Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
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| IIn this column win be answered all questions Of
proper nature submitted to The star Inqnirers
saou'a wrts on one side oniy and address their LET.
cult con1ndrums answers may be delayed for a
Tsea OF two be advisable for
| NATTTRALIST-Is this tbs time of year
| that the lambs are supposed to gambol on
the green. Ayes. this is the time all
| right. but the bulls and bears have taken
| up 50 much of the lawn OF late that the
lamb hasn't had show. The shears are
nice and sharp though.
LTERARY.-Is It true that the cels-
brated author. Henry James. is at work on
| a new novel? Alt Is. We are able to
| go further than this and report great prog
| ress. Mr.. James has been writing steadily
| for only month or so and we understand
| that the first sentence Is almost finished.
F. II. W-Where can find Elmer Dover
at the present time? A.-On the fence
with Mr.. Taft. sharpening an ak, on ons
side. and Mr.. Foraker toying with a club
| on the other. Mr.. Roosevelt is showing his
teeth in the background. Elmer reports
| the pickets are somewhat sharp.
MRS S.-Cncle Jasper. please give ME a
| GOOD recipe for nut cake. Airs. Scream
| ers well-known volume. Hints to the
Helpless contains one Of the best we know
| OF. Be careful not to make the hired girl
crack the nuts. She will be almost certain
to break tooth.
When you're starting or boom
Go slow!
There may be others round.
You know, 90,
Just laying for the chance V
To kick the boomlet X
In the pants a
And to make your candidate
B. M. K.-What is the difference between
Will pick up iron and other metals A
magnate will pick up anything that isn't
nailed down.
man who absolutely refused to accept the
gift OF an office as great as that OF tho
presidency OF the United States? A
caesar is the only person We can think OF
VINO even put up creditable bluff. But
| OF course Caesar hadn't served two terms
| JOHN PA man / have known for
some time recently offered me largs
sum of money to do something which
considered dishonorable and l repulsed
the ofrer with scorn. Was l not right?
Al ndoubtedly so. Who's your friend
Jack? Don't be SO stingy with his name
and address
TESSIE.-Uncle Jasper. would you adj
wise me to keep st. Bernard dog? A
1T depends on whose dog it Is. We tried
to keep one some years ago and the
owner became quite cross.
FINANCIAL.-What Is the color of the
pack or $1,000 gold certificate? A
iron dollar that you thought we didn't
know Didn't you get left. though,
| smarty?
IL T. H.-what is President Roose-
velts favorite work A-The Encyclo-
pedia Britannica. He has to give so
much advice these days.
A sIGNALMAN.-what was the princi-
pal feature of the recent terrible wreck
In Pennsylvania in which SO many lives
were lost? A.-The block signal system
was not responsible Come again.
FREDERICK.-Is 1t true that Harri-
man, the railroad king. said he would
rather be in the penitentiary than in
the poorhouse? Ayes, indeed. Fred
die It Is also true that Stuyvesant Fish
is willing to let him take his choice
Mighty kind Of Stuy.
+. II. els 1t true that rvanovitch
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF Russia has
been pronounced one Of the greatest
statesmen Of modern times. At most
decidedly is not. Ivan is sixty-five years
old and has never been pronounced yet.
He's immune.
GEORGIA.-Is it true, as reported In
cable dispatches to The Star, that the
tiers Just missed most severe earth
quake Shock at Kingston? Alt 10.
Careless earthquake.
UNCLE JASPER.