Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

How $1,000 worth OF candy, . col
ored messenger and one thin dime may
be worked into q new version Of tho
old proverb. "A bird in the hand Is
worth two In the bush." was demon
strated at the city post ONCE just be-
fore Christmaa-
Bill Sherwood. private secretary to
Postmaster Chance. bought the candy.
Sherwood. as right-hand man to
Chance, who is chairman Of local ex-
emption board for division No. 8. knows
whole lot about the draft. He re-
ceived his training under Chance. who
runs the city post once with his right
hand. the affairs OF the exemption
board with his left hand and the Bill
ly" Sunday campaign the Lord only
| knows how.
1t was not surprising, therefore. to
learn that Sherwood had bought $1,000
worth of candy at one clip. No half
way measures around here, 1 said to
myself. If you get candy-hungry. just
go out and get two or three thousand
pounds.
1 learned, however, that the candy
was purchased for the City Post Once
hundreds Of members of that organiza-
ton.
Sherwood was walking around with
the thousand in his pocket all ready
meanwhile. Give me thousand dol
lars worth OF your best, please"
While he was strolling around the
city post Office feeling like Rockefeller
or some Of those other fellows who
wouldn't feel afraid to carry $1,000 in
their trouser pockets, he CHANGED tc
| meet one of the coIored messengers.
A thousand dollars in your poke,
| makes YOU in a benign mood.
Sam said Sherwood to the mes
| senger." here's thousand dollars for
you"
In order that the messenger might
not take him too seriously. Sherwood
gave gave an MN, n,nder rsa, smile: one o.
what say. but what I mean
The messenger understood. Yes-in.
| deedy, he did
| He touched the roll reverently
Then he resolutely put 1t aside. and
said:
Dat am sho' a great roll. boss; blu,
| 10 cents a-comin would look better tel
me-"
| 80
| The great men Of America do no,
seem to hold similar sentiments to
those which julius Caesar expressed
once upon time. when he said, I'D
| rather be first in an Iberian village
| than second in Rome
i The first men in the land in ali walks
| of life have come to Washington since
war was declared You can hardly
walk down the street now without
| meeting one or more celebrities pei
block. You see famous men every
where.
Washington always was noted for Its
| galaxy of nation famed men. But TO-DAY
the galaxy has grown until IL is no,
unusual to meet these famous fellows
! as you get on and off street cars, o,
run into them in the most unexpected
places.
The advent of big men, no Longer
causes comment, except to those new.
corners who are not aware Of our great
| ness
| One day last week I passed Presiden,
| Wilson in one block, in the next l saw
| former President Taft and farther VI
Boardman directing the loading of q
! Red Cross truck. Frank Vanderlip wa.
observed next.
| And then when 1 got to the ONCE
came man from out of town. bursting
with big news
SAY" he said. rive got a good stor,
for you. Three New England Cover.
nors in town."
| Surely there is mine for silver, and
| a place where one may get gold. but
| wisdom Is not to be found in the an
| swers of many registrants to the ques-
| tionnaires which thousands. nay, mil.
lions of men are filling out these days
THE greatest place for the study OF
human nature I have sever seem" said
one prominent member of the legal ad-
visory board. as he stood in an exemp.