The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-10-08
FOoD OLD Dawes SONG
,r;te After Dinner Melody
of Speaker Henderson.
|, THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA-

I,.g on Many Festive Occasions In
'nS .,nrton For Twenty Years
to BE Heard No More
c glimpse of the Genial Qualities o.
Iowa Statesman.
r,.re,s hole in the bottom OF the sea-
There, a hole In the bottom OF the sea,
The'' There's hole!
Tbere's a h-o-o-o-1-e! ...
hole in the bottom of the
see-e-e-e!
-. twenty years Speaker Hender-
~ sorg that song in Washington at
ur Gathering where song was per-
s ~ and at some where it was not,
' ,tos the Washington correspondent
.tho New York World. 1t is his new
toi,inp resource when he feels i'm
10 lI to burst into melody. The i'm
u 'L ,.o generally comes at dinner, and
pi I'D Bremner Henderson has three
Il @ sonr invitations for every night of
be season. ,. a,,,,o. T.
- If the chorus Of 1.-THE Sweet By
4 Id Rv" 1t is a lovely song-after
IT. walters have finished serving SOL
T. and are getting down to the real
1ort of the evening with the liquids.
|EVsrvbody knows THE Sweet BY and
pr" Even the dullest intellect can
xanorhpr the sentiment "There Is a
kIoIo In the Bottom of the Sea-" and it
4 clod indeed who does not thrill
Sritb ioy to stand up and MARBLE
Abo+ word "h-o-o-o-l-e." The long ''o'
capable of many modulations. To
koor David Bremner Henderson sing
is liberal education in the beauty
h the human voice when applied to
words and music Of lofty sentiment
nd high character.
MANY O. man has cried into his glass
when the speaker trolled those i'm
|hortal words, not because of the sing
no mind, but because of the over
towering pathos Of it all. When the
neaker puts on the tremolo stop and
sincs There's a hole-there's a
k1-o-o-l-e," there is nothing to do but
|rv Weeping is required. No sobs or
sghs will do. There must be tears.
Experts say, men like the Glover
Hub chaps of Philadelphia and the
Gridiron men of Washington, that Da-
lid Bremner Henderson is one of the
best give and take, rough and tumble
Dinner entertainers who ever stood up
with glass in his hand and a joke
Dn bis tongue. Henderson thinks like
lightning His retorts are sometimes
Savage, sometimes pleasant, but al
Ways witty and always apropos. He
wastes no time beating about the bush
b dinner where every mans wit is
against every other mans. He is usual
II in first and hardest. He can keep
filings going better, make more fun
bnd sing more songs and show up with
clearer eye and a smoother skin the
pext morning than any man in con-
kreSS, That is strong statement, too,
FOR every one of the 357 representa-
fiveS and the SO senators has to be a
tinker"
When Henderson first came to con-
press, he brought his story telling abil-
~ bis robust singing voice and his
wooden leg. He had his real leg shot
PH In the civil war. Old soldiers say
Pe has a war record that is glorious.
Pc began to mix" at once. He was a
great friend of the soldier. In the days
Fuen they were shaping matters for
|le present one hundred and for
F'uFe million dollar pension APP
PIVprlatlon Henderson was on the
PpoI pleading with beSeeching elo-
Evhee for the men who fought the
gut Those Were the days for Hen
person Everybody liked him. He
pas Dave He sang and joked and
|Olu stories and stood in the aisle and
peached straight Republican doctrine.
u was the idol of the partisan. Moth
T. tne Republican party could do
DVuld teaze him. 1t was his party,
-su' or wrong. He could then and
~ low make a speech that will bring
!, J. Aepuoilcan audience to it's feet
W., ", screaming cheers and throw any
. ~ present into a frame Of