Gossip Ahui
Famous People
H H Rotfcrs as a Story Teller
Choatcs Latest Yarn Helen
Hay Whitney John M
Pattlson of Ohio
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IIELEX HAY WHIT
NEY
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ENRY H ROG
ERS the Stand
ard Oil
nate to whom
Thomas W Law
son lias paid Ills
respects many
times In his articles
about Frenzied
Finance Is fond
of 4i good story and
can tell one him
self Nat Os
borne Mr Rogers said recently used
to blow the organ in the brick church
Her had quite an idea of his own Im
portance and was always proud of his
job I asked hirii once How much
salary do you get Mr Osborne for
your work
Nat looked up solemnly and said
with dignity Twelve hundred dollars
What said I Twelve hundred
dollars
Yes said Nat
Thats big pay said I
Pretty fair said Nat but thats
for a hundred years
Joseph n Choate former ambassa
dor to the court of St James is one of
Americas most noted wits and when
he returned to New York recently he
- td a story to a New York Times
reporter as indicative of the average
Englishmans notorious inability to see
the point of a joke
On one occasion remarked the ex
ambassador I was propounding the
time honored conundrum about the dif
ference in the man-
- ner of death be
tween the barber
and the sculptor
the answer being
that while the bar
ber curls up and
dyes the sculptor
makes faces and
busts
One of the party
to whom I was re
lating this seemed
i -
to be particularly joseph h choate
impressed by it
and a few days after I heard him try
ing to tell it thus
I heard an awfully good story the
other day about the difference between
a barber and a sculptor It makes me
laugh even now to think of it You
see the barber curls up and busts
while the sculptor makes faces and
dies Tretty good isnt it bah Jove
And continued Mr Choate I
really believe that he is still wondering
why the story didnt make a hit and
attributing its failure to the stupidity
of his audience
The late secretary of state the la
mented John Hay left quite a collec
tion of unpublished manuscripts and
his daughter Helen Mrs Payne Whit
ney is now engaged in putting some
of them in shape for the printer It
is said that she enters upon the work
with r ordinary pleasure for she was
a great admirer of her father as a lit
erary man and has herself much fond
ness for literature She has written
enough to show that she inherits
marked literary talent from her dis
tinguished father
and the Harpers
have just issued a
new volume of po
ems by her entitled
Sonnets and
Songs Mrs Whit
ney has had a kiosk
built on the shores
of Shadyside lake
near her home at
Manhasset N Y
where she will do
much of the work
preparing for pub
lication those manuscripts of her fa
ther which have not yet seen the
light and which it is deemed advisable
to give to the public She is a woman
of brilliant intellect and famous for
her cleverness in many fields Her
poetry is distinguished for its natural
charm and the mastery of the verse
forms essayed Many persons see in
it touches of the humor that distin
guished Little Breeches and other
poems written by her father Her first
volume of poetry was entitled Some
Verses and there was a sad strain in
many of the poems which her friends
attributed to disappointment in a love
affair of her girlhood days
Charles E Hughes who will tackle
the question of insurance reform in
his capacity of counsel to the insurance
investigation committee of the New
York legislature has come to the front
within a recent period He has made
a specialty of com
mercial law and it
was this which
caused his appoint
ment as counsel for
ithe legislative com-
imlttee that investi
gated the gas com
panies in New York
Hast spring The
ability he showed In
this Inquiry led to
his appointment as
counsel for the com
CHARLES E
HUGHES
mittee which was delegated by the re
cent special session of the New York
legislature to take up the question of
insurance Irregularities and the altera
tions necessary In the laws governing
Insurance companies
Mr Hughes Is forty three years of
age and a native of the Empire State
-Glens Falls Is his birthplace and his
father was a Baptist clergyman He
graduated from Brown university at
Providence and for two years attend
ed Columbia Law school from which
he graduated with the highest honors
of his class winning a prize fellow
ship He entered the offlce of a well
known law firm in New York but
after a few years his health showed
signs of failing and he gave up his
practice In order to lead the less stren
uous life of an educator accepting the
post of lecturer on commercial law at
Cornell university In 1S93 he be
