The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1910-01-07


he has one of the keenest and most analytical
minds known to the profession. Mr. Wiekersham
cares very little for the outdoor life and perhaps he
is who by temperament would not nave ap
pealed in the least to a president like Theodore
Roosevelt. but the attorney general has diversions
which occupy his leisure hours, and they are d.
versions OF which. unquestionably the country
will approve. Ne is interested in the welfare OF
At least dozen charitable organizations and one
of his beliefs is that: He gives twice who gives
quickly" Mr.. Wickersham is immensely interested
in the welfare of the blind He is director of
great New York institution which for and edu
Gates children who have lost their sight
Frank H Hitchcock, who is Mr.. Taft's postmas-
ter general is bachelor, devoted to the outdoor
life a lover of birds and beasts and student of
nearly every branch of natural history. Not only
Is the postmaster general student of nature. but
he has done an immense amount of work along sci
entfc lines
Three years ago last summer the writer of this
article went to Oyster Bay the home of President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Hitchcock there also, and
era hours spent in his company in the
grounds outlying the former presidents home.
There is a deep wood just beyond the Roosevelt
lawn and garden. and from the wood that sum
mer day there came constantly, songs of BIRDS
many different species singing after the 9TH
er. Many of the notes that heard were those
of different members of the little warbler family
birds whose notes so similar that it is impos
sibe for any except the most sensitive ear to differ
entiate between them Mr.. Hitchcock identified one
on a time the postmaster general classified 5000
BIRDS for museum of natural history with which
he was connected. One of the ties between the
present postmaster general and former President
Roosevelt was their common love of nature
Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger
has few diversions except that of golf Mr. Balm
ger was born in Iowa so years ago and nearly all
his life has been spent in part of the west
When James Wilson, secretary of agriculture
was asked once what his diversion he an
sWered, farming" This idea of diversion is one
that Is held largely by men who combine the love
OF nature with agricultural instinct.
One of Mr.. Wilson's diversions is story telling
They say in Washington that if his homely sayings
could be gathered and put into book the reader
would get fund of humor and wisdom combined
When Charles Nagel Mr. Tafts secretary of
commerce and labor, is not engaged in the work of
his department he is thinking over matters of edu
cation and art Mr.. Nage is to some extent a de-
voice of the outdoor life, but he is prone to giving
much of his time to the study of matters pertain.
ing to the schools.
Taking Mr.. Tafts cabinet all in all is lust about
human a body of men be gathered togeth
There is an impression prevalent that the men,
bers OF this Washington official family are rather
of what Walter Scott calls, "thedry-as-dust" mate
RIAL but there has been a misunderstanding appar
emily concerning the nature of these advisers of the
president. They know their law and they know.
their agriculture and their finance but while they
know how TO study they also know how to play but
not one oil them knows how to play one whit bet
ter than does their chief. who is about as Jolly a
man personally as the United States has vet pro.
duced.