Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22

By Earl Goodwin.

broke from a beautiful tenor to sea-
coast bass
Wouldn't he make an ideal man for a
punch and judy show, remarked Dick
Oulahan. How wonderfully well he can
change his voice" And another one of
our most brilliant correspondents walked
into the gallery:
For goodness sake. what is that man
talking about?" he asked.
why" sad John Kirby. The is singing
a song to the beauties of the MaSsachu-
sets Wop.'
Representative Burleson of Texas
chairman of the Sub committee which has
in its charge the appropriations for the
District of Columbia, has some rather
unique views on the subject of the popu-
larity of base ball as shown on the score
boards. On the day that Washington won
its seventeenth straight game in that IA
nous tour of the west Mr.. Burleson re-
marked:
THE time is coming when this base ball
business will be declared a public nui-
sance. Also, men will be arrested for
vagrancy for standing in front of bulle-
tin boards watching scores"
That dark-haired man with the ever
smiling fac who is so often a feature of
the landscape in the House of Representa-
tives-that is Fred Emory. No doubt
cNSiS " the SdhSlieS vi the IlOuSe
has pointed him out with the query:
And now tell me-who is THAT one?"
Just to bear out this suggestion of dis
Gnction, this story goes to show that one
can be distinguished and still hail from
Vermont
Fred was sitting in the restaurant of
the House of Representatives; one day
last week. having lunch with Judge Stiles
of West Virginia, who. by the way, is the
talest man in that state. Along came d
clerk from the office of the sergeant-at-
arms and tapped Fred on the shoulder:
Would you mind he said with great
Difference, coming to the Office when you
are through. In order to sign for your
mileage?'
Mileage? Mileage:" said Fred. What
mileage?'
.Why. your mileage to and from Wash
ington."
"Sure. l WILL" came from the illustrous
Journalist, Il will sign for any MILEAGE
you have. but who do you take me for?"
why, for a member of Congress, of
course. | see you on the floor of the
House every day
And when the clerk of the sergeant at
arms office finally understood that Mr..
Emory Is one of the foundation stones OF
Journalism he acknowledged that 1T would
cost him dinner.
At just what hour in the day MEM
her of Congress should take bath does
resentative LafYerty of Oregon and Rep
resentative Olmsted of Pennsylvania il
Illuminated the pages of the Congressional
Record with remarks anent that vital
subject a few days ago Representative
Lafferty's single contribution to the de-
bates of Congress thus far this session
are TO he found in the discussion of the
legislative BILL where he protested that
g o'clock is TOO early TO close UP the
baths in the House Office buildin". With
considerable INDIGNATION he pointed ou-
that the two attendants there ply the
professions of corn doctoring and mas
saeing all day long. receiving tips in adj
dition to a governmental salary of 500.
and that they close up the shop a. I;
o clock, REGARDLESS of the fact that the
entire Congress might want to so over
and lave in the waters after that hour.
Representative Olmsted suggested in
reply that 1.-The gentleman might obtain
permission of the House to take "a bath
in the day time" and thus absent him.
self from the debate
OF course the calamity howlers have
been looking forward to souphouses and
| closed factories and all that sort of
thing as soon as Oscar Underwood. great
! hish prizes; of the tariff. gets in his fine
work on the revision downward project
which the democrats have doped out for
the next session. but VINO would have