# File lib/facets/more/rexmlbuilder.rb, line 203
  def element( tag, *args )
    keys = (Hash === args.last ? args.pop : {})
    skeys = {}
    keys.each { |k,v| skeys[k.to_s] =  v.to_s }
    e = REXML::Element.new( tag )
    e.add_attributes( skeys )
    e.add_text(args.join(' ')) unless args.empty?
    e
  end