The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
Public Men AndThinDs
(By the Sage of the Potomac.)

ldge on the Potomac WheTe gossip IS
a profession and vocation, nothing can
be kept a secret However, in my
ramblings about town, | heard a new
and good one that has been reposing
as a secret in the home of a certain
physician whose name, for the sake of
MS wife and BARNS. | will not diyulge,
even tor the price OF a soda phos-
phate spiked with four fingers of Slow
I'm Here 1t l.. without fuss or
feathers, stripped of unnecessary yer
page. and uuadurned with rhetoric;
Ut. the popular happily mar
RED physician OF this center Of pupu-
latlon, a0- ears, returned from a
midnight call ON one oI our recent
old-fashioned winter nights in weary
and somewhat chilled condition. and
determined To retire AT once. if not
sooner. Mrs. --. who +, a yyo-
man noted not orly for her chic. viva
ClOusness, and great charm of manner.
but for her Viftly iorethought. had
anticipated the Doctors coming and
his needs, ard had provided a huge.
hot and as it turned 0ut. an eNtrcrme-
ly teral tlatiron for bed-Warminc pur-
poses, convenient instrument which
having become markedly Supcr-hear-
ed, had been eusconced temporarily
upon a comfortable and temptinply
situated chair Upon this effective
and imprOvised radiator the Doctor.
having assumed his night gear. and
not having chance to note the source
OF the grateful glow which pcrvaded
the chamber seated himself squarely
and firmly. for the Doctor is not a
man to do things by halves Under
such circumstances. as our best Citi-
Zens and readers viii readily under
stand, a man even moderately lacking
in poiSe might have acted without
careful consideration as to the best
course TO pursue. Not SO with Dr..
-, who, not losing his presence
of mind for so much as an instant,
leapcd high in the air with the most
astonishing resiliency, his shrewd
plan being to remove his person as far
as possible from the seat OF thermal
change, and, at approximately the
same moment, uttered a prolonged
and piercing ululation, choosing this
means, for he is ever thoughtful and
COnSIdeTate Of Mrs. -s comfort
and peace of mind, of notifying her
that he was still living. The injury
received in the COntretempts Corfu
nately there was none in any more
vital spOt) caused the Doctor to walk
somewhat haltingly, and sit III his
auto somewhat sidewise. To all in
| terested citizens who have solicitously
inquired why he walked thusly, Cg
why he sat thus side-wisely, the Doc
tor, who IS a man of keen, incisive
wit replied in his dry, mirth-provOk-
| ing and humOrously cryptic way that
he had merely been branded a don
| key. Now, lest you accuse, or sus-
peCt the wrong man, I will tell you
frankly it was not DR.. Williston.
1t has always been my luck to get
/ in the wrong pew just at the wrong
time. ! dropped in = certain church
recently whose front door opens on
| street not over m hundred miles
| from Vermont avenue. and | hadn't
| been there long before the brothers
| decided there was nothing TO that
| small talk about thou shalt not Kill.
| for pistols were drawn, and shot,
! We're fired Not in exultation over
J the saving of an erstwhile damned
| soul, but Just to settle an affair, a Il
| Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
| Now, aS a fact. | didn't hear or see
the target practice. for just as -oor
as the pistols were drawn. | imme
diatcly got up steam. and in less tim,
| than you can define Ieddy'S inItia
tive and referendum policies. / wa,
! beating it up Vermont avenue at ;
pace that would have made the Con
| grcssional Iimited'o speed seem lik,
the movements OF a sick snail oI
waiting orders | tore up Vernon
| to Street. few west on s like
rocket and when I struck Fourtl
street. uu pulling ont my watch. dis
! covered ! had covered the distance II
/ just OUC-SINth of a second. ! do love
! church services but when they 60 to
/ sdndWiChiRg in blood and thunder
| scene like Jesse James used to act,
/ just naturally having Il longing tol
! atheism, or some other ism thai
| hasn't got a revolution packed some
where In the box But these shooting
| church festivals are not an unmIti
: gated evil after ali Ii YOU don't be
! lIcyc me, just 90 and ask Tom Jones
! anu NJ lltitt scout bi " ii I 'ilai u
Now some of you will think, just be
J Cauec ran. that / am a coward. but
! amt I am just practitioner oI
! that commandment which says thou
shalt not bear false witness That
all
! met Judge Terrell the other day
and asked him what he thought ol
Tcddys proposition OF recall ior
| judges The Judge gave me d sort
/ of yanGyke beard smile. and began
To- talk about the prospects of Wash
ineton's base ball club Winnirr the
pcnnant this year However. by cir
cuituus route. ] learn that the Judge
| doc, not favor the recall of tn,
| judges He said to another friend
whom he-couid trust, that about three
years ago he got dangerously close
/ to one oi those things they call q re-
! call and ever since then he has had
an abiding faith In continuous. Uuu-
I terrupted terms for all judge. Judge
| Hewlett. have learned. since he felt
the weight of d recall and has got use
/ 90 1t, l. radically I'm favor OF the re-
call for all Judges. and especially for
municipal judges Mr. HOruer, II Is
rumOred in dark compIeEioned cir