Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
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I'm tuiS column VIII be answered all questions OF
proper nature submitted TO The star. Inquirers
should write side only and address their let
ne nas Sonundrums answers may BE- delayed fer a
week or TWO Consequently 1t may I've advisable
ior All qaestioners to watch this column carefully
TRAVELER.-when does the anti-pass
law take effect? A.-Careless man, YOU
are behind the times. At precisely mid
night last Monday the gasps of expiring
passes were heard throughout the length
and breadth of our fair land. Yes, Trav.
you are right up against it. You must
now dig deep into your jeans and produce.
And. by the way, don't forget your accident
ticket number of passengers are pass
Ing with the passing of the pass.
No. Reginald You in grievous error
Straw hats and white duck trousers are not
en- regle just at present. Look al the cal
endar and not at the thermometer.
c. G. M-What is the precise meaning OF
red light on a railroad? A.-J'sualy a
scare-head In the newspaper and a coro-
ners inquest.
POLITICS.-Has JEFF Davis of Arkansas
taken his seat in the Senate yet? A-Evi-
IDENTITY not. We have failed 10 observe any
distress signals or warning flags on the
Capitol up to date.
You are wrong. NJ F. A.. in surprising
y.
AFTER the assistant attorney general. who
Is now taking testimony at Brownsville,
Texas.
WAGE EARNER.-Is it absolutely GER
tain that the cost of living has increased
out OF proportion to the increase OF in
comes! Ave greatly fear 1t Is. Word
mas Just come that John ID. Rockefeller has
had to stop eating oysters because they are
too expensive We are forgetting our own
troubles in our sympathy for poor John.
TRY not the pass" the tourist said,
For 1t is now among the dead.
II breathed its last with yester year:
And on my cheek there CLEANS tear.
u | now must yield my store Of dough
The octopus has gripped me fast.
yield up now the pass has passed"
NEW Leaf feel quite proud Of my
New Year performance. l made three res
buttons and have kept two of them up to
the present The other 1 kept two DAYS
longer than last year. Don't you think
that shows progress? A.-Progress? Why
friend. you're simply whizzng along to-
ward perfection. A few more decades and
you Will be looking around for a halo that
fits. But, by the way We certainly would
IKE TO know what that resolution was that
bumped off so soon
FINANCE.-On reckoning up my Christ
mas account find that l spent just eighty
seven dollars and thirty-five cents and re-
ceived presents worth exactly fourteen dol
lars and seventy-five cents Isn't there
something coming to me? A-Yes In
deed! Congratulations are headed your
way in wholesale quantities. You have
made fine record. You have been the
means of contributing s102 10 worth of 10Y
to the world this year giver and taker
But really, you shouldn't look the Christ
mas gift in the price mark
P. o. BIS Secretary Taft's declaration
about the presidential nomination to be
taken in a Pickwickian sense? A.-Hardly
We incline to the view that 1t is to be re-
garded in a strictly Taftonian sense Some
observers of men and politics are prone TO
difference.
OLD PROBS.-Doesn't 1t look to you as
though the folks who predicted a hard
winter had been handed a lemon? A-You
are a little previous. Come around on the
LIST Of May and we will commune with you
There may be several billiards left In the
old goose-bone yet. UNCLE JASPER