Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
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TN this column will he answered all questions OF
proper nature submitted to The Star. Inquirers
tiers Uncle Jasper" Star otfice In case OF ain.
cut cut, conandrums answers may be delayed for
al auestioners to watch this column carefuly.l
I. c. B.-For what purpose is the trench
now being dug orSE~>~yivania avenue In
tended? A.-Rumor says 1t is for a private
speaking tube between the White House
and the Capitol. the telephone company
refusing to grant further service. for fear
the official language will melt the wires
FAN.-When do you think the Nationals
Will strike their winning streak? All We
only knew for a dead certainty we'd never
give 1t away in this open and public man.
ner: we know a place where we can got
a season pass for gilt-edged information
that sort.
FRED elias Senator Foraker been
called undesirable citizen yet? A-Not
up to the present writing. but It is under
stood that he has hopes
DIPLOMACY.-What did President Zelaya
OF Nicaragua wire to President Roosevelt
about the peace settlement? A-The off,
cial version of the dispatch was merely an
embarrassing bit of complimentary LAM
suose oftuhaleiy the operator IN Me
aragua sent what Mr.. Zelaya wrote and
not what he said. 1t is believed there
would have been a White House brain
storm II he had got his wires crossed.
j. b. S.-What started when the Presi-
dent pushed the gold button at the James
town fair? A.-There was not much doing
In the machinery line. but there has been
a tremendous amount OF hammering ever
since.
&C. GARDENER.,Ca you tell me of any
thing can do. Uncle Jasper, to get rid OF
the dandelions in my front lawn? A
Gladly. Stick few little signs down In
the grass with Latin labels and the small
boys Will have the pesky weeds all dug up
over night.
HOLSTERS it true that Speaker Cam
non has abdicated in favor OF Mr. Fair
bank? A.-The Speakers language anent
this rumor is several degrees beyond the
Fahrenheit point set by the Post Office De-
partment for legal circulation through the
mails, and we can only offer you our sur
mise THAT he is organizing Ananias Club
OF his own.
STRAPHANGER-D you think Mr..
Loeb will make good street railway mag
nate? Alt must be said that his White
House training ought to qualify him to
make good in the step lively department
of traction outfit
Pocahontas, Pocahontss. though you lived 50 long
You were just about the promptest life preserver
that know
Had you been tardy the fair that's booming
you,
Captain Smith would not have lived to tell his
tale true.
N. e. tt see that Secretary Taft SAYS he
is not going to talk politics when he gets to
Ohio this trip. What is he going for. then2
Ale Is going to let the Ohio people.
who are bursting with eagerness and curt
ostty. know how many shovels full of dirt
have been dug In the big ditch and how
patient the Porto Ricans have become.
Any man who halls him as the next
President" will probably receive one OF
his froStiest smiles and coolest hand clasps.
planted q bulb in the Fall. did.
And the bulb II grew In the spring:
But the beautiful tulip thought IL would b.
Turns out quite different thing
/ might eat Ii alone in salad soup
But its bloom would never delight,
For my beautiful tulip planted last Fall
Is q most onfoniferous sight.
UNCLE JASPER