Evening star., 1907-08-03

This is an extract from a dialogue be-
tween Norris aged four. and his mother.
which occurred a few days ago as they
stroIled past one OF the mansions in the
northwest. near the tiny lads home:
Little mother. are the people who I've
in that house very rich?'
Yes. they have many millions OF dol
lars
And Will we ever have that much
money
a good boy, you Will be very rlch some
day. .
well, I'll tell you. little mother. II
ever do get rich l am never going 10 get
married
why not?"
II don't want to have anybody around
the house fussing at me.
You are a funny boy. What 90 you
mean. Who have you ever hearo iuss-
ing" .,,.
you know as we'll as 1 do, mother, that
l heard you and father having big russ
the other day. But don't worry "oh
tell anybody.
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EIkins who has attained the mature age
of three, and who has passed through more
narrowing experiences than usually fall to
the precarious existence of ye smah ooS'
Frances caught him In the act
..why. Elkins. what do you suppose man.
ma will say when she sees you? Don you
think she will whip you? ... t.
"Oh mo- uuoth the little fellow. she Is
going to say. Now, Elkns. you are oau
little boy and II you ever w 'iia' "o"'
1 will whip YOU. .,.
And succeeding developments showed tnat
Elkins knew whereof he spoke. .,,, r,-
Incidentally, II might be relateo 'ila' -.
~ Ia
succeeded in swallowing carbolc acio W.icn
had been left in saucer Tor olsinlectihs
purposes has twice fafien ao"h a oe
f1ioht of stone steps. once Dreaklns hiS an
has been to the hospital by reason Oh
bao5lonp tumbles over the balustraoe, 10
have repairs made to deep cuts IN his
scalp and has rarely passed DAY III " iilsn
he has not had a hairbreadth escape Ai'ia
something. .,t rorcb
a few nights ago when the moon was az
its brightest and some one thousht "
proyoke an original remark from the Juilioi
pride of the fireside by asking him: mere
il the noon?
This was Elkins answer: "a,
why right up there: can't you see II
And there is man in the moon 100. ~
you know why the man In the Hiooii s'"y ~;
nm there? I'll tell you. He has had MS
sa.,s burned off and he can't get away
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Juaae William II. DeLacy OF the JuVe-
niIs Court has enforced the non-support
law SO persistently and vigorously that ne
"a Incoming the subject Of discussion
.p,ope the alley residents Of the city wives
threaten 10 bring their husbands oeioiee e
Judge DeI.acy unless they slVe up tne.i
weekly stipend Saturday nsht, aiiu ~ n.o
hands rurn pale or get weak at the tnreats.
~ ,ba fudge has become the subject OF
song; and a few days ago when one ol tLe
officials of the court was passing thious II
an alley in which the co4oreo PopuIG,,tiu PpG,I,,.
largely predominant. he caught the lotAo"-
ing words:
.Irdo. William II. Dc Lacey OF de Jubinsl Cote
". makes yoh stop yoh drinkin' an tells yoh mend
Den he sends yoh to de workhouse fob no less dan
So yoh Ieitah take de money home and cut out '0h
Or yoh'H certany be In Jubinlie and get s0h
thirty days
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There are many peculiarities about the
nomenclature of government institutions,
remarked a prominent official to Star re-
porter the other day. Take the naval sta
tions for instance. The Portsmouth navy
yard is at Kittery. Me; the Boston navy
yard is at Charlestown. the New York
navy yard Is at Brooklyn and the Norfolk
navy yard is at Portsmouth. 1 have
never heard any very clear explanation OF
these msnOmers. except on the theory that
the greater includes the less.
Then take the great executive depart
ments of the government Some are prop
erly named-that Is, their names fairly lndi-
cate their business-like the Navy Depart
Inent the Department OF Commerce and
Labor and the Agricultural Department
The Department Of State may represent
the state (the nation) so far as foreign
governments are concerned. but not other
wise. Then there's the War Department
~. L.u 1n rnr
than the Treasury or the Navy or Marine
Corps It's duties include supervision
over the army. river and harbor works and
other public improvements and the govern
ment of our insular possessions. II would
be hard 10 select name that would COM
prehend its variety of duties, but the army
or military department would undoubtedly
be more suitable than War Department
Then the Department OF Justice has juris-
d!citon over federal marsi1als and attor-
neys and attends TO the legal business of
the government but really has nothing to
do with the administration OF justice.
The Treasury Department collects the
revenues of the government and admin
listers its financial affairs and on the whole
Is not SO badly named A post Office is
simply building devoted to postal affairs
and consequently is only a feature OF the
general business The postal department
or the department of mails would describe
the business of the department much bet
ter than the present designation of Post
Office Department. Then why the Depart
nlent OF the Interior? II is true that de-
partmcUt administers pension and patent
affairs. and also affairs OF public lands in