Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
National Top1iners
By James Hay. Jr.


service and to prevent frauds in it. Nothing
in his line of work calls for garrulity.
He was, however, one of the guests of
honor at the convention of first-ClasS post
masters at Richmond, Virginia, last fall, and
was put down for speech at the big BAN
quet. This function, which wound up the
meet, was attended by the postmasters and
their wives and daughters.
Sharp made his speech, and it was a work
of art from start to finish. 1t was full of
eloquence, oratory, and outbursts. Sharp
comes from Tennessee, and he put into his
discourse the ripple of the streams and the
grandeur of the mountains of his native
State. He wove into the thread of his talk
the mellowness of the moonlight and, for
particular emphasis on certain points, he
tore off few pieces of the rainbow, not to
mention the aurora borealis. When his
hearers were not moved to applaud, they
were possessed by laughter; for the rounded
sentences handed out by the man with the
quiet job had humor as we'll as earnestness.
The speech was the hit of the evening.
The next morning, Theodore L. Weed,
chief clerk of the Postoffice Department, re-
ceived in Washington the following anony
nous postal card:
Sharp has Demosthenes and Cicero skinned
a mile. Why don't you ask the Postmaster
General to give him gabby job?
GEORGE c. TYLER, general director of
- the theatrical firm of Liebler & Com
pany, was telling Senator Depew of New
York about the peculiar abilities a man
must have in order to succeed in the dra-
matte business.
I'll illustrate it with story" he said.
IL got my start with William F. Connor,
who is now managing Sarah Bernhardt's
farewell tour. He gave me job once as
press agent for James O'Nell. In later years,
when | assumed my present position, Sc
lected Connor as my booking agent, and
told him | was giving him the job for two
reasons. One was that he knew the country
thoroughly, all its crossroads and all its
smallest theaters. The second was that he
knew how to fire press agents when they
were of no account. / told him / was par
ticularly impressed with this, because l
knew. He had fired me.
CHARLES c. ROGERS, collector of
- taxes for the District of Columbia, is
noted as one of the best dressed men in the
national Capital. He is an authority on
clothes and harmonious costumes Natu-
rally, he approves of all other men who dress
well.
When everybody was discussing the
Presidents appointment of two new Com
missioners of the District, Rogers was asked
his opinion on the subject.
"Fine!" he exclaimed with great enthu-
siasm. The President could not have
found any better men. Take Rudolph, for
instance. He's an able business man, and
represents to nicely the best business in
terests of the city. And Johnston is great,
simply great! Why, Johnston has hundred
suits of clothes!"
ERNEST G. WALKER, who is journal
list with national reputation, arrayed
himself one evening with particular care, as
he was going to the home of politician on
whom he wanted to make big impression
On his way, he stopped at his Office and
asked George Brown, his assistant, for an
opinion on the costume.
Brown said it was all right; but checked
himself when he noticed that Walkers high
hat looked as if it might have been of rather
ancient vintage. Where did you get that
hat?" he asked.
won it on bet on presidential cleo
tion," explained Walker with some pride.
Brown looked at it moment and then
queried solemnly, Hayes or Garfeld's?"
CHARLES NAGEL, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, tells of what he con-