Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-13


The House will be both saddsr
and a duller place owns 70 the Neiuni
lazy lazy retirement OF T'm an Nj Mieh siasi
took his seat on the green benches
as.member for Wexford. back in 1850.
hct has been its acknowledged master
Wit. most mcrciless saitriSt and per
haps bitterest .r ieh'c.rr Hence Sd his
the ;ruest of IriShmcn in his love OF
''Shindy" and the man Who trcads
on. the tail OF his coat undoubtedly in;
spires him with IA mixture OF regard
and gratitude. though there Is never !,
sign of this in Tins rclentless ana
savage b.iaborinG of tho .uck!cSS wight
who has thus courtcd verbal annihila-
ton.
RESIGNS ms SEAT EoM
has held as a Nationalist since 1911 in
favor OF The Sim rein candidate for
ton, he declared as u protest AGAINST
the iniiiction oil two years imprison-
rsh e songs pGHhb 'on ne sung
without objection, and desired" he
added. TO make the seat available fox.
the return TO Parliament OF some sueh,
convict As TO the rights or wrongs
of this particular case the. present
how little i, invariably has taken TO
cnGcndcr the llealyian wrath. one
Of the oihe Side of the Ts ease
would prove illuminating
rAlD SEVERAL VISITS
Tiger Tim one of the most IA
nous lrshmcn in Parliament and one
Of, the odes. members OF the House
Of Commons. needs no Introduction. of
course. TO readers OH the other side OF
the Atlantic. He has paid a number OF
visits to the United States, the first
OF Sthem, in his early days, as private
secretary 20 rarncli and the mos: re-
cent in the early days OF the war.
Sclr-made and self-edhcaied, he is one
Of this country's most brilliant law
ycrs being a double Is. c., or Kings
Councillor. the highest rank that exists
in this country short OF 4 juus ship.
He is, moreover, one of the most Gull
turcd men OF his way, in spite of the
fact that. in discussion OF a certain
education bin he once gravely as
Surcd his fellow legislators tina; he
could not spell. could not parse an
English sentence, and didn't know the
rule of three" AS matter Of fact
hc is learned in language especially
French and German, in ecclesiastical
matters. in ornithoioSy, in music and
in art. He collects old furniture and
sheffield plate. and can Judge piece
OF Waterford" glass with more ac-
ciiI'acy than most experts. lie is Il
master OF shorthand. too, which re
learned as a boy. and conducts most
Of his CORES pondcncc with his family
IN the ritman hicroglyphics,
MASTER or WIT PROVES
Ills STRONGEST ruI\r
II is as a master Wit. however that
VII 'Es sha, is inspr "S by his his a"nliEG
disposition, ana that comes as quick
chain-lishtninS We to IN. sp%akrr
one OF Tim licaly's shafts OF satire.
: II was shvcriuG in his oratorical hide
almost before lac knew IL like the mat
ador'S barb in bull. II has been de-
clarcd Of him that lie would sacrifice
anything and anybody 10 the pervcrsc
pleasure Of Snccr. AMI that he would
rather tire of hlistcring cpiEram
'han 10 have a nation a his feet.
1,
10. recall. Perhaps the best OF them
all Was his description OF one bill for
., Of the hs
soyernps4. as regards Ireland, was,
dog with Bit of its own tail" Mixed
marriages are not ain unmiNcd bless
and he described tho appointment OF
the late Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man. as Chief Secretary for the Green
iS!c as an attempt 10 govern Ireland
with Scotch jokes.
BITTERLY SCORES WITNESS
DURING DIVORCE TRIAL
One OF his most exquisite inaeinings
said that the spectacle OF his learned
friends client CRYING in the witness
has happened since Moses drew water
from the rock He had one Near
ninS. too, at the late Professor Kettle.
his opponent in one of his elections.
Ihe Two arrived simultaneously to
speak in little Irish village, only to
find that the village green, where ali
small for one meeting lIeaiy and
kette agreed TO decide by lot who
should speak, and Iealy won
'"The Kettle has lost it's spout" was
ms ms greeainS TO NE audience. which
Joseph Chamberlain. previously ono
or 6rs G' i,'ish nc, principal henchmen,
over the Grand old Mans first home
RUE Dill Such u process is known
IN wn, EHE elan on as rattiRns" one day
House, chamberlain, in the course of
a speech, spoke sarcastically OF the
f cha i. G attitude of the followers CT
GIVES CHAMBERLAIN
VII, n'w nfny The t Az away. the mice
5Iealy, from his c 5'r1s 'ee'e" TN"
strange as II seems, this tiger" o:
onc of the gcntlcst Of men He loves
GhidrcnIhc has six Of his own, thrc,
DEVOTED TO animals. In moro MAN one
London home, the surprising spectacle
9idss 'o on sI bs hac Gehh h living hddies
times without number and or hie
friendship with the little daughter OF
Weh;RnoW . poet one quiet delightful
,iTim" took the .neest pleasure in
talking To this little damscI ond {,
telling her stories One DAY a mo, 81
famous politician was visitimr lin.
poets house and did his best To- con-,
he. small maiden lie found her aim.
If she didn't like him.
why, yes. do she replied grave
~, but TO be quito frank with You
Mr.; Healy has rather spoiled me fol
STARTED TO MAKE LIVING
AT THE AGE OF TIifT,TE:l;,
Tiger Tim" was born at Ban:ry. .
nuDbie parents in 1858. which make
him sixty-three. lie started 10 carr
his living when he was only thir,c.,I
his FIRST billet being Il clerk shin witi
the London and Northwestern Ka iIwaV
In the years that followed, he burnc,
much midnight oil over his books In
result being the varied stock OF know
edge that is his to-day. From the lrs
sffi he had a strong literary bent AND
coTning TO London he Joined the s,at