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business being in the name of the wife
or a son, practically making the store a
shutdown" establishment.
1t is not an uncommon thing for the
private secretary to a representative to
enter one of the shutdown colleges and
follow a course of study N law or one
Of the sciences and graduate during the
term of his representative, especially If
his employer is fortunate enough to
be elected for two or more terms. Many
of them remain in Washington TO live
and practice. OF course, this naturally
crowds the ranks of the profession, and
as soon as he lis fairly established he,
like al the others, discovers the evils OF
.'sundownism" and becomes It's bitter adj
versary. and he would move heaven and
earth to close the same institution which
gave him the start in life. But fortuSlately
still live and the sundowner still -four
iSheS.
There is no disgrace attached to being
"sundowrer." To the contrary it be-
comes an advantage in later life; that is,
provided success has followed. 1t is then
pointed out that in carly life the sue
cessful man. whoever he may be, was
the very personffication of grit, energy
and push. and by his friends the fact
that he was at one time in one of the
departments, that he studied at night and
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graduated at a SHUTDOWN" college or uni
and built up business and did not re-
sign till his business was of sufnclent
size to support him. Now In the days OF
his success these facts are pointed OUT
with pride; but hard was his lot during
his "sunuown" life. He was ostraciseo
by his profession, the bars were put up
against him when he attempted TO az
filiate in the societies and nothing out
hard work and everlasting push brought
him to the front and he landed on top.
MANY good men have been shutdown
ers," and many good ones are sun. NO
less parsonage than Justice Harlan OF
the Supreme Court of the United states
is numbered among them, for he hoios'
and has held fo- years. a professorship IN
a shutdown college and fortunate indeed
is the man so situated that he Is aple 10
listen to his lectures and profit by his ripe
judgment and wisdom:
Presidents of the United States have
been in their day landowners" and tho
number of members of Congress VINO
have studied and graduated at shutdown
colleges" during their terms In Congress
are too numerous to mention.
May the "sundowner' continue to exist
and flourish for many years. for in him
is embodied the American idea of energy
and progress, for If he were lazy man
he would not have been a 'sundowner."
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5mD0M Doc1oR EMnl The PATENT Office An5WER HRr CALL

hated man by others OF the same pro-
fession and are referred to as tooth
carpenters, ''blacksmiths' ard host
of other Objectionable names, and are
not admitted TO membership in the Dental
Society of the District for the same rea-
son the medical societies are closed to the
shutdown doctor" But these dentists
are great accommodation 10 many peo-
pie. They are advanced in their ideas,
have elegantly fitted offices with approved
machinery and electric lights so they may
be able to do good work at night, and
their Offices are open on Sundays as well
as at night, thus making a way for many
to have dental work done at hours whom
it would be impossible for them to get a
regular society dentist and at "a time
when they themselves We're free to de-
vote to such work without taking them
from their regular business.
Many a little grocery is backed by the
salary of government empoye, the
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of a very sharp smart quick lawyer.
Mr.. Barr a gentlman said to this
lawyer at d dinner, I would like your
opinion on a knotty point of law. An
uncle of mine has peacock. and last
fall it got into a neighbours garden and
laid an egg there. The neighbor claimed
the egg, my uncle claimed it as well, and
the two have been fighting and squabbltng
over the matter ever since. Now, sir,
what is the law on the question:
=" 1t is an easy question to SETTLE said
the lawyer. with a patronizing smile. 'Ad-
hitting that the egg was laid on the
neighbours ground, the neighbor never
theless has no claim to it unless he can
prove that the owner of the bird took
no steps to prevent it from straying. In
precedent CASE
Excuse me- said the other man, but
this case has no precedent
well said the lawyer. you know
more law than I. do you? l remember
distinctly precedent case where
- No you don't said the other
What do you mean?' exclaimed the
lawyer. angrily
~ mean was the firm reply. that you
never heard before of a peacock laying
an egg "
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or actually Danish the shutdown class.
Order after order against a government
employee engaging in any other business
outside of government work has been is
sued, but with indifferent success, and
such orders of right should fail SO long
as the clerk diligently attends to his or
her duties satisfactorily. It would be as
unreasonable to declare that an employe
should retire at a certain hour or refrain
from making d garden, for the time one
would use to make and care for gar
dent another would use to practice his or
her profession.
The colleges of Washington. be they
day or night schools, are as well equipped
to impart knowledge as others through
out the land. The chairs are filled by
men of high ability, and as teachers they
compare favorably with the best in the
country
We have two or three leading UNIVERSE
ties located in the national city, and a
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student of the several catalogues and
courses of study in all the branches
taught show an advanced position, ad-
Vanced TO a footing equal to any in the
hand, and the number of successful men
who have made their mark in the world
and become leaders in science. politics,
literature and the arts are legion who
have studied and graduated at these same
shutdown institutions. And yet these
same men, or at least many of them, are
today the most bitter in opposition to
the very institutions which lifted them
from mediocrty to influence. But this
is the DEVELOPMENT of the selfish side OF
human nature. They have attained, their
goal and now the new men, recently
graduated, come in direct competition
with them, and to prevent this they
would cut off the facilities for an educa-
ton from the man who is situated as
they were before they graduated.
The shutdown dentist is another we'll
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Where Prices Run High.

