Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-16
Hun,anisms
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

CIR AUCKLAND GEDDES, the British
story Of hunt in the Canadian wids. Of
the wolf packs that howled around tho cabin
at night. of going forth, a torch in one hand
and revolver in the other, Of seeing two
bright eyes in the darkness and firing. The
next morning il was discovered that he had
killed n rabbit
.Mr. Jusserand. the French ambassador
and dean of the corps. later spOofed the
Britisher a bit on his story.
'1t was m excellent story said the
spects. 1t was particularly remarkable. 1t
seems to me, because 1t was shooting
story told by an Enslishman and there was
no tiger in it"
Mr.. Herbert Hoover, secretary Of COM
merce, is particularly interested in the prob
lens Of recognizing the government depart
ments.
Some weird situations have developed in
the Topsy growth Of government agencies
he says. Take the matter Of bears, for in
stance. The United States is the owner
Of many bears. The polar bears Of Alaska
are administered by the Department OF
Commerce through the Bureau Of Fisheries
The grizzly bears are administered by the
Department of Interior through the national
park service, The brown bears. however
culture through the forest service.
1t must all be very confusing to bruin'
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi
who Is today probably the most active
youthful member Of southern Democ'
racy, has gained much prestige in Celtic
circles because Of belief, growing out OF
his name, that he is Irish.
As a matter of fact, the senator's given
name is Patton and ho is the scion Of one
Of those southern families in whose veins to-
possessed by nine out Of ten of the residents
Of the tight little island itself. April tool'
In that prime requisite of the politician,
memory for names, Postmaster Cen
eral VIII II. Hays is the most gifted man
in public life. name and face, once given
him. becomes catalogued in his mind like
card into an index file and is there for
good
One afternoon. when he had been IN
charge Of his new cabinet post about two
meet everybody in the building from scrub
women to bureau chiefs. They all came,
200O Of them. They shook hands and gave
their names. Mr.. Hays was careful to gPt
each cognomen correctly in mind II some
clerk sought to hurry past the chief would
Next day he began meeting these people
in the halls and in their offices, calling
them by name, all Of which helped mate
rally In establishing human relations
Twenty five years ago the Democratic
governor OF New Mexico appointed dash,
ing Kentucky gentleman attorney genera
of the state and instructed him to clean up
the outlawry then prevalent.
The appointce was Democrat and nag
served in the Legislature as such, lie nan
been born during the Civil War. his father
having gone away and fought four years
without so much as a visit to his wife anu @
baby. Down in Texas the son married Tue
daughter Of Confederate soldier.
The sons name was Albert Il. Fail anu
today he Is the secretary of interior IN lne
Harding cabinet, avowedly pnrtSan k"puo'
lican as it is.- Mr.. Fall is Republican
has been for twenty years. ..,,
All of which goes to show that noIlt'ca'
faith is not like the leopard's spots,