The Washington herald., 1907-03-10


! unexpected ways.
One OF the most curious signs in Wash
ington hangs in front OF a diIapidated
house In an alley. It's legend Is: Lamp
Hospital, Dr. Thompson" A man who
had invested I'm an oil stove had trouble
with the wick. He had noticed the Lamp
Hospital sign and dropped in to see the
| doctor" asking him to 60 out and fix
his lamp. DR.. Thompson mildly replied:
Il do not make calls. Mine Is strictly an
office practice, and you must bring your
/ lamp here This would seem TO indi-
cate that the doctor" is making a sue
cess Of his queer business. because in the
professional world, only those physicians
! who have become thoroughly established
can command an Office practice.
The man and woman who travel over
/ the United States and exhibit themselves
in drug store windows. as imitation au-
/ donations. are pioneers in a new field.
They each earn $50 week. The passer-
/ by Is invited by glazing sign to guess
whether the figure is a human being or
/ a creation Of wax and machinery. The
makeup is clever enough TO start an ar
/ gument between the first two men who
stop before the window. These human au-
donations have so trained their muscles
that II Is only by the very infrequent
/ Wlnking Of an eyelash that they are be-
| tTayed to even the closest observer.
The following notice in the want ad de-
partment Of a Sunday newspaper dis
| closed new American industry: Space
/ TO let In a cat and dog cemetery
applied for terms and found that If !
was mourning over the loss Of Fido or
Tommy, and wished TO pay proper re-
spect to the memory Of a deceased pet,
u could buy OF rent a lot in this
unique cemetery for any period More
/ over headstOne properly Inscribed with
a hitting tribute 10 the virtues of the said
/ departed Fido or Tommy might also be
provided, at a cost that would be COM
/ mensurate with the service rendered. Let
/ all those who look forward with fear
and trembling 10 the possible demise OF
/ Their much-belove6 dogs and cats take
cheer and comfort at this opportunity to
/ do reverence to their bones in a way that
viii be fit and seeming.
! There Is an increase in the market de-
mand for girls with long hair. due to the
/ success Of several young ladies who trav-
( 81 about the country earning their living
/ as advertisements Of this or that hair
tonic. They go from city 10 city and sit
/ IN the windows Of prominent drug stores.
/ their long hair hanging over the back oG
/ a chair In fun view of the passers-by on
I the street. A "demonstrator' sits in the
I store IN some convenient place and lee
+ lures on the good OF the tonic and the
general care Of the hair 10 all who wish
/ TO hear Meanwhile. the fortunate young
/ woman with elongated tresses calmly
/ takes her ease and reads the latest novel
/ America has no censor OF the drama
| who IS known to political life. but il is
a part Of the duty Of certain employees Of
/ girls seminaries in several Eastern cities
/ TO so TO the theaters on opening nights
and see II the performance is such that
/ the girl students may be permitted TO at
I tend. This is done, OF course. only when
I the play is new. or there is some doubt
about IL. On account Of the increase of
I the number OF so-called finishing
/ schools for girls, the chaperon has be-
| come a professional institution. Some
times she has the added duty OF provld-
J ing certain. number Of correctly-dressed.
/ properly accredited young men and bows
I for social functions at the schools. Sew
/ eral women Of wide social reputation
/ make II their business to furnish such
lists OF young men.
A Maine farmer is making a profit from
/ selling grasshOppers. He got the idea
/ from fisherman who was deploring the
/ fact that he could not get grasshoppers
/ for bait for trout fishing until August
! H. h-~
/ WORMS and flies, the gTaSshOpper is really
the best bait, and anglers would be will
/ ing to pay a good sum for them. Upon
I finding this out, the farmer Immediately
/ set 10 work gathering grasshopers. He
/ pressed the neighborhood children into
service. paying them cents for every
I nifty 'hoppers they could catch He
| chinked I'd his barn with paper and put
/ in 1890 grasshoppers, with quantity of
/ hay and leaves. He expects to retail them
| this spring and summer at cents apiece
| The department store adjuster is a prod
/ uct OF American progress. The adjust
/ err Is usually a woman OF taCtful address
/ and pleasing personality. who is employed
/ by the big stores TO inquire into com
I plants made by rich customers. and set
/ 70 rights quarrels with heavy buyers. The
| first one was In New York. but the idea
/ proved so successful and profitable that
/ Il has been introduced in a number of
i cities. Up to this time the new calling
seems 10 have been confined altogether 10
| women, which is not a small compliment
! to their tact and business sense.
1t is interesting to know that after oil
the tarraDtula has its uses. Just now IL
is a source Of profit TO enterprising men
and boys in the tourist-infested districts
of the Southwest. The collectors look
for the holes in the ground where the bic
| spiders live. and pour cold water IN their
haunts. TaTantulas hate cold water so
they make an immediate rush for the
I upper air. As soon as they appear they
are seized with a pair OF pinchers and
killed with a bath of gasoline OF turpen-
tine. Then they are ANONYMOUSLY thrust
! through with pins, mounted on cards and
sold as souvenirs 10 tourists at a dollar
apiece.
The young woman in public library in
the West who devotes her time 10 run
ming a hospital for slightly disordered
books that are not torn or soiled enough
to go to bndery has match in the
enterprising Southern girj who has turned
her library into a circulating one. She
had to make money. there was nothing 10
do in her small town, and as there was
no library she decided that her own col
lection of books might make a small in
come for her. She rents the books out
and as she is continually adding to her
collection, she Is making It both popular
and remuneTative.
Virginia has a man who has earned his
living for fifty years making the astro-
nomical observations for use in almanacs.
He has almost a mnnonnIv Of the hl,si,,ezs