Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE
By Earl Goodwin.

fox from the tropic of Capricorn to the
arctic circle without a stop, and with
that sort Of an introduction they were
supposed to make the rest Of the pack
look like behring's They were the one
topic Of conversation for days after they
arrived.
One day they had a hunt. The hunters
put on their pink coats, mounted their
steeds and away they went. maste- OF
'ounds and al. scurrying across the fields
with the pack shifting bravely away in
advance. fox was raised in the brush
and he started in to give them all a
run. His middle name must have been
Marathon, too, for he ran all the MORN
ing. over hill and da'e. and finally fox
and pack Wee lost to view.
Cy Cummings and the rest of the hunt
ers drilled through the woods and brush
for a long time. They were sure those
quarry to earth and that it was only
matter Of finding the animals.
They found them, all right In pleas
ant little dell in the woods they ran
across the who'e outfit. There was the
fox and there were the hounds. all play
ing togethe" like a lot of little lambs.
And the 'eading CHANDELIERS. the chief
canine comedians in this lite scene, were
Cy's two bloodthirsty imports.
George. MunSOn a western base ball
writer. used to be famous because Of his
Ill OC-SO uiiiIl SOltOI1dlS anu sporting SUD-
Jects. which would end with the SEN
tence:
This is the situation in a nutshell
Z x = =
Graham B. Nichol. known for the soft
mess of his disposition, and also for the
delicate skill with which he pays bridge
whist, once Went to see a very touching
drama. 1t was draped with gloom and
sorrow and had for it's leading theme the
extremely hard luck of a little girl during
the civil war. 1t was play where one
would be excused for wheep'ng profusely
during the entire performance. Some
one asked Nick after the show if he
thought it was good one.
Yes. it must have BEEN said he, Il
noticed the lady next to me crying her
eyes out
Did you weep any YOURSELF"
We'll" explained the great bridge
whist artist. Il tried to get few sobs
out of my system, but / couldn't. Every
time the actors would pull off their most
heartrend1ng scenes bonehe ad OF a
stagehand would plant himself in the
wings. right in my view. and would be-
gin to spit tobacco at a spot on the wall,
and that diverted me SO much from the
sad stuff that had to laugh out loud"
x :; :: ):
Baldwin Cook, golden-haired son of Maj.
c. Fred Cook. adjutant general. motor en-
thuSiaSt, athlete and city editor, has for
one Of his ideals a newspaper persona
named John Smallwood. who writes the
things that happen in the Senate. One
time Maj. Cook and Smallwood were off
at some National Guard doings. and the
major was to bring John home with him
next day. That night, when the little
boys mother was hearing his prayers.
she told him:
Now pray that the Lord will bring
your father safely home to you, Bald
win
Whereupon he shook his Dutch crop
and stared at his mother. asking:
What should do that for? Isn't John
Sma.lwOod going to take care of him."
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Count Apponye, whose name figures
occasionally in news dispatches from
Austria Hungary, where he is the leader
Of one of the political parties, has i
method of gesticulating which makes
him a person of great interest to stran-
gers. Coupled with this he has Won
derful command of badly broken Eng
fish, and never stops his conversation
for want of the right word. When speak !
ing to an American or an Englishman he
sandwiches fearful Austro Hungarian eX- |
prcssions in between perfectly good !
broken English In q manner which makes :;
one strain every nerve to follow his talk. |
There is Il young woman visiting a Wash !
ington family. who became acquainted