The Washington herald., 1912-01-10

M dNke0s
We'll. the only way I can work Is 20
stick right at It. and I must say that
tu-h out a trsmsndOus amount Of copy
every year. Why. produce about 80
900 words a years'
The figures didn't startie Blythe. as
the novelist expected them to.
Hum. That's less than a thousand
words a day." he remarked. eandldly.
That doesn't seem Ike very much"
Not very much echoed the Eng
Ilshman. why. man. IN England, they
marvel q: me for producing so much
copy"
Jaw. pshaw." said Blythe. thinking Of
his newspaper days. Il used to write
about 100000 words a year and tele-
graph Il sli-and yet my employers never
seemed to be worried about me working
too hard"
Hand II to Senator Jen Davis. Of
Arkansas. for unconyentionallty. Lack
OF precedent worries JEFF Davis about
as much as the Partisan dope in the
style books worries an Igorrote. just
for instance:
On one OF his speechmaking tours
through Arkansas an admirer made him
present Of a goat 1t was not an
Angora goat-just a plain. every day. No.
goat Of commerce. and OF little value
except as a keepsake Jer Davis has
never gone in for goat collecting; in fact,
he cares almost nothing at all for goats.
But he wished to be polite and show
his appreciation OF the nemsnto. So he
led his goat present right into the bus
with him when he drove to the station
In the town where he had been speaking.
and then and there placed said goat In
the baggage car. bound for Little Rock.
On his arrival in that city. Uncle Jen
drove his gift goat right up into the
front end Of the car. past several pas
sengers who were doing a curfew-shsil-
not-ring turn with straps, and bade IL
stand alongside Of the motorman. Now.
goats, without permits. were discouraged
from riding on street cars. baggage cars,
and such in the State Of Arkansas, but
no living human thereabouts would have
questioned the right of Jen Davis TO
bring a gift goat home in a street car,
drosky, Pullman compartment. palanquin.
or any other vehicle he might choose.
II Uncle Jeff were seen on a train with
body would know why. Not infrequently
he win drive through the streets Of an
Arkansas town with a party Of chickens.
bound each to each. swung carelessly on
top OF his hack. People along his right
OF way know that he has simply received
token OF esteem from a constituent.
To question the spoken or written word
OF Jeff Davis in his home State would
be as futile as trying to explain the
meaning OF magazine poetry. Jen can
say pretty much anything he cares to
and his constituents merely comment
about as follows:
Its true, too. Didn't Jeff Davis say
SO himself7"
In one campaign a candidate on the op-
position ticket had a wooden leg. having
lost his regular leg while fighting In the
Confederate army. A leg lost under such
circumstances was a strong point in his
favor and he might have been successful
In his campaign. but one day Jeff Davis
got up and said:
That man with the wooden leg? All,
yes. poor fellow. he lost his good leg in
a sawmill."
And after that the wooden legged man
might have talked until Alton b. Parker
1
stil think he lost his leg in a sawmiIl.
Uncle Jeff once referred TO a Judge
seeking a Democratic nomination. man
OF Northern birth-as a Yankee RepubIi-
can" Lifelong Democrat thought he
was, the man might as well have
knocked on his campaign work right
thare and devoted the rest of his time
to playing charades with the children.
He could have circulated fac-simile af-
fidavits throughout the entire State with
out convincing anyone that the wasn't a
Yankee Republican, just as Uncle Jefr
said he was.
OF another opponent Uncle Jer said:
why. II you were to pick Up that fellow
by the neels. you could shake out 100
railroad passes. II you elect many men
like him the cost Of living win be 50
high that it'H cost SIS to twist a pigs
tail"
And strong men In the audience solemn
ly nodded their heads.
Admiral George Dewey has lust one
fad. 1t is taking care of his health. For
this reason Dewey stays away from
more dinners than any prominent man
some years yet, and has figured II out
that the best way 10 do this IS to keep
Gway from formal dinners and lead the
simple life Each week his desk is
swamped with invitations TO dinners, not
only in Washington, but at various
points over the country, and he turns
them all down Every once in while
he gets invited to dinner that he really
wishes he might attend, but he stays
away rather than break his rule to
avoid dinner engagements. II he went
10 one dinner and declined TO go to the
next one. people would get mad at him
and accuse him OF being stuck up"
There is just one dinner that Dewey is
certain to attend. and that is the annual
banquet held on May / Of the Manila
Bay Society, made up Of officers who
took part in the battle of Manila Bay.
That and an occasional acceptance Of a
White House invitation comprise the so