Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-11
HuIndnISnlS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PuY

THE amicablc relations whirh always c.
L listed between Woodrow Wilson, as Pres.
ident. and that QuiHzicnl gentleman WHO
presided over the Senate, and who would
have succeeded him in an emergency. were
well illustrated by an incident which &C.
CURED just before the recent administration
drew to Il close.
The gentleman from Indiana sent his chief
a book and on the fly leaf he wrote the fol.
lowing inscription
"From your only Vice. Thomas II. Mar
shall"
Carl Nrooman former assistant secretary
of agriculture, was one day walking up anil
down the lobby Of n Chicago hotel a lobby
well filled with many kinds of men coming
ana going. y mining stock salesman ap-
proachcd him and began his talk which
showed the vision of n new FL Dorado.
Mr.. Nrooman listened patiently and
courtcously. but finally asked that he be per.
mlttod one question.
There are hundreds of men in this
lobby. he said. II wear II suit of clothes
that is of conventional cut and quality. Ny
nat cost so much that had to pay bit
OF luxury tax on it. Ny uccktic set me
pack ~, my collar quarter They are
IKE those Of other men. I have been around
a bit and supposed that l had shaken m
the provincialisms of dress and appearance
Now just what was it in my looks that
caused you to pick me out Of the crowd as a
man who would buy mining stock from a
strangNr?"
-, You are tho only man IN the lot" said
the salesman ''who is wearing rubbcrs 1t
is not good sign"
The state of Massachusetts has ~ miles
ol S"ac0aSt. which is good deal of water.
front for 50 small commonwealth. "
that length GiO miles is in the congrcssiOnal
9!Strlct OF Representative Joseph Walsh, of
New BEDFORD There is no other bit "
lana in the United States that has so much
waterfront IN proportion to its area. This
sixteenth Massachusetts district includes
ap" Cod, which runs far out to sea. hooks
around. touches much salt water. but has
limited square mileage
There ar" more fishermen in Mr.. Walsh'S
district than in any other. 1t has an ab-
S"Iutn monopoly on Plymouth Rock. whore
the Pilgrims landed. It produces great
many CranbcrrirS
When Mr.. Walsh was campnigning a
friend drove him out on Cane Cod whore A
group OF scafarng people were drmonStrat.
ing thrlr versatility by working in tho Gran
perry bogS. Mr. Walsh was introduced 70
their leader, who was bushy- bearded for.
mer sea captain,
This individual looked the candidate over,
noted that his stature was dminutyc, TO
ABOUT the degree of that of Napoleon Bone
partc, aud remarked
II looks to n Soafarng man as though
Won were not picking very big ones this
year,
lawyer friend of mine recently went
4"Wn to san Antonio to try II cas-" in III.
federal Court Of the Western district ot
I"NaS, u" found sitting on the bench Iudg"
i'IN al West tral. dcIicntc refined gentle
man not at all b"licosr in appearance.
Imagine nv friends surprise when, dur
ing II pauS" in III" trial. some one gave him
nhgr. our of the history of the judge.
., pHN al West was one" II Texas ranger,
J." ms station one day there came tho report
lha Il gang of robbers was to hold MP =
'fan known to he carrying al unusual
amount rf money
West and ono other ranger boarded this
lraIn' / hey lmprOviScd miniature fort "h
@ III" platform of tn" ,baggag" car, True |"
reports, the train was stopped and the ron,
h"rS aSSailed it, DuNal West aud his pa,
CAV" them battle. When the smoke had
rMarrd away nine highwaymcn had bIl''n
lh" dust and n new advance toward law
ana order had been mad" in the Lone star
State,
ThoS" who used to hear the elder lh"o
dorc Roosevelt speak will remember tnnt
hr had II voice that was none too good io'
tho purpose and that. NJ il assembled tn'
seal" with the rise Of the enthusiasm "i NY
owner, it used to break into n high tnIS"ii"'
Slnr" young Thc"dor" liouSrrclt came ~
Washington and began To speak Al hanquclIh,
it has been observed that his voice Is murn
fuller than that of his father, but thal
has this same peculiar knack OF breaRlns,
at the higher ranges.