Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-28
THEIR HUMAN SIDE
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

s, Lees army during the entire war. to
| Gen. Lee.
Senator Willis and Senator Pome-
I rene of Ohio and Job Hedges of New
York were the principal speakers at
a banquet of the Ohio State Society.
Willis made one of his characters
| tically picturesque and enthusiastic
| talks. Pomerene delivered thought
full address in which he explained.
or sought to explain. what the demo-
cratic party had done and how some
| of the party's best work had been
misunderstood. He quoted from
Deuteronomy to give force to his
sponded to the plaudits. He said he
| didn't blame Pomerene or the demo-
| Gratis for trying to prove an allbl.
but he couldn't see why they went to
| Deuteronomy for quotation when they
! might more aptly quote Exodus.
When the matter of counting the
electoral votes was brought up in
Gard Of Ohio. democrat. asked Has
this the approval Of the minority
members of the committee?" House
Leader Mondell explained the entire
situation. Then Representative
could not lose any right by it. anyway"
If there is one man in the entire
American Congress whose picture Is
familiar to every one in the country
it ought to be Uncle Joe" Cannon.
because he always ran close second
to the late Col. Roosevelt as the
Nost photographed and r'osf writ.
ten about man on this continent. And
~nt onlv recnn'lv. when the form ~
Speaker established new record
for longevity in Cono~ess. one of tn"
big newspapers printed a cut of
former Senator Frank Cannon. Nor
mon, with a caption under II wnlch
read, Uncle Joe" Cannon.
Such things are often happening to
sure that he does not miss seeing
them. For example, q much-read
newspaper in upper Michigan. on jan
uary 8, printed picture OF an at
tractive young woman In lingerie and
boudoir robe under which the amazed
wears em-Uncle Joe Cannon. the
grand old man Of the republican party
and one of Illinois representatives
in the House. rising to speak at q
dinner in Chicago" The mystery
was explained when elsewhere in the
paper was found a picture Of Mr.
Cannon. having doffed his vest and
standing forth in suspenders. under
which was the comment: "Boudofr
robe with oriental touch-from the
east comes the lima gination for this
wonderful boudoir robe Of panne vel
vet and silver metal cloth" Some one
had switched the captions.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon has just re-
~I> So n, ~ a no
on which his well-known eounte-
nance. decorated with a hie cigar.
stands out but his shoulders are
adorned with epaulets and his breast
with many medals and decorations.
A letter accompanying the photo
IAN Allentown (Pa) news dealer
issued a souvenir calendar bearing
picture Of King George Of England.
One Of the men in the Bethlehem
steel works hung one Of these cal
endars over his desk. Another man.
iish propa eanda. pasted the head from
a cartoon of Uncle Joe over the
kings head. with the realistic effect
shown in the photograph. Since then
there has been considerable contro-
versy as to where Uncle Joe got all
the medals"
Here's son some uOIner Is prouo
Of He is in the government service
in a humble capacity as a messenger,
but his .boss." s. M. Gaines. superin-
tendent Of the mails and files division
Of the Treasury Department. in ask
ing Congress to increase his salary.
said: my messenger boy, who will
be eighteen his next birthday. gets.
$3.50. and does the work Of a man
every day, and is just as faithful as
he can be. want to increase him to
$500. He works on Sundays, too. He
is as faithful and competent as il he
were a full-grown man. have never
had such boy as he working Tor me.
and I have had hundreds during my
twenty-seven years in the division"