Evening star., 1914-12-06
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.

DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.
Secretary Houston addressed the
Ohio corngrowers, who visited the city
last week. Wednesday morning at $50
o'clock. Many employees Of the depart
ment gathered on the steps to listen to
the Secretary talk in his genial fashion
to the corn boys"
Assistant Secretary Vrooman left the
city Tuesday for Chicago and Kansas
City. He is on official business, and is
to be gone a week or ten days.
A. A. Ormsby, assistant chief clerk of
the department. spent Wednesday and
Thursday in Charlottesville. Va. He
was on official business of the depart
ment.
Many a Statistical scientist and
many a doctor" and many an expert
in one line or other of Department of
Agriculture work is at heart a poet.
and in his leisure hours delights in
! nothing so much as bit of verse. in
which fancy counts for moro than
facts, where figures of speech and not
mathematical figures are at a premium,
where the Inaccurate often runs ram
pant to give the larger truths of
poetry room to be heard.
Such a man is Charles NJ. Daugherty,
statistical scientist and expert of the
bureau of crop estimates. Mr.. Daugh-
erty knows more about the figures Of
the worlds wheat crop than almost
any other man living, his friends de-
is what in the realm of figures on
agricultural production. no matter
what or where. Mr.. Daugherty is
right there"
Added to this mastery Of bare facts.
Mr.. Daugherty possesses a mastery OF
literature that is every bit as thorough.
In reading the many papers that come
to the bureau from foreign countries
he is always on the lookout for those
rare bits that are to be found In all
day, in looking over a copy of the
London Times for November 10, Mr..
Daugherty came across the following.
which Is of general interest in these
war times to all, not alone to Shake
spearean lovers:
According to the Leipziger Neuesre
Nachrichten," declares the Times. with
no attempt to make editorial comment.
Twelfth Night was produced october
20. at the Altes Theater there. with a
Hardt of Weimar, and put into the
mouth of the Fool in attendance upon
olivia"
The first half of the prologue is de-
voted to praise of Shakespeare. Then
the Fool declaims, in good Shake
spearean manner:
Now this same poet hath commanded me
In solemn earnest to declare you this:
You unto him have been until this day
His second home; his first and native home
Is so contrarious in her acts and feelings,
And the proud spirit Of his freedom being
That he doth ind himself quite homeless there.
fugitive. he seeks his second home.
his Germany that loves him most OF all,
To whom before all others he gives thanks.
And says Thou wonderful and noble land
Remain thou Shakespeare's one and only home,
70 ,. that he wander not. uncomprehended,
The division of publications. of which
Joseph A. Arnold is editor and chief.
recently began the publication OF
Of the eotton belt Wae despe
to diversity their farming because of
the economic crisis which adversely
affects the cotton crop at this time.
Leaflets on winter oats and winter
issued. The issues run from $4,000 to
100000 copies. and are intended for the
widest distribution. Fifteen to twen-
ty are contemplated.
Miss Anna NJ. Kirby of the bureau of
crop estimates returned to the depart
ment last week from her annual leave.
Fred Greene. multigraph operator,
was on the sick list Wednesday.
Although the officials of the depart
ment are somewhat divided in opinion
the Ohio corn boys made to this city
the first of the week. most of them
seem to think the trips are perhaps
as good way Of spending money as
any other Those who are opposed to
such Snowy trips.' as they call them.
believe that the money spent in this
way could be put to better use in
founding agricultural scholarships.
The advantages that accrue from trav-
Ell. however, are larger gains than
scholarships with perhaps no money to
eat and live on while the students are
enjoying the advantages of the schol-
arships, others think.
Miss Isabelle ]. Gallenne returned to
the department Monday, after several
weeks leave of absence.
James C. Shibley. executive officer of
the insecticide and fungicide board.
was at Allentown, Pa, Wednesday, on
official business.
A. K. Balls and c. F. Walker, as
sistant chemists of the insecticide and
department Monday. after spending
Thanksgiving holidays at their homes
in Philadelphia.
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division of publications. left Monday
on vacation until the last of the month.
Mrs. Mary X. Hemingway of the di-
vision of publica tions. is on the sick
list, having been i'll for nearly month
Mrs. NJ. c. Stoddart is i'll with bron-
chitis.
Francis J. p. Cleary. assistant in
charge of the document section of the
division of publications, who is on a |
two-week leave of absence, is to return
to his desk Monday.
Miss Anne r. Murray. a clerk in the |
editors office, is to return to the Office
Monday, after a short holiday.
Miss Charlotte f. Wilson of the divi- |
sion of publications is on leave of alb |
sence until the end of the month.
Miss Chloe Feagans of the division of |
publications is to leave on a visit to
her home in Tennessee some time early |
next week. |
George w. Kennedy. assistant editor |
of the division of publications. who was
operated on recently for appendicitis |
has been reported better. |