The Washington herald., 1918-09-01

funeral In ne % daxs usron1.<
ahead Of he band whsn music vss
-coi. John xurphy. Of Texas. sho
Irish barristsr. who spoke Spanish
with the broEua
stfu ofkern-
Then there was the original cou<h-
drop man. Who sfterward had ssverzI
successors. He had q snowy beard
and his name was Riley His 1rft 1p-
pearance on the sfrects Of Was1iuf-
ton was about 1s7S He would wan
the length Of PennEyIvania avcuut
with q large tin box suspended m
front. and az frequent intervals would
sing out: Lewis double X PhIladeI-
phia cough drops: for coughs and
colds. sore throat and hosrseness;
cents per package"
One stormy night the old fellow p<s
making his rounds and suffering frQn
bad cough and hoarseness. A crors
o. idlert mostly boys. followed hirrl
crying; Doctor. heal yerseif" H.
quaint couEh-dnop man disapp<aret
soon thereafter. and later q middle
aged man named sesmsrk took ~
the business.
italian Joe. who "a stil very much
In evidence In this city. also ernbsrkes
In the cough-drop industry. Joe's use
Of the English language being limited.
be set out 70 follow the other cough
drop man. and whenever the latter
sang out: '.seamsrt's Philnd<lph,<
cought drops" &c. Joe. who was D..
q few PAGES behind, would shout:
Ne too" One night this rivalry re-
suited In q street nght between the
two hawkers ana the police ARRESTED
both. the newspapers on the following
day carrying vivid accounts OF the
battle Of the rivals.
Judge" Julius Lowe, a dapper fit-
lie fellow with orange-colored hair
and lemon-colored eyebrow. A his
fntimates described him, was a ia
miliar ngure about the Capitol thirty
nve or forty years ago. He enEaeed
IN lobbying TO some extent. and hav-
ing excited the Ire Of q lobbyist on the
otner side Of q pending matter. the
nNai denounced Lowe a. "a modern
uoas lscariot-" Later Lowe met q
newspaper man and asked: what fs
q modern Julfuz Arlstocrat
The Judas Isesrsss
You may search, me-" replie6 ths
writer. why. what's ths oceasiorrs'
me one"
"oh. no." rejoined the newspsper
man. Il guess he referred 70 you a.
the fellow who betrayed Christ study
your Bible, Lowe"
On another occasion Lowe referred
70 an acquaintance as a vice versa."
asked what he meant. he said: vice
versa Is Greek for high honor. great
intenectuality. I am Informed"
yonn Evans. ''the Rhyming Guide"
VINO was Volubly illiterate, was q
source OF much amusement 70 Wis
ltors- He attempted 70 describe the
places Of public interest here A.
rhyme, and when necessary coined
uncanny words 10 make his doereref
rhyme. These samples Of his -descrip-
tive poetry" viii be sufacient. Point
ing TO the Bureau OF Engraving ana
Printing. he would say:
Now. to you It may seem funny.
sut that's the place they make
Al the Botanical Garden. pointing
To the conservatory:
Oats Uncle SANS ob-per-va-to-
~.
whar flowers grows IN an Oar
glory"
Once asked by q stranger why the
building was called an observatosv
and what was to be observed there
Evans bluntly replied:
why. you observes flowers an
plants dar."
The foregoing were some Of the
more noted Of the Washington eharac-
tiers Of bygone days There wese
many others Queer people are stun
| journeying to the Capital But the
city is now provided with more
stringent police regulations. ana
away out on the southeastern com
mons there IL an uninvitinE structur.
known as the ''Psychopathic Hospa-
tal." where DR.. d. Percy Kicking
holds forth as the Districts ofncisl
alienist. and those regarded ~ dan
gerous are given treatment and
transfer to the big institution % the
heights above Anscosti&