Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05

q. .erhc big trees in Lafayette Park"
marked the man who likes to Ioter in the
. parks have just received a new set OF
. inhabitants. l refer to the nmble-footed
& members Of the squirrel family. About two
weeks ago the lawns in that park were
= covered with compost for preservation dur
. ing the winter. The squirrels apparently
resented the action and completely dis
appeared from their usual haunts. Their
departure WAS noted with regret by Il num-
Der of people who had got into the habit or
feeding them regularly morning and aft
eTnuou The squirrels had been extremely
tame and thought nothing of eating cut
of persons hand and even crawling into
overcoat pockets in search of nuts usually
tn b,. found there. But with the spreading
OF the compost they disappeared and the
gardeners have just released rev set.
These are much more timid than their pred
eccssors. but hunger is making them bet
e. ter acquainted with the people who bring
, them nuts and it looks If they Will soon
become as tame and confiding as were the
others
The angry protests of a well-dressed
woman on Pennsylvania avenue the other
day because a colored was releasing
3 several rats from trap i'll order that two
rat terriers might dispatch them, recalled
TO an old citizen a scene on + street many
years ago when one of the first agents OF
the Humane Society arrested a man who
was enjoying the sport of having number
of the rodents destroyed by his dogs as
they emerged from a wire trap. The man
protested against his being taken into Gus
tody on the charge of cruelty to animals,
but left 81 collateral at the police station
for his appearance at the Police Court the
next day.
In the Police Court the following morning
he appeared before Judge Smell, and the
clerk of the court read the charge against
him The prosecuting witness then went
upon The sand and told the court that the
man was caught in the act of torturlng
certain animals of the rat kind on +
street.
Judge Smell gave the witness one of his
quick but knowing glances. for which he
was noted. and then remarked
why. my man, do you designate rats
a animals
D. Yes. sir came the reply.
p Then You are dead wrong, sir. Rats are
not animals. sir they are vermin. Case
dismissed.
Washington has had its quota of COL
lege maids during the Christmas season"
said a local scribe the other day Being
known as a visitor to every seminary for
girls within radius of ten miles of the
capital city. his hearers sat I'D and took
tce. The funniest thing occurred the
other evening. he said. continuing. There
was a whole bunch of us out on Columbia
Heights, somewhere in the nelghborhood of
- ten, and as many girls. Soon one of the
men had pre-empted recess in the recep-
ton hall and disseminated the story that
,oue of the girls could or would soon be
able To write check for an amount-oh
+ we'll it was a shame to tell. Then they
scattered. The maid had not been particu-
larry sought after before. but in thirty sec
ouds by the watch the entire ten were doing
their best TO see who could make good The
other girls were in the wall-flower class
Soon the chap who had been so gratutious
with his information side-steDped, and in
aI,Igtr five. IVA ed
in the music room with about the pref
test girl in the house. The other maid
was not used to such rush as the nine
gave her and ii plain from the way
she going every man in the crowd
thought he the real thing. None of
them trusted the others when they left. and
there were no exchanges of confidence. 1t
is related the maid never slept wink that
night.
Then the scribe paused and concluded,
"There were two West Pointers in the
crowd, but it seemed neither knew of the
value of a SCOOP"
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The late Arthur Pue German" remarked
q former doorkeeper of the Senate to Star
reporter had way of joking that was
calculated to make a fellow feel uncom-
Portable until he became thoroughly ac-
quainted,
1t was against the rules for the door
keepers to go upon the floor with mes
sage, he said, but we sometimes did so
when were requested to do it by mem
Der OF the senate. At other times We took
the chances of doing without being told.
on the day when the Senate was about to
enact railroad legislation l called out the
senator from Maryland. and when he had
concluded his conference with a railroad
official. John Davis, vice president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. he pretended
that me was angry because of what L had
done
~ said Furthermore that 7 vorIId have
TO apologize to Mr.. Davis, and threatened
me with dismissal. / told the senator |
had enough money to take NE home and
that | had earned living before L had
known anything about working at the Cap
itol When l was ushered into the room
where Mr.. Davis was sea ted, Senator Cor
man offered an apology for me. telling the
railroad man that l had done the best
could. and would write letter of apology.
Il never wrote any letter concluded the
former doorkeeper, but l received one that