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lit, Man Nt'o Nc"h' ~ 49, -
Exact Truth al All Hazards
heretofore written about took
another hack at il last week.
In the previous accounts OF
his attenpts at Absolute Neracity it has
been related how he gained the ulsHhe, u
not the absolute hatred. OF the persons
upon whom he pulled the Exact truth.
So he fell back into the old method,
pursued by the majority OF us. OF 'eiiihs
The little white ones for the purpose OF
tickling the vanity of his friends ana as
sociates Last week he wearied of this
for the fourth or fifth time SO, When ne
got ,p one morning he had his mind fully
made up to uncoii the Correct stun upon
'em AT any and all risks. dislike or no
dislike.
Pm all through" said he to himself,
with tbis thing OF unspooling that sylla-
bubish stroke observation-disclosures KIND OF
ersihagc / don't care whether tney
hate me or not. In fact, so long as III
satisfying myself that I'm not piHler
and a superheated air virtuoso IL De
glad if they do hate me. Today or never
they're going to get the facts from me-
I'm gong to dish up the essentlai OIL OIL
undiuted truth
his gate was a neighbor who. for several
wears past has been endeavoring TO cure
his acute badness by adopting every
kind of dope and head helmet and other
mechanical apparatus That he'd read
about.
"Mornink." said the neighbor to the
Man Who Had the Entire Truth Up His
Sleeve Kind o. GROWN weather for a
fall day. isn't it?'
..Growing?' said the Truth Teller. Il
don't think | quite get you
The neighbor looked the Neracious
one over and then srinned and re-
moved his hat from his head. which
was several times as bald as any
gourd that ever was stuffed INTO the
toe of a stocking about to be darned.
We'll, for one thing, said the bald
one, pointing to his hirsuteless dome
how about this capstone of mine? I've
got the kee-rect hair-groWing dope at
last. Teller from South Bend, Ind.
who was visiting here month or so
ago told me about ii, and I've been
irving il for two weeks Its the
goods Can't yo,, see me demonstrate
ing in al, Avenue window as one OF
the brothers OF the Sutherland sisters ):
Hcyo Notice all this SoslinS fuzz that
ornamenting the roof of my top piece?
Classy. Ell? And after only two weeks
trial and only two bOttles!
The Truth Teller bent forward and
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Mr. Doublebower. one of the trustees, /
rode a cartWheel while dressed up as a
monkey Il had the first bicycle ever
seen in that part of the courtry): third,
that ! did not go to morning PRAYERS
all Of which, conduct was deemed highly
detrimental and prejudicial I" the moral
uplift of tn" institution.
Il. Of course could make no defense
against these charges. [ admitted that
they were all true. and III the presence OF
the trustees wrote my resignation as a
member OF TIE faculty. handed it in and
passed out. But the next day j @ot "A
commune ion from the secretary Of the
board informing al. that they lad unani-
mQuSly refused 10 accept my resignation.
ater when athletics We're organized
on Il large scale he told me, "the .tli-
letic association made me an honorary
member and presented me with "A beau
tiful silk sweater on which the letter
p standing for Purdue was worked
On recent OF this sweater | borrowed
"a foot ball suit from the George Wash
ington University foot ball team and had
my picture took. "
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They are noted throughout New York
city for their generous hospitality and
it is said that the judge feels aggriev-
cd il he sits at the head of table
which does not seat at least a dozen
people His own family regularly
numbers eight and there are few oc-
casions, even for breakfast. when some
guests are not present. His married
daughters live close enough to permit
the pleasure of joining the family at
dinner and luncheon several times a
week Mrs. O'Gorman takes infinite pride
in her housekeeping and her menus are
the envy of her friends They believe IN
the good old-fashioned methods. great
Joint of meat to carve, or monstrouS
turkey or it's Seasonable substitute, and
all the wholesome things of the markets
placed on the table and not inaccessible
on a side table.
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herd, ST. GATHERINGS Home for Working
Girls. 81. Roses Industrial School and
the various asylums of which Mrs. Ed
ward Douglas White. Mrs. Joseph Nc
kenna. Mrs. Martin a. Knapp and MIS-
John p. Story are directors.
