The Washington herald., 1914-03-13
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED G. KELLY.

BY FRED C. KELLY.
Here Is an example of the havoc
Wrought by the long arm Of coincidence.
Otis Wingo, large. handsome, piaus-
ible Congressman from Arkansas. was
about TO make a speech In regard to an
important bill then up for discussion. De-
string to make II an effective speech. he
racked his brain for some special head
liner that would make his remarks re-
membered long after he had sat down.
An apt little poem occurred to him.
Just what the poem was about need not
concern US. but II was a good little poem
that summed up Wingo's thoughts better
than all phraselogy possible In mere
prose. II had been a long time since
poem had forced its way into the de-
bates or the Congressional Record. and
Wingo felt that he would make a hit.
Well. he talked alons. saving his poem
for dessert, and just when he was
clearing his throat to begin the first
stanza, Chairman Fitzgerald. of the APP
preparations Committee. inquired:
VIII the gentleman yield for one
minute"
Certainly" said the polite wingo.
And II Fitzgerald didn't get up and say
a poem!-Fitzgerald. who never uttered
line of verse before In his life! II was
very sad poem. about a calf that wab-
bled as II walked. but 1t served to take
the edge of poetry for the rest OF the
day. Wingo wisely did not undertake to
spring the verses he had all coiled and
ready In his throat. He sat down a sad
and detected man.
Blair Lee. the new Senator from Mary
land. Is smooth-faced. huskily built
chap with short white hair a captivating
smile and such a kindly manner that he
Is almost motherly. He Is the kind one
might confide ones troubles to on short
acquaintance.
Though he was born rich. mixing well
with the common people Is one OF the
things at which Lee excels. In the course
OF his campaign he stopped to talk - a
great many people in their homes.
At one place he was greeted rather
gloomily by a man who said:
I'm willing to vote for you, but you'll
pardon me if don't make any great fuss
over you Just now. because I'm not in a
very jolly mood. My wife's sick and the
cook has left"
"Shucks- Why worry about a cook"
said Lee. where's the kitchen? III
get dinner"
And he did. He's a good cook too
For years Lee has found his main sport
aside from politics-in puttering about
his farm in Maryland Every once IN a
while he takes a notion to do the cook
Ing. He likes 10 stroll about in the early
morning picking up piece Of wire here.
or kicking a loose stone out of the path
there-just messing around. To look at
him. one would guess also that he Is
man who could content himself by the
hour in front of a log fire with his slip
pers on. patiently working REFUSES or
playing dominoes.
Two or three restaurants in WASH
ington schedule on their menu cards
Wilson pudding
II you are Of an inquisitive turn of
mind and order Wilson pudding to
Is nothing but plain. old-fashioned bread
pudding of everyday commerce. The ex-
PLANTATION is that whenever President
Wilson sends in nominations for dessert.
bread-pudding is usually his first choice.
William Jennings Bryan went to a lit
tie town in Virginia one warm summer
day to deliver a Chautauqua address.
When he struck town he wore a long
frcck coat with silk-faced lapels, striped
trousers and everything just the way a
statesman would.
Members of the reception committee
expressed themselves to each other az
pleasantly surprised, as they had heard
that Bryan had been speaking in a
dinky little black alpaca jacket. They
! thought his stun would go all the better
if he were dressed like a regular states
man. But they had still another surprise
coming to them. When Bryan got up to
speak he had made a lightning change
and wore the dinky little alpaca jacket
The frock coat was all right to travel in.
but when he speaks on a hot day he
insists on wearing his working clothes.
Speaking OF a certain associate who was
making a speech. Representative Hank
Barnhart, of Indiana. remarked the other
day: Il never knew il to fail. Whenever
that fellow strikes something that he
knows absolutely nothing about he i'm
mediately starts an advertising campaign
to make his ignorance known TO all
Representative James Sanford Daven-
port. of Oklahoma. has been twice mar
ried, and each time his wife was a Chero-
kee Indian. In his official biography,
Davenport states that he was the only
the position OF speaker of the Cherokee
legislature.
Fastened conspicuOusly to the desk OF
Representative Reed. of New Hampshire,
is neat little placsrd in Reeds own
handwriting which SAYS: Never Again.
Ask Reed what II is that the Never
Again motto is intended to keep in his
mini and he will flush up swallow, and
rec.y mysteriously that il is Just little
memorandum" That is as far into the
particulars as he is willing to go.
Copyright. 1914. By Fred c. Kelly. All rights
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