The Washington herald., 1916-07-18
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER

'o4Nb Juiy l/-Af JACK Niiooh -
| better known in London and Paris of late years
than he is in New York, but for all that he is as
American as plate of pork and beans. He used
to have brokerage office down in the street,
but quit that some dozen years ago to represent
the Equitable Life in Europe 1t is his brother,
George /. Wilson, who is vice president OF the
| Equitable and the famous cheer leader for the
Pilgrim Club banquets
Well, anyway, l met Jack Wilson yesterday,
who has been for two months and sick in
bed with pneumonia all the time. He had a
pretty close call and is going to take the next
boat back He does not think America agrees
with him. This is his first visit here in ten
years and he nearly died. while he has never had
days illness in Europe.
1--WE, sworn off on America as a health re-
sort" said he, "and l have also sworn off on
| trying to do people good turns l used to think
1t was the right thing to do to try to help people
when you found them in place where they need
| ed help. ! have changed my mind about that
since a little experience l went through last
fall
Il used to pride myself on my Good Samar-
tan proclivities. No more Any one is at liberty
to bite me that catches indulging in that sort
OF toolshness. 1t up in Liverpool. | start
ed to cross the street and didn't look to one
side, so | stepped right in front Of fellow who
was wheeling barrow loaded with heavy bags.
He turned quick so not to down and
upset his load
"As it was my fault, l stopped to sec if there
was any damage done. He tried to load his
bags back on again, but they were so heavy he
couldn't get them up, so | gave him hand
and together we swung them up. Everything
went all right until the last bag. As we swung
| that up on top Of the pile it burst open and the
stuff flew all over 1t was cement and |
| thought it had ruined my clothes.
"Of course l was hopping mad. l brushed
1t off as best l could and went off cursing. He
was also cursing 1t hadn't spoiled his Clothes
You couldn't spoil them. But it had spoiled
perfectly good bag OF cement for which he
was responsible and there was no way Of re-
covering It. The powder was scattered all over
the street or being blown away by the wind.
carried off quite bit on my clothes
Just then it began to rain 1t does that in
Liverpool every two hours. hurried along to
the nearest pub I could find to get out OF the
wet, but | pretty we'll soaked when I got
there and then because it was a pub and be-
cause ! was wet | went up to the bar and had
| a drink and ordered another and leaned up
against the bar for some time.
i was getting nicely dry. Then when
tried to reach for the drink found I could not
move my arms. couldn't move my foot from
the rail and I was beginning to get crampcd
Il had become a rock-hard cement statue
with a living inside.
at was awful. They laid me gently on the
floor and gave my drink with funnel
Then they called cab. They had to crack me
at the knees and waist with sedge to get me
into it, for l am rather tall Not only that.
but the bartender nearly gave me appendicitis
by hitting me with the sledge where he thought
my right hand trousers pocket was in a vain
attempt to get his miserable eighteen pence
when | got home they undressed me with
the aid OF a pick and cold chsel 1t is the
memory OF this little incident that has made
me swear off helping people in trouble"
Mr.. Walter Stern is one Of those prosperous
corporation lawyers who never appear in court
but do a big business just the same. If he IS
not familiar figure in the courts he is in the
fashionable hotels and clubs
No one seeing him in the city would imagine
that his greatest pleasure is extracted from run
ming little farm up in Westchester County
There are only about 100 acres of it, but on that
he raises the bluest-blooded dogs and cows
and pigs. Every animal, every building and
every square inch OF the land is kept in the
most Immaculate condition imaginable
For instance, the air that the puppies breathe
has all been purified. The milk they are fed
on comes from the finest breed of cattle fed
on the cleanest and purest OF fodder. The COWS
are scrubbed and combed and cleaned and MIXED
by electricity so that those dogs protected
in all possible ways from microbes
The pigs look happy and fat although they
are kept unnaturally clean. Its an old-fashioned
belief that pigs won't thrive except in filth Mr.
Stern has proved the contrary to be the case for
his pigs do remarkably we'll and never have
anything the matter with them.
he old
pertumers One is Roger and Gallet Another
is Hugomot Another is Violet and so on
Even these names don't stop them from thrv-
ing.