Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21

xID CRING my present visit to the
National capital said the
- stranger to a Star man, Il
have observed several curious things.
They may be commonplace to other
people. but they were new to me. To
mention only a few: There is the gen.
eral practice of using q wash-boiler to
transfer coal from the wagon into the
house. Then there is the way the street
lamps are lighted in The dusk of the
evening. No more climbing of the lamp
posts as in the good old days. Instead
the lamplighter simply turns on the light
from the ground with long stick and
stops only a second of time in his rounds
to perform the trick to each lamp. On
the suburban reads the lamplighter per
forms the same service in a wagon with
out aiighting. (No joke intended). An
other innovation, at least 1t was to me,
was the employment of horsepower in
clearing the snow from the sidewalks
around The Presidents grounds and some
of the public parks. 1 saw that done last
week Rain had followed the snow and
the sidewalks were covered with slush
for depth of two or three inches. This
was removed from Lafayette Park side
walks by the use of large shovel pro-
PEELED by a horse much more quickly
than would have been possible with men
with snow shovels. i have frequently
seen horses used for that urpose in the
streets, but it was the first time had
seen horses drawing shoveis over the
sidewalks"
Don't you just love the east2" asked
the hostess of a " stern congressman at
a dinner the otheG ching
"Oh yes, very much" he replied
1--WE never been out west" she said,
'Sbut 1 am sure I shouldn't care for it."
eff you do not know It how can YOU
ten?' inquired the congressman.
"Oh. I have heard and read about II :"
she said. rs this your first visit east ?'f
No. my dear madam, I was born in
the east" :.
Yes; my parents were missionaries for
years in Bombay. and was born In Hin
doostan- That was as far east as ever
cared to live
X y X
"Gastronomical art?' exclaimed an ex-
pert on old porcelains and paintings, ap-
pearing very much shocked the other day
at the Cosmos Club.
Yes said the speaker, a well-known
scientist. There are such persons who
can only be interested in astronomical
art. --.s--s-l 80.
But I don't know what you mean
said the expert perplexed more than be-
fore at the speakers apparent confidence
In the subject.
Well. will tell YOU" said the scientist.
Il have had it brought to my attention
many times before, but more recently in
this particular case. You know the Smith
sonian Institution is getting together a
splendid collection of native Philippine ex-
hfbits. When it is installed completely it
will be one of the finest of it's kind In the
country. and most interesting. It intends
70 show in addition to the present exhibit
details OF a Filipino's life, from hunting
and fishing to the battlefield and back to
his domestic life. by means of the various
native implements and tools used by him
in all of these All this was being ex-
planned TO a visitor one day last week in
passing through the building. His inform
ant took much pains to show him about
and explain the exhibit.
-'.Dh. yes this is all very interesting
much bored r-Sut you Just should have
seen those tSs>aog-eating Filipinos at ths
St Louis f1T the Igofote tribe. They
made what yoN would Gall fine and in
Smithsonian doesn't bring a bunch of
them ver-her5 for that purpose. They
would be a1ot more interesting than these
her9baskets and things
"Hs informant told the man that the
government did NOT indulge in such ex-
hfbits Of live stock pastimes such as buy
ing Of Dogs fef-food The man went away
very much disappointed. saying he
was surprised the government was so
very unenterprising in the museum BUSH
Senator Moses q. Clapp of Minnesota
has received more mail during the last
week than any other man at the capital
The voiuminous correspondence received
by him "a from his friends throughout the
state. "Oh. no, they didn't all want jobs"
corrected a friend of his in telling about
II. You kn6ws sthere is a little magazine
Of the Anti-Saioon League In a recent
Issue IL published a report on temperance
work. telling of the progress made in the
work by the temperance leaders. In this
connection it used a good-slzed picture of