The Washington herald., 1911-01-03

II it were anybody else but Senator
Nelson ". Aldrich. Washington host
esses would stop inviting him places. For
Senator Aldrich, when he is really busy,
will usually pay no attention to an
invitation. He does not mean to be
impolite. and he keenly enjoys society OF
a certain sort: but he gets so engrossed
in his work that he Shoes away an invi-
gnat that got in his way instead of
an r. S. V. p.
But the hostesses in the exclusive set in
which Aldrich moves never fail to invite
! the Senator. His great ability as a
bridge player and as a fascinating con-
versationalist make him too much in de-
mand for any hostess to get seriously
vexed with him And when one is a
United States Senator he can play bridge
| and talk the absurd language of the
! game without it being held against him.
| Then. it is unusual to get hold of a
Senator half as prominent as Aldrich
who does not insist on talking shop. Mel
son w. Aldrich studiously avoids bor-
ing anybody with talk about tariff
schedules or anything else pertaining to
his days work. He is more likely to
dwell on automobiles and bridge. or the
hobble skirt as deterrent to brisk pc
deStrianism
They work a hot scheme over at the
Post-office Department to prevent Post
master General Hitchcock from having
| to devote his entire time to signing his
name. Post-office orders and warrants
are issued by the thousand, and each
must be passed upon by the Postmaster
General. II he were obliged to dip his
pen and affix his signature to each one
separately he would have one signing
! time of it. sure enough. So they arrange
i in pamphlet form several pages of in
dexes that cover a greater variety OF de-
| tails. than would be found in the pros
pectus of a fake gold-mining scheme
j Every order is referred to in this PAM
phIet only by a number or by a brief
! line. Then the Postmaster Generals
| flowing signature on the first page covers
| the whole business, for Il means that he
either personally or through subordinates
| has passed on all the orders mentioned
And instead OF putting in the rest of the
day signing and blotting his name. he
goes on about something else.
/ The system recalls the case of a man
, in another department who was hired to
| NIL the JOB where theFe was rnCCh signing
to do. owing to some technicality. and
whose chief qualification was the brevity
of his name. His entire nomenclatural
| possessions amounted to only four OF
five letters-something like 3. Day. II
his name had been Reginald Alphonse
! Schermenhauschler he couldn't have OBJ
tanned the job. for they wanted man
who could get as much work done as
possible. So 3. Day. or whatever his
name was. just sat and wrote B. Day, B.
Day, e. Day. all the day long.
George NJ Mcclellan. secretary to the
Delegate to Congress from Hawaii. prob
ably has more trouble in the matter OF
names than anybody in Washington.
| Mcclellan began life under the noni
nation of George Harris Mcclellan. But
after attending an Uncle Toms Cabin
show one night he decided to change
from George Harris to George Brown.
ing, and for a number of years he has
been known as George B. Mcclellan
Then another man of that same name
got himself elected mayor of New Yawk
and since then the two have been get