The Washington bee., 1911-02-25
CRAWfo D IN kits.
The Novelist Expressed Great Sur.
prise When He Saw Himself
as Child.

ln Republican conventions and voted
for Blaine as long as there was a
Blaine to vote for
Colonel Snow used to tell this little
story of the late Marion Crawford.
He had Mr. Crawford In Flor
ence, Italy and when the novelist
came to Washington Colonel Snow was
the first person who showed him the
doors made by the novelist's father.
Thomas era wfOrd.
These are the senate bronze doors
on the eastern pOrtico. They repre-
sent scenes connected with the Revo-
tuition and the founding OF the govern
ment
The panel representing Washington's
reception at Trenton when on his way
to his Inauguration In New York con-
tains among the populace portrait hg-
ures of the sculptor. his wife. his
three children and Randolph Rogers,
the sculptor Of the main doors Of the
capitol.
The novelist, who had never seen
the doors before. quickly identified his
mother and father.
YES" said be. mother used to
wear her hair just like that"
Then. gazing at the largest child. a
Fauntleroyish figure In kilt. with long,
flowing hair. he added speculatively:
"But l wonder II | ever really did
look like that"-New York Sun
An Insulting Proneun.
The ritual OF society, as women
make it, is very exacting the world
over, even in almhOuses. The London
Outlook reports q serious trouble
among a set OF workhOuse officials.
The infrmary nurses, three in number,
had demanded a separate sitting room
and the delight of Sunday dinner
therein, and the matron had sought to
humble them by sending the cook to
enjoy her Sunday dinner in their COM
pany. The braWny cook described
what occurred as follows:
well, Nurse Blank, she come down
and got inside the door. -Four COW
ersT she says. -Four? Who's the
fourthr Me- says I. Your she says,
and with that she tosses her head and
walks away"
Here cook drew a long breath, then
continued, eft it hadn't "a been Sun
day, gentlemen, 1 should have let her
have it for calling me your"
London PaVsmsnts In the Old Time.
Occasionally a side pavement added
to the comfort OF the foot passengers
and spared them the necessity OF
fioundering through the deep mire OF
the roadway. These pavements, how
ever, were only partial, and passengers
made use OF the highway, soft with
mud and filth thrown from the houses
and obstructed with heaps OF manure.
which dogs and swine made their lair.
The latter animal was so useful a scav-
enger and could be kept at so little ex-
pense as to account for the pigsties
which stood in the main streets Of all
our towns, even In London. When a
royal procession was expected to pass
along the narrow roadway dogs and
pigs were driven indoors and gravel
was thrown down to make the road
passable Usually, however, the streets
were left in their primitive noisOme-
ness-"Denton's England In the Fit.
teenth Century"
Punished With Starvation.
In the whole wide world there is not
a class Of people to be found who in
fict severer punishment upon them
selves than the Caribs Of Central Amer
lea. Their religion, which is one Of
the most peculiar kind. demands self
punishment for sins Intentionally or
unintentionally committed. The pun
tshment takes the form of starvation
and close confinement. If the sin be
in the form of lie, no matter whether
it is calculated to injure another or
not, the sinner goes without either
food or drink for three days. at the
end Of which 1t is believed that the
offender has paid the penalty for his
or her sin. Blaspheming and using bad
language are punishable by absolute
starvation for two days. Assault,
drunkenness and other serious sins
call Tor four days starvation for one
week, three days starvation for the
second week, two days starvation for
the third week and one days starva-
ton In the fourth week. All sins are
punished with starvation. For that
, reason crime is very low among the
Caribs, who are among the best be-
haved and most truthful people In the
world.-Exchange.
MaRsfislSs Baron ChsVrIsL
Richard Mak<aeId's first great sHS-
cess In January, 1888, was as BarOA
Chevrial in "A PeEisian Romance" &
part that came - him through the re
fusal of the veteran ]. II. Stoddart In
A. NJ. Palmer's UnsOh Square company
to play the part. Mansfield gave mazy
hours to a study Of ftA possibilities ane
the details Of realistic makeup.
''It was probably the nOst realistical
! ly detailed figure Of rehned moral and
| physical depravity, se&reksd 70 its In
evitabIe end, the stage kas ever seen,
| For a moment after the curtain fell
there was hush of awe and surprises
then the audience found itself and call
| ed Mansfield to the footlights a dozen
times. But neither then AoE there
after would he appear untti be had