The San Francisco call., 1906-03-25
Little Washington
Stories
7 ENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER,
4 president of the jamestown exhibit

TT ENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER,
RI president of the jamestown exhibit
ton, told Congressional commit
tee abort his audience with King Ed
ward. says the Washington correspond
ent of the New York World He said
he and the King had very pleasant talk.
"As near as I can gather" said COM
mittee member, "the King was calling
him Tuck, old boy, before he left"
Consul General Robert ]. Wynne of
London, who is here as a witness in the
trials of the postal grafters, wears
silk hat with an ultra brim that he had
made for him on the other side.
"Gee said man sitting in the lobby
of the Willard Hotel as Wynne came by.
that's swell hat. It's the same kind
William Randolph Hearst used to wear
before he became a peasant"
David Jayne Hill, the American Min
lister to the Netherlands, is one of the
most brilliant scholars in the diplomatic
service of the United States Government.
When he was Assistant Secretary of State
a reporter was sent to him for story
about the foreign policy of the Govern
ment 1t was l o'clock in the morning
when the reporter reached the home of
DR.. HILL who leaned out of the second
story window and gave the desired infor-
nation. DR.. hil used great many
French, Latin and Spanish phrases. The
print and was surprised to see that the
reporter had written exactly the reverse
of what he had been told.
Later in the day DR.. Hill met the cor
respondent who had sent the reporter TO
DR.. Hill. He asked, What kind of re-
porter was that you sent to my resi-
dence last night? He entirely misunder-
stood what l told him.
DR.. Hill was asked to repeat the story.
He did so, using the same French. Latin
and Spanish expressions that he had used
the night before.
"Oh!" said the correspondent, ~ made
a mistake. 1 should have sent a linguist
instead of a reporter
How about a public buildings bill?"
visitor asked Representative Victor Muir
dock, of Kansas.
"Oh," Murdock replied, there will be
a small one, guess. carrying a few mil
lion dollars"
"A few million dollars!' exclaimed the
astonished Kansan. That reminds me of
the German out at Atchison who was
talking with a friend about the high price
of cabbage. II dell you dot cabbage is
way up nigh dis year. Me und my wife
puts up six or sefen or eight parrels OF
sauerkraut efery year. yes. But We can't
do ut dis year, no. Der cappage dey cost
too much, the German said.
But you put up some sauerkraut,
don't you, Chris?' asked his friend.
''Oh, so! Yes; we put up some, not
much-two or t-t-tree parrels, shust to
half in der house in case of sickness,
yes.' y
Speaker Cannon received a letter today
from woman living in Danville, ILL.,, his
home town. The letter, which was ad-
dressed to THE Congress. the President
the Speaker and all others in Washington
who have power" read:
THE crying need of this country is
for law that will compel people to pay
their board bills. Congress must pass
this law Immediately. The greatest evil
of modern times is the man or woman
who does not pay a board bill 1 know.
ALSO Congress should pass in the same
law a provision making it legal for a
man to board where he wants to and
choose his own boarding place, and not
be influenced by his wife, and after he
has picked 1t out to compel him to pay
every week. Please see to this at once