The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-20
HUMANISMS
William Anterior Du Puy-

There a musical over at the White House
and Mrs. Frank B. Willis. the wife Of the junior
Senator from Ohio. talking to Mrs. Harding.
the wife Of the gentleman whom he had sue
ceeded in the upper House of Congress
The orchestra played THE End of Perfect
Day" Mrs. Willis remarked that this was her
favorite song and asked Mrs Harding II it had
been selected on her account
II can't lay that claim to unselfshness- said
the first lady. 1T is likewise my favorite song.
And there Is one particular piece of instrumental
music that / always favor the Senator's
count" CMrs. Harding still calls her husband "the
Senator.'D He prizes The Beautiful Blue DAN
ube' most highly"
Can it be possibler- Mrs willis exclaimed
THAT is the governors favorite instrumental
piece also. (Mrs Willis still calls the Senator
the governor.D We are obviously in family
agreement music"
It is amusing thing. says Senator John B.
Kendrick of Wyoming. to note the awe with
which the average man approaches who has
attained high public office. He forgets that this
man but yesterday outsider like him.
self. and that his nature has not changed at all
over night. .-. .-
Among Senators 1t is generally admitted he
says, that upon their first arrival in Washington.
they are filled with wonder to know how they
managed to do it. little later. it is said. they
ure them, and then the wonder to them is how
these associates came to their high posts
All Of which recalls the story of Theodore
Roosevelt and Leonard Wood. longtime friends,
one of whom had to be President Of the
United States and one of whom had become chief
of staff Of the army.
They were taking Of their long hikes and
had reached a wooded solitude and were entirely
alone. They cotnmuned with each other, COM
mented on the fact that out here they were mere
ly two men, while back yonder in the city they
were creatures giorified, by the positions they
held. All OF sudden the greatness of their
posts was borne down upon them. Simultaneous
ly they reached out and gripped each other by
the hand. simultaneously. they said one to
the other: II don't see how we did it."
Senator Frederick Hale OF Maine is a sort of
hereditary Senator. His father was in Con-
gress for thirty years altogether and his mothers
father Senator Zachariah Cha ndler of Michi-
gan.
DR. John James Tigert, the new chief of the
National Bureau Of Education, succeeding Dr.
Phiander p. Claxton, Is from the State of Ten
nessee, was his predecessor 1t was his grand
father. Bishop II. N. McTyere who succeeded
In getting Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt to
give million dollars for the establishment of
Vanderbilt University, one OF the most important
educational institutions Of the South.
Senator Frank r.. Gooding of Idaho has wrest-
ed from Senator Francis Il. Warren of wyo-
ming, the title of being the greatest sbepherd
since Abraham" which fixed on him In the
neat of tariff debate some years ago. Senator
Warren Ia the owner of uncounted flocks of
sheep, but the new arrival In the Senate from
over the Teton range possesses greater numbars
OF these wool bearers.
D., Copyright 1921