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Observation-Disclosures % s*!

noon il he makes an early enough start,
and then let the car back run for the
tired ones and make the return trip the
same way in the afternoon.
There is not in the western hemisphere
a park to be compared for absolutely SUI
perb natural scenery to Rock Creek
Park. l wonder what percentage OF
Washington folks really know, from
walking through it, anything worth
knowing about the beauteous little hooks
and corners of Rock Creek Park?
Where in this country is there no
bier view Of city to be had than the
view of Washington from the west piazza
of the Capitol? Yet on the most salu-
brious Sunday you'll come upon the
merest thin scattering of folks enjoying
that view.
The paths and walks in that virtually
new park section extending from the real
of the White House to the river make, il
thoroughly traversed, a splendid Sunda!
walk 1 took that walk Sunday aft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
A Good Example.

nROF. ROBERT HERRICK. discuss
ing the double entendre" at the
University Of Chicago, cited an example
of this figure from the Chicago law
courts.
There is court crier." he said. who
failed to turn up at the usual hour one
morning. He sent the judge. instead. a
note, and this note contained very re-
markable double entendre. 1t read:
Dear Judge: My wife's mother died
last evening. Hence l will be unable to
cry today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

He roared about the Wool Schedule
Just as if he knew what 1t meant.
According to him. the Plain People
were tied to the Stake with the Money
Power sprinkling the Kerosene and the
Trust Magnates getting ready to strike
a Match.
No. put his emphatic Nixey at the
whole Line Of Talk He said the Tariff
Law was no Geranium, but he would
rather keep it than let go Of every
thing and start off Aeroplaning for
two or three Years.
He said there were too many Agita-
tors ranging up and down the Side
Streets trying to WOO the Voters away
from the Nickel Shows and get them
all het up over Politics.
So long as there was Uncertainty
over Tariff Legislation, every poor
Geezer with a Stock of Goods or a
little Manufacturing Plant would be
living across the Ropes with his Eyes
rolled up, glassy-like.
With Congress getting ready to have
one of the regular Epileptic Spasms,
no Merchant would dare to order more
than two Bolts of Calico at Time,
and every morning he would have to
take new Pencil and begin remark
ing everything on the Shelves. Since
the Merchant had frightened up. the
Manufacturer was playing safe there
fore the Children of the Artisan were
living on Cereals and All-Day Suckers
the latter being durable Candy OF
Granite Formation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

I'D oYs are the funny ny. propo '.iti ,
serious-looking attorney sat in
the club lounging room talking with
long-distance, e-old-home look
in his eyes as he pulled on little stub of
a lean smoke made in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sometimes" said the lawyer, between
puffs, II just sit around and sort OF pom
der over the things l used to do when !
was a youngster. It's hard to appreciate
the point of view of a kid unless you let
yourself drift back once in while and
coniure up a parade of the things you did
in your kid days and have sort of remi-
niscentiaI review of 'em as they march
by memory's reviewing stand
SAY. how do you like that fgurative
stuff of mine, anyway? Not so bad, Ell!
but what l was getting at was this:
was Just thinking of a story or adventure
"a detective story, II you pieas Sc. al
of about twelve l was taken down with
a severe case of puppy love just about
then. Had it bad. Just seemed as IL q
run out of measles, mumps, and all otner
things that youngsters nave anu .nls
puppy love affair was the only thing there
was kicking around for me to catch
1T happened that some little time be-
fore the trouble had run it's course my
dad offered to take me on trip with
him to visit my grandmother over IN
Iowa for a couple of weeks. l hated to
leave. Funny how satisfied boy is to
stick right at home when he gets down
with one of those cases in the drop-the-
handkerchief stage of his career. Yes,
cd 10
hated to leave. But it was too good a
chance to pass up. You see, l figured
out that by going away l could work
some scheme to make myself out some
thing of a hero A day or SO before i
was to start l broke the news to her
that | was going far away Oh, it was
regular Alone in a Great City theater
hyah forevah.' you know. and all that
stuff that l handed her : 'goin' away
that. Where was l going? Why, was
going away to join the army and be a
soldier, that's where l was going!
~ ell. sne-Madge, her maine was, as !
remember it-she thought that was pretty
tough. me going into the army TO be snot
and killed. She put her little Bingham
apron to her face and just crled ana
cried. / looked off into the distance
sternly. as if l didn't notice her tears
told her l didn't mind il, that l felt II
was my duty to go into the army, and Tor
her not to fear. Perhaps l wouldn't get
killed at all, but would come back some
day. l might have cheered her up py
pointing out that maybe l wouldn't get
into the army. being only Twelve years
old l could also have called her atten-
ton to the fact that there was no war
on then. and none rumored, thus cutting
down the chances of my getting snot
fighting for my cOuntry-but l re1raneu
from mentioning those things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
Recalling the Boyhood Days

