The Washington herald., 1907-02-10

/ ITO some OF US who have lived several
days and fraction of many nights" re-
marked an inspector from the health de-
partment. the thing of finding something
novel In the daily happenings OF life
especially in nay line Of work, is az hard
70 locate as the source Of a neighborhood
scandal, which is one way Of saying
there's nothing new under the sun: and
so I believed until / was sent out about a
week ago to serve a notice on one of
! Washington spinsters.
Far be il from me to decry the fair
sex of any age" he went on TO explain,
for 1 am "A loyal, devoted admirer Of the
sex. collectively and individually, and I've
always had tucked away in my heart
fund OF pity for the foriorn woman who
lavishes the wealth Of her affections upon
the household pet Disappointment in
men and custom has sanctioned the habit,
and it's not my mission in life to inter-
fere with the set ways Of a stone wall
/ Besides. woman must have somebody
or something, and why not a dog, a cat,
or a bird, as the case may be, If il pIeases
/ her to do so? But when it comes TO a
nasty. little old rooster occupying the
place Of honor, it's little wonder the other
/ hatholders Of an apartment house in the
northwest, where my spinster friend lived
until a few days ago. kicked. and kicked
hard
/ However, just this thing happened
right here in Washington, and under the
regulations Of the new chicken law I was
I sent out 70 serve the notice that would
u Tr.r
/ premises. 1 arrived early in the morning
/ at the spinster's neat little apartment and
/ briefly explained the cause Of my visit
I Now, women are curious creatures-sOme
susceptible 10 one line Of treatment,
others 20 something entirely different
and ] had ample opportunity 10 test them
all she firmly and fatty denied the ex-
I istence Of the bird but madam I urged
the people IN this building complain that
they cannot sleep after o'clock in the
morning on account Of the growing Of
your rooster, and with a monk-Of-tne-
inQuisltion air that was quite searching. I
enumerated many other causes Of com
plant, but to no purpose Discouraged
unto dust was about to resign my Job
when the cock crowed.
In less time than a second she made
for that beastly little fowl and clasped il
to her breast with gesture that was
reminiscent of the grateful prima donna
and fed, heaven only knows where, for
since that day neither she nor the rooster
has been heard from. Now" concluded
the Inspector, what's the answer?
Here is a woman giving Up home and
. comfort for a miserable little chicken
while thousands OF good men continue to
sew on their own buttons, darn their own
socks, and collect the usual crops of in
digestible consequences from the board
ing-house table"
Washington Cars.
"A great deal has been written about
the perfection Of Washington street cars,
claiming. as we do. the largest. the clean
est, and most comfortable cars in the
world; but for some reason we hear little
OF the good qualities Of the street-car
conductor" said well-known physician.
Of this city. recently. In these faithful
men ] daily see many evidences that the
rush and hurry and feverish progressive
ness Of the twentieth century have not
yet entirely eliminated the old-fashiOned
I pcliteness Of more leisurely times Col
iectiyely they are a credit 10 any city.
and Washington has fun cause to be
proud of our conductors, who are ever
polite and attentive 20 the desires Of the
patrons Of the company they represent
Many incidents Of their manIiness and
good intent have attracted me 10 them.
and / have some very good friends among
the conductors. One chap on the Penn