The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-24
WASHINGTON
By Roy k. Moulton
n Erccnhorn In WnnhiuKtou.
WASHINGTON ITcbr,inry- "

washington, f'cbtuarN ~.
Dear Editor:
They have u cute little custom horo
or taking your clothing out OF Your
room AT night ana having it nicely
pressed. In other words, they press
while you sleep a pleasant faced
Sehesambian got my fuwn- coiored
trousers away from me at I O'Clock
last night. l say my "fnwn-colorcd
trousers to dclude our readers into be-
lieNinE that ] have other trousers but
you Know, man TO imam, down in your
hehrt o. hearts, that when / say my
iaWn-colored trousers" l mean my all
ali the trousers | have. You at least
VIII appreciate the point OF this story
~ was only o'clock and ! told him
WASH ready to go to bed. but he said
mat | would simply have to go to he'd
right Then or not have them pressed
as ne mad TO so to Il dance. | suppose
should nave been suspicious, but l am
OF trusting disposition. aud there is
considerable about the colored popula-
ton of this town that have vet to
lcarn.
Just before jumped into bed i
happened to glance out OF the window
III time TO see my fawn- colorcd trous-
ers disappearing down Pennsylvania
Avenue escortlng colored lady with
n green parasol.
the young gentleman was arrested
Tor hourishing razor while at the
dance. and Is now in laii with nv
trousers on. 1t is good thing /
brought my long tailed overcoat to
Washington or 1 would not now be
able to leave my room.
Tae Congressional Library is called
the great show place OF WASHINGTON.
beiasco and Frohman and Earl {.
Clawhammer don't have any shows
iherc and neither does Buffalo Bill or
the RlnGlngs, but il Is q great show
place just the same
The building is oil the italian renuis-
sance style Of architecture, and OF
course you know what that means and
us cost. exclusive OF the site, was
$6.oS..l2+.64. There is some dispute as
TO what the 81 cents was for. Per-
maps it was for the books II is pure
white, covers three and one-half acres.
and IL II had an ash can standing BY
thc back door and a bill collector
standing at tho front door, it would |
remind mo strongly OF my residence. (,
Ihere ar" several fine paintings around !
on the walls. but | Viii nol attempt |
10 describe them, as our paper goes !
INTO The home, and one cannot be too |
careful. The one feature of the .libr. !
~ which struck me forcibly is the ST. |
fence one must wear gum shoes and |
slip along as quietly as u congress n |
VINO Is trying to get an appropriation
- " iSN Il eNcEal pulldln5 through /
congress. In the reading room no |
Whispering is allowed, and person /
who wears false teeth which click is |
not allowed to chew gum. 1t is a |
great place TO go and think over the
deeds of misspent life. There is
enough silence manufa cturcd in that
place every day to supply all OF tho
present needs OF Colonel Roosevelt and
last him lonG time into tho future. |
You can please all tho people part
of the time and part OF the people nil |
The time. but You cannot please all OF
the people all the time, and the weather
bureau has evidently taken this fact
into consideration wlen manufacturing
atmospheric conditions for the city of /
Washington Yes, we are going TO
pound out q few words about tho
weather, for Washington has the most
versatile weather that can be found on
the North American continent 1t is ex-
actly like continuous vaudeville show
something different every twelve
hours.
a seasoned Washington man wac
essays a trip on foot from tho Treas
ury to the Capitol building. which is
about ono mile. takes a bearskin over
coat, fur cap. linen duster. straw hat,
yarn mittens and palm leaf fan. :.
Frcenhorn who Is here on a brief visi,
wears the clothes lie wore from home
and never hits the weather right a,