The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-15
FREE~HAND COMMENT
ON MEN AND MANNERS

The Moccasin is still aground on the
beach at Currituck Inlet. She is evil
IDENTIFY not a water moccasin.
The appointment of Edward Everett
Hale as Chaplain of the Senate will. il
he accepts, bring to Washington a very
charming gentleman, and one of the
foremost representatives of all that is
best in Boston culture. Dr. Hale is now
about the only living survivor of what
might almost be called the Elizabethan
period of American literature. His life
has been a most active and influential
one. and though he is now in the
eighties, he is still an intellectual power
of the land His literary output has
been immense, and he has rarely fallen
to mediocrity in execution. Prolific in
invention, he has had the skill 10 Sc
lect interesting themes, which he has
usually treated In a readable, often
fascinating manner. Thus he has writ
ten many books OF travel and others of
historical nature. But his greatest
success has been achieved as a writer
of short stories, one of which, at least,
has made him universally famous. THE
Man Without a Country" made a very
strong appeal to all classes at the time
IL appeared, some forty years ago now,
and it is still read. Perhaps It is safe
to regard this tale as a classic, and to
say that ii is destined to find a place
hereafter in all lists of the worlds best
short stories.
DR.. Hale has also been prominent as
journalist, having founded severa.
well-known magazines, the latest Of
which, Lend a Hand" is widely known
among charitable workers. He is also
the founder of several philanthropic or.
ganizations of young people. and it is
probable that the Christian Endeavor
Societies grew out of ideas suggested by
him. In Boston, where intellectually
and high ideals constitute mans oper
sesame to the best circles, DR.. Hale is
treated with a consideration and tender
ness amounting almost to reverence AS
much the same condition exists here, he
will no doubt soon feel himself very
much at home in washington
White man say dat de negro problem
Gittin mighty serious In dis we're Ian ;
COlored people marryin' an multiplyin-
Whar he gwine put EN- ne doan I'M
derstan.
whut he know OBJ de negro problem2
Sebben little chillun playin' roun' de
do
wearin'' out shoes an eatin' bread an
Is got de problem. White Man. sho'i
Tt is repori ed that Colombia will send
General Urite-U Tribe to the South Amer
lean republics to arouse sympathy on
the isthmian situation. General Tribe
Tribe is said to be well fitted for such
mission, being man OF winning
manners and gracious presence. He is.
in fact, the Hobart Chatfield Chatield-
Taylor of the isthmus.
Through the destruction by fire Of
Jack Fiddlers Movable Barroom" an
other OF the historic landmarks OF
Washington passes away. Mr.. Ftddler's
scheme of locating his saloon on the Dis
trict line so that he could move over
into Maryland and then back again,
whenever it became necessary to dodge
the officers of either government, was as
ingenious as il was practical. Though
he came to grief at last. he made it
work for a good long time. II seems a
pity that such originality and fnesse
were not devoted to a nobler cause.
1t would be interesting to know what
make of safe that was into which
burglars forced an entrance out in Ana
costa Saturday night. If OF an inn
proved pattern. then we have gentle-
men in our midst who do US credit in
the art of burglarizing. and they should
be sent as an exhibit to the St. Louis
Exposition, II their addresses can be as
certained. Their only tools were a log
of wood. a hammer. and an AK, and
they worked so noiselessly(O that they
were not heard by the police. who are
located in a station almost next door.
Three hundred dollars was the haul
they made. and there seems to be no