Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-06

of majority rule, too, to which he devotes
his surplus energies, and here again is the
dictionary vindica-ed in that he rides it
in the opinion of his friends the ''insur-
gents" with unpleasant extravaganza and
frequency of persistence. They can al
most see the poet on Pegasus. recitins
his own verses every time he opens
his mouth, with a resounding whack from
the gavel. and reminds them of the prin.
ciple upon which this great government Is
founded
Whether Uncle Joe would lose his re-
spect for his whilom hobby If conditions
not impossible should change the political
complexion of the majority is yet to
be determined. He is a remarkable man
and his powers of discrimination are mar
Vicious when needs be. But there are
those who hope that Uncle Joe's pet hobby
will long remain in it's vigor and that he
will be always on hand to ride ii on
proper occasions.
Commander Peary. also one of the
at the National Press Club. took his
cue from Speaker Cannon and sidestep-
ped his real hobby-the north pole. He
talked of the expedition to discover the
south pole; told the course it should
take. and other interesting facts in con-
nection with it, But the north pole
never word did he say of it. Per-
hapss it was because he felt the spirit
Of humor that was in the air. and
he did not care to have his pet hobby
enveloped with it.
IL 10 pcCulldI TACT, Say close Cd
servers, that the man with a hobby
will fight before he will have it
ridiculed. But all the world knows that
Commando Comm nd rn feary's hobby was one for
privation, frequently endangering his
life. and all the world. perhaps. is glad
that it ultimately crowned him with
honor and fame.
-.
DIR. Wiley was forced to assume that
pure food" was his pet hobby; but
there were many present who were dis
posed to doubt it. close as the subject
is to his heart. DIR. Wiley, say some
Of his intimates, has a hobby for MAX
ing humorous speeches. 1t is much
stronger. they assert, than, even his
ago 1t was a particular hobby of some
of DIR. Wiley's not too ardent admirers
to get him to resign: and for quite a
declaring that he had no intention to
resign. But no man can become really
great and useful In community with
ous tn n, ahe b envy yo,s OF others
So DR.. Wiley will not resign. but he
is resigned to the fate which gives him
two hobbies at this time. the one pure
food" as ascertained by the chemical
vivisection of human demonstration.
and the other that Irresistible desire
which SO often manifests itself in pub
liC AIu pElNdIc 1uHCllOHS OI COnIIlDuI-
ing smiles with his humorous remarks
1t is, declare his friends, at least a
good hobby. for the Doctors stories are
good and his humor Irresistible.
Conservation" was another hobby I'M
earthed at the newspaper mems SYM
postum, and former Chief Forester clifford
Pinchot was made to father it. There are
those who say that il the energy ex-
pended in attacking. defending and ex-
planning conservation" could have been
stored and applied to manufacturing pur-
poses the force OF Niagara would pale
with insignihcance before it. But Mr..
Pinchot. although no longer chief forester,
still rides his hobby. and his friends de-
clare he rides 1t well.
Willis Moore, chief of the weather bu-
reau, was the only hobby rider at the
Press Club who was allowed to talk about
the weather 1t was considered that he
had a paramount right to the weather for
a hobby, and with such a Kaleidoscope of
weather conditions as Washington has
had in the past week 1t would indeed be
a daring man who would gainsay Ii. Prof.
Moore astounded his hearers with claim
ing that in his opinion the wonderful
power of the nation is due in large meas
IRE to atmospheric conditions. and he pre-
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