The Washington herald., 1916-05-03
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent OF TIE w~sb-
tnston Herald.
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New York. May II see they are talk
ing OF making Col Dodd a general be-
cause In going after vnls he rnsrched
seventeen miles IN tweuty-four bo1rs -,
tTenty-four miles in seventeen hours or
something like that" said Col. Tboman
jackson Waters. as we were discussinr
the Mexican situation. why. vben I
vas with Jeb Stuart frequently march
ed nifty miles In twenty-four hours ana
NOBODY said anything about r."
Col Waters has been a Wall Street
operator for thirty-eight years and has
nVeo all the time In New York, but IA
as much OF Southerner as he ever was.
sno he served four years IN the Confed
crate army. He was a member on ths
famous First Virginia Cavalry, in which
organization hosby started as a private
stonewan' Jackson was his cousin
one time, in escaping from northern
troops, Col. Waters was forced 20 noat
down the Potomac on a plank for eirht
miles. He could not swim a stroke then.
ana can't now for that matter. II ~
happened that he landed on a point thst
was the exact spot where his ancestor
!anoeo two hundred and fifty years be-
iore when he came from Fngiano 20
settle In Virginia. He had never been
there before either. The coincidence did
not impress him at the time, nearly so
much as the fact that he had escaped
from the Yankee soldiers.
Il have often thought" continued Col
waters. that II Ireland ever gets her
.iloepenoence uHne about the same thing Will
happen over there that would have hap
pened II We in the South had been sue
cesstul and separated from the Union.
Iu bet that I'm one year after peace
hao been declared the Southern Confed-
eracy would have been split up into thir-
teen different independent Eovernmeuts
We never would have stuck together any
more than would Ireland. Turn Ireland
rree and before you could say Jack Rob
lnson they would have Il spIit up into
four or five different kingdoms"
Jumping Around the World.
Just then Archie" Johnston breessd
up. No matter where you are in tie
world ycu are likely to meet Archie
Johnston. II he is not in the United
states anywhere he is likely TO be IN
China or South America or Europ4 II
Is an equal chance anywhere. He pIays
no favorites. For Archie" Johnston "a
the vice president OF the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, and a great favorite
OF Charles NJ Schwsb, who keeps him
jumping around the world as though il
were hot EriddIe
Just got in from Bhston by sutoro-
pile said he, and I'm all shaken 10
pieces"
Why sutomobile?''
oh, ther wasn't a train for an hour q"
Ihats the way people from III I3roaI l.
| way DO things. Never wait for trains
Mr.. Johnston iS q typical high-spirit-
eo and energetic American. He alwsvs
seems interested and gay. don't 10
leNe any one ever caught him In an
ugly mood That Mr.. Schwab values
his abilities very highly is proved by
MS recent announcement at q dinner
party OF a gift OF 500, 600 TO Mr.. Johnston
as bonus. A half million dollars
worth Of appreciation is a lot Of Hppre-
citation.
Still perhaps Mr.. Johnston needed II.
Tor; Keen business man as be 4, he,
with several other steel men. rot IN
wrong with Bethlehem Steel stock and
dropped wad thereby. Every one re-
members how, during the hard times OF
two years ago, Bethlehem Steel decided
70 pass dividend. The company was
earning money all right, bot Il was de-
cided By the directors to be best to pass
the dividend. Mr.. Johnston thouFh. OF
course, that the stock would 70 down and
80 he sold short 20 quite an extent
But the public had more fsIth tn IN.
stock than the officials Of the company,
| and II went UP instead and has been
going up ever since
Naturally Mr.. Johnston rot badly
| nipPed, and it made everybody smile for
the more his compsny's stock went up
the worse he was OF
Julia MarIowe Had no Pay.
At the farewell dinner given to Nfr
and Mrs. Edward Sothern. At the HotsI
Astor the other night, Ed" let out a
little secret about his wife, julia Ma
lowe, and how she got a start as a the
|
oorroW 1880 to put up so that Julia
could appear as a Shskespesresn hero
Inc at matinee performance. Think OF
julia Msriowe having to pay ROOD
money for an opportunity to act!
And then none Of the regular theatrical
people would back her as a star. A man
Of the name OF Bristol. who used TO keen
an oyster house on Sixth avenue. near
IWenty-second street. put Up the money
| for her first venture
Bristol was an Englishman and a sood
sport. and he also kept good oysters. His
restaurant was meeting place for q lot
OF theatrical people. Charles Frohrnsn
and David Belasco always used 10 eat
there before they were known TO fame
or had bank account that wasn't chroD-
ically overdrawn. Big theatrical folks
oid not 60 there, as it was not fashion
able or expensive enough, but the str7lr-
Cling youngsters did. In this pay. Br4s-
tol got TO know the talents Of the Mar
lowe girl and gsmbled on her He won.
Columbia University has decided 10 LET
women enroll in its Medical College
That's only following the general trend
Of the times, as there are lots OF women
doctors IN the country now, but they
have also gone step further They pur-
pose to establish q dental school. and DR.
Samuel W. Lambert, the dean OF the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons, has
| consented TO accept women students in
that also.
That will certainly be an innovation
Most people will wonder how a woman
will make out pulling a mans tooth.
| She has generally been considered more
OF an adept at pulling his leg.