them for the Hartford soldiers. This
he finally accomplish a and earned the
thanks OF the PhllauNers. The senator
was at that time chairman of the nil
itary committee Of tn, senate Another
interesting feature * the Phalanx IS that
among its active members are several
lineal descendants of the gallant old Cen
Israel Putnam, In whose honor the organ
tzation is named The present governor of
Connecticut and many other notable men
OF the W OGDEN Nutmeg state are on the
rolls OF the Ph0 anX. It's uniform is an
exact reproduction of the buff and blue
suits worn by the sturdy continentals
when tIey fought for the freedom of the
states from The yoke OF the mother coun-
try.
= <
"Altholgh republics may be mean re-
marked government accounting officer.
lit must he ad-ntttcI that the United
States makes pretty liberal allowances for
the travelling expenses OF naval officers
For instance. officers of the rank OF lieu
tenant Commander and above. in addition
10 the a'tua- cost OF traGspor: alton. in
Guiding Pullman fare. are allowed So a
day Tor h'te! expenses. s. for stateroom
Tor night water travel 30 cents day for
TIPS at hotel Sl25 for single meals at
hote-S "r uH trains. and 10 cents for I'D
for each meal, - cents a day for tips on
tld1H 80 IpI }fii-Sttr OF baggage. and
also street car fare and cxpressage and
storag"- The above rates apply to travel
in the United States.
The allowances for foreign travel,
where not the sam as given above are
higher Tips at hotels are fixed at -
cents a day and the ices for sea travel on
the Atlantic are Sl.59 a day for SIX days
or less so for seven to ten days and 81
for each additional day For traves on
the Pacific the fees allowed are 81 a day
for less than fifteen days and $50 for TWEEN
~ days or longer. Fees amounting to SO
are allowed for the trip from the Asiit:c
station - the United states by way OF the
SueZ canal. An allowance of 81 is made
for q steamer chair. F.ag officers are al
lowed fees for separate siateroom.
'These allowances are slightly reduced
for officers be.ow the rank of lieutenant