Evening star., 1912-11-17
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Godwin.

Pennsylvania avenue between 10th and
jackson place northwest: central and Sc
iect location; all modern improvements; !;
Will lease for four years, but not over
eight: present occupant will vacate
March 4, 1913, but lease must be signed
November 5. 1912; act quick; no option
has been given. The mansion is sur
rounded by large grounds and Is COM
pletely furnished This residence has been
occupied by many people prominent In
the country's affairs, and is therefore
well known. 1t has been much sought
after for years, one party, William Jen-
nings Bryan having made three separate
bids for it, but the heirs owning it have
always approved Of some other appli-
cant. There is at present another party,
former tenant. who is very anxious to
occupy 1t for another four-year period.
but his application is not looked on with
favor by the most of the heirs. Only a
few days left in which to act.
Address Box =, Star Office.
A newspaper man who was talking to
William Jennings Bryan in a Nebraska
town was considerably hampered in his
interview by the wind, which kept blow
ing off his hat:
Il never saw anything like it," re-
marked the reporter. 1.-The wind here is
something awful Every time l ask a
question l miss the answer because
have to chase my hat down the street"
You're not a true Nebraska man
then," suggested Mr.. Bryan. IF you
were you wouldn't chase your hat You
would just wait for the next man to
come along and grab it."
X *
known in the history Of the local police
force was locked up behind the bars of
a police station few days ago. Pre-
ceding his incarceration a man had
punched him in the jaw, and the assail-
ant had been arrested. The complete
drunk went into the barroom to tell
about it and demonstrated how he was
hit by punching perfectly inoffensive
brick1ayer in the nose, and was tossed
out bodily on to the sidewalk He got
UP, wandered all over Georgetown and
with that strange fatality which hovers
about some men walked into the orig
inal barroom where he had done the
demonstrating. The bartender treated
him scurvily, called him names and had
him thrown out again. The complete
drunk came back through the doors
and tried to clean out the place Final
ly policeman landed him and took him
shouting and struggling to the lookup.
In his dawning moments of sense the
complete drunk thought Of his sister.
who always pays his fines; and he sent
for her. When she arrived she had a
long talk with her brother about the
evil of his ways.
the complete drunk began to long for
the open air again, and called the turn
key:
Say. wasn't my sister here?'
Sure"
well, didn't she leave any money out
there?"
Sure
Well, why don't get out?"
We'll, you see. old man." replied the
turnkey In confidential tones ''she paid
the fine. OF the man who was arrested
Tor punching you in the jaw
X X
Wallace Bassford, the polite and ener-
getic secretary to the Speaker Of the
House, has new light illuminating his
countenance, and the light cost the
United States Just $1,90O 1t Is tre-
mendous chandelier. and hangs over Mr..
Bassfords desk in the outer office of the
Speakers apartments at the Capitol.
There is enough cut glass in that new
nish raw material for hundreds of we'd
ding presents. 1t has buried In its bril-
liant recesses twenty-five electric bulbs,
and when the whole thing is illumined
the big room sparkles like the fairy PAL
aces of childhood. The chandelier ap-
pears to be about a ton in weight, and
a nervous person might hate to sit be-
meath 1t for fear a violent alteration
on the floor Of the House would shake
it loose from its pendant position and
precipitate 1T upon the head Of the man
at. the desk. In Speaker Clark's private
room there is another chandelier, very
much like the new one. and tradition
says Mrs. Cleveland was married be-
meath it when it hung In the White
House. However. there is much dispute
among the Capitol people on this SUBJ