Senator O'Gorman and his family are
proud of the distinction that lie is the
first of the name ever to sit in the Sen
ate of the United States. The clan OF
OGorman is descended from that great
chieftain of Erin cahir, who ruled the
entire island. and they trace their de-
scent in direct line from that hero land
later ones who fought Valiantiy, hrst
against the Danish invaders and after
ward against the British.
The judge has never yielded to the
popular inclination to drop the O from
his cognomen as so many who bear the
name of Reilly, Council, Connor nave
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.azed searchinGly at the top OF the
bald ones knob.
No" he said. quietly but firmly, !
don't see any gosling fuzz. as you call
it. or anything else even remotely re-
sembling hair on any portion OF your
head. old man" and he put his hands
on his hips and took another closely
scrutinizing look and shook has head
again in a firm and determined manner.
The face of his bald neiShbor
clouded.
why. what ais your eyes. man." lis
inquired of the Truth Teller. in thick,
hoarse tone. You're not going blind.
are you? Just look at this spot. for
instance" pointing to part of his
block near a dent right on top of his
perfectly smooth head. and tell me if
you call that hair or feathers or beaver
fur or whatever you want to call It,"
The Truth Teller did another search
thing and shook his head once more.
My friend" he pronounced, in a
tone of final Ihave-spoke decisiveness.
Il fear you are mistaken. In fact, /
know it. You are a victim of your
optimism. or else you are permitting
yourself to be held by an hallucina-
ton. There isn't anything remotely
resembling hair on any portion of your
head near the spots to which you
point. The surface there is entirely
and absolutely and even shinily and
mirrorly smooth"
The neighbor snorted
Say said he moving off, '.you want
to go get treatment for this crab habit
of yours, let me tell you that, The first
thing you know you'll be growing claws
and walking backward. I've noticed for
a long time that you've been getting
out OF bed on tie crouch side. But this
is the first time you've tried TO ease any
of that fussy medicine into me, and I'm
telling you that it's going TO be the last.
Good morning. and he ciomped off 20
his car breathing stertorously.
As he walked along his street the
Truth Teller came upon young married
friend of his who before starting for the
office. was having romp in the front
yard of his home with his fyst baby. an
infant of about nine months of age; that
is to say, he wasn't rolling around on the
grass with the baby or playing pISs In
the corner or hide and seek with ii. but
he was Itaking as if to toss IT into tie
air and oGchey- coochey -babying it.
What. no." said the cheerful young
Newdad TO the Neracious One as the lal :
ter swung by the fence. I'm having Z,
little royster with the kid before going
down To begin TIE grind Say. djevver
take close look at this kid. old man?
Look him oveE. won't you.' holding the
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and ponlI!ar college girls must. and shs
made an ideal hostess and aided in eS-
tablishing the popularity of her girls az
home as firmly as it had been established
at college.
But these functions never broke on
the regular routine which Is SO dear 10
her husband If there will be an impera-
tive motive in dismantling the home IN
New York. where she has spent all her
married life and which Is quite near no
substantial brick mansion where her nus
band was born. II will be To give Senator
O'Gorman the enjoyment of his boohS,
a priyation which seems to grow on hini
even with the limtless resources oi tho
Library of Congress upon which to draw.
Mrs O'Gorman was married before sha
was twenty. and she retains the soft
bloom and charm Of her youth, though
she is now nearing fifty.
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lasting monuments Built of such stuff
to begin with. and the kind OF pooN
that gives broad and safe foundation
for weighty things to be packed into the
convolutions of the upper story, your
gridiron hero has the further magnificent
advantage of beginning post collegiate
life with tremendous assets of publicity
prerequisite to a public career. but or
dinarily acquired in later life.
Conspicuous in Congress. the judiciary
and the diplomatic service high in the
bureaucracy-fcderaI state and municipal
and In the front rank of political forces
striving TO remold the destinies of the
nation are former wearers of the mole
skin and Founders of the pigskin
i
The most recent OF these acquisitions to
our public life is the new senator from
Rhode Island, Henry Frederick Lippitt-
successor of the famed and potent AID
rich. In. his freshman year at Brown
he was made captain of the varsity foot
hall eleven. and during his entire four
wears at the Rhode Island university,
until his graduation in 1878, was It's star
sridiron hero.
having. as Secretary OF State. served as
premier of the cabinet. is now our am
passador to France ard upon him thus
Eliminates Walter Camp, director OF ath-
letics at Yale and the celebrated AUTHOR
ity on all things foot ball:
Il can remember very well the way Ill
which | regarded Robert Bacon, captain
of the Harvard team in the fall of -.
