The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

he has one of the keenest and most analyuca'
minds known to the profession. Mr. Wlckersnam
cares very little for the outdoor life and perhaps ne
is a man who by temperament would not have ap-
nea1ed in the least to president like Theodore
Roosevelt but the attorney general has diversions
which occupy his leisure hours, and they are OIL
versions, of which, unquestionably the country
will approve He 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 cares for and edu
Gates children who have lost their sight,
Frank H Hitchcock who is Mr. Taft's postmas'
fer general is a bachelor, devoted to the outdoor
life lover of birds and beasts and a student OF
nearly every branch of natural history. Not only
is the postmaster general student OF nature put
he has done an immense amount of work along sci
entifc lines.
Three years 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 spent in his company IN the
grounds outlying the former presidents home
There is deep wood just beyond the Roosevelt
lawn and garden, and from the wood on that sum-
day there constantly songs OF BIRDS
many different species singing one after the ON
err Many of the notes that were heard were those
of different members of the little warbler family
birds whose notes similar that 1t is 1mpos
sible for any except the most sensitive to differ
entiate between them Mr.. Hitchcock identified one
bird after another simply by hearing it's song. Once
on a time the postmaster general classified 10000
birds for a 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 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 homey sayings
could be gathered and put into book the reader
would get fund of humor and wisdom combined.
When Charles Nage 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. Nage 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
as human body of men can be gathered togeth.
er. There is an impression prevalent that the
bers of this Washington official family rather
of what Walter Scott calls, "the-dry asdust' 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 they
know how to study they also know how to play but
not one of them knows how to play whit bet
ter than does their chief who is about as Jolly
man personally as the United States has yet pro-
duced.