Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
Capital Sidelights

here and occasionally, as some old
friend OF the candidate comes in to
felicitate the board of strategy, he or
s..4e recalls some little human interest
story of Herbert Hoover's early lite,
which is passed along.
For example, 1t Is narrated that
Hoover himself in a reminiscent mood
straint for a 10-year-old boy not to
count his toes during the long hours of
a Quaker meeting, and that he knew
from personal experience. Those long,
solemn hours schooled him religiously
in patience. Those were the days,
said Mr.. Hoover, chatting with a group
of old boyhood friends. He still has
scar on his foot where he stepped bare
footed on red hot iron chip IN ms
fathers blacksmith shop.
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A photograph has just reached DIR.
Works desk of page from an auto
graph album, one Of the principal in
door sports of the yesteryears being to
have friends and schoolmates display
their chirography with appropriate
sentiment, in those little books that are
happy reminders OF the joyous days OF
youth. This particular album, now more
highly priced than ever before, is dis
played by Mrs. Addie Smith, who lives
on Downey street, West Branch, Iowa
When Herbert Hoover was about 10
years old he recorded his poetic flight
In half-printed scrawl in her album
as follows:
ITO Addie:
Let your days be days Of peas,
Slip along as slick as grease.
BERT HOOVER"
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Hats off to Representative Porter of
Pennsylvania, chairman OF the House
foreign affairs committee, who Is a re-
ception committee oil by himself to
perSonifieS the dignity courtesy and
good will OF the American Government
to such visitors
Mr.. Porter every once in a while
steps out of the routine procedure and
makes hit with his always timely M
novationS. Just now he has had pub
liShed pamphlet on the committee re-
port on the Pan-American Highway
measure fathered by Representative
Clarence J. Mcleod of Michigan-tlle
novel feature being Spanish transla-
ton paralleling the English text. The
resolution adopted In the closing days
of the last session of Congress author
ICES the United States Government
tihUukH bklG 0IdbG bkilCiib VI AOoN
ter interest in the inter american high
way proposal to link together all the
Americas, among ell Latin American
nations. through acquainting them in
an Official way with the action already
taken by the United States,
The Spanish translation Of the House
committee report Is expected to be OF
great value In facilitating an under
standing of the project.
The Pan-American Highway Is sched-
uled to be one of the principal measures
TO be acted upon by the Second Pam
American Road Congress, to be held
between June 10 and July 8, next year,
in Rio de Janeiro. There has already
been considerable favorable discussion
Of the proposal in the United States
and Canada, as well as below the Rio
Orande.
after his brother Wolf mad died
Manabush looked about him He found
he was no longer alone on earth. There
we're many other. people. the childrf-
Of Nokonnis. Manabush's uncles and
cousins. The evil manidoeS annoyed
the people, 50 Manabush wished to de-
stroy them, and he went to the shore
near Brule, where the nanidoes were
Four times he called upon the waters
OF the lake TO disappear, and when the
waters vanished there, upon the bottom
of the lake, lay Ana Mackiu. called
Great Fish, immensely bigger than any
that President Coolidge will catch. He
really was quite large, and was not
related to any mackerel.
Manabush said to the Great Fish, y
will destroy you because you will not al
low my people to come near the shore. .
AS Manabush approached the Great
Fish to kill IL, the little manidoes
caused the waters to return, so they all
egchped---Great Fish included.
J Then Manabush built a canoe 70
chase the Great Fish, even in deep
waters, and he tainted the Great Fish
with cries. Come and swallow met
That annoyed Great Fish, and suddenly
he turned and swallowed Manabush and
his canoe.
when Manahush found himself inside
saw many OF his people already there
too--Bear and Deer, Porcupine and
Raven, BuffasJ, Pine Tree Squirrel and
many others He said to Buffalo:
MY Uncle. how did you get here?
never saw you near the water, but al
ways on the prairie"
Buffalo said. II came near the lake &c
get some fresh green grass. Great Fish
caught me" So said all the animals.
Then Manabush said, we shall now
have to 90 to the shore Of Nokomis
my Grandmother" So they all began
to dance about, and that made Great
Fish seasick, 50 he hurried toward the
shore of Nokomis, the Earth, and Mana
bush cut a hole over his head so they
could all climb out. Great Fish wished
he had not swallowed that Manabush.
A suffering public will feel the same
about swallowing the Brule Ash stories