Handsome as an Aaons, big. power
full and fast. he seemed the ideal nero OF
the gridiron." -
Rhode Island and the present amoaSsa-
dor to France gridiron captains at one
and the same time. Lippitt afterward
going in for the manufacture OF wooiens
and Bacon joining the powerful lrm OF
j. =. Morgan n Co
1T would he satisfaction. lurtnef
opined Walter Camp. Ito see those pow
erfui men of long ago grouped with the
more recent heroes upon some huge grid
iron-each PLAYER at his ripest and best
aee-and then nick one eleven after an
other as would a coach. from the en-
tire squad.
Pint such wish is vain. for how
might one imagine the respected treas
urer of the United States once the malt
iron in moleskins today. although he could
probably still carry off the part lie qua
IL at the time of the hiccntennial at New
Haven. in game against the second
varsity eleven, with all his old-tIme oaSh
and speed. And today upon the tennis
courts he is a dangerous competitor loF
the younger men to engage.
For a long time at New Haven the
belief prevailed that Lee Meetings. team
was the best that Yale ever produced.
And Mr. Camp added that this team oil
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Grant, Sd, for the past four years In
the large contingent from New York in
the lower house there are but six un-
married daughters.
Senator and Mrs. O'Gorman are rigid
members OF the Catholic Church, and
have hitherto been attendants of the
Church of the Ascension in West 107th
street New York city. If they continue
to reside at the Shoreham they will be
in the parish of St. Matthew, which
takes in all the streets about the old site
on 18th and II streets where the Shore
ham Hotel is situated. As the wife of
the only Catholic in the Senate. and in
way the logical successor of all the
honorary positions formerly held by Mrs.
Thomas ii. Carter of Montana, Mrs.
O'Gorman will find small leisure after
her social duties have been accomplish
ed. The board of regents at Trinity Col
lege has invited her To become member
and she has the request under advise
ment. There are numerous converts
and industrial establishments in which
the leading Catholic women of the
capital are interested and the wife of
50 prominent Catholic as Judge OGor-
man viii he asked IL affiliate Among
those are the Home Of the Good Shep-
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Having the care of so large nome
and so numerous q family Mrs. DGorman
has not the leisure for the fadS OF
clubs or public measures which are en-
crossing the time of the women or New
York. She takes an Intelligent interest
in ali the broad questions and her firm
belief in the higher education or women
demonstrated in the way her own daugn-
tiers have been prepared for the battle
of life place her In the category OF the
nroeressfye. She is devoted to reading. A
visit to the library of the oGorman
house is a rare treat The judge has
never cared to leave his hearthstone FOR
social pleasures except on special coca
sions and Mrs OGornlan shares his
fondness for home and books after the
real work of the day is ended After her
daughters took their degrees ar Barnard
she entertained as the mother OF pretty
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University Of Pennsylvania and became
there a famous coach. He first became
known to official life when he was
law officer Of the forestry bureau under
Pinchot, during the Roosevelt regime In
deed the forestry bureau has been gov
erned of late by men tried and tested
upon the gridiron. for both the former
forester. Clifford Pmchot. and the pres
ent forester. Henry Scion Graves. We're
in their time pigskin kickers at Yale
Pinchot being a classmate of Woodruff
and Graves coming along three years
later i'll the class Of o.. And in the
Yale class preceding that OF Plnchot
and Woodruff was a foot ball player
George r. Carter. who later became Il
senator of Hawaii. secretary of that
territory and later its governor.
And another of our high insular Off
Gals we'll known in the annals of var
sity foot ball is the present Governor
General Of the Philippines, W. Cameron
Forbes grandson OF the great Ralph
Waldo EmeY son. He was coach of the
great Harvard team of '9S. the first
which after eight years of desperate and
futile struggle. was able to defeat Yale.
and then at the tune of IL 20 o.
