The Washington times., 1922-12-17

in the competitions in the great
metropolis In every branch Of
business. They were out for q
good time and little else.
Mr.. Everett produced d pom
derous mass Of manuscript and
began reading on the history Of
New England education and the
influence upon It of the Cam
bridge school. He had more than
an hour Of material and lost his
audience in fifteen minutes. No
efforts Of the chairman could
bring them to attention. and final
ly the educator lost that control
of himself which he was always
teaching to the boys and threw his
manuscript at the heads Of the
reporters. From their reports in
the various newspapers the next
day. they did not seem to have
absorbed the speech by this
original method.
A STORY OF EVARTS.
Choate and I were both to speak.
and Choate came first. AZ usual.
he threw a brick at me. He men,
toned that reporter had come to
him and said: 'Mr. Choate. I have
Depew's speech carefully prepar-
ed. with the applause and laughter
already In. II want yours" OF
course. no reporter had been to
either Of US. Mr.. Choate had in
his speech an unusual thing for
him. q long piece Of poetry. When
my turn came to reply I said:
Tho reporter came to me. as Mr..
Choate has said, and made the
remark. 7 already haye Choate's
speech. 4 has in 1t a good deal Of
poetry asked the reporter:
From what author In the poetry
taken?' He answered: 4 do not
know the author. but the poetry
Is so bad I think Choate has writ
ten it himself"
Mr.. Choate told me a delightful
story of his last interview with
Mr.. -Evarts before he sailed for
Europe to take up his ambassador
ship at the Court OF st. James.
IT called" he said. ION Mr..
Evarts to bid him good-by. He
had been confined to his room by
fatal illness for q long time.
'Choate.' he said, I am delighted
with your appointment. You
eminentiy deserve It. and you are
preeminently tit for the place.
You have won the greatest distinc-
ton in our profession. and have
harvested enough Of its rewards
to enable you to meet the financial
responsibilities Of this post with
out anxiety. You win have a most
brilliant and useful career in
diplomacy, but 1 fear I will never
see you again."
Mr.. Choate said: "Mr. Evarts.
we have had a delightful partner
ship Of over forty years, and when
I retire from diplomacy and re-
sumo the practice Of the law an
sure you and I win 90 on to-
gether again for many years in
the same happy old way"
Evarts replied: mo, Choatc. I
fear that cannot be. When I
think what q care I am to all my
people. lying 30 helpless here, and
that I can do nothing any more to
repay their kindness. or to help In
the world. I feel like the boy who
wrote from school to his mother
letter Of twenty pages. and then
added after the end: p. S.-Dear
mother. please evcpss my long.
evity.'"
Where one has . reputation as
q speaker and 10 also known to
oblige friends and to be hardly
able to resist opportunities, the
demands upon him are very great.
They are also sometimes original
and unique.
BREADLINE" BANQUET.
At one time. the day before
Christmas. . representative Of the
New York World came to sec me
and said: we are going to give .
dinner tonight to the tramps who
gather between 10 and II o'clock
at the Vienna Restaurant. OPP
posite the St. Denis Hotel, to re-
csivs the bread which the restau.
rant distributes q that hour"
This line was there every night
standing in the cold waiting their
turn. / went down to the hotel.
and q, young man and young lady
connected with the nekspaper
crossed the street and picked out
from the line Z hundred gussts.
II was . remarkable assemblass.
The dinner provided was . bsauti.
ful and An excellent oas for
Christmas. A. heard their
stories, thsrs was among them .
representative Of almost every Do
partmsnt Of American iifs. Some
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