my friend, Chuck Hurley I couldn't
have told anybody who was more In
position to be Of assistance to me.
Chuck who was a redheaded cnap
about my own age, had been delvlnS deep
into the literature that one could buy Tor
such trifiing sum as dime. He had
decided to take up the dete tive business
as calling in life. In fact, ne was
detective. Another friend of his, whose
father ran tin shop. had made him
tin badge that he wore on his coat some
times. What more did he need?
Tell you what I'll do, jimmy. ne
whispered to me-he had read SO many
detective stories that he always whisper
hear or not-I'll just shadow 'er while
you're away. I've had my 'spicions OF er
myself I'll keep a close shadow on the
gal all the time you're gone and make
report to you every day
".You see, I'm a detective, he eX-
planned won't charge you much, cause
we're such good friends. but I'll watch
eyerv move she makes and let you know
if she's in love with any other fellow.
Il was exceedingly grateful to Chuck.
We made a deal that I should pay him
cent a day for his detective services. For
this sum he was to devote his entire
time to my case and not allow Madse
to leave home a minute without keeping
vigilant shadow on her.
Il went away and his daily reports
came I've got them at home yet. and
| wouldn't take a lot of money for them
These are mighty businesslike He would
tell me, for instance, about how he took
up his watch from behind some trees in
her backyard at $50 in the morning and
kept close tab on her movements until
her mother called her in at $50 in the
evening to so to bed Amt seen her
meet ennybody yet, but still spishus. he
wrote on one occasion. / don't know
how he managed to get anything to eat
while sticking SO closely to his task.
when I got back to town, though,
Chuck confessed to me that for the
last two days he had been unable to keep
up his close shadow. Little by little, |
learned from him that he had lost inter
est in his task because >Madge's older
brother had come along and caught him
hiding behind some bushes in the yard
one night and given him a cuff over the
ear at the same time warning him not
to be seen hanging around there again.
Il remember l insisted that he should
not have dropped the case merely be-
cause of such a difficulty as that. / re-
minded him of the hairbreadth escapes
that detectives had in the stories We had
read and how they just laughed at such
encounters-laughed cold, sneering laughs.
I refused to pay him for his services,
even though / was indebted to him to
the extent of II or Ii cents. He finally
waived his claim for that amount. saying
that he had gained lot of practical ex-
perience out of the job and was satisfied
He added, MISUNDERSTANDING he
proposed to shadow that brother of hers
He told me he believed Madge's brother
was burglar or something if the truth
were known. He declared he had seen
him going home one night after II
O'Clock
81 lost all faith In Chuck's detective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