Among state officials vino wore mole
skins there are Tax Commissioner Cor
bin of Connecticut. VINO roWed on the
Yale crew and was captain of foot bai
team and Buttcrworth, who after shin
ing Respondent as Sridiron star al
Yale entered the Connecticut state SEN
ate Like Mct'lung, he keeps up his attn
letc training. being now one of the best
polo pla vers in New England.
There is also Il considerable string
of municipal officials who once starred
lIpon the gridiron. Charles ID. Daley. pres
ent fire commissioner of Boston. was
famous foot ball captain at Harvard and
afterward at West Point. And Vance Nc
Cormick, who has made fame as re
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~ ~ The Experiences of a Iruth eler II ~

eNeS Wide with wrath. Have Nou been
drinking al such an early hour ia the
morning. or what does all YOU ia >
never been so outraSeOuSiN ahdfcsseu III
all my life,
And She crossed over to one of the va
cant seats and sat there and fumed un'il
the car reached her department, Waefn
She got off after casting a blazing and
shriVeling glance al the NeraciouS one.
The latter got off the car al his stop
ping place, and ran into tanned. middle
aged man whom lac had known for MANI
years. Tie latter hailed him heartily
and asked.
SAY, d tc read about that bass ! caught
the other day in the upper Potomac?'
No. replied the Truth Te"er. Il did
not
What said the tanned elderly man.
You didn't. Why, every body in town
read about that six and half pound
bass that | caught and is talking about
it. Don't you read the Washington
papers, man."
Yes. read the Washington papers"
replied the Truthful ore, but | don
read about the fish that are caught any
where. not being Interested in that sub
Ject, and so ] did not read about the
bass You caught.
Huh, Well. you don't have 10 fly out
Gently, You know" growled the old friend
with the tanned map. Il only asked you.
YOU know. 1 didn't intend TO get jumped
on. Everybody else in town knows all
about that bass. and of course l took IL
for granted that YOU
But l am not interested in fishing
stories said the Truthful One for a
Day. and SO J didn't
why, blast il all, are you trying to
intimate that that bass of mine was one
of those fishing yarns" blared the elder
~ one with the tanned chart. well.
that settles il with me You've got the
snapper habit fixed on YOU so bad thar
the frs, thing you know You'll have 10
live ont in the woods-that's what1l hap
pen To YOU Good morning." and he
plunged ahead.
The Truthful One let ii go at that for
that day He considered that four
friends would he about all he could AFFORD
10 lose within one hour. But he'll be
going to the absolute veraeity thing
again one of these days when his dinner
sits wrong and he losses around during
the night hours with A dyspepsia Unframed
conscience. and he'll lose the esteem of 4
lot of other folks who are so accustomed
TO being white-lied to that they work
themselves into fumc whenever they
meet up with anybody that doesn't fol-
low the ase-old and wori4- ide practice.
CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.
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RS. JAMES Alloy
SITS OiGORMAN
is one of the sena-
torial II o S t e sses
who is yet to make
her official APP
pearance in So
ciety. She spent
but brief intervals
in W a S n n e ton
during the early
days of the con-
vening of the ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17
GRIDIRVN NERVES
!: Il: i.qPvBLIC LIFE
of Foot T. Ia
1Saos Opening Are
old Tale d FoneGn Y i
Stars Nov - ~
P Offices HI
EY JOHN ELFEETH WATKINS.

GOT BALL-wlloSc
; c a 5 on now Is
,iawning like war
promises its heroes
certain advanta ges
for a public career,
The gridiron is a
mighty coarse sieve
and ii is only the
cry b i g E e s t
chunks of grit
that can stay IN
grit of the hard
deenest on history's
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Senator and Mrs. OGorman have one
Of the most numerous and interesting
families in official life, and it has caused
them much amusement that all local
chroniclers assert that they will add
largely To the social life of the capital.
There are six daughters ana one son.
