The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-27
THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Ever seen big grizzly walk into
saloon. lean on the counter in the most
! approved hang-dOg. debonair fashion.
with foot on raj and call for a bottle
| or shlitz' IN deaf-and-dumb dialect?
: Several late patrons in a Twelfth street
saloon nearly jumped out of their shoes
late last night when "Giddy Nell" a
magnificent black Mexican bear belong
Ing To the Big Otto Arena, on the site
Of the Old Baltimore and Ohio station.
emerged from big touring car and
! walked in. with her front paw linked
in the arm Of c. G. Craft, her manager
When the first shock subsidized, the IN
canny visitor at once became the center
Of close and admiring crowd. every
body wing with one another in treating
Nell 10 beer at first. then whisky, and
finally beer and whisky mixed. The
sight OF the big grizzly holding her bot
tie in the air and imbibing its contents
with evident relish to the last drop. and
then look around in eager appeal TO the
company's generosity. was too excruci-
atingly funny for words. Fellows laugh |
ed themselves into tears.
Altogether she disposed OF six bottles |
Of beer and four glasses Of whisky. when I
she began to show signs Of exhilaration |
and 10 act UP 10 her name She en- ]
braced Mr.. Craft affectionately and
kissed him on the mouth. and even tried /
10 start him 10 waltz. They only sue |
ceeded in Turing her out Of the bar and /
putting out the lights.
Another attraction Of the Big Otto
Arena is a lioness. Princess Alice"
which was christened so after Mrs. Mich
olas LongwOrth, their birthdays coin
Gliding. The management sent Mrs.
Longworth special invitation 20 meet
her namesake, which she accepted.
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Much 70 the relief Of census enumerat-
Ors. as well as those who are forced 10
answer queries concerning their age,
occupations. number Of children. hours of
employment, and the hundred and one !
)ther questions that are included in the
census blanks, the time for the COM
oletion Of the enumeration Of the District
s rapidly coming to an end.
And it is none too soon for the enum-
ratOrs. They thought when they took
ne position that it was going 10 be one
# ease, and, in the vernacular. a good
hing" But to their sorrow, it has !
urned out TO be anything but soft lob !
climbing several fights Of stairs in each !
ouse, when the persons to be enumerated 1
I've above the ground floor, having heated
regiments with women who are natural
adverse TO giving their age-or. at least.
giving an age that is any ways near :
he proper One-inquiring into the most
Ultimate Of family affairs. as. for instance.
S to sickness, former marriages, divorces,
C. may all sound very easy and nice. '
ut no sooner has one tried It several
undred times day than il begins to -
row bit tiresome .
The legal limit OF the census IS next
aturday, and all names must be in nv
re evening Of the day or the enumerator
locked for each omission. While most
them have completed the greater part
their tasks. there are still a number
no Will have to do some hurrying to
llsh their work within the time AL
tied. Taken all in all. perhaps II Is a
'cd thing that the ceCsIs, unlike Christ
as and Fourth Of July. only happens
Ice every ten years. for it cannot be said
bring good cheer"
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An order issued yesterday by the Com
issioners abolishing the old cab stand
front Of the Post-office Building sig
lized the disappearance Of another land
ark Of Washington, as the older in
'oitants knew it. For years back q
s been familiar sight to see the score
more Of might hawks" lined IN in
ont of the post-ofice Indeed. this
ana has become as much OF historical &
lie post as those OF other cities in this G
untry, or, indeed. in foreign capitals u