The New York herald., 1922-01-15

Wilson started out ABOARD the George Wash
ington to attend the peace conference in
Paris Senator Penrose tiptoed up to Senator
Kenyon of Iowa and whispered in his cal
When he whispered 1t could be feard all
over the Senate.
I've just heard" he began, "a thing that
is Of the greatest interest to you and me.
I've just heard that before the George
Washington left America 100 cases of cham
ragne were put aboard"
Senator Kenyon looked surprised.
You know" Penrose continued, that this
is almost a national scandal"
When the District of Columbia dry law
was being considered in the Senate, about
year before the national prohibition act came
Up, there was much debate on the subject.
One of the dry Senators proposed an
amendment making it illegal for any one
to give drink to a soldier or sailor. When
this was disposed Of wet Senator proposed
an amendment making 1t illegal for any one
TO give drink to a member of the Senate
or the House. vote was taken. Penrosc
voted AYE"
When the session ended and the Senators
had gone into the cloakroom one of the dry
Senator's smilingly inquired why Penrose had
easy such a surprising vote.
We'll, Penrose drawled my stock Is get
ting low. and l think II is best that II be
protected from the nroads of you dry Sem
stors and Congressman"
T spite of his dry natural humor Penrose
told but few stories. He was persuaded
one time to tell of his most exciting
hunting trip.
''My brother Charles and I we're shooting
on Horse Creek in Montana" he said I'VE
went into camp early one afternoon, and. as
we were out OF meat. my brother went up
the mountain after deer
About half "A mile away he came into
close quarters with three grizzly bears-a
mother and two nearly grown cubs He
didn't know the relationship of the bears
otherwise he would have used more tudg-
ment n.firing into them. The first shot was
aimed at cub the second at the mother.
Before he could place the third shot the
she bear grappled with him and he was
thrown 20 the ground His cheek. was torn
open, igament In his chest was pulled
loose one OF his wrists was crushed and a
terrible wound made in his thigh The
bear would have killed him, but in dime
novel fashion she dropped dead The cub
also died. The other cub ran away
How he ever got back to camp my
brother never could understand We saw
him creeping toward us on one hand and
knee. Being a surgeon, he knew exactly
what ought TO be done. We took care of his
wounds according to his directions. spending
the whole night In applying steriIzing
liquids and handages
The next morning by the hardest kind o.,
work we cut a trail straight Gown the noun.
tain. II wouldhave taken three or four davs
had we gone back 20 the railroad the wav
we had come. Inside OF week we reached
Dr. Mayo's Hospital al Rochester. MINI. But
il was months before my brother recovered
from his injuries"
TIME first money Senator Penrose ever
earned was from p r. Barnum Pen
rose was studying law in the Office o.
Wayne MacVeagh.
Barnun started his circus season that
year with white elephant II was the same
elephant that caused so much comment al
the time Barnum insisting il was white
while those who were skeptical said the ami
NAL was suffering with skin disease.
One Of Barnum's employees gagged Pen
rose 10 write booklet /lout the white
elephant Penrose wrote about elephants or
al colors--white. brown and black Thc
booklet was sold all over the United states
by the circus. Penrose was paid S25 for
his work
what did you know about elephants2~
che Of his friends asked
u knew Just ahou. as much about white
ones as | did about black ones" Penroso
replied
Peqrose learned more and more about the
subject as time wen, on. IL Is not improper
observe that the symbol OF the Republican
I8rty. in which he later became such
power. Is the elephant