The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

For a moment the umpire locke
at the hooting crowd gathered abou
first base. and then he walked ov,
to second base and picked up t.
base. which happened to be a brio.
With this in his hand he walked baC.
to first base and said to the bas'
runner:
''Yo ah out"
He waited a moment with his bri,
held firmly in his right hand. for pc.
sible hostilities, but though there W.
much vain muttering. no actual physic.
violence was attempted. So he went al.
replaced second base and the game pr
ceeded
That" says Marshall. is what I CO
fine example OF the advantages
preparedness"
Claude Kitchin, Democratic leader o.
the House, sat in a Pullman smokiu
compartment about to light a cigar a
he needed was a match. But he had non
He turned to another man in the CON
partment, a subdued-lo looking little cha
and asked if he would lend him matcL
For some reason, by the way, a ma
asking for match always treats it q:
a loan. as If he intended to keep traCl
OF the debt and pay it back on the frs
day of the month. At any rate as W
were saying, Claude asked for a match
and the man gave it to him. Then Claud,
noting the man was not smoking, ma
unanimously offered him a cigar In ia,
he held five cigars toward him for hin
to take his choice. The stranger took
them all! Claude was game and made
no protest. In a moment the stranger
got to thinking that maybe he had over
done things. So. by way of sQuaring
himself. he said:
Here. won't you have another match"
Representative Arthur W. Overmyer,
Of Ohio, probably owes his Job in Con-
gress to his little son. At a time
when the congressional campaign
was warming up, this little boys
school teacher CHANGED to ask the
class how many had ever been to the
city of Washington.
Young Overmyer raised his hand
and asked permission to state:
I've never been there but our en-
tire family expects to go there be-
fore long"
The remark got around town and a
great many voters who had been un-
decided really had not the heart to
disappoint this youngster who was so
sanguine about the result of the cleo
tion. Overmyer won by only seven
ty-three votes. A great many more
than that number have declared to
MIN IndI Iney lndue up lnelT mlnOS
to vote for him solely on account of
his little boys remark in the school
room.
Senator Norris. of Nebraska, has
three or four pieces of birdshot per-
.manently tucked away under the skin
at the outskirts of one eye. These
comprise a souvenir of a day when
Norris and another boy went hunt
ing and the only thing the ott er boy
succeeded in hitting was Norris.
Senator MARITIME, of New Jersey,
derives much of his Joy of life from
escorting visitors about the Capitol
and pointing out objects of interest.
II there are no visitors from New
Jersey, he helps out some other Sena-
tor who has an unusually big spring
drive of callers. MARITIME is known
about the Capitol as the special extra
guide.
Senator Thomas Taggart, of Indiana,
is an inveterate practical joker. This is
considered one of his best: There was an
Indiana politician whose greatest pride
in life was the possession of a handsome
him in appreciation of his work for the
Democratic party. Taggart met this
man one day in a hotel lobby.
81 want to borrow your watch
minute to show to a friend over here"
said Taggart. I've just been telling him
about the great work you accomplished
for the party. Come over and tell him
about the watch yourself"
Proudly the man handed over the
watch, whereupon Taggart substituted in
his palm another watch of similar ap-
pearance. He let this watch fall to the
floor. The fall broke it all to pieces.
Small cogs and odds and ends Of mechan-
ism lay in all directions.
Here, boy" said Taggart, beckoning,
with great unconcern to a bellboy
sweep this stuff up" He did not offer
to apologize, but acted as II the accident
was of no consequence.
That was the last straw. The man who
thought his watch had been ruined-the
watch that was the pride of his life
was in a frenzy.
II wouldn't have taken 5000 for that
watch"' he fairly screamed. "And you
call a boy to sweep it up as If 1t was
worth no more than a cigar stub
"Oh, well, no use crying over split
milk" soothed Taggart, with the air of
one about to dismiss a trivial incident.
"It couldn't be helped
why, you're the awkwardest man l
ever saw" declared the enraged watch
owner. II tell you wouldn't have taken
s, 900 for that watch. And now you've
busted it to smithereens."
"Oh, WELL" suggested Taggart, gayly,
you can get a cheap watch that will
keep just as good time. friend of mine
had one of these dollar Ingersolls and"
The mention of dollar watch in such
connection was too much. The Joke
victim turned and started to walk away
in . rage. muttering curses