Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-20

rotary of the Navy, when speaker of
the Massachusetts legislature, head
ed procession of members of the
house which paid a notable honor to
the sacred cod" in 1895. on the COM
plet!on of the addition to the state
mouse. The historic effgy of the cod
was ordered removed to the new
chamber. committee of fifteen rev
erentiy lowered it and, wrapped in
an American flag. it was triumpha Mt
~ borne to its new home. Speaker
Meyer .cading the march of triumph
through the marble corridors.
The venerable painter of fish and
game, Walter NJ. Bracket, embel-
llshtd the figure, and on May 8, &C
ccrding to an order of the house the
historic cod was duly hooked and
holsted into position. On the 125th
anniversary of the motion of John
Rowe. Il resolution of thanks was
voted to him. with the method OF
communicating it to him appropriate
ly left to the chaplain.
Trousers Once Cheap.
Why complain about the fact that
you cant afford to buy a new winter
suit and are forced to wear two
Hear-cld pair of trousers. Former
Secretary of the Treasury V !lliam
Gibbs McAGoo. son-in-law of the
President. remembers when he used
10 sell newspapers. and when he had
earned his first 1921 his mother
bought several yards of linen and out
of it made trousers for young Will
liam and his younger brother.
Uncle Joe on Counting.
There are whole bevies and swarms
and droves and flocks of honeymoon
erS visiting the Capitol these days.
hers nj q
them on their way. Uncle Joe" Can
non heartily approves of reasonably
early marriage. but he cannot seem
to get used TO the modern practice of
marriage on short acquaintance. His
talk on "courting." given to his crO-
mes IN the House. was applauded as u
classic.
occurring? Why. bless your heart,
the young fellows of today do not
know the meaning of that word When
a young man would walk five or even
ten miles through the snow or rain or
mud, freeze his ears and fingers and
face the danger of wildcats, to see
his girl. and that, too, in the general
living room. with the family. he was
entitled to admit that he was court
ing.
And that was the rule. not the ex-
ception. The young fellows would
start out Sunday afternoon to see
their sweethearts, and no weather
was too bad to keep them at home.
1t might be too cold or too muddy to
take out a horse, but in that case he
would go on foot. and he would go
through as much hardship to see his
girl as did the knights of old to res
cue fair maidens in castles bold.
But it was his devotion, his court
ing: and when he won that girl he
stuck to her through thick and
through thin. through good report
and evil report, obeying the scrip
tural injunction that what God has
Joined together no man shall put
asunder.
There We're no marriages of con-
venience and few hasty marriages
then. The counting was long and
there were no divorces to follow. The
young people might meet often at the
singing school or the dance or the
husking bee, but these did not take
the place of regular counting.
The counting was on Sunday night,
and the young man went religiously
to see his girl and remained SO until
midnight with the object of his af-
lection. even though the father and
mother and younger children were