THE late II. o. Havemeyer," said a
sugar jobber OF New Orleans. possessed
In a marked degree the kindly virtue of
charity.
ION my last visit to New York-it was
some months before the panic-I spoke
harshly of a millionaire who had been
accused of double dealing in connection
with bank.
well. now said Mr.. Havemeyer, let
us not condemn this man unheard. Re-
member that his guilt has not yet been
proved. nor has he yet told his own side
of the story.
Then Mr.. Havemeyer laughed and said
that in the most untoward conditions &C
cused men were often able to clear them
selves lie said young girl a week or so
after Christmas complained bitterly to
her mother:
Mamma. ! doubt II / shall be happy
with George; fear he is deceptive and
false.
why. darling. what do you mean?'
the mother asked.
We'll. mamma said the young girl
earnestly. you know that coilarpin he
gave me for Christmas? He swore to me
that he paid So for it, but in Biffany's to-
day saw its exact counterpart for So.
"'Ah. but. ms ci!ild.' said the mother
with true charity. you must remember
how very religious Georgeis. Undoubted-
~ he bought the pin at a church fair T"
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A Cynic.
Upton Sinclair was talking the other
day at Battle Creek about vegetarianism.
to which he has become a convert.
But do you think" said listener,
that every slaughterer of animals has
blunted sensibilities?'
There may be-" Mr.. Sinclair answered,
"delicate-minded pig killers and sheep
slayeTs of poetical temperament. but on
this subject I am a cynic."
He laughed and resumed.
In my cynical view / resemble a GER
tain grand vizier. His sultan babe this
official to prepare list of all the fools
in the kingdom. and to bring it to him
as soon as it was finished
We'll, in due course the vizier brought
his list of fools to the palace, and 10! at
the head of the list appeared the sultan
himself.
Liking audacity and dash, the sultan
smiled and said:
Why, o vizier is my name at the
head of your list of fools?'
Sun of the universe the vizier an
swered promptly. did you not but last
week commission two entire strangers
Franks they represented themselves-to
these two strangers not depart with 1UO,-
600 sequins from the royal treasury
Yes said the sultan, what of it?'
They will never return said the
vizier, and, therefore, on my list
But suppose they do returns? the ruler
asked.
Then SIRE answered the grand
vizier, I will erase your name, and place
theirs In its place.
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This sign tells the story. Dr. Jones is
a 'sundowner." He gets up as early in
the morning as required, visits his pa
tients and attends to office calls, eats his
breakfast and gets to his desk il one of
the departments at o o'clock and sticks
there till 40 pm. Five o'clock sees him
again in his own private office in the
role of a doctor, where he practices his
profession till bedtime or he stays I'D all
night If the case requires him to do so.
The doctor of medicine is not the only
''sundowner" in Washington The de-
partments are full of him." or for that
matter her" too. for there are sun
-A&Sn dressmak hrs.' shutdown boarding
hoAfs><eepers. 7 shutdown restaurateurs'
an{\syddown Everything else.
StraAge. isn't it. that man who has
Esen a D'sundb owner" himself, but who has
worked hims elf into good practice of
medicine. dentistry or law. will fall into
compound eonvulsions at the very
thought /of consulting with sun
dowreF? He will talk a roomful of
Mellow professionals deaf and dumb. If
rot blind. in opposition. to a proposal to
sfmit one of his own profession into the
epciety," taking the high ground that
he is a "sundowner'' and therefore I'M
worthy OF such honors. And Immediately
after he has been victorious in bringing
about the landowners defeat he will
&mp INTO his carriage, drive to a sun
down college" deliver shutdown lee
TURF % a shutdown class of shutdown
students at OF 10 o'clock at night, who
In time Will become shutdown doctors
themselves. Funny. isn't it? But that's
different. you know. He gets paid for
delivering shutdown lectures"
Next morning the shutdown professor"
is called to the telephone and is requested
to come to a certain house to see a
child who is thought to be in great dan
ger and hold consultation with Dr.
Jones.
Now. the doctor Is bound by certain
ethical laws not to cure anybody in a
non-ethical way. and he must inquire as
to the standing OF DR.. Jones before he
can respond to the call. So he asks,
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One Kind of Morality.

