The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-28
Ambassador from Atlantic
City Always Gets Glad
Welcome.
GOOD HUMOR PERPETUAL
Has Stock Of Good Stories On Hand,
Quick at Repartee, bat Never
0fends Anybody.

you don't know DR.. Bedl0e, II Is best tc
give a quick imitation OF an Arab. fold.
! ing his tent. and stealing away. With.
out knowing the doctor. who has repre-.
scented his country on three continents
under three Presidents. life becomes an
| arid desert.
The Ambassador from Atlantic City
| radiates sunshine. When he meets you
| on the street. he does not say: How dc
you do? Isn't this bully weather we're
having?' Nothing like that for the doc.
| tor. He pauses and addresses you some
what in this manner:
"What-ho, my friend! It's a gladstone
day. Is 1t not so? Is 1t not SO. As Mrs.
Gillespie says:
"a tourist. crossing the ocean.
Was tiled with strange emocean.
When the ship gave 4 roll
He gave up hin soul.
Just TO would 1t second the mocean."
That's the way the doctor does II. Moth
ing commonplace about him, nothing mo-
notonous or platitudinous. When he en-
| tiers one of the departments to ask some
action on Atlantic City projects, which
are his hobby, the work of the govern
ment stands still while he exciaims:
''Ye call me chief and ye do well to call him chief
Who for twelve long years has stood In the arena
and
However. comma. as I was about to
say when / was interrupted, and Mrs.
Gillespie. kind old lady that she Is, never
theless and Notwithstanding, when are
you going to send that government
dredge to Absecon Inlet to dredge the
harbor? Yachts may be rent asunder
there any day, thousands of souls may
be lost, the ocean itself calls for a dredge.
send us dredge or we will die"
Get. What He i. After.
With those few remarks, the genial doc
tor, whose philosophy is cheerfulness.
settles down in his chair. gets out his
clipping, and talks business. Here are
tie cuttings. as we say in dear old Lun-
non." he remarks, and he proceeds to
show how the entire press Of the country
is calling for improvements in Atlantic
City, which. he insists, is the Indian name
for Ideal Summer Resort" And IL the
doctor does not leave the government Of
fee with the dredge under his arm. at
least he leaves with an assurance that
1t will be forthcoming in due time.
There is no government official in
Washington who is too busy to welcome
DR.. Bedloe into his office. No matter
how grouchy the official may have been.
he cheers up at the sight of the polished
tald head and the neatly clipped white
mustache. All. here We are again" the
doctor cries. striking a theatrical pose.
getting back the amount of enthusiasm
which he always gives.
There are men in Washington who
wonder how DR.. Bedloe always manages
TO be in good humor; how he manages to
keep such a stock OF good stories and
good cheer always on hand: and how he
managed to be in high spirits always. He
says himself that II is just as easy to
be cheerful as il is to be gloomy. "As
Mrs. Gillespie says, cultivate the habit,
my boy. It's all in the viewpoint"
No one has ever been over to trace Mrs.
Gillespie to her lair. and 1t is generally
believed among DIR. Bedloes friends that
she is wholly mythical person. invented
by DIR. Bedloe so that he may have an
ever reliable heroine for his various
stories. but she has come to be one OF
the most famous ladies in Washington.
and IL you remarked to former President
Taft that Mrs. Gillespie said he was look
ing fine he would laugh heartily and think
of DIR. Bedloe-
Never Gives OHcnse.
The Ambassador from Atlantic City
never offends anybody. A stranded near
statesman. who had come here to get a
job under Taft and vert broke, ap-
preached the doctor one day and joyously
cried:
BY George. Doc. you're just the man
I want to see"
Good" said the doctor. with equal en-
thusiasm.
Il want abodt s1o." said the stranded
statesman, in the quick. confident man
ner that presupposes victory.
so do l." said the doctor. DELIGHTFULLY."-.
where do you think We can get them?"
On another occasion one of DR.. Bedloe's
friends was telling him a string of trou-
5les. concluding with the statement that
a note for 500 had to be met within
twenty-four hours.
All" said the doctor. you should not
worry. my boy. Remember what Mrs.
says: In the midst Of life we
are in debt"
On one occasion DIR. Bedloe called to
see his friend. former Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock.
rs the general in?" he asked the pri-
waite secretary.
mo: but he will be in shortly"
'Ah," replied the hero Of Absecon
Inlet, "'tis ages till then, but I'll possess
my soul in patience until We meet
again"
Always Has Ready Answer.
There is no man in Washington who Is
quicker on the tongue-trigger than DR..
Bedloe. At a dinner at which Interrupt
tons were the order Of the evening. a
guest who had previously arranged to
be called on began by saying:
Il have heard Of this club"
You have the advantage of u.s." called
out the doctor.
Yes" continued the confident orator,
land II raI TO- xho