Show capital Is taking on the attributes of a metropolis letro polis 1 it 1 I used to think VY that washington ft nas as the quiet et est big OR cit in the world sighed a good old times person and I 1 loved it on that account but now nom 1 tho the alah and the shake ot of the head were eloquent it if memory series it was mrs adams bite of the president who complained of 0 washington as a wll wil dern ss the streets she said were composed som oom posed of mud that covered the hubs ot of tho the wheels ot of her carriage probably with such a paving there nas mas practically no noise ot of traffic likewise lik euis no traffic trade the city protects its citizens from unnecessary noises bald mil sylester but as washington each 3 ear takes on more and more the attributes ot of a metropolis the number of 0 necessary noises increases just then a man blustered into the outer office and demanded a copy of the polio regulations 1 I want mant he said to find out what vee mene got to submit to and what we A crowd ot of bos congregates in the alley back ot of our house they ell and honl hol there and pla bill ball and the cut up the brooms that they und find in the alley entrances and uso use them for bits what will mill aou ou do about that tho the correspondent asked maj S silvester lvester jt it must go through the courts but the policeman on that beat should rit t he be have done something 9 we 11 investigate that there are regulations forbidding ball placing and disorderly conduct on the city thoroughfares meanwhile the irate gentleman had bollom followed ed a quiet individual who ho had asked him to come with me and make a statement then there is the story ot of the apartment house resident the cliff dweller of civilization one ot of these wooing a greatly desired morning nap is awakened amak ened in the boung hours ot of the tha morning by the milkman the milkman has been awake these many hours and has absorbed all that exhilaration hil which so we me are told may be extracted from rom the dawn having absorbed said exhilaration the milkman proceeds to exude it again tor for the benefit ot of all whom it may concern whether the beneficiaries desire it or not then comes the ice ice man clatter into the allea alle certain horses must be addressed in loud and man batory tones else they mill W ill not stand just right A sn swarm arm ot of be boss a must deliver tee ice in all directions and call across intervening space for instructions but at last they too go |