The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-29
Washington Wig Ways
SignaLed by Tiller
tcopyrisht. 1871. By rh.odor. rill.r,

Senator Frank B. Willis. who sue
cesded President Harding in the Sem
ate, owes much of his success In pub
lie life to chicken gixsards. His ap-
petite for that part of the fried fowl
politics.
Ohioans say that when Willis made
his first successful campaign for the
House. and also later for governor of
the State, he Advertised the fact that
he was especially fond OF the Gixzard
OF . chicken. and would cheerfuily
sample all cooked specimens produced
at the country fairs. barbecues and
AL day church meetings: dinner
served on the ground. ETC."
The result was that various Ohio
housewives put In their dinner
baskets for the neighborhood AFFAIRS
plentiful supply of gizxards. Sena-
tor Willis bore up manfully under
the punishment. He ate gizzards by
the handful. informing each proud
housewife that he had never tasted
Just such cooking.
Az Willis cAmpai9ned from county
to county and hamlet TO hamlet the
gixard story Travelled ahead of him.
Everywhere gisxards were poked at
him. whether he ate In . farm nou.s
or at church festival The rssult
was that he made friends with SO
many cooks. who had influence with
the voters, that Willis was elected
governor, and now ne 10 In the Senate.
One day this week Senator willis
went all about the Senate chamber
exhibiting to his colleagues . radish.
The galleries wondered why Willis
was carrying such q vegetable In his
pocket and seemed so proud of It.
The .radish was OF ordinary size and
had no distinguishing marks.
1t developed that some years ago.
while q member of the House. Willis
championed an appropriation for
school gardens in the public schools
of Washington. On this particular
sand boy and girl gardeners, and a.
he drew away from the platform and
" ent toward his automobile. a young
ster ran up to him. held out a radish
and said:
Mister Willis, we know what you
did for our gardens. and just to show
you how thankful we arg heres .
radish. ! grew II myself"
REPRESENTATIVE Arthur Monroe Free.
, W. member from ..aI,forris. "A the
only member Of Congress who officially
records that he n the father Of
two sets Of twins, In winding up his
b,o~raphv published In the ConRrss-
sional Directory for the sixty-seventh
Congress, which II just from the Cow
eminent printer. Representative Free
states:
"He II married and has Ave chill
dren. Including two sets of twins"
=.
-. ..,shr.ttor in Atlsrt. this
w.aL ~ ths h,rthdav anpiversarv Of
Harry w. Grady recalls a favorise
story Of the great publicist and ora
tor. He used II in his speech on "The
New South"
II bespeak the utmost stretch of
your courtesy tonight" said Grady,
81 am not troubled about those from
whom I come. You remember the
man whose wife sent him to carry
4 pitcher of milk to q neighbor. and
who tripping on the top step, fel,
with such casual Interruptions the
landings afforded into the basement.
while picking himself up he had the
pleasure OF hearing his wife call:
"'No, didn't said John, but I'll he
dinged IL don't right now"
An item OF 50, ass In the deficiency
appropriation bin for protecting the
seal fisheries Of Alaska" brought a