Evening star., 1908-01-26

gave occasion for hits at Mr. Bryan. Gov
Johnson. Judge Gray, Judge Harmon and
others
The announcement was made about the
middle of the evening that President
Roosevelt had placed the Office of Presi-
dent of the United States under the civil
service, and it was suggested that as
number of prospective candidates We're
present it would be advisable to hold
civil service examination to determine
their fitness for the place to which they
aspired This was declared to he good
idea and the roll of candidates was called.
Chairs We're placed in tile central space
for their occupancy and the distinguished
men whose names were ANNOUNCED began
to look worried lest they might be In for
grilling.
But it was protested that candidates
always talked through their managers,
so members of the club were tolled OFT
to represent the candidates. and they took
their places by the chairs. There were
representatives of Taft. Gray, Cortelyou,
Foraker. Cannon, Fairbanks. Harmon,
Bryan and Gray. The examiner proceed
ed. asking the manager of one candidate
a pertinent question about another lhe
questions embraced geography. psychol-
ogy. ancient history. orthography, natural
history and other affairs.
Glass in Geography.
The answers in the main applied to
some one of the candidates. Danville.
Ill. was declared to be farther from the
White House than any place on earth, eX-
cept Lincoln. Neb.; George Washington
never told a lie. because there was no
White House for him to call at when he
was alive; as an example Of a fixed habit.
William Jennings Bryan was named; and
so it went for quarter of an hour OF
quiZz:ng and merry reply.
The play ended With the appearance OF
u pseudo Senator Bourn harping on his
familiar string of Roosevelt for second
elective term AS he approached with
hiS Earangue each manager with
bored expression grabbed his chair and
marched off. until there was left only
baby's high chair in the center. That
chair was designed to be typical of the
Beyeridge boom-too weak to sit up alone
and in desperation Senator Bourn turned
to address it. when the empty chair slid
silently down the aisle. Senator Bourn
following and emphatically talking to it.
"Paregorical Pinafore."
Great, merriment was caused by the
rendition of musical skit. entitled Pare
gorical Pinafore." A couple of gaudily
uniformed naval officers attended by
group of sailornen entered. They were
from the good ship Escuia Plus. L. S. N,
recently graduated from the Georgetown
Medical College. as they told in the tune-
ful and familiar strains of 'Pinafore.
There was Dick Deadeye, who sang of the
merry doctor and the tar and was advised
in his course in navigation to include
liver pills and porous plaster
There was the bum-boat women. Lit
IL" Cut-Em Up, who brought supplies for
a modern man-of-war in the shape of
sGuills and soothing srup. and sich like
there was Admiral Trixey. who served
his term as office boy in druggists firm,
and so rose 10 be an admiral in the big
navee. He advised that the way TO keep
a ship secure was TO feel it's pulse and
take its temperature. To all aspiran 5
for naval officers he gave the advice
to study their calomel and fiaxseed tea
If they wanted 10 be rulers of the great
navee.
a solly sailors hornpipe danced this
company eff the scene and the larboard
watch OF old shelbacks came on. While
standing watch they INDUCED in various
pointed references TO affairs in the navy
received some wireless messages from
the fleet ard exercised the sailors we'll