The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
STATEG(EN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY.

/ IN MS way pack to Washington from
ms nome In Connecticut the other day
nep,esehtatve Tom Reilly paused at the
lunch counter In the new Grand Gen.
traI Station. New York. to buy himself
frugal meal, consisting of sandwicbe.
chocolate eclairs. coffee. and a Dot of
baked beans. p'' VI
Then he advanced to the Cashiers desk
10 pay, and, looking into the cashiers
| lace ne beheid the features Of Woodrow
| wilson. Reilly pinched to make sure IL
was so. Think of President-eIect au,,,
~ making change in the Grand Central
| restaurant. apparently with statecraft
ciear out of his mind for the time being.
| reenhs as II he were part of a fairy
taie. Reilly said TO the man:
when will you be ready to annoInce
your Cabinet?'
and replied:
| Not just Yet DIP around in , week
| or SO and I'll tell you.',
| ~ the feilow had said he didn't know
| any thins about Cabinets and such things.
\ reilly might have felt as II II were tine
| % come out OF the trance. AS I WIS. he
began TO look about to see IL there were
any cats playing croquet with queens.
| There isn't an hour OF the dsy that
somebody doesn't ask me ahout thu c,hiN
net went on the cashier Il guess the
| resemoiaiice must be pretty noticeable
mat man 8 name wasn't Wilson at I'll
He told Reilly he was known as John g.
Whitney. "
frahcis w. Taylor. private secretary
10 Secretary of the Treasury MacVesph
has an odd collecting fad Instead OF
picking up souvenir spoon. a paper
weight, or an aluminium pen tray. with
picture OF public building on il.
whenever he visits a strange city Tay-
Tor goes and buys himself a nice razor
He has scores of razors from all sections
oi the United States. and many of the
principal cities Of the old world. When
he was mere boy. with the first touch
OF down on his chin, Taylor began To
shaVc, and right from the first he dis
liked the talk of the average barber,
he began to shave himself and whenever
he got hold Of a razor that didn't pull
IN going over his face the first time he
was thrilled with delight In that way he
became a razor fan. and started in 10
see how many he could get
Though his razors number several score
Taylor has always held himself aIoof
from the safety razor OF modern coTn-
merce. The Taylor collection includes
blades Of all sizes. and a great many
are exceptionally good ones The handles
are pretty. too. some Of them decorated
with mermaids. and others made out Of
castles. Taylor went with a party on
an extended trip through Europe a few
years ago Whenever the others lost
track Of him. they would mako a round
Of the pawnshops and hardware stores
and sooner or later they found him lean
Ing over a counter trying to make n
dicker with some shopkeeper about a
razor.
Taylor could start a barber shop whel
he retires from public life on March
and do well right from the start but
he prefers to keep his collection for pri-
vate use. He will soon have n razor for
every day in the year. including ground
hog day. Arbor Day, AMI Sundays.
charged with speeding in his auto not
long ago. The trial was held before a
country Justice OF the peace, and was
considered a comedy occasion.
Now. asked the prosecutor of one
witness. a policeman. IF the maGne,o
On an auto were not in harmony with
the differential and the transmission and
rect on the speed of the car in case
all six cylinders were attached 10 the
spark pluc?''
Shank's counsel. Joseph w Healing.
objected 20 the question on the ground
that 1t was too technical. They argued
mack and forth about whether the wit
ness should answer
can answer il in my own WAY"
volunteered the witness
on, very wciI- then; if You can an
swer, go ahead" agreed Healing. And
this was :he answer:
4 do not know"
Senator Obadiah Gardner of Main. MAI.
often be seen standing just outside his
door in the Senate Office building watch
ing certain cat This cat has nor yat
oeen able to dope out the glass mail
chutes When he or she Sees the phan-
tom-Eke letters futtering rapidly down
the chute. the cat makes q desperate ef-
fort to catch the letter. but it has never
had any luck so far. Gardner stands
and watches the performance and laughs
softly.
The attitude of the cat reminds on,
of the visitor in Senator Kern's ON.
recently. The man was a trifle near
sighted and he, too. was not familiar
with the mall chutee. After WATCHING
the feeting white pieces OF mail of and
on for some moments. he said TO Kern:
You know had no idea II was snow
ing out at all, and there they are shovel
ing 1t OF the roof Already"
Representatives Slayden of Texas and
Laferty of Oregon provide the two ex-
tremes IN Congressional headzear SIay-
len is the only member who ever wears
a silk hat to the House chamber: and
Lafferty is the only one who comes
around wearing boyish-looking cap.
CopgrSht, 1913. By Fred Q. Kelly. All rizhtr ~
sTyed,