Evening star., 1934-06-10

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EACH COLORED MARKET WOMAN
HAS SOMETHING TO SELL.
are carrying a great number of
passengers. The first of these herdics
were small affairs, with seats for six
or eight. Large ones. longer than the
biggest omnibus, have been put on
and they are both comfortable and
elegant One of the lines runs from
the Capitol into the fashionable
Northwest and all of them are more
patronized by noted men than are
the higher priced vehicles. These
herdics carried 100000 passengers
last year, and they are SO profitable
that a new line is to be put on
within few weeks. The main streets
Of Washington are made of asphalt
as smooth as a floor. They are es-
pecially adapted to such vehicles,
which have come here to stay.
Washington is to have also a cable
railroad and there is a bill to that
effect now before Congress. The cable
in Washington some day. The climate
is adapted to them and the magnifi-
cent distances of the Capital demand
them. When they come they will
bring the suburban property into de-
mand and will largely increase the
value Of the outlying territory about
Washington.
DR.. Hamilton.
One of the inveterate .oungers
about the hotels here is DR.. Hamilton,
the Confederate surgeon who has re-
celved great deal of notoriety from
the charge that he has named his
son after j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin
of Lincoln. Hamilton. who is a gray
haired. dark-complexioned man of so,
told me last night the origin of this
story.
John Wilkes is family name In
my genealogy," he said. Il named
the boy John Wilkes Hamilton. But
while he was still in his swaddling
clothes baby was born to a Union
family next door. Their baby was
christened Abe Lincoln. Then some
ladies of the town, with a sense of
the incongruous, suggested that my
wife call her baby John Wilkes Booth
They nicknamed it so and laughed q
great deal over the two rival babies
BY some means, the fact got into the
press and a mountain was made out
OF a mole hill"
Early Washington Apartments.
Apartment houses are found to be
good investments in Washington; the
prospect is that 10 years from now
the city will be full of them. Many
OF the strangers coming here to spend
the winter would much prefer fats
TO renting rooms, and the large rent
Ing class OF small families demand
such accommodations. The Portland
Flats. where the Russian Minister and
many other prominent people live
nave been a paying investment and
the large building which contains
them Is being added to this Spring
Several other buildings of the same
nature are now being built.
John Mccullough has come from
Cleveland to Washington, acting at
the National Theater this week. ]
saw him in the Willard this afternoon,
and though / had never met him ]
presented my card and asked for a
talk. He did not look at the card at
first, but said: MY time for talking is
limited. What dc you want? I charge
a dollar a word"
AL right" said I.
Are you studying for the stage?"
he asked.
NO"
Have you written a play?"
mo"
Autograph"
mo, indeed"
Life inSurance-book agent?"
"No!!!w
We'll, what?"
Newspaper. Cleveland Leader. See
card. Health Cleveland anxious.
Favorite actor Much Interested"
"Oh," replied Mr.. Mccullough in the
same style. Much better! Quite
well! Tell Cleveland. Good town!
Here all week! Go to Cincinnati! Big
time! Previous engagement! Must
sO! OOIly! SOOU-Dy!
Frances Hodgson Burnett.
see that Frances Hodgson Burnett
has at last finished her novel called
Through One Administration" and
that it is out in book form. The story
has created some interest in Wash
ington, but it has been so false in its
representation of the life of the Capt.
tai, and prosy in its stately conversa-
ton, that it does not meet with favor
The namby- -pamby lobbyist, Richard
Annery; the blunt Senator Blundel,
and the noble department clerk, Law
renee Arbuthnot. are not often met
with here, and I doubt If they have
any existence outside of Mrs. Burnett,s
little head. Through One Admins
tration" will not rank as one of the
best stories. and it will never be read
like the Lass O. Lowrie's," "Ha-
worth's" and her earlier sketches. One
reason for its weakness perhaps lies
in the fact that it was written in sec
tions, and sent off from month to
month, the chapters for the future
being left unwritten until they were
needed. Her other stories. I think,
were prepared In full, revised and re-