Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31
and around We're men wearing black
dominos over their faces.
Ha, It's Old Blinkerton.

Ha, There's Blinker,on, the famous de-
tectiye. He and his bunch are trying TO
find out what the congressman do with
their salaries. They are the secret serv-
ice sleuths
Secret service" calculated the police
man. scornfully. why. you couldn't pass
the civil service. You couldn't spell
Sleuth."
To demonstrate that this was a vile
SANDER. the chorus warbled as follows:
.'Sleuth. Sleuth! 1 want to be a sleuth.
Twas my ambition from my early youth
To make myself unpleasant by discover
ing the truth.
S l. + L I III spells sleuth-
And now to business" said Blinkerton.
Chief Bilkie. have you detected any
counterfeiters?'
No" was the reply but 1 have dis
covered a few four-flushers.
And you, Monsieur Lecoq have YOU
found any second-story men in Con
sress?'
No.. was the mournful reply, they
are telling the same old stories.'
The big policeman. in bass voice,
came next with a musical offering, sung
to the tune of the policeman's song in
The Pirates of PenZance." He referred
20 President Roosevelt's activity and
strenuosity
Next came the whitewash man. Black
of face. and with a brush and pail all
white with lime. he looked the part. us
the mos important puSsOn in de whole
investigator business he said, and then
he sang song about the enormous
amount of work which he had been called
upon to do. 1T took forty pals of white
wash for Archbold's letter files lie con
fidentially informed the company.
The black mustached detective sang q
song about sleuthing in general and White
House sleuthing in particular, and then
the secret service men departed. One
of them went out on a hurry call be-
cause il was reported that Mr.. Loeb was
endeavorng 10 break into the cabinet
Another squad went TO protect the letter
boxes in order TO keep Tillman from
franking grand piano.
The Banks of the Wabash.
delightful episode was the vocal
testimonial to Vice President Fairbanks
in which levity and genuine affection
were mingled. Some verses suitable tc
his retirement from public life were
adapted to the air of "On the Banks OF
the Wabash, Far Away" The chorus
sang:
''Oh. the cocktails they are growing in
the morning,
And the buttermiik is flowing through the
hay;
They are waiting the return of Mr. Fair.
banks
On the banks OF the Wabash. far AWAY
The singers concluded with Il farewell
tribute 10 President Roosevelt. A sclois
told how President Rooscvelt's stunts
were really too numerous to mention
now the President made the air blue witt
the messages he wrote to Congress. how
MIR. Roosevelt was bound to have some
thing 10 say about everything on the
face of the earth: and then he aske,
whether the wild beasts OF the African
jungle were really as scared as the,
ought to be over the news Of Mr.. Poose
Velt's visit.
An interesting ceremony was the
presentation To President Roosevelt and
wee PRESIDENT Fairbanks OF souvenir
gridirons, the emblem of the club Thes.
were full sized gridirons OF culinary pa T.
tern, gllded and suitably inscribed. which
these distinguished men We're to keen In
recoiiectlon Of many occasions upon which
they had been figuratively grilled by the