A SHINGTON peo-
pie, speaking col
lectively, have a
sort of sallow look.
(Objurgations, fol-
lowed by smother
ed screams and de-
natured ur S e 9. }
Especially the men
folks of Washing
ton. This is par
ticularly noticeable
when one drops
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No. / moved back the Dishes and be-
pies. He said the American People
were not seeking the Immediate Mazu-
ma. They wanted to settle for all time
the vexed Question as to whether the
Sovereign Voter shall be Human Be
ing or a Messenger Boy. He said the
poor Dub who stood in Line for an
Hour and then wore out his Intellect
trying to get the right Marks on the
Official Ballot usually found himself
a Trusted Employe of some Billion
Dollar Combination. They had been
Double Crossed once too often and now
they were out dancing in the Moon
light and getting ready to nail a few
Scalps on every Trolley Pole from
Providence. r. T., to Seattle, Wash.
No. said the Country could never
get back to real Prosperity while all
the Money-Getters were being adver-
,,sed in the Penny snrieKers and the
Muck Raking Ten Centers as the
Lineal Descendants of Capt. Kidd.
He said it had got to be Crime for
a Man to have More than SIT in his
Clothes at one Time. In every Car
toon, the Hero is broke.
X
The designing Villain who erects a
BUILDING covering an entire Block and
puts 1900 helpless Square Heads on the
Pay Roll is denounced by the Union
Investigated by the Woman's Club and
ernoon not very long ago. It was a very
beautiful Sunday. sunny and not co,o:
met three young couples, visibly of the
spooning variety, and there were half q
dozen men fishing from the stones down
along the river end of the park. Just
those few people to enjoy all OF that VIDE
space and the fine level walks
How many Washingtonians have ever
been in Anacostia except perhaps, tt
pop over there and back for a summer
evenings trolley ride? Yet the walk &c
Anacostia from any part of Washington
is merely lung opener. and it Is Waih
that leads through whole lot or WASH
ington that is worth seeing, no matter
which way is followed by the ped
Now that old Jackson City has peer
done away with these several years past
what's the matter with a stroll over tn
bridge and down to Alexandra, Wher'
you'll see any number of interestins
things going back not only to the CIV
war, but to the days of the revolution
The old churchyard alone over there !!
worth strolling through. If only to renew
your acquaintance with such headston'
inscriptions as Long time she bore aff1ic
ton sore, Physicians was in vain.
Will any of these suggestions have IN.
least effect? Certainly not. Everybody
go right on riding. as usual. But. all tn
same. it is a peculiar and an 'inexplicabl
thing that, with the best town to wall
in in America, there are fewer walk s,
here, proportionateiy. than in any othe
worth-cons dering American city.
CLARENCE l.. CT Lien.
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sandbagged by the Farmers in the
State Legislature.
When Railway President walks
down the street. the little Daughter of
the Magazine Writer runs home to the
$50 Flat and hides under the Bed.
Lawyers representing large Corpora
tons have to travel Incog. and IL 1t can
be shown that a Beef Packer has not
Blown Up, he has to stand Trial for it.
In the old time Books circulated by
the Sunday School Library, the Good
Little Boy who never used Bad Lam
guage or kicked his Sister on the Ankle
grew up to be a Successful Business
Man with Side Whiskers who carried
gold-headed Cane and went about re-
buking Evil and splitting Sunshine.
In the revised Version. the Good
Little Boy grows up to be a refined
Pauper, and the wicked Urchin, after
accommodating 100000, 900. dies of Apo
plexy while undergoing a Congress
sional Investigation.
No. 2 said it was Fine Business
Any Country that would knock a
Hustler and try to sew him up in a
Sack was due for a long spell of Soup
Kitchens and Free Employment Bu-
reaus.
No. 1 retorted with Great Warmth
that the Average Man was fair-minded
and did not begrudge his Portly Neigh
Dor the 6-cylinder Car and the Blonde
Wife and the Pomeranian. But he
was beginning to have a definite OBJ
lection to being the Perpetual Goat.
abilities day or so after my return homo
when / saw Madge talking to certain
boy who was in the room ahead of me
at school. l had never liked this boy.
anyhow. because he wore jersey Little
Lord Fauntleroy suit and large collars
with ruffies to them And how was l to
know that there hadn't been other meet
ings with this boy while I was away :
Chuck said not. but what proof had l ::
Hadn't he admitted that he lost sight OF
her for nearly half an hour one afternoon
when she went out with her mother for
a walk But Chuck. in his own defense.
called attention to the fact that he had
told me he was 'spicious, of her all along.
The last l heard of Chuck he was
working as bookkeeper In a feed store
down where We used to live: That was
as near as he ever came to following up
his early detective aspirations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

FABLE OF THE SHAKE-UP---WHO' WHICH
IN THE GRAND OLD PARTIES--TF1E
DINING CAR POLTTI CLANS TALK.

When he went out with a new 81
bill and came back with a dozen Eggs,
pound of Butter and the Evening
Paper, he would naturally be stricken
with an added Wonder as to where SO
many People of Ordinary Intelligence
got their Automobiles.
~
No. l said that the great Army of the
Employed who did not seem to be ar
irving anywhere in particular simply
asked the Privilege Of running over
the Deck and counting the Spots on the
Dice and then searching the other
Players for False Pockets and Hold
Outs
They didn't dislike Man simply be-
cause he had many Chips in front OF
him. but when he raised them out and
then gave them the Ha-Ha, they could
not be expected to arise in their Places
and start Hes Jolly Good Fellow"
According to No. 1. the Main Hand
lers of the Sudden Money had allowed
their work to become a little Coarse
and now the Rank and File was about
to issue a gentle Reminder that Human
Rights are about as sacred as Property
Rights.
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LAS the time approached for my start
on that two weeks visit an awful thought
began to prey on my mind. Suppose an
other should come to take my place In
Madge's affections. Just suppose another
should. Oh, it was too horrible tn think
about. One day / coniidcd my fears TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10

No. spoke harshly of the Nuts as
sembled in Washington because they had
failed to go after Tariff Rates with
Broad Axe and Pruning Hook.
When he mentioned the Winona
Speech. he frothed slightly at the
Mouth
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After No. l had dealt these heroic
Swipes across the bloated Carcass Of
Predatory Wealth. he inquired, will
you be at the Convention in Chicago?"
"Sir!' exclaimed No. 2, brstling, Il
am Democrat"
But you are somewhat of Stand
Patter and you are opposed to Fire
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
Enjoyable Dance at valenzueIa.

