Evening star., 1925-03-08

The old man accordingly packed the
salmon carefully in ice, hftched his
horse to buggy and set out for Bos-
ton. The following day he stopped
for lunch at Haverhill and proudly
told some idlers of his errand.s While
he was eating those wags substituted
a cod for the salmon.
When the old fellow arrived at the
Boston State House, he went in and
induced the governor to go out to
the buggy where he opened the box
with great pride. Great was his NOR
tihcation to find the cod and many
were his stammered excuses. He
slammed down the cover and hastily
began the return trip.
While again eating in Haverhin. the
same wags put the salmon back.
the cid man told his trouble TO his
wife and took her out to see it. They
opened the box. and to their amaze
ment there was the salmon. The old
man regarded IL bitterly.
Up here" he said, you're a fine
salmon, but down in Boston you're
only a damned miserable cod"
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back to his first term, when a base
House Democrats and Republicans.
Col. Winslow wasn't very we'll known
then. and scarcely any of his COL
leagues rememb bered him as a star on
the Harvard nine and later coach.
Winslow was asked to fill in on the
team. and consented providing they
would let him play first base and
have a page boy run for him. These
conditions were met and Winslow
knocked out a three-bagSer. drove in
three runs and played without an
error.
II asked for first base" he said
cratic captain, because 1 knew ]
would be safe there and because II
the infelders couldn't see enough Of
me to throw the ball at 1t would
be their fault, not mine"
In pokine little fun at the mem
bers Of. Congress who protested
against raising their own salaries
crat. OF Florida told this story: An
old gentleman OF his acquaintance
who had been heavy drinker, finally
decided TO quit. A few months later
he was taken deathly i'll, and lying
upon his bed of pain and distress, and
as everybody said in his last illness,
he called his wife to him and said:
+ Mary. down in the hall is an old
trunk of mine. Many months ago 1
hid in that trunk a bottle of good
old peach brandy 1 hid IL from you,
Mary. and have not touched it since.
want you to 60 and get that bottle,
take q glass. pour 1t about half full,
put q little sugar in IL and stir it
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Mary. then bring 1t up here and
Mary-no matter what ? do or say
make me take it, "
His colleagues have a pet nickname
for the Lincolnnesque visaged Repre-
sentative Henry r. Rathbone of Illi-
nois. It's "AiredaIt"-and it lis in
teresting how he got it. Representa-
tive Rathbone was striding along in
his characteristic. long-strided, intent
way when colleague from Kansas
and another from Iowa noticed him
Hey, Henry" one OF them called, but
Henry strode along looking straight
ahead Hey, Rathbone,'' called the
other. and still Rsthbone kept "fel-
lowing his nose" on his rush TO the
Senate.
Wen have to whistle" said the
Iowan, and the Kansan did so. Like
a :" shot Representative Rathbone
wheeled around and came back to-
ward him. Ever since that episode in
Seatuary Hall. Representative Rath-
bone has been known as ,"Airedale"
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Mrs. Tom SchaN. wife of the blind
new Senator from Minnesota, who
just graduated from the House, was
sitting in the House gallery with
guests during the closing days of the
nor legislation Representative B1an-
ton of Texas demanded the vote by
tellers. A Republican and a Demo
crat, acting as tellers, took their
places at the opening to the aisle
and counted as their fellow MEM
bers passed through. One of Mrs.
Schalps guests didn't want to miss
any chance to see notables and asked; :;
Who lis the Congressman they are
all saying goodbye to?"
When the cooperative marketing
bill was up In the House in the clos
ing rush, Representative Arthur B.
Williams of Michigan suggested that
the members meet in joint confer
.ence with the Senate. go out on the
rousins cheers in favor of co-opera-
tive marketing, suspend the rules
and throw our hats 10 feet in the air.
II we do that" he said, I'VE will ac-
complish just as much for the farm
ers of the country as we will to pro-
vide for 100000 worth of advice"
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Most every one thinks that the
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brief period every 10 years and the
rest of the time hangs heavy on Idle
hands. Not so-there Is plenty else
to do. Midway between the decennfal
count OF citizens 1t is required under
the present law to take a census Of
agriculture. on which task It is now
engaged and for the proper handling
of which special, machinery had to be
built. Every second year the bureau
has to take q census OF manufactures
and 1t Is just completing such a CEN
NTH year 1t takes a census Of cleo
trfcal industries, including electric
railways, telegraphs, telephones and
central light and power stations.
Every tenth year 1t collects statis-
ties of national wealth, public debt,
and taxes; and every tenth year also
1t takes census Of religious bodies,
showing the number of churches and
OF church members, value Of church
property, ETC.. for each Of 202 different
religious sects in the United States;
also a census Of hospitals and of de-
fective, dependent and delinquent
classes In Institutions including con-
victed prisoners, the insane, .paupers
In almshouses ana children under in.
|stitutionai carr.