The Washington herald., 1907-03-17


tAOu know the s1Tt Il things one keeps
] wonder Why We do it,
He paid his debts called in his loans,
Iut all his bonds and stocks,
Arranged IN careful cTdCT. in
HS safe deposit box.
He had his life insured. and made
His un and left i'm one
Compartment Of his desk note
OF what be wanted done
he had his name and his address
Tatt0oed upon his chest.
HIS last directions % his wife
he carried in his vest
And then he went 4 suicide
On Never Never trailE
Not 81. He about to make
A little tIip By rail.
Although. according 10 Christian Scien-
lists 30 admit the possibility Of an acci-
dent is to invite it. it has always seemed
to me strange that so few persons provide
themselves with proper means Of identi-
fication when they 90 a-jomneying. Just
the other day four Washington women
went together to Baltimore 10 visit one
OF these cheap Baltimore seamstresses,
whom everybody but ones self always
finds. a discussion Of accidents Of one
sort and another came up, and not one
Of these four women carried with her
anything more definite AS a means Of
Identification than the inscription on her
wedding ring. One OF them had q card
case but out of the three cards in it.
only one happened 10 be her owE. One
OF them carried "a travelling bag, but the
initials on it belonged 10 her cousin from
whom she had borrowed it. All four
women were of medium height and
dressed In black. Their eyes were all
more or less blue. and, except for the
matter Of age, a general description of
one would have served for the Othe.
three One of them was sure her tailor
had written her name on the tag inside
her jacket pocket. but ON searching for
il. she recalled that It had been taken our
when the pocket was refined. All Of them
possessed umbrella tags or lockets, or
engraved bracelets. or something Of the
sort. and all left behind at home. 1t is
perfectly safe to say that in case OF ac-
ciGent they would all have figured for a
time IN the list of unidentified OF course.
nobody wants TO invite disaster by adj
mitting the possibility OF it. but person
ally, I'd feel a little safer with a com
forung brass tag Tied unc0nspicuOusly 20
ne than I would with the dread Of being
OF the unidentified hanging over me.
Speaking OF that very thing reminds
me of q Notwithstanding time the husband
Of a woman knew had about three
months ago Mrs Blank, whose health
1ae ELI.
past year, set out for California. intend
ing to break her Journey by stopping Of
to visit several old friends. Two days
after she left. her. hsuband received q
telegram from hospital in Chicago. A
lady in whose purse was found card
bearing his wlfe's name had been found
unconscious IN a railway station and had
died q little later in a hospital without
regaining Consciousness. Mr.. Blank teIe-
grdphed for a description of the dead
woman, and sent another message to
Omaha, where his wife was 90 visit All
old school friend. The answer 10 his
Chicago message was very fair descrip-
ton Of his wife. The answer to his teIe-
gram to Omaha informed him that Mrs.
Blank had not reached her friends there.
OF course, he ordered the necessary ar
Tangements to be made, and took the next
train for Chicago. He reached Chicago
and went to the hotel before going to the
place to which the body had been re-
moved. There he found awaiting him a
telegram, forwarded from Washington,
but sent originally from Salt Lake It
read merely: Decided not to stop in
Omaha. Hope you are we'll" and his
t4rfF -
were kept hot then for a while till Mrs
Blank was located in Sacramento. She
recalled having exchanged cards with q
Milwaukee woman she met on the train
ana wired the name and address on the
card in her possession. The accident or
having only one card left had happened in
the case of the Milwaukee woman, and
because Of that she had been dead several
days before her family knew where she
was. And there was no other thing about
her to suggest who she might be.
Ny little neighbor, Ted, met me with a
brave but woe-begone face as I went up
his mothers steps yesterday.
'Jasper's lost" he said. his eyes filing
with tears.
why don't you advertise for him."
asked.
He shook his head hopelessly.
1T wouldn't do any GOOD" he said
Dogs can't read"
There is nothing ] admire more in a
man than resourccfulness. Take the case
of George D., who lives out in a Mary
land suburb. lie moved out there origi-
nally because Mrs. Georges nerves
couldn't endure the noises Of the city
and he set about enjoying all the delights
OF suburban life at once. The very finest
possible lot Of black Spanish poultry was
bought. and suitable house provided.
Mrs George loves chickens-by daylight.
at least At night the Growing of the
fathers Of those Spanish families reused
her from sleep about midnight. and day
light found her still awake The family
physician. pCWerless TO cure her persist
ent Insomnia, advised the killing off of
the two pure-blooded cocks George
thought the matter over. and a brilliant
idea came to him. With his own hands
he built a shelf twelve inches wide. about
fourteen inches above the roost. and when
the Spanish families had gone to rest for
the night he saw that each pater famllias
was TOOSting under that shelf Before the
time for the usual nocturnal Growing
George stole out quietly, dark-lantern IN
hand. and crept into the poultry house
TO watch. Don Juan al the right-hand
end Of the rOOSt. reused from sIumber
lifted his wings, aTched his neck. flung up
ms head, and then sank back a picture
of gallinacious amazement. His head had
struck against the shelf. and he could
not lift il high enough 10 strike the proud
attitude which is a sine qua non of
growing Don Jose at the left-hand end
OF the roost rose 10 voice his pride His
head. too, came in contact with the shelf