came a lecturer at Columbia on this
subject and later resumed practice in
New York city He is a member of
the Republican University and Law
yers clubs the Delta Upsilon frater
nity and other societies and enjoys a
high standing in his profession
John M Pattison Democratic nomi
nee for governor of Ohio and a promi
nent business man won the nomina
tion with six other candidates in the
field only one of whom retired He Is
the son of a country merchant and a
native of Ohio having been born in
Clermont county in 1847 He graduated
from Ohio Wesley
an university and
in 1879 married
Miss Aletheia Wil
liams daughter of
a professor at the
univeisity W G
Williams He has
several children
Mr Pattison has
been teacher busi
ness man and law
jer and has served
in both branches
of the Ohio legis
lature Like many
f lit
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MARCUS BRAUN
JOHN ir PATTISON
other men in public life he is fond of a
good story and one of his favorites is
the following
As Willie was looking out of the
front window he saw his grandfather
pass by the house and calling to his
mother who was not now on speaking
terms with her parent because little
Willie tore up some flowers In the old
mans garden said Mamma aint
that Bill Woods Usent he be my
grandfather once
Booth Tarkiugton worked eight years
at the literary business before his
first notable success The Gentleman
From Indiana caught on
It was a somewhat exceptional rea
son which caused Marcus Braun of the
United States immigration service to
resign his post An order for the wear
ing of a uniform by inspectors at Ellis
island New York had been issued by
Robert Watchorn commissioner of im
migration Rather
than don a distin
guishing garb In
spector Braun gave
up his job As he
put it I have
traveled GOOOOO
miles in the service
of Uncle Sam and
never wore a uni
form and I dont
see why I should
begin to wear one
now ur ijrauns
friends in the Hungarian Republican
club of New York of which he is presi
dent maintain that he took the right
stand in resigning rather than wear a
uniform Some persons who envied
him his berth have declared however
that they would wear two uniforms if
necessary to get the job Mr Brauns
name figured in the European dis
patches some time ago on account of
his endeavors to prevent undesirable
emigrants from Austria coming to this
country efforts which brought him into
conflict with the Austrian authorities
and occasioned his arrest
Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh
Roberts the idol of the British public
and by many considered the greatest
military man of the Victorian era is
not likely to wear all his decorations
on his visit to this country but he
has a great many of them He is
the reverse of pretentious in manner
and is sometimes compared to General
Grant not because he resembles the
great American soldier in appearance
but because he is so modest and be
cause he is as generous as he is brave
He created a sensation in the house
of lords not long ago by declaring
that the military force of Great Brit
ain is utterly inadequate to uphold its
prestige as a first class power When
Bobs expresses an opinion the av
erage British subject gives heed and
so the expectation is that something
will come from
Lord Roberts
words of warning
This hero of the
English public is
seventy three years
old small of stat
ure but very erect
and dignified in
appearance When
in full uniform he
wears the Victoria
cross grand cross
of the Bath star of
LORD ROBERTS
India and several other decorations
of similar character besides a whole
row of medals that have been awarded
him for distinguished service but it
is the Victoria cross of which he is
most proud He won it in the Indian
mutiny Seeing a native soldier in
deadly peril from a rebel who was
about to bayonet him Roberts galloped
to the assistance of the hard pressed
sowar and having cut down his op
ponent saw a couple of the rebels at
Borne distance making off with a stand
ard He galloped after them seized
the staff of the standard and as he
Wrenched it from the sepoys grasp
cut him down He had an almost
miraculous escape for the other sepoy
snapped a musket close against him
but by a lucky chance it missed fire
and the plucky lieutenant rode back
In triumph with the standard
Waltons AnKler
This insignificant duodeclno volume
not remarkable for any especial liter
ary merit beyond an easy cheerful
chatty good humor Interlarded with
technical Information about a strange
ly fascinating sport occupies one of
the topmost niches in the huge tem
ple of British bibliographical fame
Worth its weight in gold Is a very
inadequate expression The number
