The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
~ FRED O. KELLY.

ish looking cat that was not worth 10
cents.
visitor shooed tho cat, which 10
scrawny and above all black. into tina
main doorway OF the White House one
day, thinking that the cat looked hum
cry and might find hospitality within
and also that 1t might bring good
luck.
Then the President came along and
the black cat rubbed against his leg.
One OF the negro employees at the
White House noted the act Of the cat
in rubbing against the President and
when some ono made move to chase
the cat away he was Mortified.
What" says he, chase away a stray
black CIT after 1t done rubbed against
the Presidents leg and brought him
good luck?"
Other colored servants about the Tx-
ecutive Mansion took the same view.
The situation was brought to the atten-
ton OF the President and ne agreed that
the cat should be permanently annexed
to the household. However, the cat
was far from being we'll cat and every
/ body conceded that no good could come
of black cats giving up its lives in
| the White House.
SO the cat was sent to q hospital for
/ treatment. For three months IL stayed
, in the hospital, and Mt the end Of that
time the President sent his personal
/ check for It's treatment. Now IL Is back
at the White House, and will remain
/ there.
But those versed in auguries might
| point out that something about the
handling of the cat was wrong, else the
Presidents troubles over canal tolls and
Mexico would not have set in Perhaps
black cat shedding its coat against
ones trouser leg IL not such good luck
! after all.
Inasmuch as Rear Admiral Mayo was
the man who insisted on Huerta's firing
salute TO tho flag and thus brought
about crisis with Mexico great
many persons have the impression that
he must be man Of impulsive, E string
temperament
AS a matter OF fact Mayo Ia the most
patient officer in the navy. He In a.
calm and unruffied all the day long
as oscar Underwood, who is Of course
the calmest human to be found any
| where.
True. Mayo is below average height;
he probably stands less than FIVE feet
six, and there is a theory that men Of
modest stature are inclined TO cockiness.
/ But Mayo's everyday manner 10 as
unhelligerent as that OF an easygoing
old setter dog.
Why then did he start the trouble
in Mexico? The navy folk will answer;
Simply because he saw nothing to do
but play to the straight rules OF the
game as he knew them. An insult to
the flag calls for salute 80 the flag
and no matter how little one might be
worked up over the situation personally,
there is nothing else to It. II you're
playing checkers and Jump into a mans
king row there is nothing personal about
the move, Is there?
When the Spanish American war was
going on young Captain named Frank
l.. Greene. from Vermont, lay In the
typhoid convaiescent ward Of hospital
at Chickamauga on cot alongside that
Of young soldier named Sam r. Sells.
from Tennessee. Their next meeting
was as fellow members OF the Committee
on Pensions in the House OF Congress.
And one of the first pension cases they
had to pass on was that Of young
man who was In the army hospital at
the same time they WERE
Here's another coincidence that Greene
found himself snarled up in. When ne
was young he travelled all over Europe,
working his way as he went. Just for
the JOY OF sightseeing and finding out
what the world was like. He happened
to strike Rome in time for the Jubilee
held for the late Pope Leo XIII on the
fiftieth anniversary Of his priesthood.
After q lot OF difficulty Greene got a
ticket Tor the affair. but It got torn
before he reached the doorway where
he was to present It, and a soldier on
duty there refused to accept II. Greene
argued and pleaded. and finally the
soldier let him in.
A couple of years ago Greene fell into
conversation with an Italian fruit dealer
on a street corner In his native st. AL
bans, VT. They talked about places
whore Greene had visited in Italy and
II came out that both had been at the
papal jubilee.
IL was serving in the army then" re-
marked the fruit dealer, land was as
, signed to one of the doors where people
gave in their tickets for the big cele-
hration. I'll never forget one American
: who had "a ticket that was no good He
coaxed and carried on until had to let
: him in"
Henry ]. Allen is running for Gov
ernor Of Kansas on the Progressive
ticket. In way he is a clandestine
candidate.
Allen owns one OF the papers In his
home town of Wichita and the other
paper belongs to the family OF Victor
Murdoch. As there Is political as we'll
as newspaper rivalry between Allen
and Murdoch, the Murdoch paper says
little about Aliens race for Governor.
, And Allen declares that he will not
annoy his own subscribers with articles
about his candidacy.
} Thus You see" says Allen, "the
home folks have had no chance to find
out that I'm running for anything"
When Representative Fowler Of Illi-
nois arose the other day and in his wal
Ike voice began objecting to various
items In the Appropriation bill that was
up Minority Leader Mann and a few
others saw that something must be done
with Fowler. He was taking up too
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