South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-01

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Sen. Willis is the possessor Of a very
unique testimonial which he prizes
more highly than any honorarium re
ever received. II is nothing more
nor less than a radish which was
presented 10 him when he spoke a
few days ago at a Rock Creek park
open air celebration Of the opening
Of forestry week"
The presiding officer OF the meet
ing. who was one OF Washington 5
talented women. in her speech in
PRODUCING the senator gave him
credit OF being the father Of the
school garden movement and said
that when he was a member OF the
house over II years ago he made
the fight for the first school garden
appropriation which developed dur
ing the war into the nationwide or
ganization for the cultivation OF war
gardens and added something like a
billion dollars worth Of food TO the
nations cupboard.
In the front row Of spectators was
a plainly dressed, barefooted lad
who rapidly came TO the conclusion
as he listened TO the Introductory
address that the Ohio senator was
entitled TO a suitable reward for his
achievements in the interest Of hu-
mainly. Imbued with this idea he
determined 10 present Sen. Willis
distinguished service medal out OF
his own garden. He ran home,
.plucked the finest radish in the
patch and returned just as the SEN
ator was being whisked away in an
automobile. He jumped on the run
ming board and in a little speech
that was a model Of homely elo-
quence and child-like simplicity he
presented the radish to the senator.
The vegetable is now shriyeled
and it's leaves are faded and droop-
ing but the senator prizes it as No.
l IN his list Of keepsakes.
Epigram Dangerous.
According 10 Sen. Pomerene the
epigram is a dangerous thing. He
has discovered that an epigram may
look innocent enough on its face,
but that it is very likely TO have a
double back-action kick that will
put it's author on the blink. The
senator's observations on the sub
iect of epigranls were called forth
by a letter from Mrs. F1orine Fol-
some of 313 f. High St. Bellefon-
tame, O., who wrote to him as pres
ident Of the league of women voters
of Logan county praising him for his
efforts toward disarmament. Mrs.
Folsom in her letter states that she
recently read a statement which
might appear somewhat broad but
which contains TODD for thought. 1t
was:
Patriotism is an egg from which
wars are hatched."
Commenting in his reply on this
epigram Sen. Pomerane says:
"I do not like it. Ordinarily pa
triots are Matched from patriotism.
There are two kinds of eggs. One
is the hen egg and the other a snake
egg. If wars are Matched out of any
kind of an egg it must be snake
egg. Some people have a habit of
INDUCING their taste for epigrams
and in nine cases out Of 10 they get
into trouble"
There is all the difference in the
world in the language used in the
senate and house debates. In the
senate there is never anything even
approaching rough house"
Whenever a senator wishes to i'm
pugn the veracity of another sena-
tor he does so with such an air of
courtesy and such a sugar-coating of
language that il seems a pleasure to
take the dose.
When members of the house get
rough. however, no sugar IS wasted.
They slug each other with short
and ugly" words and sling harsh ad-
jectives across the hall and after
they have raw hided each other with
invectives of speech they 80 into the
cloak-room and have quiet smoke
together.
An example of house language. as
contra distinguished from the
smooth. oily verbiage of the Ches-
terfeldian senators. was brought
out this week when Rep. Good OF
Iowa. CHAIRMAN of the appropria-
tons committee. attacked John F.
Kramer of Ohio, prohibition en-
forcement commissioner. charging
him with rt-circuiting congress
in an effort to get 100000 to run