The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-17
I'm HAM LEWIS ROASTED,
BUT HE DOESN'T CARE


James Hamilton Lewis. who wears
whiskers to bedim the rosy hues OF
mornings I'm May and dons garments
that put the giories OF the rainbow 10
shame. is active in the hotel Hobbies
conversati0naIly, They call him THE
Honorable Jim Hem" out here, shN
ne is a famous IT. an
Ills gestures are so perfect that
everything YOU see them you involun-
tar!ly begin L. say poetry 20 yourself
very rapidly. Ills words are so sweet
Iv perfect. 50 widely chosen and so
gently uttered that, If he asked you,
you'd give him everything in the
house bat the kitchen stove. His
whfskers possess all the charm Of the
soft hucs IN the japanese room. His
hands are so maveiously Eroomea
that he really should use them for
nothing but feeding himself on treaels
.and humming birds tongues
Fur. while all these things have
made him famous. there is something
else which vii engrave hts name IN
deubIv on the tablets of history ana
Hraz,n forth his greatness brightly
He will he tenqerly handed down 70
an admirfne posteriry because he IL
the first man in public life who has
come 10 fun realization Of the value
~ newspaper publicity. A Chicago
uav.zrarar man told the following
story about him today.
The reporter had found f. necessary
90 write causuc story for an aLt ,.T-
noon paper abusing The Honorable
Jim Ham in every known phrase or
rautumeIy. He met his victim on the
streets before the paper had gone 10
press
"I-m awfuuy sorry, Mr.. Lewis" he
said. but I had TO write a fearfui
roast OF Won for t0day's paper. mere
was 40 personal feeling IN it, but
.Tr-s an right. my boy. said Lewis
beaminrly. brushing few SPARKS from
the ever-worllinE iiiuml nallons or ms ~
uHiskers. send me maTkeu copy OF
tho paper I'd Ike TO see 1t
Thus he went on record as knowing
that the next best thing TO having
rrafea DTinted about YOU IS TO nave
Yourself abused I'm the eWspapeFs. &c
rs "a great knowledge, and u accounts
largely for the fact that Lewis gets
his name into print nearly every day.
OF course nobody meant anything by
IL INIT it was an unkind and a cruel
THING for that band 10 do. Il had been
hired nv the Cannon supporters. anu
after playing several festive alrs IN
front OF the hotel where the Cannon
headquarters are located, II struck up
''Afassa's in the Cold, colo, Ground
There e. hlgh-greie moving picture
show near the Victoria Hotel, and last
night one OF the scenes was a snow
storm J. looked so real that the visit
ing delegates sliyered.
Suddenly the snow checked up, and IN
its Mace was q huge reproduction or
Fairbanks photograph.
That lev Joke about him viii not
down even though the cocktail Joke
is more recent.
delegate from North Carolina met
% delegate from South Carolina in the
lobby of the Grand Pacific Hotel this
"Had breakfast YETI" asked the dele
gate from North Carolina
''%o." answered the delegate from
South Carolina; haven't had a drop
yet
In the window OF a drug store near
Michigan avenue there IS displayed a
sign which reads llluTingly as fol
lows
lemonade from real lemons"
a member Of the House saw II today,
read IL, me mOriZed il. and then went
into the drug store.
morning I felt the need OF q lemon
seIIzer and ordered it. Lemon settler
YOU know, is good for a headache. The /
thing they brought me tasted as if Il
had been made from peanuts and pOta-
toes j want some real lemon"
And he got it-with dash Of am
rOnia.