Evening star., 1922-03-05
Heard and Seen

I called the days of candle light when
he addressed the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress last week. He. had
T, spoken before the congress fifteen
years ago. and did not want TO make
| the same remarks over again.
Years ago. in the eighties. ! used
| to know in Paris famous scientist
| Ambassador Jusserand began. He
| was chemist Of great fame, NJ. Che
vault, the one to whom we owe the
candles that we used before electric
| ity came into general use.
"He gave this invention to the world
without making for himself a cent
inventors. Many act otherwise, but
those who act this way act the best
of all.
"Mr Chevault when I knew him
was over 100 years of age. He had
been elected a member of the Acad-
emy of Science in 1926, and now and
then he would say TO his fellow men,
bers: My dear colleagues. l am afraid
to agree myself, for 1 said to you In
1927 that
And the colleagues would say:
Well. go on. we do not remember
Well, it is the same with me to-
day smiled the ambassador OF
Ever hear the word "hooch""
1t would hardly seem possible that
any one had not heard this term for
Illicit liquor. but one man living here
demonstrated his innocence.
He is in the pressing business.
Bringing a freshly pressed suit 10
taA lot I'll aClr ftar
owner being out of the room.
Tell him l left his suit" declared
the man.
Ibid you say hooch?" young man
asked. in spirit of raillery.
"Hooch?" queried the man, in puz-
| zled tones. "Hooch?"
1t was apparent that he really never
! had heard the word before.
1t is queer word. a hard one to
| find in the dictionary, TOO. You will
| find the word. all right: ''hooch."
But the explanation reads. inter
! lection, an exclamation of excitement
, citation. Scotch.
! That is not bad, from several pop
! ular standpoints.
But the real explanation of this
] popular term is probably under the
/ definition:
, clandestinely made by the Alaskan
Indians"
! The finish of Ambassador Jusserand's s
address before the waterways men
! was equally on par with the begin
| ming for its effective and TO Amer
! ican ears, somewhat quaint manner
: Previously he had told of how the
| early people who lived on the site OF
what is today Paris were boatmen
and how in later times Paris took a
beat for her emblem. and a motto:
The boat may be tossed by tempest
and never sink.
/ The amba SsadOr concluded his ad-
dress as follows:
l We'll, gentlemen. I shall end this
Year as l ended my last speech i'm
1897 l cannot expect TO address YOU
fifteen years from now. but l am sure
that those of you who would be pres
ent would be able to say in my stead
! that the ship of France. that ship in
which you are interested. and thai
ship whose owner is a lover of Amer
| lea and admirer of America, that ship
| shall be tossed but shall never cease '
::
What is the reward perfect?
| To the singer the perfect reward
probably would be great applause
! To the politician it is usually a job
! To woman it is love, and TO man il
! is success.
| But to a writer it is appreciat ton OF
: his writing. Every writer is his own
| favorite author. and TO know that
somebody else appreciates the good
| stuff. too. is reward enough.
! A local writer wrote from the heart
a tribute to a young girl lost in the
knickerbocker tragedy. Wide quota
ton and appreciation was satisfying.
But the perfect reward came when
he was told that the mother of the
child reads the tribute every morning.
There can be no greater reward.
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.