Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-20
HUMANLSMS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
THE biggest moment in the life Of Dr.
i Alexander Graham Bell. inventor of the
telenhone. developed in this way.
lie had been working diligently for
years trying to ta'- ov"~ wiz" " ''ns a
two. man Job. for there had to be somebody
nt the other end. So some frien !. c.:l'ped
in and hired an electrician named Watson
to help him. One end of the wire was in
one room and one in another. Certain noises
travelled back and forth. but they could
hardly be called messages.
Finally, one day, young Bell said over the
wire:
"Mr. Watson. come here. want you"
And what do you think The door opened
and in stepped the electrician. The big
thing had happened. lie had heard and
understood.
Not long ago DR.. Bell sat at telephone
on the Atlantic seaboard and got himself
connected with this same Watson in San
, Francisco.
"Mr, Watson" he said reminiscently,
"come here, want you
Thomas G. Gerdine is a geographer for
the Government. and as such goes snoopins
around in isolated places.
one sumper. he was on Copper River
In Alaska making maps, ana was climbing
around the ledge of precipitous elf. There
face to face he met mountain goat. This
goat had probably never seen a man before
and had not learned to fear him, so he re.
fused to yield the right Of way. In fact, be
gave battle.
SO there on the mountain ledge the geog.
rapher, armed with hatchet, and the goat,
brist'ing with horns, fought 1t out. Silently
there was charge and counterplay. give and
aboriginal let out q warwhoop of defiance.
This unnerved the goat, and 1t fed.
Back in 1872 Edward l.. Dougherty was
the best ca,fskin evtter in the factory Of
Claugh & Chase, Of Lynn, Mass.
p, 1t was at about this time that Senator
Hoar: Of the Old Bay State, then serving
IN Washington, hit upon the idea Of bring.
ing Dougherty. popular among his fellows.
G, 70 washington and giving him a post at the
Capitol: There he has remained ever since,
and today, is the keeper of the door into the
mems gallery of the Senate.
At every Christmastidc since 1872 this
former skillful Gu fskin cutter has received
from NJ. p. Claugh. his former emp,oyer. a
nair OF shoes, that are thu. best that the
factory turned out. For, forty nine con.
been thus remembered. all of which may. 20
e, show that the ties Of friendship are after
all not spun Of gossamer threads.
There are many odd subjects to which tho
minds OF men apply themse yes. heard Z
ma man argue for an hour and half once that
there were undoubtedly differences between
tn" shoulder blades Of the modern field mouse
and that found in the fossils of the West.
And now comes DR.. +. W. Clarke. so emf
nent man MS to get himsef much space
In Who's Who, a specialist on the psychol.
ogy OF the chipnunk squirrel.
Senafnr FRANZ Willis H. NJ
Harding in the upper branch Of Congress,
was dining at hotel with Mrs. Willis;
Inc meal had gone as far as the coffee ana
cheese when the Senator's brow got cor
rugated
"Allie." he said to his wife. what was
the name of that gentleman from Ohio who
came into the office while you were there
the other day. His name slipped my mind
and ! just must have it,"
Mrs. Willis. anxious to be helpful 81
wives always are. began an effort to isolate
this mans name from the events of the last
week, recreated her mental pictuve OF him.
wondered II she shouldn't take q course in
memory training that she might be better
wlfe TO a statesman with large consttu.
ency, absorbed herself for fifteen minutes
In this exasprrntinr problem.
BN that time the meal was over
Never mind 4uoth the Senator. HIS
name was James Struthers. knew 1t all
the time, but | wanted to divert you 50
coNlh drink YOUR coffee. Otherwise II
might have kept YOU awake tonight"
Chief Justice William Howard Taft. OF
the supreme Court, tells story of Il time
when. as President. he was touring tue
South At one point he had made speech
and an obScquious Negro attendant was
hrlning bin on with his coat.
IBIS here am funny" tie Negro ven.
tur"d' Right here am one President help
IN mnth"r President on with his coat.