Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-04

one Of the first families "On the paternal
side" says the Honorable Nathan in his lit
tie fountain-pen product, the Hales were
well connected and intermarried with the
Dickinsons of southwest Virginia. | cried,
ladies and gentlemen, when ] came to that
brief announcement. l wept and CRASHED
responsive pages, were the Dickinsons of
southwest Virginia." Twas like reading
n romance with the last page missing.
Oh, careless Nathdni Oh, unfortunate
omissioni
Drifting down the printed page and
further in the fanny affairs of the Honor
able Nathan. l learned that in his early
manhood he had received jolt. He made
an investment that put him in debt few
hundred dollars. And It's only on this lat
ter point that the Honorable Nathan is
lacking in candor. He names not the ma
ture of his investment. He does not pro-
claim with that engaging frankness that
marks his admission of the Cromwell reia-
tonship. that while on a visit to New York
he purchased from pleasant and affable
stranger a heavy rectangular gilded OBJ
ject Perhaps the Honorable Nathan has
forgotten. Perhaps he wants to forget.
But let US leave the printed record of the
Honorable Nathans achievements. Let us
look at the Honorable Nathan himself Let
us look at him a whole lot. Canst not
imagine the Honorable Nathan In other
fields of labor? CanSt not imagine him
balanced on "a three-legged stool teasing
the tactical fluid from the reluctant COW?
Canst not see him tending the gentle stock,
or, with balanced bucket, about to relieve
the hunger of the eXpectant swine? Oh
pleasing PASTORAL Oh, happy days.
And often do the thoughts of the Hon
orable Nathan stray back to those dear
old days. Some times, drowsy from the
mental effort of tracing the Hale ancestry
back to Cromwell's time, pensive under
the mighty burden of craftsmanship he
strolls in thought among the scenes of
other days. he snacks the skittish bovine
upon the angular rump, or strokes the noz-
zle of the staggering ealfiet with a prac-
ticed hand.
and it was on an occasion such as this,
while the Honorable Nathan dreamed at
his desk, that the Honorable Serene Payne
large of bulk and slow of movement
strolled down the aisle. Inadvertently-an
aisle is but narrow thing-he bumped
Honorable Nathan drowsed on, but up went
his hand. 800 Bosi 500 Bosn' he muir
INJURED, swatting the Honorable Serene on
the rounded waistcoat. 500 Bos! Get over
therer And over the Honorable Serenofs
reply let us draw the veil. For how could
the Honorable Serene realize that the Hon.
orabie Nathan was but dreaming of the
joys of other days?
And now. ladies and gentlemen, let us
say adieu to the Honorable Nathan. We
might thump the harp some more, but time
Is short, and sufficient to the House of
Representatives is the Honorable Nathan
thereof
We might explain that the Honorable
Nathan purposely wears a collar seven sizes
too large In order that he may take off his
shirt with one graceful movement We
might mention that on the first and only
occasion that the Honorable Nathan adj
dressed the House his remarks were remin-
iscent of the performance of a damp Roma =
candle and that umbrellas were at prem
ium in his immediate vicinity. In fact we
might mention many other things. But this
Is. the Lenten season, ladies and gentlemen
and we would PUNK the harp, not swing
the hammer. Self-denial is a grand thing.