James Aloysiu.: O'Gorman. jr.. but only
one OF this imposing list Will pass the
coming season at the capital. This Is
Miss Dolorita, the third daughter and a
recent graduate of Barnard College. an
utilization of the Columbia University in
new York city. Miss OGorman has al
ready been presented to society, and her
next sister Miss Alice, will be junior
this autumn in Barnard and will not
two years hence. Miss Annie Leslie
OGorman is a freshman at Barnard, and
the small girl, Miss Agnes. and her
brother attend the Academy of 81. Cath
crime, kept by the Sisters of Mercy.
The two married daughters will come
to the aid of their mother in the social
sense, and expect to spend at least part
Of the winter here. The eldest of the
seven children Of the new senator. Ellen
is the wife of William l.. j. Duffy a
young business man of Gotham, and they
live quite near her parents on West 10stf
street. Like her sister, she studied first in
a convent and then took the college
course at Barnard. The Nother married
daughter. Mary, is the wife of Dudley r.
Malone, a lawyer. and has a pretty home
on Riverside drive. Mrs. Malone was
voted the most beautiful member of her
class in Barnard. and took high honors
for more substantial qualities than looks.
She also intends TO visit her mother, and
will probably return with her after Christ
mas. for so far as the OGormanS have
made rdans SIN months in advance one
is to partake of the Christmas good cheer
under their own roof ircc and With the
0S<nds who nave been familiar figures
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'Do you still keep up your interest n
foot ball2'' asked the doctor
II have missed only Harvard y ale
game in many Years. and that wa. Ito
only that. in many wears. iIarN. RI
has won.
Copyright 1911. by John Eifreth watkiu>t
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The other day when | asked him
what was the most exciting game he
ever played. Commissioner Edwards re-
piled:
The most sensational game I ever
played in was the final game of the
season at New Haven, November %,
1899. when with only thirty-siN sec
onds left to play Arthur Poe kicked
a goal from the field which changed
the score from 10 to to IL to 10. A
few minutes previous to this Al Sharp
had kicked goal from the field for
Yale. making the score 10 to 6. The
rest | leave to you.
In an accompanying photograp you
see the noted pure food champion, DR..
tia,.ve~ w Wiley. armed capa pie for
u gridiron battle.
When the doctor became professor OF
chemistry of Purdue University there
vas new gymnasium but no instruc-
tor in athletics. The herculean pro-
fessor proceeded at once to organize
the athletics of the institution. as ne
did also its first corps OF cadets. OF
which he was instructor. He did not
consider himself too dfgnified to march
at the head of his boys on parade or TO
participate in their athletic contests
on the field.
About the second year after the
opening of Purdue. said DIR.
Wiley. when my activities IN
athletics and my riding Of a bicycle
had been much talked about as being
unheard of in college professor. I
was cited to appear before the board OF
trustees ard when I reached the meet
ing room I was confronted by charges
preferred against me Of conduct unbe-
coming professor and Il gentleman.
Tho counts were, first, that ] dressed
I'D in knee breeches and played ball with
the boys; second that, as expressed by
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A PROPOS of Foot Ball
"A Seasons Opening Are
Told Tales of Former Grid
iron Stars Who Now Hold
High Offices in the Senate,
Diplomatic Service, Judiciary
and Federal Bureaucracy, as
Well as in State and Munich
pal Government.
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ira session and again at the time OF the
celebration Of the Taft silver wedding,
made few calls and received only
her personal friends. The election oil
Judge O'Gorman to the Senate came ut
,erIv unawarcs on his family. however
ss,ute politicians may have foreseen that
result and without a moment prepara-
ton they found their home temporarily
deprived Of its head.
Mrs. o'Gormau did not find It conHen-
lent 10 disrupt tho pleasant home on
West 1nsth street, and il seems proc
lcua.fcal if she will do so-cvcn nest win
ter She has Young children at school at
the nearby .tcadcIuy of ST. Catherine.
and she does not believe in changing the
teachers Of children still IN the lower
classes While all plans arc tentative, IL
seems proba BILE that Mrs. OGorman VIII
get an apartment here and place some
competent person in charge OF her New
York house and divide her time between
the two homes.
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By MARGARET r.. DOWNING.
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VHE Man Who Meant to Tell the
Exact Truth al All Hazards
heretofore written about-took
another hack at il last week.
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the present trea surer of the United
States stands probably unequaled in in
dividual brilliancy, individual independ-
ence and foot ball initiative