South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-03-05
TATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED c. KELLY.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Joe Tu-
multy, secretary to the president,
likes to go to the theater in the aft
ernoons rather than at night.
Two or three times a week Joe for
gets his troubles by dashing off to a
matinee.
His object in picking the matinee
performance is because he likes to
have the evening in which to keep up
a personal acquaintance with his
bunch of youngsters at home. The
evening is the only time he can see
them and check up how many there
are.
President Wilson has his theatrical
tastes pretty well defined. Best of all
he likes a light-waisted comic opera,
or musical comedy, with plenty OF
tuneful songs and dancing. But he
also has a great fad for going TO see
A sO-called stock company each week.
The average theater-gOer looks on a
stock company attraction at popular
prices as good place to go, when
one doesn't feel like spending SO for
a seat. The president does not figure
just that way He likes the idea of
seeing the same players over and over
again in different parts and cOmpar-
ing their work in various roles. He
was so pleased with the work of one
young woman in a Washington stock
company that he wrote her a highly
complimentary letter.
And she was smart, enough not TO
turn the letter over to her press agent.
to make the president sorry he had
written it. - RlsAM
A new member of congress asked
Minority L der James X. Mann if a
certain democrat was radical in his
views.
Il should say he was radical" re-
piled Mann. Hes one of the most
wild-eyed radicals in the house. If we
can get the appropriation were go
ing TO appoint couple of keepers 10
go around with him."
Representative Henry ID. Clayton,
chairman of the house judiciary COM
rlittee that is now mulling over anti
trust legislation. is a man with a
quick temper: but 1t acts like a scape-
valve TO keep him in good humor
most of the time.
Some people get mad and stay mad
and go about nursing a grudge after
the manner of an elephant. With
Clayton. however, a burst of temper
seems TO burn up any ill-will he has
about him, and purify his system.
A while ago he was making cam
paign speech and some pin
yap in the audience made a crack 10
him about an incOnsequental personal
matter that was nobody's business
Instantly Clayton was in rage and
he called that man every unfiattering
name he could summon to his mind
and he is some summoner in such cir
cumstanCeS. Then he went on with
his speech as quietly and unemotiOn-
ally as if nothing had happened. Be
fore the day was over he CHANGED tC
meet the man face TO face, but he
showed no serious anger; because he
had already told the man just what
he could do, and the outburst had
given his feelings adequate relief
one of the first campaign speeches
Clayton ever made was in a part of
his native state rs Alabama that was
I p0pulist hotbed. They did not care
10 hear straight democratic stuff that
Clayton was about 10 offer and they
began To boot and in every way pos
sible make il perfectly clear TO him
that he might as Well save his speech
for some other locality. Clayton
however. did not care 10 make any
other arrangements. He had come q
get that speech off his chest and ne
could not bear the idea of taking il
back home with him So he got uT
on a barrel. entirely surrounded b,
populists and whiskers, and told them
1 that he was going to make a speech
7 REGARDLESS. He started in amids
derisve shouts and jeers To hurl
7 choice line OF explosives at the crowd
Some of these eXpletives were SO uea'
and expressive that the jeerins mul
! titude kept still occasionally TO heal
/ them. Every time there was a lull
/ Clayton inserted part OF his speech
and then tainted them for having haC
/ 40 lisen 10 il. Little by little he feed
: them the entire speech. To took hir
/ several hours. but he would have sale
/ his piece if it took a week. He il
I that kind.
All the other little irritations Of life
I seem trivial TO Clayton when COM
/ pared with the extreme annoyance oil
I having 20 deal with the patent wiz,
paper holders of modern commerce
/ CLAYTON thinks the proper way 20 fcs
Y ten together papers dealing with anti
! trust gislatiOn. or any other paper.
= for that matter is with q pin Ever,
time he picks Up a bunch OF paper.