Evening star., 1907-11-16

10 Law, off. and that l was satisfied he
would do so.
- The fact is said my caller. 4 have
bean s'llin. books and | have saved a
few hundr ID dollars which / wish to in
vest in SOM good business. l am tired
Of the road as a book agent. and would
like - aet your friend
Il arranged a meeting and within an
hours time a partnership was formed.
next day a small storeroom was leased,
ami within ten DAYS a w"ll-eGuippHd tin
shoD was in full blast and a fair stock of
stoves on exhibition. The two got right
dowa to business and for several years IL
was conducted succ assfuily. but realizing
that there was more money in contracting
for placing ranges and furnaces. the frm
gaye up the timing department and got
busy on the cihHr line. The former boOk
agent soon mastered the trade and he let
no grass grow under his feet In soliciting
for contracts. though the larger portion
of this Is done by tn other partner.
Well today this firm which was form
ed through a GS-cent advertisement In
The Star is doing business second to
but few in Washington. l have never re-
GREETED putting I'D the GS cents for the ad.
and my friend has held his place firmly on
the water wagon and his Thanksgiving
dinners are always enjoyed. for 1t was on
Thanksgiving day that final arrangements
were made for entering business.
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was related the other evening at a gath
ering of the officers Of the United States
Historical Society 1t was said that lit
tie Frank the son Of a former solder,
had been reading thrilling account of
the battle of Manila bay and the de-
struction of the Spanish fleet by the In
yincfble war craft OF Dewey. Frank
had never seen the admiral. but IN MS
boysh imagination he had painted PIC
ture of the hero of that great naval VIC.
tory His mind picture made Admiral
Dewey al out seven feet in height
broad Of shoulders, with great herce
mustachios gracing a face with a fiery
expression, the whole enveloped In
most fantastic uniform of the lads own
imagery creation.
one day Frank and several of his boy
friends determined to get a peep at Ad-
miral Dewey. SO they hied themselves 10
the neighborhood of his residence and
waited until he came out. A neighbor-
hood lad pointed out the admiral when
he finally stepped briskly from his front
door to take his carriage.
That's him. fellers,' exclaimed the
neighborhood boy, and all eyes were
fastened upon the modest, unaSsuming
naval officer.
VIII II Frank got hons and was asked
what he thought of the great American
admiral now that he had seen him In the
(. sh he replied and disappointment was
written IN every sS SHaoie VI AIS ~
ance:
why. he don't look like a fighter; he
looks like Mr.. Blank. the dry goods
dealer an something like the assistant
aastor Of our church, who can't nght.
Gee. l can hardly be ieve that was the
Dewey I've been readin' about SO much.
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"'A cent a cent cent, cent per foot.
Do l hear a mlll?' was the cry Of that
well-remembered auctioneer Of fifty years
ago. A. Green. whose name was regarded
as a misft,'' remarked an old citizen
faw days since This sounds strange,
doesn't 1t. at this age he continued, for
th- present generation knows nothing of
mills in connection with prices OF WASH
ington real estate. That this was the
auctjoneer's cry at the sale of lot on
1th street within the city limits can
scarcely be credited. but such was the
case. 1 recollect the day well, and how
| became the purchaser. MIR. Green STOOD
by his red flag on 7th street near the
Boundary. in the midst OF dozen or two
neighbors, whose presence it was evident
was caused by curiosity Mr.. Green was
fairly singing about the cent when / hap
pened to pass by. Come, Mr.. Blank, can't
You raise this Did by mtll?' l had no
idea of buying the property having no
money to invest, but nodded, and the tune
changed to a cent and mill. DO l hear
two mills? No one raised, and the lot was
krOcked down 20 me, and Mr.. Green in
vited me to call at his office the next
morning. Then. by means of a note
cashed at a neighborng bank. the sale
was closed at the figure oil per foot. In
i little time l sold at a profit Of .119 per
fo1t-l2 cents. Small fractions. halves
and quarters were common later in such
sales. but till after the civil war there
were many instances in which the sue
crssful bid was made by advances Of a
tenth of a cent"
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In one of the New England towns"
said man who spent some time In that
section during the past summer, there is
d concern that does what is called wet
washing'-that is to say, the family wash
OF such portion of t as the householder
may desire to give out, Is taken in the
wagons belonging TO this concern to its
laundry and there washed. Without dry
ing the clothes or doing anything with
them except to get tire dirt out the wash
is taken back to the individual.
The utility of such an arrangement to
the average household Is, Of course ap-
parent. as IN this way all the rough work
OF the family laundry is done, and at a
minimum cost. II is a saving In servant
| hire as well as in other directions"
At the Theater Door.
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