The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
By FRED c. KELLY.

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BY FRED c. KELLY.
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dfenined s.natnr Av.,,.,;,s n BE-. A.sS
Georgia s'ais " Dacoh' 81
home 10 the NJ. ,,ona, 80 s,-.on. -
a mile or two ana snenS. a. hn,,r .,,th
an ,,S ano spenos an nour WIN
fore his own hrsskssat 'e 'eaAiAs'-oe-
Night sessions m the Senate never nra-
vent BACON fror, .a,t,n~ ~ a., 49, -
put in b,s esr,v ror.in ~ ~ LII se 10 ~
wild beasts Hs snS. ths, IT,. :. n,sn, e
ing like these conrsrerca- WITH ,hs ,,,or-
mind from the cares ~ .sa,scratt A,
such times he ways. ..,da Sana.ouiai
dIgni,v ara ,,;r.,e. -,
with the ntmns, in,ornnaI,,v INC "a s ,n,us
10 them simnIv as w. 80 ID, go
lost sight on Tbe animal. tbink ~ hir,
NOT as a limited STATE. senator hut o. !
nieassnt ocnnair,anca .h u 80
10 have n nocket ana x,ith na.n,,,. -
sugar or somethIng 70 mata NJ. y,s,t
worth wbile
And Senator BACON never Gonna. awav
from the Zoo until he has learned some.
thing new about animaIs-some littIe
characteris,;c ~ rhys,caI t.. ,,.t 10
never no,jcad $780, 'SeA' $780, 'e
The other day n Senator va. TALKING
in one on the cIoatroon,s ahou, : hsa.
hunt-bow thev tr,ck.d /, 49, Co. Gu
eral miles through the SNOW
"Do Won know What haay. ,ract
looks like?" asked BACON
The Senator who had been nm IN. hunt
didn't know EXCEPT in a rough general
II do" smiled Bacon: Its like this"
bears paw. You see" he said, 1T is
much like the track OF a negro boy"
He had spent an hour at the bear cages
In the Zoo that morning.
Bacon has a great habit OF watching
the doings of the squirrels In the parks,
too.
The other day he reached a Senate ses-
sion a trife late. He had started I'm
plenty OF time. but paused for half an
hour In the Capitol grounds to witness
the operations of a squirrel burying a |
nut |
All this has made Bacon about the |
most observant member of the Senate.
Not a detail about the appearance Of any
of his associates ever escapes him. II |
another Senator comes up smiling with a |
new necktie or a new haircut, Bacon |
notices II instantly
In the Senate restaurant one day a |
Senator couldn't ind his hat. Others at |
the table were helping 70 hunt IT.
You didn't have any hat when you |
must DE upstairs. And II was
Ihousn ne was the Oldest man IN the
group ne was the only one VINO had
mat nuch power OF observation
Senator Bristow Of Kansas was saying
never given him the feeling of import
ance he enjoyed back in his school days
when he wrote a certain ANONYMOUS Sc
ries of articles for the local paper. 1t
would write I'D the funny characteristics
Of a few of the professors at his school.
il would make good reading. He went
TO the editor of the little paper in that
town and placed the proposition before
him, The editor agreed to print them
and to keep the writer's identity secret,
Bristow began to write the letters 10
the paper. making sport of his profes-
sors, and in a short time the whole town
was talking about them, for they made a
hit Wherever Bristow went he met per-
erness of the letters and WONDERING who
the author might be.
No one ever found out that Bristow
was the author. but the talk about him
gave him a great sense of
He was much more nroua