The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
Statssunsa, Real asd Mem.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

BY FRED c. KELLY.
Rear Admiral Cameron Mcfsae Wins
low. one OF those now In command ID
Mexican waters. il said to be the
wealthiest man In the navy. He 10 in
a position where he can work or let u
alone. II he did not wish to. he could
retire and avoid the hazards and am
noyances Of warn and near-wars- II
he wished to cruise the high seas he
could do 20 In . private yacht instead
Of on . man-o'-wsr.
Winslow is wealthy in consequences
Of bis m1rriase with member Of the
Havemeyer family. Now, az q rule,
when a naval onicer makes the kind
Of q marriage that winslow did. the
pare his papers Of resignation. He no
longer has the same interest In hold
ing a position where he may be called
upon unexpectedly to let men shoot at
him.
just because winslow 10 the kind Of
person he 10. having q vast tonnage OF
money at his disposal. never caused
him 10 give the slightest thought to
changing his mode OF life.
While he takes his life work seriously,
Winslow II one Of the most inveterats
yohCTs tuc navy. ne - Abh VI btoftCo
and chat. and pokes fun at everybody
about him. II he enters q friends ONCE.
the first thing he says IL:
why don't you 60 to work, you
loafery'
1t was winslow who took unto him
self the job Of slipping around to the
rear of Cuba, during the Spanish-Ameri
can war. and cutting the cable to Mad
rid. thereby causing the Spaniards no
end of vexation. Nothing will pique an
enemy 20 quickly as to see their means
OF communication being cut OF. and
there were . great many shots fired at
Winsiow's men. One Of these hit Win
slow In the hand as he stood at the rail
of the Nashville watching the operations.
The best and most graphic account OF
the tight in connection with the cutting
of the cable was that written for the
Associated Press by BY" Newton. now
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and
yet Newton was not present when the
thing happened. He got the facts some
days later from q brief conversation with
Winslow, who. by omitting all technical
terms. made clear just what had taken
place
Old Charlie Adamson. of Georgia.
chairman of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. is re-
nowned for what Victor Murdock would
term a constant state of sartorial col
lapse. His little factory-tied black bow
scarf persists in lodging under one ear.
and his whole garb Is that Of a man who
is above being fop- Also. 1t may be
noted that Adamson's face-wrinkles.
eyes. and aIl-have a dropping
effect that makes one think Of the pic
lures In the stories about Capt. Kidd and
his brave band. But We were speaking
more Of his clothes. One day he fixed
himself all up in carefully creased black
finery. with derby hat to match the
scheme, and came unconcernedly TO the
Capitol. Naturally. everybody spoke OF
his changed appearance and asked for an
II just thought 1t would be a good
joke was all he would say.
The next day he resumed his usual
and once again there were ques-
tons.
why don't you wear your new suit!"
men inquired.
Because" replied Adamson. there is |
no longer any need for me to wear it-I
everybody has seen it
Chairman Adamson addresses every
woman he meets. whether old or young. |
as daughter The other day a party |
,f women tourists CHANGED to meet him
N q Capitol corridor, and one Of them
asked him IL he could tell them where
hey could get a glimpse of Oscar Un-
ierwood and Champ Clark.
Come right with me, daughters" said
Adamson- And he took them In tow
'or a personal presentation to both Clark
md Underwood.
I've taken a great fancy to these
women folk and am showing them about
l Bit" Adamson explained. solemnly.
And all Uttered. wondering who their
quaint escort might be-
When George Alfred Townsend. the
one time famous political writer who
lied not long ago, was writing his
Gath letters for an Ohio newspaper,
sbout the only reader who didn't care
'or the letters was Allen o. Myers. one
If the editors of the paper. Myers
hight Townsend telegraphed to his paper
a long story he was preparing.
and asked:
Shall 1 send it by special delivery or
xire?''
whereupon Myers wired back:
Send it by freight"
Alfalfa Bill" Murray. of Oklahoma,
las new name for the Congressional
teCoru. lie calls IL the COngresSlOnal
lilo. As those who have followed agf-
ultursl pursuits know. a silo is a re-
eptacle into which one may load pabU-
i'm when II II green. then allow it TO
our, and take it out in smaller quanti-
les as needed.
Kent Cooper, Of the New York Office
{ the Associated Press, found himself
Fowler. Colo, one Lot summer day !
'aiting for a train. II was lonely
ait and he sought to make conversa- L
on with a native who was seated on a
Junk thoughtfuIly whiting a stick.
There was a cloud in tie sky the size
a mans hand and Cooper asked !
leasantly:
DO you suppose it's getting ready to 9
lin?" IL
The man gave him a disgusted look
nd went on with his whiting.
II was just wondering II it's going to
ain." repeated Cooper, thinking he {
light not have made himself quite clear. {
"Only blamed fools wonders about that !
1t here" replied the native, without =
,er looking up from his knife and stick.
"Why, doesn't it ever rain here pur-
led Cooper. 1N
Don't know" replied the man, I've s
lily been out here a little over twelvs
ears"
,opyrisht. 1911, by Fred C. Kelly. All rights re- !
sered.l