Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-08
HuHidnISnS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
CECRETARY EDWIN DENNY, Of tn.

CECRETARY EDWIN DENNY, of tn.
~ navy. is n fan on tho history of that
branch Of the service and never misses al
opportunity to cXpatiatc upon its Gorics,
lie was speaking at q Navy League din.
ncr not long ago and vividly described IN"
events ms they occurred when, in 1850.
hurricane caught three Of our ships. three
German ships and ono flying tho British
flag. in the harbor at Apia. Samoa, and
sank them oil except the Britshcr, which
managed to get 70 sea.
lie told how the American ships vcrr
battered to pieces on the rocks. how tao
Nandalia sank and her crews rode out th'
storm in the rigging which still protrudC,
from the water.
Three seats down the table from Nj
DENLY sat Major General John \. Lcjcuno
commandant of marines. The secretary n
the navy did not know at the time thai
General LejCunc, then n naval cadet. va
one of the lads who hung on TO the rig
Glng. of the Nandaia through the duration
of the storm.
When William Atkcson, OF Missouri n
brand-new congressman, arrived in Wash.
ington near the close of the last session, h"
looked around somewhat timorously. III at
case among so many strangers His Nyr
fell on Representative Frederick William
DallinGcr, Of Cambridge, Mass. aud h"
threaded his way to that gentleman and in.
troduCcd himself.
The two had very obvious point in
common. Il characteristic Of which not more
than half dozen members in the Congress
could boast. They both wore boards.
Mr.. Dallingcr has been one of the most
consistent supporters Of the theory that ma
turc would not have put whskcrs OH n man
if it had not been intended that he should
wear them. One day asked him how b"
got the habit and this is what he said
lie was but twenty-five years old when
he went to the Massachusetts Legislature
nearly thirty years ago. Even at that early
day the fight for woman suffrage had be.
gun in the Bay state. Dallingcr opposed it,
whcreupon he was denounced by its adTo'
Gates and referred TO dcrisively as "bCard'
less boy"
This pcovcd the legislator and he de-.
tcrmincd 10 refute this one charge at O
costs. He turned 'cm out to grow, He
has never shaved them of from thnt day to
this.
When the Senate was recently considering
the emergency tariff for the relief Of tor
farmer, some of the Democrats voted wI''
the Republicans and for that measure,
Senator Harrison. of Mississippi, chd'H
them and said that they were like the frlsN'
calf which sOrcly bothered the barefoot b"'
who was bringing the herd home at the nN'
proach of nightfall
This calf would break from the AocI am
attempt TO take the back trail on all o..
CasiOus. Finally there appeared IN the an"
an aged mule, and he, too. was feeling h'
oats and demonstrating his freedom from
restraint. lie was cavorting about aud KICK
lug up his heels.
The calf left the hock and ran Of VITA
this strange payfellow. The country nNy
spoke to him sOrrowfully, even rs he, fn'
Harrison, was speaking to the crrlnS Demo
Gratis.
"Thc time will come" he said, "wh'n
YOU will want some of that food OF your
kind to stay your hunger and you VIII "
on the outside of the lot in strange ana I'M
natural company
Elhu Root tells n story to iiIustrai" tnn'
peculiar attitude of mind Of FrcdCrlrE u
Gillctt. the speaker of the House OF Kcpi'
SCntGtiYes, gentleman OF great courl'''
and culture.
When Mr.. Root was secretary Of war an"
Mr.. Gillett u Representatives from MaSIo.
Chusetts, the latter came over TO tnH a.
partment on matter in which his dlSTr'
vas directly interested. lie stated MS ur e.,
and found no warm Response from 10" wa,
Department standpoint. lie rcsorte1
none of the tricks of the politician in 'o''
ing through demands for patronage ,,o
1T was interesting" said Mr.. Root, 70
soc in MIR. GiIlett the necessity OF pOHt.'
struggling with the instincts OF 6e"''
man.
Don't ever commit speech to memory,
saws Representative F. w. DallinGcr' or, @
Massachusetts. II you do, when You slu'
20 deliver It, great fear will seHo !ooj
You cant have anybody prompt, YOU o.
course. That would be too ridiculous ~
matter how well you know it there - 'o'
chance Of forgetting. And il you forge, a"'
are lost, You will probably not ''a
will so all the way through to lnr 'GT
without bobbIc. But YOU are i" i'al,H
that. YOU win that you agoniac, SnIc' -
cruciatingly.
MIR, Daliingcr knows. lie did t-~"n"'