The Washington herald., 1907-01-06
HEARD AT HOTELS.

Norwood, OF Savannah, who IS al the New
Willard. He Is seyenty-six years Of age.
( but his face gloWs with health. his keen
/ blue eyes need the aid of no glass 20 de-
cipher the finest print and his sturdy
form is as straight as in his youthful
prime. He is a scholar and orator and
an able lawyer. and though he long since
retired from Congress. for the past twelve
years he had Ted the busy and useful life
of judge of the city court.
In answer TO Herald reporters ques-
ton as 10 the secret OF his longevity. the
ex-Senato; said that DE had lived a tenn
perate life and had never been extreme
+ IN any Of his habits. though he had no
/ ironelad rules of living. He went 70 bed
when he got sleepy. whether the hour
was early or late, and never gu up until
| thoroughly refreshed. He rarely drank
whisky. but was not total abstaiuer He
I had chewed tobacco from boylood. bur
stopped smoking some years ago. in r.
gard to his Senatorial career. Judge Nor
wood said:
Il was the first rebel 70 get into the
lSenate after the war. the carpet-bag
regime being OF shorter duration in
Georgia than in any Of the other SoutIarn
States. Elected in $50 over seven com
petitors. ] took nay seat in 1871. after "a
contest A few weeks later Gen. Matt
Ransom, of North Carolina, came along.
ard was admitted after contest. so that
/ I had "a rebel associate. In March or
April 1874, 1 made the most memorable
I speech Of my life on the civil rights bin.
occupying a large part Of two days in its
delivery
/ Matt Carpenter was president pro TEN.
/ Of the Senate I undertook during the
+ first day TO cover the bin with ridicule.
( to laugh il out Of court. by showing its
manifold absurdities- I must have sue
eeeded pretty well, for people are sdH
/ writing 10 me for "a copy Of the speech.
and it was made over thirty years ago.
While / talked Matt Carpenter scarcely
took any pains to hide his laughter lie
/ threatened TO clear the galleries for the
+ Applause, but his own fat sides were
shaking and the racket kept up Roscoe
/ Conkling. sitting near me- buried his face
/ in newspaper 20 conceal his mirta II
Was different with Hannibal HamIin
That venerable statesman from Maine
was enraged al my burlesque Of a great
party measure. FussiUg and Tuning. he
strobe Up near Carpenter and calculated
that u was d outrage 90 let that
/ d. rebel make a speech of that kind ia
/ the United States Senate. But Carpenter
gave no attention, he was too fun Of
! laughter. Well my speech did not Kill the
/ bin. but IL was the cause Of its being
pruned OF some Of It's most odioUs f=a-
lures"
"Who was the greatest man. in your
estimation, Of the Senators Il that day.
Roscoe Conkling. beyond question Ger
tainly the ablest man on the Republican
side. / think he was even the intellectual
superior Of Thurman. When 7 first en-
tered the Senate ] had little use Tor Cauk-
ling. In fact, 7 had made up nay mind Co
hate him I thought az the outset that
he was insuferably arrogant. and his dis
dainful, scornful manner was SO repellant
that I never expected 90 even speak 90
him. BY accident We were on a commit
tee together that went on trip 0f inves-
tiGation Thrown IN contact with him.
the frigidity Of his demeanor gave way to
a charming courtesy. and ere the close Of
the junket' we were c0ngeniaI associates.
AfterWard We became very close friends
and I revere mis- memory"
This is my first trip 10 America. and
] am profoundly impressed with the
country and its people. said DR.. Cecil
Reddie. a noted educator Of Derbyshire.
England, at the Shoreham
Every town and city has been a school
house and every citizen teacher.
came TO study and learn. and my most
sanguine expectations have been realized.
OF course my principal aim has been To-
look into your educational system. You
have done much commendable work
along this line. and have a right t. be-
proud of your free public schools What
is especially admirable is that you are
not satisfied with the results hitherto at
tanned and are constantly looking %
achieving better things
a stranger should be slow 10 criticise.
but my belief is that your school system.
with its admitted eXCeIiencles has some
defects. In the first place there is an
undue prepOnderance of woman teachers
in America. I understand that 90 per cent
OF the teachers in the common schools
mere are women ] do not regard this
as a healthy condition. 1 am positively
of the opinion that boys beyond the age
of eleven years should be under mascu-
your lads drop out OF the high school
course? The worst thing that can happen
20 a boy is 10 Quit his studies between
the ages OF fourteen and sixteen for
within that period he is OF no use 20 him
SELF or the public He should be an his
books, and the chances ara that if at
that period Of his life De could come I'M
der the influence OF q man teacher Of
ability who would also interest him on
the practical side Of his nature, say in
Woodworking. carpentry. surveying. or
engineering. he would be delighted 10
continue his scholastic career. Instead.
he goes 20 a grammar or nigh school and
has TO say lessons in history. algebra. or
rhetoric to q woman. He finds tia duh
business and begs TO quit school The
result is thar your high schools have a
good many more female than male stu
dents.
In Germany. which. all in all. has the
best school system in the world. there is
no cOeducaJion beyond the infantue De
riod. Boys go TO man and girls to wom-
an teachers, who tit their pupils magnif-
Gently for their future lives as wives and
mothers by thorough training fin all Of
the branches of domestic science
Although I have been away from Scot
land for twenty years, and am now a
most loyal citizen Of Uncle Sam. dearly
relish going back to the scenes Of my
boyhood in old Dumfriesshire," said Mr..
G. ". HisloD, a successful business man
of San Francisco, at the Raleigh.
L am just back from there now. and
took my Indiana wife To have a look
at the old land They picked her OUT for
an American wherever she went. Ny
guess is that it is because of the smart
mas Obi