Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
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variety of hog that is constantly in evil
dence on our street cars is more conSpic
uous than ever. Since / have returned
have observed this variety of both sexes
and. In spite of all that has been said
about the end-seat habit. it seems to be
growing. except on rainy days. when the
hog retires to the middle of the seat of the
open cars and generously permits the later
arrivals to occupy the wet places on either
side Of him.
There is another feature of our Amerl-
can life in connection with the electric cars
that strikes me more forcitiy than ever.
and that is the habit of people in getting
off and on rapidly moving cars. In fact.
this city is particularly bad one in this
respect In New York man who attempts
To board moving car on the elevated is
promptly put under arrest. In many other
cities this evil is guarded in a similar way.
Abroad such cases OF temptations of fate
are rarely seen and the result is that the
number of accidents is very much less there
than IS the case in this country
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Fourteenth street. near New York ave-
nue.. presents a busy scene from to
O'Clock every morning this month. Crowds
of tourists are embarking aboard the rub
ber-neck wagons. which are laden to the
guards with interested humanity. The west
appears to contribute the largest number
of travellers. to judge by the prevailing
accent. and enthusiasm is rampant.
Women. especially daughters, predomi
nate, and they have their work cut out
for them in managing the men of their
households The other day father of
three booming young women. who looked
as if they came from the corn belt became
balky and refused point blank to mount the
waiting wagon Two Of his daughters were
already aboard, and one remained tne
sidewalk delivering arguments. remon-
st:ances and pleadinGs her cheeks getting
rcdder and redder as She realized that her
feminine obstinacy was bucking against
the blank wall of her fathers pig-headed-
ness. which She apparently inherited.
Il won't go. and that's all there is to
It,, declared pater famlias Il traipsed
all around that exposition to please you
until my feet nearly dropped off. and now
/ m going back into the hotel and read the
papers.
But. father. you came here to
| things. and you'll! feel ike fool to go
home and say you just sat and read the
papers. Now come on. and get on the
wagon"
Well" signed the father I'm it.
guess. l got on the water wagon to please
your ma, and row I've got to get this
L was bachelor.
There is a chance for some enterpris-
ing restaurant keeper to fill long-fet
want in this town, add to the comfort Of
a large class of people and to the size
of his own bank balance" said a member
Of the stay-athome brigade the other day.
Let him make a speciality of Sunday
night hot suppers at his restaurant-the
oil fashioned Maryland supper, with hot
biscuit. waffies, fried chicken, broied ham.
fried potatoes. coffee and eggs. He'd
do land-o office business. There are hun
dreds OF people who have to go out for
their meals. and Sunday is bad day in
this town for that class. Most of the
popular restaurants close on the Sabbath
and only a few dairy lunchrooms and the
hotel cafes are open, with here and there
a middle class restaurant.
But there is also another class which
would take advantage of this scheme-the
householders who have meal in the mid
die of the day and let their cooks Off 1
think that class would furnish a goodly
number OF patrons of the Sunday night
supper. They would be glad to get away
from home and obtain a change of diet.
| See how many of them. too would like to
! tackle the oldtime hot supper of their
! youth. The only trouble would be that
| the restaurant keeper would be eaten out
| of house and home If he wasn't careful,
| for It's surprising to see how hot biscuit
disappears before a hungry supper crowd.
l hope somebody will try the scheme"
venerable colored preacher of this
vicinity recently delivered a sermon. en-
ploying as his topic the passage of the
Israelites through the Red sea. At the
conclusion OF the SSTNlCo d COlOTeu ldQ
named Isaiah approached the minister and
informed him that his sermon had turned
the boys thoughts toward the sea and other
things watery.
/ ''Pahson." the boy said, "dere is one
thing dat has always boddered me sidera-
ply. You knows dat de tides come In an
den dey goes out. Now, mister preacher,
whar duZ de water go when de tides go
out. or whar duZ de water cum frum when
de tides cum in? OATS de question l want
yer to answer"
The old preacher scratched his head
moment and then assuming expression
of deep knowledge to awe the lad. replied:
so yo' wants ter know whar de watah
goes when de tide goes out. does yo? Well.
E pluribus unum. hoe signo vicinity, hocus
pocus dominocus an mutum inparboil
| OATS whar de watah goes. boy, when de
| tide goes out, an de same when it Gums
| In. But yo' won't understan' ehbout 1t till
| yer gifts to be man. De mattah am be-
! yond a boys comprehensbility.