Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-03-03
CHAPTER Xiv.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.


|THE Bell telephone case, which
is now being tried before Sec
rotary Lamar, calls attention
i to Prof. Alexander Graham
Bell and the millions he has
made out of the telephone. His career
presents one Of the most remarkable
Monte Cristo roma noes of this coun-
try of quick fortune making. A dozen
years ago a teacher in a deaf and
dumb school, his coat well worn at
the seams, and his soul thristing for
achievement, he came to this city
worth little less than nothing
Now his check is good for mil
lions His clothes are of the finest
quality and of the latest cut. His
mansion on Scott Circle cost him
100000 and its furnishings surpass
those of the White House His very
barn IS located on ground worth
So a square foot and it is so con-
structed that many a public man
it for residence.
A dozen of years ago one Of the
poorest school teachers, Prof. Bell,
jumped by one leap TO the head of
the scientists Of the country. He is
| now considered the peer of any one
in this city of great men. Then he
taught the deaf and dumb for the
pittance they paid him. Now a mil
lionaire philanthrcpist, he spends
thousands in carrying out his pet
theories in regard to deaf mutes and
with all his generosity he finds it
hard to use his income. His library
contains the choicest Of finely bound
books and his workshop in the top
Of his palatial home takes in a view
of all Washington with its thousands
of telephone wires grasping it like
network.
Putting his ear to his receiver he
can hear the workings of his thought
at New York, Baltimore and Pitts
burgh, and in imagination, he can see
the wires which he originated running
through all parts of the earth and
bringing cities and country villages
into the closest of family relation
ships. The world has grown larger
and smaller through the telephone and
we have Alexander Graham Bell to
thank for its wonderful organization
and remarkably wide-reaching pro-
gress.
Telephone" Bell Is of English orr
gin and ne is an Englishman with
the complexion of Latin He is be-
tween 40 and so years of age, tall and
well rounded. His face is full, dark
and regular 1t is covered with
full black beard. which is short and
curly. His head IS large and round;
his forehead high and broad: his eyes
a soft and velvety black. He dresses
usually IN business clothes, is demo-
cratic in his manner and courtly at
all times. There is nothing of the
snob about him and he bears his good
fortune like gentleman. His wife
is one Of the most interesting women
Of Washington. She is beautiful and
Bell became acquainted with her while
she was attending his deaf and dumb
school as one of his pupils.
In speaking of the origin of the tele-
phone, Mr.. Bell once said to me that
there was a romance connected with
it, but he refused to tell me what this
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came to him through his efforts to
make his wife speak and that love
moved the world in this as it has in
all other great actions since Adam was
gardener.
Secretary Lamar's Son.
Secretary Lamar of the Interior De-
partment has his son as his private
secretary. He is bright young fell
low who has led the varying life of a
travelling man in Texas and who has
a vocabulary which at times is more
emphatic than elegant. The other
day friend told him that his father
was paying too much attention to his
Mississippi friends and that ex-Repre-
sentative Money has too much inf1u-
ence at the department for the Secre-
tarys good
That's a mistake" said young La
mar. Money has received no favors
from this department and Pa has
treated his Southern friends worse
than outsiders. Why" he continued
growing excited, PA has more friends
than any other fellow in the South
and he does less for his friends than
anybody in Washington"
Early Bodied Hair.
The short-hair craze has struck
Washington and Pennsylvania avenue
of bright afternoon is filled with the
daughters of noted men who walk
along the sidewalk dressed in sealskin
coats. fine dresses and nobby hats
under which the hair, cut like that of
boy, shows forth. Some look bet
ter for the change, others are made
horrible by it. A pretty girl looks
well with short hair and her plump,
rosy cheeks; round, full. soft, white
neck and jauntily poised head on a
pair of good shoulders are brought
into more striking contrast by the
rakish cut of today. The thin,
looks thinner, scrawnier and scrag-
gier than ever and the ugly daugh-
tiers of some of the Senators and Rep
resentatives attracted much less at
tention and appeared to better advan-
tage under the old style. Fashion
rules Washington, however, and be-
fore the season is over there will be a
lot of natural hair switches for sale
cheap.
A new wrinkle for those ladies who
still cling to their long locks is being
shown in the stores here. 1t is long
piece of glove kid rolled into the shape |
Of very slender fishing cork and |
colored to match the hair. 1t is pliable |
and is used in place of curl papers or |
tins. It is said to look better than the |
tin or the paper and not to injure the
hair.
A White House Reception.
The White House New Year recep-
fio,, of Yesterday hro,iCht forth Soma