Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
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| covered from a severe illness or was suf-
fering from fatty degeneration Of the
1 to the worthy mixer. for that dignitary
drew thither and put himself at the sick
mans service.
| SHAY, have you sheen m frien', Con-
| gresham -, in here thish affernoon?
Yes, sir, he was in here about an hour
| ago"
The visitor leaned farther forward and
with evident anxiety inquired in what was
1 meant for a whisper:
Shay, wuzsh l with him?"
| X X X X
| Il have achieved great reputation
among some OF my acquaintance as a
sage" remarked a man Of knowing mien
| few days ago. when surrounded by a
| group of friends. There Is really no mys-
| terry about the method by which impress
| people with my wisdom" he continued,
but merely plain application Of the rules
| OF logic something after the order Of the
| wonderful Sherlock Holmes
| Some years ago 1 began the study of
| names in order to ascertain something
| about the people who bear the names Of
| well-known public men. 1t Is fact that
| men named for celebrities were born about
the time time, such persons were in the zenith
| or their fame. 1 have many times
surprised people by telling their ages or
| the age of some friend mentioned. For in
! stance, recently heard some one speak of
1 q iItu III d INSTANT city whose
first name was Elmer and the initial of
| his middle name was e. I at once told
| him that his friend was born In 1861 and he
| looked at me in surprise. He had no clue
| to the method l pursued. and 1t seemed like
| a great mystery to him that 1 could tell
| the age of a man of whom had never be-
] fore heard
For the pleasure of promoting the mys-
| terry on that occasion gave no explanation.
| 1t would have been easy for me to have told
him that Elmer E. in ninety-nine cases
! in hundred means Elmer Ellsworth. who
| was killed in the Marshall House in Alex
was called to the killing of Col. Ellsworth
In such tragic way. and a host of children
| born into the world about that time were
given his name.
Whenever a man does something big
| or comes by any means into the lime light
for brief period his name Is given to
thousands Of children. One who has been
careful student Of our recent history has
no difficulty in identifying these names
even when only the first name and an
| initial are given.
"of course the. George washingtons,
Ihomas JefrersOnS and Daniel WebSters go
on forever and form clue to the date of
birth 1t Is only the instances where a man
has come to the front as hero, been a
| martyr to some cause, that his name is
given to children born in the year in which
the prominence was gained. When the
name has been prominent only short time
the Identification of the date is almost
certain.
4 X
John Lemon is the name Of a venerable
colored man who has passed the seventy
sixth milestone in his lfe's journey and
| finds himself in the cleaning with no
money, but few friends and a bad spell
OBJ de reumaticks."
John is seriously disabled that he
cannot work for a living any longer, and
he is. therefore, compelled to subsist on
the offerings of the charitable. His humble
abode Is in Southeast Washington. where
he is familiar figure as he hobbies about,
assisting locomotion by the aid of a stout
staff =
The old man Is one Of the few remain
ing human reminders of slavery days, and
he speaks in the most affectionate manner
or his ole marSer," and declares If he
was alive John Lemon would not want
for food and shelter for long Sunday the
venerable uncle visited a fashionable
colored congregation and sent note to
the clergyman requesting him to take up
a collection for his benefit.
After waiting about the church several
hours the minister came out of the edi-
fee and was approached by Lemon An
animated conversation between the
preacher and the old man followed, and
then the minister walked away. AS the
venerable colored man was hobbling down
the street the man who had written the
note for him queried him. as to the sue
Il
That preacher gave you the lemon
really didn't he?" asked the man.
No, he didn't glib me no lemon" said
John Lemon. taking the query seriously,
Didn't he give you something's
"Oh. vas. sab. he dun glib me a warnin'
He seq If he ebber kotches me begin
round his church ag'in he'll give me ober
ter the perlice. Times amt like dey use
ter be. boss John de Baptis' couldn't
walk de streets OBJ Washington desc days
an ask a preacher for er bite widout bein'
'cused OBJ bein' er bum an sent to de
workhouse."
Norris and his father were In the habit
Of rehears;ng their dreams of the night
before upon rising each morning. and day
or two ago pater familias told a story that
could have been only "a dream" In his
subconscious state, 1t seems the father of
Norris figured as the hero IN hair-rais-
ing runaway accident in which the Pres
ident's daughter was rescued For his
bravery the hero was summoned to the
White House to receive the personal thanks
of the chief executive, and all in the
dream, of course, Norris went along Fa-
Their and son dressed with greatest care for
the momentous occasion, and because they
were ready long before the appointed hour
they set out to walk the many intervening
squares.
AS he pictured himself approaching the
White House, Norris became greatly ex-
cited. and he listened eagerly his father
described their entrance into the Blue room,
and Of President Roosevelt Fastening for
ward with outstretched hand. But just
as 1 reached out to shake hands with the
President said the dreamer. II awoke,"
and Norris disappointment was manifest
You say you got awake before you
could shake hands with the PRESIDENT"
he queried.
Yes" was the answer
And we walked all the way to the White
House?'
Yes"
We'll, why didn't we take a car? Then
we would have gotten there before you
woke up
Sentiment will gush up of it's own virtue,
but sentimentality has to be pumped
Puck