Messrs. T. w. Sternfels, Sam Kahn.
Willie Blanchard, Rodolph Hebert,
Joe and Clay Schrieber. Ally Dali
feres, Willie Truxillo, Louis Clifton,
Thos. Maurin, r. II Aucoin, and.
Robert Prejean were the hosts ut
a most enjoyable dance given at
Valenzuela Hall on Thursday mig int
of last week. The grand march was
led by T.. w. Sternfels with Miss
Maude Kent, and they origin ated
many attractive eVolutions. The
guests were: Misses Nola, AIine.
Celine and Adele Simoneaux. Mazda
and Shirley Alleman, Mia. zoeme
and Julia HebeItt. IiIiisn and sAline
.Dossat, Celine and Bertha Ayraud,
Mia, Louise and Celine Daigle. Luz
ellie DeRussey, Beatrice Bergeron,
Lou and May Da1feress, Alice Fortier,
Lawrence Boudreaux, Winnie Aucoir,
Blanche Hebert, Maude Kent, Lea
..Prosser, Inez Chaplin, and Inez
Greenwood; Messrs. y. e. Ayraud. Il.
]. and John Breaux, Rene Hebert,
Howard Hebert, U. Boudreaux, TT. a..
Rousseau, John Blanchard, r. Bar
low, B. Robertson, s. f. Gilbert, r..
Henriques, Sidney Aucoin. Hy. Du-
pre-, P. Marquette, R. H. Webster,
Fl. Leblanc, and a. Alleman; Mr.
md Mrs. H. T. Aucoin, and Mr., and
Mrs. A. Talbot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
Judge Guion Campaiuninq.

| Attorney General Walter Guion Wis.
tied Donaldsonyille Thursday in the
interest of his candidacy for asso-
clate justice of the supreme court
from the fourth supreme court
district. to succeed Chief Justice
Joseph M. Breaux, whose term will
expire in the spring of 1914 Judge
Guion says his time has been so
taken up with official duties that he
has not had an opportunity to make
tour of the district, but he expects
to begin an active canvass in the
near future and will visit every par
ish in the district. He spent the day
here mingling with the voters and
looking after his political fences, and
reports that he is entirely satisfied
with the outlook to date. Judge
Guion has many loyal friends in
Donaldsonville and Ascension parish,
and his candidacy will have strong
backing here.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
neatI1 OF s-aCroix sIoryo.

s,, a.ssolS Alonzo, native OF As
m rplloh parish, aged sixty-one years
1 4Is !. ssFen months, died at LIS o'clock
N u, last Monday at the residence
Il y ~ brother, Cleophas Alonzo, in
|s,s 'sas send, where he had been
~ sssisg his home for the past year.
ros funeral took place Monday after
|fsaa ana was largely attended. many
N ~ aad relatives having gathered
|nsa 10y tribute Of respect 10 the
asns,y Of the deceased by accom-
|'sssl bis remains to their last
N y y. place. Services were held in
|pss,s s.ll1Aahath's Catholic church at
Inaa asouftTlila, and interment was
Es V u the cetuetery adjoining.
|ehsrii,A ionzo is survived by one son,
| |s4sfles Alonzo. d prominent young
|dasshs q upper Assumption: one
lFiIssa ef Mrs. Whitlnel pugh. Of
Ban rangipahoa parish. and two
MI aefs, cleophas Alonzo, of smoke
lCsIl4 4; ana Xavier Alonzo Of Nc
|syn,,tsIh The Chief offers its sincere
\ aay e the bereayed family.
M @ 81 q + E
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
Miche!--MeIanonn

Iheodule Michel, Jr., the stalwart
young son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodule
Michel, of this city, and Miss Eleo-
acre Melancon, the attractive daugh-
Ter OF Mrs. Joseph Melancon, of
o = We're married at the local
oathollc church at 5 O'Clock Wednes-
lay afternoon, in the presence of a
targe gathering of relatives and
rlends. Rev. ]. NJ. T. Massardier
'1ficlatlng. The bride was attended
~ her sister, Miss .Nita Melancon,
ina Wllfred Yentzen stood with the
5foom as best man. The young cou-
pie have taken up their residence in
one of the coy Cafiero cottages in
Lessard street. The Chief joins
heir host Of friends in extending
Them cordial congratulations and best
wishes for long and happy married
life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
Negro Arrested for Abduction.

