Show no cobwebs in in his crain brain john nance garner was born on nov 22 as near thanks thanksgiving giving as so modest and wise a person would choose to be his countrymen cant help numbering him among their blessings this week said an editorial in the now new york times a year or so ago in commenting upon the vice presidents birthday he holds playfully said the editorial that the books have got tile the year of his birth wrong they say it was 1868 1863 he prefers 69 for us it is 69 until he selects some other date commemoration of I 1 his is birthday should be a movable feast early to bed and early to rise has had its proverbial effects on his anniversary monday he was out of oed at a in m into it again at 9 p m I ile has been at washington for nearly 35 years there he is an institution young folks a little careless with their geography yet with an instinctive sense of the higher pro printies prie ties are apt to think of uvalde as the capital capita of texas he has minded his own business perfectly he has minded the nations affairs carefully and competently lie l can be patient with policies that he disapproves A sort of ben franklin he has no cobwebs in his brain he can be exposed freely to fantasists and fanatics and keep the peace it is lucky tor for his own that he is a philosopher the felicitations feli citations of his colleagues drove him from the chamber politic politicians lans who habitually spread their ears upon the ground can admire a man given to forming his own opinions he is wise by nature and long experience peri ence without pretense pe pedantry dantry or solemnity he is a good man an able man full of humor and a good fellow if he doean doesn t make his years round hundred that will be the first a time that hie be ha bar disappointed the |