Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
NATIONAL TOPLINERS
BY JAMES HAY. JR.

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pressed now The only bullying thing about
him is his brow, and he no longer carries
carloads Of dry and dusty books on his per
son. But, when gloom settles on the parlia-
mcntary plight of the Democrats, he splits
the cloud like a streak of forkcd lightning
hands out the necessary precedent, and coaXcS
the sun of confidence to rise in splendor
AS the Umpire Of the Umpty-Umps Of
Procedure, he never fails.
On the opening night of play in which
- he was interested. Frank P. Morse the
theatrical man, invited to breakfast with
him the following morning in a prominent
Washington hotel half dozen friends
among whom were Representative Dorsey
W. Shacklcford. Ralph A. Graves, and sew
eral other prominent men.
The party enjoyed the breakfast, which
had been ordered by Morse with rare taste
and discrimination; but. at its conclusion,
the waiter made the mistake of handing the
bill to Graves
"Go round TO the other side of the table,
said Graves, "and give that to Mr.. Morse.
The host accepted the bill snilinglv; but
suddenly assumed a look OF great distress.
snow, waiter" he said, as calmly as he
could, $50 round among the guests and Dor
row enough to pay this I'm broke.
CHARLES DYER NORTON. shortly be
fore he resigned the position of secretary
to the President, sent to many of his friends
a copy Of Rudyard kipling great poem If,
which Norton thought accurately described
the traits and character of Mr. Taft
r. B. JOHNS, who is crony of all the
= Ohio politicians in the national Capital,
took his four ear-old daughter to the circus
one night When the time came for a spc-
cially fine act by the prize pony, all other
"acts were stopped, the band was silcnced
and all noise hushcd. Amid dead stiffness
the pony entered the central ring, and, as a
preliminary to its wonderful trick, fell to its
knees, laying its head on the ground
Then it was that little Miss Johns, re-
minded of the evening hour at home, broke
the silence in shrill, treble voice, saving,
"Now | lay me down 10 Sleep
Mr.. Johns cautioned her to be quiet
whcrcupon she pipcd out:
well, the pony didn't seem to know his
prayers; SO | was saving EN- for HIM
p REPRESENTATIVE JAMES T. LLOYD
of Missouri was discussing the Prcsi-
dent S belief that the extra session of Con
gross would not try to revise the whole tariff
law
He had about as much TO 60 on, said
LLOYD, las the man who approached a banker
with a request To lend him money on note
He wanted five hundred dollars.
"'Can YOU get IN indorScro asked the
banker
Sure replied the prospective borrower,
mentioning the indorscr's name.
But has he got any money!
Lots of it. answered the other. He
wins II at poker.
EORAIER Representative Harry NJ. Cou-
: drcy has the reputation of having intro
duccd in the last Congress the most frcakish
bill OF al the thousands submitted. 1t re
quircd that any man who owned clock in
front OF business place and had an advcr-
tiScmcnt printed on il should be fined if the
timcpiccc was five minutes behind or ahead
OF time
NoTE: 1t did not become law.
r. NJ. CLINEDINSr is the photographer
= who took the picture Of Theodore Roosc-
welt. when President, putting a horse over a
high hurdle. This is the photograph that
has been used by nearly every newspaper in
the country, and ii shows the Colonel and
his mount just clearing the top Of the jump.
The day the photograph was taken Roose-
welt postponed meeting of his Cabinet be
cause he wanted 10 get the best light and