Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-07
~ H, look. She Is throwing her
fur coat away"

~ H, look She is throwing her
fur coat away"
In response to an urchin's cry
the fashionable parade on + street stopped
in it's respective tracks the other day and
gazed In amazement while handsome
woman calmly walked round Persian
lamb cloak which lay on the pavement.
Not a few of the watchers thought 1t a
case of insanity suddenly developed. and
were for calling the police. Others
thought it joke of some SORT. But when
one, holder than the rest. asked what was
the matter, the owner Of the garment
said:
Nothing in particular: except that l
am waiting for rat to run out or the
lining" Undoubtedly this apparently pre-
posterous statement would have been
taken for still further evidence of mental
alteration if. it had not been followed al
most Immediately by the appearance Oh
a large rodent from one of the sleeves.
The scene in staid old F street Just al
that moment bore a close resemblance to
a pony ballet In most vigorous acuoh.
And the rat got away.
II seems that the owner Of the coat had
taken it out of cold storage ABOUT an
hour before Then she went into an r
street lunchroom. and when seated the
coat hung to- the floor at her feet. A
chorus of feminine shrieks interrupted the
meal and at cries of "A rat. the as
sembled diners manifested a sudden fond
ness for the tops Of their chairs and the
tables But the rat disappeared and the
lady with the fur coat soon started on
her way. She had walked fully hai1
dozen blocks before she became conscious
that the coat was unduly heavy. ana
moments investigation was sufhclent 70
disclose the fact that the frightened
rodent in the restaurant had found refuge
in the recesses of her garment. Ihen. &C
cording to the street urchln, "She threw
. her coat away"
A soda siphon a masher and an irate
husband played the leading roles in
sidewalk drama near 18th and G streets
the other evening 1t appears from tn
statements of eye-witnesses that as
government contractor and his pretty
wife left drug store and were proceed
ing to their home in the neighborhood
fellow who was standing near a saloon
Knocked the laugh of the wlfe ana otner-
wise acted in an Objectionaoie manner.
Then, following the wife, who was ac-
companied by her better half, the masher
deliberately turned about ana peereo
impudentiN into the YOmans eyes. Inc
husband, who was carrying a slpnon OF
soda. as quick as a. fash turned the
stream, of .effervescent liquid full into tine
fellows face, and as he began to retreat
toward the, saloon aSGr S sae hasoa tho
masher with. the. soda. The crowd that
had collected laughed, the husband sa1o
things" and the masher rushed into the
sxfoon TO dry his garments and think IL
over.
While the National capital has become
the great show place of the nation, ana
almost daily visitors from all sections OF
the country are taking In the sights. there
are many. within a radius of fifty miles
who have never been in Washington.
Some who have gone on sightseeing ex-
eursions. have been content WIN has,hs
walked through depot. A few months
since an old man arrived In Washington
one morning to do the town, and on his
return thus gave his experience:
Yes. l went to see Washington. as
every one who calls himself an American
should. Well. got there all right, but l
was thirsty, and went to a saloon for a
glass of beer. 1t was just across the
street. and as 1 never drink alone I in
vited man there to Join me. which he
did. Well, we talked some time about
crops, the weather, and SO forth. till our
mouths were dry and we had another
drink. We stood around. he drinking with
me andn4sUiith him and others. till 1 got
me the lunch counter. 1 made my dinner
Off of it. and after that talked on. Pres
emily l said:
" I came to see, the Capitol. and here it
is near train time ..
"'That's easy to see.' said my friend
Let's have more beer; then I'll show You.
Then. with two or three others; we
had more beer, and they walked me out
IN the street. and. pointing to great
building. they said:
You've seen the Capitol; that's it,
II then asked what time 1t was, and
found would have to run to make the
train This l did. and got on just as i,
moved of. oh, yes; I've seen Washing.
ton. as everybody should, and I'll go there
again.
Mexican detective who was recently
Washington described the third de.
gree as applied to suspected criminals in
that country. In the United States tn:
suspect is put through a sort of Sweat
ing process in order to make him con.
Tess In Mexico the fellow who Is be.
lieved to be guilty of a crime is taken re
the scene of the commission of the ac,
and there the tragedy, if a murder has
peen committed. is re-enacted under tbs
direction of the plain clothes men. Re.
Gently woman was found murdered in
her bed, the weapon employed to kill he,
being a knife. The man suspected of the
crime was taken to her room blindfoIded
When the cloth was removed from his
eyes another woman was lying in the bed
IN the same attitude in which the muir.
dered woman was found. The lights were
lowered as they had been the night the
crime was committed and the suspect was
put through the performance of the muir
der just as the police supposed IL had beer
committed in reality. Suddenly the CHIEF
detective, addressing the man under sus-
picion. demanded:
What kind of knife did you use on
hero ~ "
The prisoner, trembling at being con.
1ronted by the panorama of his crime
unthnkingly replied:
"A horn-handled hide-scraping knife"
Inc Mexican detective described other
cases where the third degree" had been
successfully applied in cases of both MUIR
der. assault and robbery. He said the