Evening star., 1930-06-08
Capital Sidelights


viii achieve O glorious future through
exercising its great spiritual resources
Is expressed by Senator David !. Walsh
of Massachusetts,, conceded to be one
of the most practical idealistS In Con-
gresS.
THE problem Of our future" he said,
''is not merely to preserve material
greatness and prosperity; rather the
problem Is to preserve the soul and
spirit of America. The ideals and pr1n-
ciples of the founders constitute the
soul of America. If we lose the spirit
of the fathers, we lose all-both mate
rial greatness and that which makes 1t
worth having.
There are, indeed" he explained,
many developments Of our time that
may well give us concern and cause Us
to give heed to what Is perhaps our
chief national failing-an easy-going
and unthinking optimism. We take It
altogether too much for granted that
we shall continue to be fortunate that
ours is q land Of destiny, that our supe-
rior and extensive system of education
will always produce q sound discretion,
that our natural resources will be in
exhaustible. and our genius never
dimmed.
But great as are the dangers and
the difficulties, so are our spiritual re-
sources to overcome them-the fruits
of widespread education, free political
institutions, the good sense and well
directed ambition Of our people. From
the family. the school Of all the basic
virtues, ever spring courage, hope, for
bearapce, the spirit Of mutual conceS-
sion and the urge to progress. Not for
moment should we be content with
merely holding the ground won, with
digging in and standing where we now
are. We should lay hold on new and
truly ambitious and achievabie pro-
gram for the substantial betterment OF
economic conditions and our social life
We should hold in our thought that
| there is great prize ahead of us, and
that we have the determination and
intelligence to win It,"
Apropos Of the 314th anniversary OF
the death Of william Shakespeare, who
died on his birthday, at the age Of So
years, Senator Tom Connally of Texas
has put into the Congressional Record
where 1t Is available for all students OF
Shakespeare throughout the Nation, q
list Of sayings in common use culled
from the plays Of Shakespeare, the
majority of which few people realize
can be traced back to this great writer.
Senator Connally got this list from O.
o. James, Sulphur Springs, Tex, who
has delivered many lectures on the
human life in Shakespeare. This list
of quotations was compiled over a pc
riod of 80 years study of the Shake
spearean drama, as follows:
Led by the nose," Misery acquaints
man with strange bedfellows," Care
killed q cat" Tell a lie and swear 1t, ~
Something is rotten in the State of
Denmark" 'I'd rather be a dog and
bay the moon, In the name of truth, "
'Tell the truth and Shame the devil, u
''My hair doth stand on end" "As true
as STEEL" Cheek by jowl." Dead as q
doornail," Take you down button
I'VE burn daylight" "This Is the short
and long of it, "I will make him
dance" There's time for all things,
MY cakes dough-" Whip the devil
around the stump" 81 know a trick
worth two of that" This house Is up
side down." Dog will have his day.
You base foot ball player" mot a
whit" "Foamed at the mouth "The
weakest goes to the WALL THE Wild
goose chase" MY fingers itch" Truth
#al come to light" "In the twinkling
gold" "Ten to one," Twenty to one .
"It makes him or it mars him." $50
woebegone," Not a hair amiss," "He
hath eaten me out of house and home, u
! "He will not bulge foot" "The devil
rides upon f1ddlestick," How the
world wags," He was perfumed like a
milliner," Mad as a March hare" 1.-THE
fats in the fire." Prom stem to stern"
and From post to pillar"
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Government employees throughout
the country, as well as in the National
Capital, are eagerly awaiting a new
edition, enlarged, revised and brought
up to date, of the Romance of the
Merit System" covering the reminis-
cences of nearly a half century in the
civil service of its first office boy, who
moved all its goods and chattels in q
pushcart, and who is now one of its
most efficient executives-Matthew r.
Halloran.
The first edition of this very human
romance" was exhausted in six months.
The new edition will contain many new
pages. From the White House to the
homes Of the humbleSt Government
employees this book on the merit sys-
tenn, which is an inspirationa1 story Of
achievement and progress, of youth
winning its way upward by conscien-
tiouS effort and work well performed,
has been welcomed, and among the
most interested readers have been Sen
atorS, Representatives and Government
officials. Libraries and colleges in every
State in the Union have received copies
of this book. 1t Is used as a handbook
in many business schools and colleges.
William C. Deming, president of the
United States Civil Service CommiS-
sion, called this book "a splendid con-
tribution to the epic of popular gov
ernment."
A$ kn&
the other day by Senator Cole L. Blease
of South Carolina to a number Of
baronial estates In Georgetown County,
S. c., with an interesting history.
Among these is Windsor, once the home
Of Gov. Allston, the son-in-law of Vice
President Aaron Burr, which Is now
owned by Paul v. Mills of New York.
Another is Hopsewee, the home Of
Thomas Lynch, q Signer Of the Declara-
ton Of independence. At Arcade, where
Washington was once entertained, Isaac
E. Emerson, known far and wide as the
"Bromo-SeltZer King" now reigns.
Belle Isle. now an azalea garden Of rare
beauty, which was opened to the public
three years ago, has been leased to
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Savage, who
have moved q century-old colonial house
from Newberry, S. c., to the garden
site. This old house formerly belonged
to j. B. Smith Livingston. an uncle Of
Senator Blease, and in it he enjoyed
many pleasant occasions. Brookglenn,
another one of these famous estates, was
the scene of Julia Peterkin's Scarlet
Sister Mary"
Bernard M. Baruch, noted New York
f1nancier, and native of South Carolina,
owns and spends many pleasant vaca-
tionS at Hobcaw Barony, where he Is
landed proprietor of more than 10000
acres.
Reversing the System.