Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

Vanderbilt was born at the home Of her
father, George w. Vanderbilt, near Ashe-
vile, the poets native place Mr.. Banks
voiced the welcome of the tar-heel state
TO the newcomer III verses that sent
spasm of delight through the heart of
every exchange editor in the country.
One verse ran:
II your wee sock we could peel
And your tiny tootses feel,
We'd ind tar upon your heel,
1t was Mr.. Banks who introduced Shep
DugSer. the Swan of Banner Elk to
the New York Sun. and thereby put
Blowing Rock on the map. which the Sun
asserts is the birthplace of Josephus Dam
lels. disputng the claims of Little
Washington, \. c.. to this honor
While Mr.. Banks was u rural editor
at the time of his appointment, he has
had some twenty years of work in the
field of daily journalism. He had been
managing editor of the Charlotte OBJ
server, and served for two years on the
local staff of the Philadelphia Record.
For a time he was Instructor in English
at the University of North Carolina.
Mr.. Banks is at the head of a strong
combination in the Navy Department to
give publicity to the departments activ-
tiles. Secretary Daniels has a theory
that a greater navy must come from the
people up. To this end he wants to keep
the people Informed of what the navy
is doing.
The publicity combination consists OF
Mr.. Banks, Frank Smith, former secre-
tary to National Chairman McCombs,
and now confidential clerk to Secretary
Daniels. and L. AIcH. Howe, private
secretary to Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt. Mr.. Howe is graduate of the
New York Herald local room, and Mr.
Smith knows the game, too They have
done helpful things to the departments
pressroom. and are reaching out in many
directions to aid newspaper men.
outside of the department Mr.. Banks
big interest is in his three small boys,
aged six, four and two. Just now he is
reading in his leisure Pestalozzi. Froebel,
Preyer. Montessori and everybody else
who. writes about child training.
Like Private Secretaries Pedigo and
Meyer W. F. Callander, private secre-
tary to the Secretary of Agriculture. is
a product of the civil service. II long
has beeia~a theory among civil service
employees that these resirable private
and file of the service. but ever go to
political appontees." The experience
of Messrs. Pedigo, Meyer and Caiander
does not support this theory.
Mr. Callander is a Canadian by birth, of
Scotch ancestry. He lived on his native
farm near Ottawa until he was eighteen.
He was graduated from the Hennptyille.
Ontario, high school. and began a course
of study at the normal school. intending
to be a teacher, but gave II up and went
in 1898 10 Des MONIES, Iowa. There he
took course in stenography and book
keeping at a business college. After
holding two three minor positions in
Dies Moines he went to Davenport Iowa
with the Rock Island railroad Later he
served in Chicago as stenoGrapher to the
secretary of the AlliS-C haimers COMPANY
In 1898 Mr.. Callander entered the civil
service at Washington as stenographer
i'll the bureau of CORPORATIONS, Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. and was
shortly afterward transferred to the
solicitors office of the same apartment
Within year he was transferred to the
Department of Agriculture as stenog-
rapher and executive clerk to DIR. b. T.
Galloway, chief of the bureau of plant
industry.
When DIR. Galloway was made as
sistant secretary of the department
last spring MIR. CalIander went with
him as private secretary. Later Mr.
was promoted to be private
secretary to Secretary Houston. sue
ceeding Il. NJ Reese. another old en-
ploye of the department. who was
made departmental chief clerk.
Since living in WASHINGTON Mr.. Cal.