The Washington herald., 1910-07-11
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Did il ever strike you how some peo-
pie want TO make themselves hot these
days2
There Is always q crowd around the
kiosk on the Avenue. which. by the way,
is placed in the hottest part Of the town.
so that II gets all the accumulated heat
rays. But nine out OF ten men who come
along stop 70 get a glimpse Of the mer-
curry.
Then they go away. hopping their
brows and turning the perspiration OF
themselves in streams. because their i'm
agination tells them that it is hotter
than before they looked at the Their
mometer
If Robert St. George Dyrenforth fails
10 see that his grandfather really had
the money supposed TO be left 10 him,
he VIII deserve the disappointment which
viii De his when he reaches the age OF
tyenty-eight and finds that It was all q
joke, and It was on him.
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Apropos of the warm spell, it is pleas
ing to note that at least one pastor IN
Washington has come forward to say
that men in their shirt sleeves are well
come In his church
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1t was not so many years ago that the
shirt waist man" was a creature that
could be seen on AL the streets Of town,
but now. even in the hottest weather.
coatless men are not plentiful If a man
dispenses with suspenders and has on a
shirt which he has not worn for more
than a week. one cannot see why he is
not just as fit to appear in public as
women in their peekaboo waists and
Dutch necks. Comfort should be the
predominating note in dress. and COM
fort can hardly be gained through the
medium of a hot, stuffy coat.
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About the most popular places in the
District Building these days are the
faucets labeled ice Water. There is
almost always a crowd around them.
Not only do the employees partake Of the
liquid refreshment dispensed there, but
many persons wander in from the out
side 10 see If they can get cool.
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A reporter of The Washington Herald
was interviewing two ladies on the fourth
buildings. and the eolored elevator con-
ductor saw him.
When the reporter rang for the elevator
and had just entered, the conductor said:
You got some news. all right. bet
Now. what makes you think SOP
asked the reporter.
"a woman can always tell you some
thing" answered the conductor.
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The first victim of the "man-who-want-
d-to-change-his-seat- boat" habit
has just been reported. Now that the
season for this particular brand Of fools
has opened auspiciously. we may expect
news OF the man who trails his gun by
the barrel and he who didn't know It was
loaded.
The bathing beach Is the busiest place
in ell washington these days Every
body who wants to set cool goes there.
From the opening hour in the morning
until the signal has gone round at dusk
that 1t is time for them to go homo,
Some women are there, too. in beauti-
full creations. Nothing Ike one would
see at Atlantic City. OF course. but stin
a great deal more fancy than those of
the men, although one OF the latter ap-
peared the other day attired in a cream
cOlored suit with maroon trimmings.
The crowd took one look and then al
dived overheard.
In order to protect the swimmers, the
management has provided corps of
llfe savers, who are capable of taking
care Of any one who is seized with
cramps or otherwise incapacitated.
These guards, by the way. come from
some Of the foremost colleges of the East.
Georgetown. George Washington, Gettys-
burg. Lafayette, and number of others