Senator Beveridge. during recent add
dress in Boston, illustrated a moral idea
with story about a financier.
LET me show you,' he said. what
this fnancier's morality was like. An
acquaintance noticed one day that he
turned his head aside as young mil
lionaire was passing.
what is the matter?' the acquaint-
ance asked. Don't you speak to young
Curfantsea any more? You used to do
u lot of business with him.
Indeed I don't speak to him. the
financier shouted. Hadn't he the audacity
to say swlndled him out of SEQ, 000?'
Oh dear ne, he didn't tire other OBJ
jected. He only said 100000
"Well, that's different. I've been mis-
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The New York Idea.

Langdon Mitchell. whose comedy, The
New York Idea makes an attack upon
divorce, was recently asked at the Frank
lin Inn, a Philadelphia literary club,
what his attitude on divorce was.
oh" said Mr.. Mitchell, there are cases
where ] believe divorce necessary and
right. There are cases. for instance.
where the very young ara hurried into
marriage by their parents.
But do you think your daughter and
1 are suited to each other, madam q
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UNPRECEDENTED.

Pierre Cartier. Partisan jeweler of
the. beautiful and gay Rue de Ia Paix.
said the other night in this city thai
American women wore jewels with better
taste than any other women in the
world.
Can they be deceived on jewels?"
girl reporter asked. will counterfeit
gems delude American women?'
MY dear young lady," said NJ. Car
tier, ian expert. given the right condi-
lions. can be deluded- Who. indeed, cam
not. be deluded-deluded in the matter of
Jewels. of furs. of anything?
Here Is case In point-the deluding
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GEW LEAVING Tin; 5rA4E Wan lNY DEPARTMENT fRNrNa K
HEIR MTEREnTs 1ux Down VocAuqT

AVE you never heard of sun
downer? That's strange he Is
a native of Washington, A
~ creature of the government
The government supports him;
of course he works-that is. more or less;
generally less, and then after office
hours butts in to the legitimate terri
tory of another man, who in his time has
been a 'sundowner'' himself; but the
positions are reversed now, and he hates
a ''sundowner' as a tramp hates soap.
Generally speaking, ''sundowner" IS
a good fellow. He IL at least Industrious
Does he work? Why of course he works
He works night and day--that is when he
Is not too sleepy to work in daytime,
and even then he braces up on bromides
and stays awake and does enough work
to get himself marked present and keep
himself square with the paymaster.
Now there is DR.. Jones or Brown or
Smith or any other name you may choose
he has sign on his windows that
reads:
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-Iie Were.
He Reused Her.

