Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
Personal
Anecdotes


LONE Of the most disnified ohiciais in
| Washington is Cen Robert Shaw OIL
~ YER the assistant secretary OF war.
| Gen. Oliver is cautious and discreet.
He likes to talk with well informed
people and has little patience with
those who know nothing Of the sub
ject about which they ask him. A
correspondent of southern paper
asked Gen. Oliver one day about the
disbandment OF southern military
regiment. The general did not fmmc-
diately reply, and the corresponding,
seized with some nervousness, hastened
to NIL in the silence by talk. He told
his conception OF the militia law and
| showed that he was hopeIessly igiior-
ant OF its provisions The generals
face set f1rmer and firmer. He flnaIly
answered the correspondents original
| inquiry.
I'VE do not run an infant class in
the war department." he said. We
prefer to talk to graduates.
And then the assistant secretary
deftly turned the conversation to an
other subject. with the result that he
is not popular with that southern news
paper man.
Cardinal Gibbons was facetious when
| the Irish ladies' choir of Dublin called
on him. Turning suddenly, he asked:
| (which one of you is the o1dest?"
None claimed the honor and all
blushed.
and his band, and Cardinal Gibbons told
of how Gilmore. at Coney Island, hear
ing that the cardinal was in the audi
e..ee played sAta :.
and how 1t pleased him.
Gilmore said the cardinal. was
famous for his playing Of Mozarts
Twelfth Mass Once he played it tn a
North Carolina town and next day the
local paper announced that he rendered
with great effect Mozarts Twelfth
Massachus etts.''
One evening WI ring Fang sat next
to John Sharp Williams at Washing
ton dinner.
rs Mississippi pleasant state to
live fn?" WI asked the minority leader
of the house.
sn1,as Pieasantsst san st,, in the Union Loyalty
Then why don't you live there all
the timer" inquired Wu
Why don't you live in China ali the
time:' asked John Sharp.
Oh. the cases are different" replied
WI, with bland and seemingly inno-
cent complaisance you see. / an
considered useful
"Oh. that's it. eh2" said Williams.
Then what am I?p
"oll. you" said WI. archly giving j.
ondrP Httle tap on the wrist with
his fan, you are ornamental.''
John Sharp Williams is the homeliest
man in public life, and knows IT. He
didn't more than half like Wu's little
way that evening
Soon after the ciyil i,sI zv.-. ,so,,.~.,
gals. U. s. A., visited friend in RE
south. Taking walk one morning he
lmet boy coming up from the river
with fine string of fish
what will you take for your fish ~
Iasked the general
Thirty cents was the ren,v
Thirty centsr' repeated The eaners,
IN astonishment. Why IL you were
IN New York you could get So for
The boy looked critically at the Dr.
scer,, neer s,s,1. sol moment and then said.
Yes sub; en- reckon il I had
bucket Of water In hell I could get q
| Major General Oliver O. Howard. IN
MS "reminiscences of the Atlanta car,
paign, tells the following story of
4 General Sherman:
that day. January Is, 1865. piantef1
| my ieet upon the cross ties at the Po-
cataiigo junction, and said. AlI right.
the first stage is gainedr
Sherman Joined me at Pocata1,so
Tor few days. OFTEN at night / would
give him my camp bed. which. though
WITHOUT Mattress afforded reasona Me H
cop1ort, and he seemed to enjoy sleep
ing there One night. with his boots
ana trousers Off. in red knit drawers.
ne lay down to sleep, as we ali
thought; but, hearing some Of the of-
Z ncers and myself talking round tbe
camp nre about General Forces expe-
dition and reconnaissance toward
Cnarleston, he reused himself and came
oue ln stockings and drawers. and be-
gan warming himself by turning to the
nre hrst one side and then the other
and treading in the ashes. So he par-
ticipated in the conversation.
had Just received message from
Forces division tThis was General
an eye and was fearfully disngured ii
the face at the battle of Atianta.) He
had discovered that Hardee had ni1s
! tered on the bank of the Salkehatchie
al the force he could gather to, ston
Snermans expected passage This was
| what Sherman wanted.
i After hearing the news. Sherman
laughed, and as he jumped into my bed
without busting his socks. he cried ont
THAI good newsl All right now,
Howardi"
The late William Cassidy, one.tin1e edf.
tor of the Albany Argus. possessed the
traditional Irish wit. On one occasion a
number Of years ago he was a guest at 4
political banquet in Albany At that time
finger bowls were seldom used, ana their
correct usage "a passing fad) meant to
ldip corner of the napkin in the water
and Herewith daintiIy cleanse the finger
| tips. Most OF the men present eyed the
innovation. when introduced at dessert.
narrowly and uncertainty One after an
lother ended by plunging the hand into
the crystal dish But Robert Pruyn, a weIl
known Albany gentleman, correctly mois-
tened bit of his napkin and laved his
fingers. Mr.. Cassidy watched him adj
/ miringly. not having as yet touched his
own glass. That's good he whispered
hadn't done that should have put my
foot in it,
! Francis Wilson was talking at the Play
/ ers' club about the ignorance OF dramatic
literature that Is too prevalent In Afneri-