Officer 1. j. EcheVerria, of the To-
cal police force, went to- New Or
leans Monday to take charge of DR. .
J. M. Mckay, q negro dentist, who
was arrested in that city last week
on a warrant sworn out by Daniel
G. Nelson, principal of the Donald
sonVille colored public school, charg-
ing Mckay with. aunlaWfu1Iy, feloni-
ously and deceitfully enticing an
unmarried female, Of previous chaste
character, away from her fathers
nome for the purpose Of sexual in
tercourse elsewhere. Officer Eche
yerria arrived here with his prison
er Monday night, and the following
day Mckay was released from GUS
tody on a bond Of 500, by consent
of the district attorney. The woman
in the case is Gussie Nelson, daugh-
ter of D. G. Nelson, and is 20 years
Of age. Mckay is alleged to have
enticed her away from her fathers
home more than a year ago, and had
been living with her until recently
wnen he sent her back to Donaldson
vile.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
NOTICE or APPLICATION FOR
LIQUOR LICENSE.

ID UBLIC NOTICE Is hereby given,
L to ali whom it may concern,
that the undersigned have applied to
the town eouIcil Of DonaldsonVille,
by filing Petition as required by
Section 5 of. Act No.#l76 of 1903, TO
obtain a license to conduct an es-
Enlistment for the sale OF intoxlcat:
ing liquors at retail, during the year
1912. in. the building in Mississippi
street owned by the DonaldsonVille
Hotel Company, in said town.
HOTEL DONALDSON co.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20

You can have your suits cleaned
ana pressed while you are receiving
eonsorlal services, at JOHN QUERIES
sanitary Barber shop--the only one
n town Prices as follows: Suit.
LEANED and pressed, so cents; coat,
pressed only, IS cents; trousers,
pressed only, Is cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
List OF { etters

Remaining in the postofffce at Don
aldsonville, for week ending April 90:
Baby Alexander, Clay Alleman, Joe
Brown, Dora Crawford, Kitty Davis,
Amelia De1ord, S. Q. Decoux, Rphv
RAM Edwards, o. Fontana, Silas Ora
ham. Mrs. Ed. Guedry, Mary Harris,
Ella Harris, ALI. Hubert, Almeria
LEGO, Willie Huse Miles, Jane Pat
erson, Joe Raymond, D. Sherman,
Delic Simmons, Mathilde Triehe,
Harry Thoens, Thos. Williams.
When calling for these letters say
advertised. If not called for in two
weeks they will be sent to the Dead
Letter office at Washington, D. G.
]. j. LAFARGUE. Postmaster
For the best soda water, ice cream
and other refreshing beverages, go
to v. L, Duffels store.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
FOR RENT.

FEyHE TWO-sToRY brick building at the
"A corner Of Mississippi and vt. Patrick streets,
formerly occupied by X-Ray Pharmacy and later
BY f. Rogges Nichols cafe and billiard parIor.
Fine location for business establishment or resi-
dence. Only three doors from new Donaldson
vile Hotel. For terms, apply TO ARAMIS j..
MELANCONs DonaIdsonTile, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20
/. REWARD
EnB h IN

QAn ACRES of fertile, WelI-drained land.
#OSyS1 adapted to the cultivation of cane,
corn or rice. Situated on. mississippi river Id
fifth ward OF Ascension parish half mile above
Darrow. For terms and further information,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20

mossrs. John and George Maher
,.me IN from New Orleans yesterday
husipess and returned this after
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20

~ Louis Baker, Of Kentwood. is
~ m a visit to Capt. and Mrs. P.
Il. Babin.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20

no1;cions and sparhling-Duffel':
- water. Call and try a glass.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-04-20

/. calvin shallowhorne, one Of Don
|s,,,hasoaFllle's Well-lnown and best
sasa eolored citizens. was married
II II tuesday evening of last week to
r r,s Davis, Of Morgan City, Rev.
s.se' pastor Of the local eolored Me-
s Soals' church. officiating at the
ss Calvin has many friends
ssys me white population OF Don
in H. who We're interested TO
ns aa OF his marriage. and they
saa s N wishing him o long life OF
|s9aiagal felicity.