The Washington herald., 1912-01-05

When Representative Frank w. Mon
dell. Congressman-at-largs from Wyo-
ming, was first introduced to President
Taft. the President looked him over and
said:
From Wyoming, I'd have said you
were from Boston
Mondell was vexsd for a moment, but
President TAFT was right stand all the
members OF Congress in a row and try
to pick man who has roughed it in the
wild and woolly from the time he was
six years old and one would approach
MondelI about last. He looks more like
a paying teller or librarian than a man
who has devoted years to building rail-
roads and towns and sleeping IN the
snow. Mondell is what Is commonly
termed clean cut in appearance. He
dresses nattily but conservatively. and
his mustache. instead Of looking like
long, rayeled piece Of rope. is a neat.
compact little outfit, such as might be
worn by the corresponding secretary Of a
golf club.
When MondeIl FIRST struck Congress, a
few years ago, his hotel room had no
steam radiator. Instead. a coIored man
came up In the morning aud built nice
IRE for one to dress by. II happened that
a month before his arrival MondeH had
been on trip through some open cOun-
try and had slept with nothing over him
but some blankets and a tree-and the
temperature down toward zero. The coll
ored man who built the fire in MondeIFs
room might have been careless II he had
known this. but he never suspected IL.
One morning he was unayoidedly late,
and found Mondell dressing in the cold.
''Y' all get back in bed" he command
ed. ''Ah know y all amt nevah got up
out o. bed in no such cor tempechuh as
this"
just by way Of contrast. let US now
consider the case of one OF Mondeli's
Western friends-a former town marshal
OF Newcastle, wyo., which Monden
helped to build
This westerner had relatives in Mary
land, and came or to meet them in Wash
ington. He had great aversion to be-
ing regarded as a wild westerner. and
he confided TO MondeIl his desire to shed
all Western apparent and look Just as
Eastern as his Maryland friends.
MondelI steered the man to an exclu-
sive tailor. who put through a hurry or
they went to a barber shop, and Mondell
saw TO it personally that everything pos
sible tonsorially was done to eradicate
Wyoming from his friends appearance.
The WesteTner. all barbered and mani
cured. got into his neat new clothes,
which Included a plain pearl gray neck
tie and thin-soled shoes. and started
down Pennsylvania avenue. He imagined
himself a ringer for William Faversham.
newsboy waved a paper at him and
shouted:
Hey. there, Tex: Don't you wanna
paper7"
President TAFT gave a little party one
night not long ago to members Of the
Republican National Committee. A. /.
Norys, Ohio member Of the committee,
was on his way to the White House when
he ran into Carmi Thompson, Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior and warm
personal friend Of Mr.. Taft Thompson
happened to have his automobile near by
Get in" he told Vorys, ''and I'll haul
you over to the White House"
Thompson drove his machine up the
driveway into the White House grounds
let vorys out. and was about to drive out
again when u White House guard ran up
to him.
Get on out now said the guard. I'VE
can't have you hanging around here after
you've let out your PASSENGER"
Can't | go into the kitchen and warm
my hands over the stove?'' asked Thonlp-
son, whimsically.
"Cut that stun and drive along re-
piled the guard. This isn't any chauf-
feur,s refuge
So the Assistant Secretary Of the Inte-