Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-19

When the House COnveneS in December, he
is ahead of the members with a lot of pre-
lminary information to guide them in max
ing up appropriation bills.
He does little talking. He makes no fuss.
But this quiet Southern gentleman is ire
mendous factor in national legislation, and
without him the House would be very rusty
in its mathematics. james Hay, J.
CHARLES GOODWIN BENNETT, who
~ is secretary of the United States Senate
and is regarded by Senators as a wit, owns
a cemetery in Brooklyn.
THEODORE L. WEED, chief clerk of the
Postoffice Department, enjoys wide
acquaintance among Government officials
in Washington One of his friends is Major
Richard Sylvester, Chief of Police for the
District of Columbia. And at one time,
when Weed went automobiling with party
of friends, he would laugh merrily and say
the crowd was safe from being arrested for
speeding, owing to the closeness of the tie
between him and Sylvester.
One rainy night Weed asked Frank P.
Morse, who was driving the car, to stop on
Pennsylvania-av Weed Jumped out of the
a newspaper bulletin. His hat was pulled
down over his eyes, his coat collar was turned
up, and it was impossible to recognize him.
AS he stepped to the sidewalk, heavy
hand fell on his shoulder, and deep voice
inquired, as that your machine in the mid
die of the street,"
eyes," said Weed.
dts against the law" continued the
voice, "for an automobile to stop in the mid
die of the street. If you don't 60 back there
and move that machine Immediately, III
arrest you"
Weed took one look around, and saw that
Sylvester had him in his tolls. He suddenly
lost all interest in the bulletin. Gall right,
sir, he said meekly, and went hastily to the
machine. Nowadays he never mentions
how strong his pull is with Sylvester.
SENATOR DEPEW was speaking at
~ Gridiron Club banquet one evening, and
referred to one of his stories as "jewel of
memory" When one of the present humor-
lists asked him for definition of the word
memory" Depew said:
Memory is the singular feeling that
steals over us while we are listening to the
best original story of some friend whom
we love but pity for trying to tell it,
7 USED to have six pairs of new shoes
1 every year, says Leslie M. Shaw, former
Secretary of the Treasury. @Then the num-
Der was reduced annually to five, four, and
three pairs. Last year had only two pairs
of new shoes. don't walk SO heavily, so
fast, nor so aggressively as used to. have
as great ambition and capacity for work as
ever; but l know that l am growing old,
because my shoes last longer"
FOR illegal use of the mails, woman in
L Chicago was barred by the Postoffice De-
partment. She wrote long letter to the
Postmaster General, concluding:
@If 1 could look into your beautiful brown
eyes, you would believe my story"
Facetiously the letter was respectfully
referred to the Secretary of State for adj
vice."
In due course of official routine the letter
came back Endorsed, Risk one eye. EL1HU
Roof"
SECRETARY KNOX of the State De-
~ partment is a youthful looking man.
AS he came out ofllis office one day, an old
man in the waiting room mistook him for
clerk, and addressed him thus, @Say, young