The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-22
B. E. NIXON,
Young Financier of Reno. Nevada.

Romance moves not always in straight
lines. Sometimes it proceeds "cattycor-
nered," like a man on a checkerboard.
loaping over things in its path. and land
| ing at unexpected places. And the VIC
tins of romance are merely the pawns,
never knowing what is going to happen
| next
| Warren Worth Bailey hasn't understood
| il all even to this day, and the romance
| that this is about happened some years
] ago. Bailey is editor of the Johnstown
.(Pa.) Democrat, and member of Con-
gress. He used to work on one of the
! Chicago newspapers, and from there he
| set out one day to attend a convention
| of sinSo tax advocates in New York.
i When MS party was within a few hours
of New York, the train was held up
| at a little hick town in Pennsylvania,
! on account of a washout ahead. There
was no diner on the train and no restau-
| rant in sight, but Bailey scurried uptown
and got together enough food to sustain
| the lives of several persons few hours.
When he got back on the train he no.
! ticed two attractive looking young woin-
en- in the Pullman bestowing wistful
| glances toward his armfQl of food.
Bailey and his friends invited them to
| Join the family circle and break bread.
One of the young women was particu-
| larry well favored and had ideas about
| things She could discuss topics and
subjects, and she made hit with Bailey.
He thought ii would be great help to
a promising young man to marry girl
of that type. When it came time for her
to get off the train at Philadelphia,
Bailey was almost sorry to see her 80.
AS he proceeded on to New York, and
afterward, he was thinking over GER
tain proposition.
Now you have jumped to the conclus-
ion that Bailey and that young woman
figured in this romance clear up to the
point of getting married. And you are
nightly mistaken. Bailey did not marry
her, and never saw her again. In fact,
he did not even wish to marry her. Can't
man think of young woman with
out desiring to drag her to the altar?
But here was the funny thing that
had happened. That Philadelphia girl
had reminded Bailey of Chicago girl
he had known slightly but had not seen
for nearly a year. They didn't look alike,
or act alike, yet the one reminded him
Of the other. He didn't know why and
doesn't know why today.
When he got back to Chicago. Bailey
promptly verified the little quirk Of Fate.
appeared in that part of the picture.
Within a week he had told her the whole
story and everything was arranged. End
of the chronicle. Period.
A manly little chap sat in one of the
House galleries on the opening day of
the present Congress with vacant seat
beside him that he said he was holding
for his mother. He was a son Of Rep
resentative Bryan of Washington. As the
galleries were crowded, he had diff
cult time holding the vacant seat
ooh, you mustn't take this seat" he
begged of one spectator. IF you knew
what a busy time our family is having
today you wouldn't make things any
worse. Mother has to march in the suf-
frage parade, and unless l can save
this seat she win miss seeing father
sworn in as Congressman"
Old John Sharp Williams, whose feats
of Observation-Disclosures are among the best
performed anywhere, arranged recently
to have .he members of a certain Sena-
torial committee up to his house to eat.
The Williamses always have a good cook
or two around tins house, and even when
there are no guests coming they have
tempting array of things on the table.
On this occasion the COOK had fairly out
done herself, and 1t looked as II the
guests were going to be in on an affair
worth while.
John Sharp came sauntering In about
$780,
what time will the guests arrive?'
asked his wife.
The Senator paused and stared. "Do
you know" says he, 81 plumb forgot to
invite them."
He rushed to the telephone, called up
several friends In the neighborhood. and
got them to drop everything and hustle
over to help eat I'D the good things that
would go to waste
Representative Billy Kent and friend