The Washington herald., 1910-03-25

Every month or two the Capitol detec-
tive force has not what is commonly call
ed rummage sale, but a rummage
cleanup.
All articles found ard turned In TO the
ONCE are kept for a certain length Of
time. and Il not claimed and proven, they
are returned 10 the Under. All sorts Of
things are found Articles Of value and
junk-mostly junk Sometimes, however,
pocketbooks are lost and found, and FREE
quently they contain real money. Thurs
day morning a young lady appeared al
the Office of the chief of detectives and
stated that she had lost a poeketbook at
the Capitol Wednesday afternoon.
The detective in charge questioned the
young lady thoroughly, and learned that
she had used the poeketbook in a teIe-
phone booth. Further questioning located
the booth on the Senate side, in the post
office. The detective. young lady, and
her friend went 10 the post-office, but no
one had seen any signs OF a purse of any
description. The detective. with the in
stinct OF an Old sleuth, investigated the
telephone booth, and there it was. The
purse had been there since 2 o'clock the
day before. and contained $3.50 in the coin
OF the realm.
Tho messenger boys az the telegraph
booths hung their heads. saying sadly.
$50 near and yet so far" The detective
threw back his head, his chest swelled.
and ne said: Miss. that's the way We
do it here. The young lady looked over
the contents carefully, thanked the detec-
tive. and that's all
Representative Alexander vas as nice
as could be while he was engineering
the Rivers and Harbors blll through the
House. but yesterday when he was ad-
vocating the retention OF pension agen-
cies, his pie manner had disappeared and
he went for his colleague Serene Payne
with hammer and tongs. The serene
less" Serene made q speech against the
agencies. and IN his usual manner thun-
dered invectives at the agencies When
he had finished. Mr.. Alexander took the
floor and lambasted the other New
Yorker.
Before he had finished, Mr.. Payne
started to leave the hall, but Alexander
called him back. ooh. don't leave" said
Mr. Alexander. "Stay and get some in
formation" Mr.. Payne came back and
remained until his colleague had finished.
Can I go now2' sarcastically asked the
floor leader. He went and began HIS
regular afternoon nap IN the Republican
cloak room.
The valuable services OF Col Elliott
Woods and ais assistant. Mr.. Dave Lynn,
were recognized by the United States
Senate. AMI the salaries OF both were
raised in the legislative bill Just passed
Both of the gentlemen have risen from
the bottom. and their steady promotion
has been made solely on their merits
ct left home and came TO the Capitol
to get away from household duties and
the bare mention Of them" a lady IN
the House gallery was heard TO remark
THAT is why came Also" answered
her friend but made a serious mis-
take"
''How's that7'' asked the first lady.
''How's that? I haven't heard any
the table since have been here-names
that remind me Of household affairs.
And that man with whiskers and
nervous manner Is constantly talking
about order. I get so tired OF putting
things in order az home
"Too bad to let such tribes annoy
you," said her friend Talking about
households and household utensils, look
over in the opposite gallery. See that
loving couple, acting as Il they have been
Just married. Don't that take you back
some years and suggest 'spoonsT"
yes" said the disappointed one. "The
next time I want diversion from the
annoyances OF housekeeping. I viii so
10 the Senate They tell me that It IS
so quiet over there. and the Senators are
too dignihed to even mention q name
suggestive OF housewife or her arduous
duties"