Philetus NJ. Heller has established a
college among the prisoners at Auburn,
N Y, the faculty being composed of
convicts who are graduates OF. oxford,
Harvard, Yale and other great univer-
sites.
Discussing his odd college scheme re-
Gently Mr.. Heller said:
But anything is good for convicts
that interests. cheers and encourages
them. Discourage them, scorn them. nag
at them, and you rouse the latent evil in
them even ii was reused the other day
in frail and beautiful New York type
writer girl
This refined creature worked fo- a
rather cranky old broker. The broker
found a good deal of unjust fault with
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ANECDOTES TOLD ABOUT WEIIKlOWN PEOPLE. ~

way to please others, and the result is
that lie is continually pleasing himself
Listen. for instance, to the quaint
compliment he paid me the last time he
came to hear me preach. He waited for
me at the church door at the services
end. and shaking me by the hand, said
graveiy:
- mean no offence. but feel Obliged
to tell you that the preaching this morn
ing has been of kind that [ can spare.
go TO church. sir. to pursue my own
train of thought. But today l couldn't do
Il. You interfered with me. You forced
me to attend to you, and lost me a full
half hour. l beg that this may not occur
again.
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Neatly Put.

Homer Folks. the secretary of the State
Charity Aid Society of New York. re-
ferred in a recent address to the awk-
wardness that charity workers feel in
making public appeals for funds.
And few charity workers." Mr.. Folks
added. can carry off that awkwardness
with the neatness of the colored preacher
who reminded his congregation that
Brudren, All KANT preach hyah an
board in heb'n.'"
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A Quaint Compliment.

On Mark Twain's seventy-second BIRTH
day Hartford clergyman said of him:
mo wonder he finds happiness in old
age. AiSzthe aged would be happy II
they were as sympathetic and as kind as
he. He is continually going out of his
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He'd Have Looked Pretty.

Robert Walton Goelet, at a meeting of
the Aston Trust Company's directors in
New York, said Of a certain broker:
1.-The mans nerve is amazing. 1t shocks
me. 1t reminds me of moneylender
whom a friend of mine. a great rider of
hounds. once resorted to.
Yes said the money lender to my
embarrassed friend. I will renew your
note, but only on one condition, sir;
namely, that during the next paper chase
at LenoX you scatter from your bag these
5000 pink slips bearing my name and the
words, Money advanced on easy terms
Is it go, Sir?'"
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informed said the financier in a molE
fled tone; and. turning, he bowed to the
young millionaire very graciously."
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The rice paper upon which the Chinese
do such charming drawing is a thin sheet
of the pith of tree.
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her, but she was gentle and patient, and
put UP with him in silence.
.One morning. however, he turned Ut
in quite insupportable humor.
Look at my deski' he roa-ed. All
in disorGrrl All in confusion ALL
'But, sir, the young girl interrupted
mildly, you have often told me never to
touch your desk.
Well, I don't want you to disturb
my papers, he admitted. And then his
eye caught a sheet of postage stamps.
But look at these stamps. l don't want
them here he shouted.
She took up the stamps.
Where shall l put them, sir?' she
said.
h. he snarled. put 'em anywhere
anywhere out of sight
She flushed.
very well, si-.' she said Jelly; and
giving the stamps quick lick with her
pretty tongue. she stuck the big sheet on
his bald head and departed to look for
another job"
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prospective bridegroom of this class once
asked.
oh, splendidly,' answered the mother
of the gil. Haven't you a very fine,
loud voice, and isn't Minnie dreadfully
hard CT haaring?'
-Ee Were.
II. X. Adair, the western detective, was
describing in Duluth the capture of a
faker of old Masters
When L examined this fellow" said
Mr.. Ada:r, the third degree was not
needed. Out>of his own mouth he con-
victed himself unconsciously. He remind
ed me- there, o. a boy who once applied
al my Office TO- work.
This boy was bright-looking, and l
rather took to him.
Now. my son. said, if you come to
work lor. me, you will occasionally have
to write kilograms and take down phone
message Hence a pretty high degree
of schooling is essential. Are you fairly
we'll educated?
The boy smiled confidently.
II be- he said
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Rather Injurious.

