The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-01-29
CONVERGE AND LABOR

he has one of the keenest and most anaiyuo~
minds known to the profession. MI wicH sas =.
q, NON VIM nv temperament would not have aP
nealed IN the least to a president like Tneoaore
roosevelt but the attorney general mas oi'eiso
which occupy his leisure hours, and tney are u
versions. of which, unquesuonaov inc :,
will approve He is interested In the wena.e Oh
Al least a dozen charitable organizations ana one
Of his beliefs is that: HE gives twice VINO gives
quickly" Mr. Wickersham is immensely interesteo
in the welfare of the blind. he Is oiec'oi
great New York institution which cares ior anu eu
cates children who have lost their sight
Frank H. Hitchcock who Is Mr.. IaIts postmaS
for general is a bachelor, devoted to the outdoor
life a lover of birds and beasts and student OF
nearly every branch of natural history. NOT only
q, ,ho postmaster general a student of nature. but
he has done an immense amount of work along SCI
entifc lines 80.
Three wears ago last summer the writer OF this
article went to Oyster Bay, the home OF PRESIDENT
roosevelt. Mr. Hitchcock was there also. and sew
eral hours were spent in his company In the
grounds outlying the former presidents nome
There is a deep wood just beyond the hoose'e"
lawn and garden, and from the wood on that sum
mer day there came constantly, songs Oh OHus'
MANY different species singing one after the otn-
ar Many of the notes that were heard were those
of different members of the little warbler family
birds whose notes are so similar that IL Is inpos
sible for any except the most sensitive ear TO oner
entiate between them. Mr.. Hitchcock identined one
on a time the postmaster general classified 10000
birds for a museum of natural history with winch
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. balinger
has few diversions except that of golf. MI Balm
ger was born in Iowa SO years ago, and nearly all
his life has been spent In some part OF the west
When James Wilson, secretary of agriculture.
was asked once what his diversion was he an
uyf~ opfA fuar inUf Ia
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 matters OF edu-
cation and art Mr.. Nagel is to some extent 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 1t is just about
"a human body of men can be gathered togeth
er There is an impression prevalent that the mem
beers of this Washington official family are rather
of what Walter Scott calls 'the-dryasdust mate
rial but there has been 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 the,
know how to study they also know how to play. blu
not one of them knows how to play one whit bet
ter than does their chief, who Is about as Jolly
man personally as the United States has yet pre-
duced.