Evening star., 1921-11-22
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL r. KENNEDY,


Charles Evans Hughes, premier Of
the cabinet and leading spokesman
for the United States in the arms par
ley. has for more than half century
cherished in his hear. the gratifca-
ton of having successfully carried
through a strike single-handed. The
basic principle for his conduct laid
sion has been the rule Of his life. and
has moro than anything else enabled
| him to accomplish so much as he has
When he was five years old he struck
against his primary school teacher.
complaining that she went over the
same thing too many times" On that
occasion he presented to his father
Charles Hughes Plan of Study
this provided for a fixed task at every
hour OF the day-and his father ap-
proved of it All his life Secretary
Hughes has been similarly systema-
tzing his work. That he has never
Willingness to stand alone in protest
against what he believed to be q
wrong policy is shown by the record
he established as Governor of New
York in vetoing more bills than any
governor since Grover Cleveland-297
vetoes in one session. There his tests
were: WAS the law just? Was 1t
well thought out? Was it needed?
Would it do the work intended?"
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Warren Harding is a good name'
to carry through life-the President
thinks and has SO written to a young
namesake, mentioning at the same
time regret that he himself cannot
look forward to living as long a time
IA the SOlnRSfar whan "a ic
gong to be very interesting place.
The letter follows:
my Dear Warren Harding-A friend
OF yours has written to let me know
that you have arrived in this world
WITHIN Few days past and have DEM
onstrated an early and appealing dis
cretion by inducing your parents to
give you good name. 1 know it is a
good name because my father and
mother gave 1t to me, and they were
the best people have known. I hope
you will try as hard as 1 have to do
nothing to discredit the name, for I
know your father and mother. like
my own. would grieve if that should
happen. You have arrived here in a
mighty interesting time for the world
and will have a chance to be a use
full citizen.
please do your best to live up to
all your possibilities in that direction
Il wish I could hope to remain as
AoiiS aS oo Aoi lhAS "oElu IS
going to be an extremely interesting
place during the time you are en-
titled to stay in 1t. Please give my
kindest regards to your mother and
father and thank them for me for
the compliment they have paid me in
selecting the name for you. From
your friend.
Senator Arthur Capper has discov-
cred that Secretary John w. Weeks
holds the rapid-fire record for the en-
tire War Department, established by
firing surplus clerks in that depart
ment at the rate of more than 5000
for every month since he has been
in otAce. Other members Of Congress
are suggesting that it might be a
good way to cut down government
around from one department to an
other until he gets the federal pay
roll down to normalcy.
F*k
Representative Cyrenus Cole of
iowa, who came into Congress when
Representative James w. Good, who
put through the budget plan, stepped
middle west he didn't have much
chance to hear grand opera. so he in
dulged his passion by making a spe-
cial trip TO New York twice a year to
AiSlcu 10 lue OeSC OperaClC talent. He
also is an inveterate bridge player,
and one of his most frequent asso-
ciates in this game is Leslie NJ. Shaw,
FORMER :. Secretary of the Treasury
Representative Cole is a bachelor.
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Sometimes amazing and almost un-
believeable anecdotes find their way
into official government reports-as,
for example, the following statement
regarding lightning as a photogra-
pher. sent in by Gambler Cobb, an
American trade commissioners:
I'm the heart of an old beech tree
recently cut up on the Island of Skye
there were found burnt marks in the
very heart of the tree showing a
mans name and the date "1O-9-90"
1T is supposed that these figures
were Photographed on the interior of
the tree by the electrical effect of
lightning striking near the spot
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sCredit is given to the prize tax
RyeH OF the country by Senator Len
r1ot of Wisconsin,, who finds that
there are fifty-four openly confessed
pfople whose incomes individually