of sovereigns its value represents over
balances many copies Its companion
volume the second part by Charles
Cotton was not issued from the press
until twenty three years later and nat
urally increases the already stupendous
price when found with the earlier
work
The perennial popularity of Wal
tons Angler is very remarkable Sel
dom a year passes that does not wit
ness its reissue in some form or other
either delicate and dear for the con
noisseurs shelves or commonplace and
cheap for the travelers pocket There
Is a charm about the book which time
apparently cannot destroy
Hotv to 31nlie BeeNivnx
The following recipe for beeswax
can be vouched for After the combs
have been put through an extractor or
crushed and strained through a thin
cloth the wax is put in a copper or
porcelain lined kettle with cold water
enough to cover it and boifed for half
an hour or longer if it seems neces
sary When the wax is taken from
the stove it is strained and poured in
a vessel previously dipped in cold
water To make a round cake of bees
wax pour the melted wax in a bowl
that has been dipped in cold water
To make wax sheets use a board three
eighths of an inch thick dampened
with warm water then dipped in the
melted wax two or three times The
board is next put in water to cool for
a little while after which it is taken
out the edges trimmed with a sharp
knife and two sheets of wax peeled off
To make these wax sheets the wax
must not be too hot or it will crack
Sound Waves
The sensation of sound as is well
known is produced by a certain to and
fro or wave like movement of the air
striking upon the drum of the ear and
so setting it in vibration Each sound
wave consists of two portions In one
of which the air is compressed beyond
and in the other rarefied below the av
erage pressure If two sound waves
are traveling in the same direction but
one of them starts half a wave length
behind the other the compressed half
of one will fall upon the rarefied half
of the other the average air pressure
will remain undisturbed and the two
sounds will combine to produce silence
If a sounding tuning fork be slowly
rotated near the ear four positions will
be found in which the sound will be
barely audible This is due to such in
terference of sound waves as has been
described
Hovr to Cut Glnas
Glass can be cut without a diamond
and the way is very simple Dip a
piece of common string in alcohol and
squeeze it reasonably dry Then tie
the string tightly around the glass on
the line of cutting Touch a match to
the string and let it burn off The
heat of the burning string will weaken
the glass in this particular place While
It is hot plunge the glass under water
letting the arm go under well to the
elbow so there will be no vibration
when the glass is struck With the
free hand strike the glass outside the
line of cutting giving a quick sharp
stroke with any long flat instrument
such as a stick of Avood or a long
bladed knife and the cut will as clean
and straight as if made by a regular
glass cutter
Napoleon Before the Convention
When Barras introduced Napoleon to
the convention as a fit man to be in
trusted with the command the presi
dent asked
Are you willing to undertake the
defense of the convention
Yes was the reply After a time
the president continued
Are you aware of the magnitude of
the undertaking
Perfectly replied Napoleon fixing
his eyes upon his questioner and I
am in the habit of accomplishing that
which I undertake
First Great Depression
What may I ask was the keenest
disappointment of your career asked
the anxious interviewer
The great financier stared coldly at
the Ink bottle It was when I was
four years old I think he drawled
when I woke up one morning and
found my red balloon shrunken to one
fourth the size of the day before
Detroit Free Press
Man and the Hog
We are alone absolutely alone on
this chance planet and amid all the
forms of life that surround us not one
excepting the dog has made an alliance
with us A few creatures fear us
most are unaware of us and not one
loves us From a Maeterlink Essay
Supplied a Deficiency
Mr Goodman James the gentleman
you gave as reference tells me youre
not very truthful Jimmy the office
boy Well say yer slch a truthful guy
yerseP yer need an ablebodied liar
like me round der place Philadelphia
Press
Their Descent
Oh yes she said proudly we can
trace our ancestry back to to well I
dont know who but weve been de
scending for centuries Philadelphia
Telegraph
A Juvenile Thrust
Mother Remember Tommy an an
gel is watching over you Tommy
Aw ma dont be conceited I Chicago
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