The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-21
a Western Senator Speaks of the Diff
ference as Seen BY s,ia, In the
Light of a Lifetime Ex-.
pcrience.

pcrience.
\ United States Senator from
i state in the far West came East n fey
weeks ago to have q look at and q
talk with Judge Parker at Esopus
The Senator. n Very wealthy, self
made man. occupied a superb suite II
lone Of New Works most luxurious no
tells during his stay here. says the New
York Sun.
The Senator was called upon at his
hotel by a number of his former con.
sutuents now living il New York.
One of these callers was young man
/ from the Senator'S home town. The
old gentleman had not only known
Ithis young man from his boyhood, but
he had ridden the young mans Wife
| on his knee all the way to Banbury
| town when she was u little girl in pig
tails.
Son said the Senator TO the young
ter was making his third call, you
and Helen are keeping house here in
New York. aren't YOU"
Were living in a Harlem fat, If
that's keeping house. the young man
replied.
Well said the Senator, 81 surely
do take it powerful hard that you and
Helen don't invite me UP to your
place and give me something to eat
sure do
The young man started to make
~
through.
I'm getting mighty tired Of hotel
grub he went on. Il can't get any
taste or good out of tit all tastes
alike. II you and Helen only knew
how I've been hankering for a good. |
big, film, savory layout of shoulder
and greens, EI'll bet box of matches
that you'd have taken pity on me and |
asked me to your house to have some.
Ever have shoulder and green's?
Nothing in the world like shoulder
and greens, after all. is there?''
The young man looked bit embar-
raised.
fSenator," he said. 1.-The wife and 1 I
have talked time and again about ask |
ing you to take dinner with us since /
you came on this time. But you know
what these dinky little three-rooms-
flats in New York are-or /
do you? And Helen and had sort of |
an idea that-well, to be frank. that
after all of the splendiferousness that
you're used to, why. it might make you
feel sort o. uncom-oh. it's just a
plain little plant, you know, the flat of
ours, and we thought that maybe it
'.Look-a-here, boy" Interrupted the /
will you and Helen give me
some shoulder and greens on Thurs
lay evening. say at 6 o'clock ~
You know we'd be delighted to
nave YOU replied the young man
All right Write me down the adj
lress. I'll be there said the Sena-
or
And Jim he added, as the young
nan prepared to take his leave, :
you'd better warn Helen about the !
ow-down, onery. simmering habits of :
Green's. 1t takes a lot to make prop
r mess of en-. A pretty whopping
'asket of-well, I've seen a bushel of
;reens, almost, bile down to almost
.othing," and then the two shook 7
ands again and the young man went z
is way.
When Thursday evening came the Z
huff, rudy, ffne-looking old Senator
rived at the fiat on the minute. 1t |
ras a neat and very tastefully furnish
d fiat, if somewhat small.
Sure you've got plenty of greens?"
le old gentleman inquired, with mock
nxiety, when he was greeted by the
retty young matron, whom he had
nown as child. i've been worry y
lg a good deal over that to-day d
ooh, stacks and stacks of green's" =
he replied, adding. But if there =
be enough | could exc out q
y boiling down the rubber plant, you -
now" and SO the dinner began mer-
ly enough. -
The shoulder was a sweet piece of :.
astfed meat from Virginia, and after -
Ie Senator had tucked his napkin -
lder his chin in the old-fashioned -,
ay and gone at it he came pretty
ose to looking like thoroughly sat n
fed man. :.
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