The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-22
Washingtoni3n Wants His
Deserving Wife Shown
Up" In Report.
LOST HAT CAUSES
WOMAN TO RELENT
Enumeration In Hotels Is Begun
Today, TO Be Followed By
the District Farms.

In Southwest washington there lives
a man who is looked upon by the emu
merator, who IS collecting the census in
that section. as a genuinely mean indi-
viduaL
When the enumerator called al this
mans home TO obtain the necessary in
formation for the census, the man re-
fused 10 have himself and children in
cIuded in the compilation
When asked why he wanted 10 help
cut down Washington's population the
man said he understood the census was
being taken for President Taft and for
that reason he did not want 70 help II
anv.
Il happened that the man had read
one OF the proClamations issued and
signed by President Taft announcing
that the census was TO be taken. and
this man. who is termed mean, eX-
planned that II II had been signed by
anyone else he would answer some Of
the questions
Reason foT His Anger.
When questioned further. the man
said 4 have biven the President three
chances to do something for me in the
form OF a fat Job. but he has turned
me down each time; 50 why would I
do anything for him2"
The euumeratOr explained that the
census was being taken for the benefit
OF the entire citizenship Of the United
States and not for President Taft. and
after more explanation he succeeded
IN getting the man IN a mood to answer
some Of the questions
Things were going fine until the ques-
ton regarding marriage was reached
The man baked at this question and
finally said he would answer il II the
enumerator would record him as mar
ried but shaken"
What do you mean by that7-' the
census taiIer asked
When 7 got out OF work about ten
years ago. my wife shook me-" he re-
piled and I want that TO 60 on record
She Is evidently living somewhere now
in fine style and I would Ike her friends
TO know she IS not as good as she
looks
The censuS-taker tried TO convince the
man that was not the right spirit and
that the census was not IN the show
inE-up" business, but the mean man vas
not in the convincing mood
The questions were all answered, and
when the CeuSuS-IalIer made out his re-
port the shaken part was omitted
Lost Hat Gets Facts.
The old adaEe, % It's an Sd wind, etc."
ever holds good in the taking OF the
census.
An energetic young enumerator, en-
Eaeed in collecting data IN a neighbor-
hood that has the reputation Of being
a trife rough. was not only refused the
Information he was seeking al one
house, but given some language intend
ed 10 hurt his feelings and Lamper with
his good nature
he only smiled as he was greeted with
a bang Of the door IN his face, and was
walking away when a puff OF wind car
Red his hat Of his head. over the side
ward fence Of the house he had just left
and INTO q, tub filed with sOapy water
he hurT1edly Climbed over the fence and
reached the tub about the same time as
did the woman OF the house whom he
had just had conversation with
The sight Of the nice, pearl-colored.
soft hat in the wash tub seemed 10
soften her heart and after attempting
10 rub on the SUds she offered 10 al
Swer all his fool questions
The talking Of the census is half over
today, and Supervisor BrOughton, for