Surgeon General Rixey was talking
about his recent statement concerning
the harm that cigarettes do sailors.
Let them defend the cigarette as they
please" he sad; whenever I hear these
defenses l think of the sick horse and the
turpentine.
Tom met Bill on the road one day.
"'Bill, l want a word with YOU he
said.
BE quick, then said Bill. I'm in a
hurry
What did you give you sick horse the
other day?'
- "A pint of turpentine.'
tom hurried home, and poured a pint
of turpentine down the throat of his own
ai.ing nag, which at once grew worse, and
in an hour was dead.
Then Tom, Disguised with Bills veter-
mary ability, sought him out.
Why. BILL he said, L gave my horse
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A Cynic.

a pint of turpentine, and 1t killed him.
SO it did mine, said Bill"
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What DIR. Jones is in attendance"

What DR. Jones is in attendance?'
''Dr. Jones on X street.
II don't think 1 know him. Oh, yes, l
remember him now. ! believe he is en-
ployed in the War Department. Yes, /
do know him quite we'll. Let me see, /
am quite busy just now and don't see
how I can possibly get there. Perhaps
you had better send for DR.. Freefoot; he
is said to be good man." Aside to him
self. And he is not in the society" Yes,
he is man of good repute. at least I have
never heard anything to the contrary.
You are perfectly welcome, you haven't
troubled me in the least. l am only
sorry that 1 cannot get there, but 1 am
quite sure DR.. Freefoot will prove very
satisfactory. Good day" Five years
later DR.. Jones has reformed he has left
his government job, having secured a
paying practice, and is now sorry he was
ever so non-ethcal as to be sun
downer," and has said so. He is admitted
into the society and afterward takes the
opportunity to educate the pubic to
avoid rundown" doctors as heretical and
as class but half educated and generally
unfit to be intrusted with life.
The position of the "sundowner'' is a
peculiar and at the same time an anus
ing one. He is constantly "buttinG in"
where he is getting snubbed and made to
feel his unfortunate position, in a pro-
fessional way; but at the same time he
stands well with the community at large
ard is looked upon as a manor woman
of energy and push. He at least is max
ing money and paying his bills. keeping
himself square with the world at large,
and the butcher and baker in particular
He is forging ahead and making name
for himself. which sooner or later will
be capital to see him through an ethical
life.
In office the "sundowner'' is looked
upon by his or her companions with
degree of jealousy at times almost
amounting to hatred. and when one takes
time or some one is always ready to
make a remark "about being extra busy
or cast some other slur or uncomplimen-
tary remark.
Some one has said that if all the pro-
fessional men and women were removed
from office there would be no one to do
the clerks work. This is not very far
from true, If we believe that every person
we hear called doctor is a real doctor.
But the medical fraternity is not the
only profession that contributes to the
vast army of "sundowners.' The col
leges are mostly of the shutdown variety
and offer wonderful opportunity to the
government clerks to secure an education
in the learned professions as well as
most every other line of study.
One of the principal objections urged
against the recent order of the President
lengthening the hours of labor in the
various departments from O'Clock to
4 30 was nat it interfered with the fixed
roster of lectures at the colleges, in most
of which the first lecture began at $50
pm, giving the shutdown student" but
one hour to get home, eat dinner and get
to the college. And matter of fact
this was a great hardship to hundreds of
students. the majority of whom were
clerks in government service.
This, however, makes little matter to
the powers that be. and the order was
go.
Many efforts have been made to limit
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A True Epitaph.

Marie Lloyd, the English music hall
star. had been describing, at dinner
in New York. an actor whose career drink
had ruined.
Yes, he,'' said Miss Lloyd, was
frightful drinker. AS hard a drinker, in
fact as an old ancient Yorkshire tavern
keeper on whose tomb Is inscribed
He has lost his best customer"
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DIR. JONES.
Office Hours:
Till $50 A. M.
3 to s PM.