The Washington times., 1906-09-09
JOSEPH ". BAILEY,
Texas Famous U. S. Senator.

Fazoo on his books and papers YEA
he knows how 10 loaf ard keep cool.
even iu NaZCO. which IS a mighty hot
place in the summer time
John Sharp Williams is slightly be-
low the average In height. Naturally
slender. he IS now showing some ten
dency toward st0ut1esz. His gray
eyes are SceIly set beneath shaggy
brcWs, His mUstacle Is dashed with
gray and his dark curly hair appears
never 20 have been ccmbed- When
his face is iu rCp0se he seems TO
frown, but when be talks Ils smIs
banishcs all notion that Le can pos
slhly be suTly. He wears i01se clothes
If thev were not loose they hang
WkWardly-Lis wGistC0at is seldom
entirely buttoned. and his black string
tie is usually loose and dangling 20
one side or the other.
NOT A GRACEFUL MAN.
His legs are replicas OF MS grand
father John 81. Sharp's. and AR VIII
liaws is proud of them. Prom hip up
10 knee they are like ordinary LEGS. but
below the knee. they bend backward IN
an extraordinary manner. Corfu
gated. they have been STYLED. He il
not physically graceful
Mr. Williams IS partially deaf in his
right ear. and as that is The side pre-
serted 20 the enemy or the floor OF the
House. he is usually seen using his
hand as an ear trumpet. with his head
cooked we'll forward. HIS voice IL raSD-
ing and not attractive al FIRST. Lot this
is soon forgotten in Tie pleasure fur
n-sh-d by his rich Southern accent
and drawl. and the purity Of hlE Eng
lish.
IL has been aIlsged for and against
Mr.. Williams that he writes f=aefr,-
This Is not true He enjoys the verse
or others and frequently quotes IN his
speeches verses by which he has been
attracted. Because ne does not AT
the time give their authorship. and
because they are invariably so pecu-
Harry apr0pOs. they ale sometimes ac-
credited 10 him.
Being phenOmCnaly and constantly
intent upon public and party matters,
Mr. Williams Is sometimes absent
minded. Dressing for dinner one
evening he encountered trouble with
his tie, which would not take OF keep
a satisfactory set. Finally. however,
ne arranged f. gravely donned his
dinner coat and waIstcoat. anc turned
10 his secretary for approval
Bob do I look all risht?" he de-
manded.
Yes" replied the secretary. but.
II you viii pardon the SUGGESTION.
think the effect would be better II yCu
were 20 put on your trousers"
Last winter, while his wife was
q nj
Williams lived In his hotel alone. he
contracted the habit of locking the
dOor of his apartments each time ne
went out After Mrs. Williams had
returned he left her one morning 10
go 10 the Capitol and sravely locked
her inside. walking of with the key
in his rocket before she could recover
from her surprise. Recourse 10 tho
hotel telephone released her. but not
until she had planned her revenge.
Returning In the late afternoon, VIII
liams inserted his key and threw open
the door, 70 find has wife sitting in
the same chair. in the same position
he had left her in, having apparently
been a prisoner the whole day
Mr.. Williams great-srandfather was
q colonel of a North Carolina regi-
ment IN the Revolution. his grand
father captain of a Mississippi COM
Iany iu the civil war. and his father.
who was killed at Shiloh, a colonel in
the Confederate army Naturally Le
is idoHzed by the old Confederate sol
diers, 60 whom, as well as 20 all his
neighbors. he is "Jonn Sharp"
His second daughter. Miss Julia. has
served as maid of honor for Missis-
sippi at several reunions OF CoLfec
crate veterans. in each instance re-
turning home covered with regimental
badges, as q sign or her popularity
and as q tribute 10 her father, a
recognition very gratifying 10 him.
John Sharp Williams IS a rIcn man
by inheritance. His eduCstion includ-
ed a course at Heidelberg, Germany,
as well as courses at the kentucky
Military Institute. the University OF
Virginia. and the University Of the
South at Suwanee, Tenn.
fcopyriEht 1906 by Dexter Nfarshau1