THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 29, 1911.
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BT E- J. IDWAKDS.
IT la sometime a decision seemingly
of small consequence at the time It
la made, or aome fortuitous dream
stance, that determines the course of
a brilliant and successful career. There
are probably many men who. though
they have risen to prominence and
power through sheer abllltr. can say.
nevertheless, after taking a retrospect.
It waa a matter of chance that I de
cided thus or so at such a time, or I
thoufht It of only Immediate concern
when I did such a thins;. Tet If t had
decided or acted differently, then my
whole career would have been
chanced.
Instances of this aort are furnished
by the careers of a number of men who
nave risen to eminence within com
paratively recent yeara
In 175. when the present senior Sen
ator from Iowa waa admitted to the
Illinois bar at the ate of 28. he settled
down to the practice of his profession
In Chtcao. where he bad studied In a
private law office.
But Chicago was a very big city. The
youns lawyer waa completely lost
there, and he waa willing; to accept
any decent employment which would
eke out his Income. At last, with no
clients appearing- before him. there
dawned upon him the conviction that
If he were golnr to make a career In the
law. It would be the better part for
him to ko to some small town where
he could speedily make acquaintances
and fain friendships.
There were a half dosen thrlvtns
llttle communities west of the Missis
sippi In each or which the youns law
yer thought of establishing himself.
Hut before be had definitely derided
upon any one of them he happened to
read a newspaper report of some ex
citing political events that were tak
ing place In Iowa It waa In the year
It; and It occurred to him that there
might be a good opportunity for an
ambitious youns; lawyer In the center
or the political hubbub, the state capi
tal. Des Moines.
Now. the youns lawyer had no
thought of a political career. lie
simply wanted to make enough money
to support himself and his little fam
ily: he had married while still a law
student. Pes Moines appealed to him:
he was certain it would rrow In popu
lation and In Influence, and that con
siderable railroad business would ren
ter there he had abandoned railroad
ing. In which he had become an as
Mutant chief engineer, for the law.
Resides, he was told that the Des
Moines people were as hospitable as
any to be found west of the Mississippi.
Therefore, he parked his few be
longings and went to the Iwa capital
rlty. not k no wins- a soul there when
he set foot In the town, lie secured
a little office and hung out his shingle;
and when clients were slow In putting
In an appearance he worked at the
carpenter's trade. In which he had be
come adept aa a lad in the extreme
southwestern corner of Pennsylvania,
so that he could make both ends meet.
But little by little he began to sain
a law business, end finally he at
tracted the attention of Judge Oeorge
O. Wright. United States Senator and
hesd of the biggest law firm In Pes
Moines. Judge Wright took the youns
man Into partnership, and when In the
early eighties Mr. Cummins became one
of the associate counsel for the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Paclflo Railroad.
It was recognized In Iowa that the
comparative newcomer to the state had
sained prominent success In the legal
profession. Ten yeara after removing
to Des Moines he found himself In the
state House of Representatives, later
Coventor of the atate, and today he
la of commanding Influence In the
United States Senate ail because of
that chance account of political events
la Iowa be read back In 7$. when he
was looking; about for a new location-
Case That Parallels Cnmmlns.
Curiously parallel to the early career
or senator Cummins waa that of an
other man who is now very much In
tuie public eye. As In Senator Cum
mlns case, a decision made as the re
suit of current political excitement
p Lay el aa Important part In determin
ing the lines of the career of the new
ly-appointed Solicitor-General of the
United States. Frederick W. Lehmann.
Frederick W. Lehmann was a ranch
man and farmer's helper In southwest
ern Iowa not far from the large farm
now owned by President W. C. Brown.
of the New Tork Central, to which Mr.
Brown plans to retire some day when
he Is ready to step out of harness aa
an active railroad man. Lehmann had
had little echo line, but he was esger
to learn. Near by waa Tabor College.
This afforded him opportunity, and he
worsen bis way through the pre
scribed course at that institution.
Across the Missouri River in Nebraska
City waa the home of Justice Mason.
' me Buprerae court of Nebraska.
Judge Mason became interested m
youns Lehmann. and save hlu a chance
to siuuy law in his office.
Nebraska City was a small place, well
supplied with lawyers, and three yeara
after hanging out bis shlnKle there. Mr.
Lehmann came to the conclusion that
he could do better somewhere else. Ills
first Impulse was to so farther West,
and he had Denver In mind, but Just
at that time his Interest was aroused
In certain political developments in Iowa
and that derided him to go to Des
Moines, the state capital. -He simply
dropped into the town and stayed there."
was the) wry one of bis friends put It.
A year or two after Mr. Lehmann be
gan the practice of law at Des Moines,
and while he waa occasionally occupied
with some newspaper writing. Jay O-juld
began the work extending his Wabash
Railroad system Into the State of Iowa
The (Jould Interests In Iowa were under
the direction of Colonel Alfred Howe,
whose headquarters were at Des Moines.
Between Mr. Lehmann and Colonel Hows
a strons personal Intimacy was estab
lished. Whether or not that led to any
professional relation of Mr. Lehmann
wt:h the Gould Interests, la a matter of
doubt. But It did lead Colonel Howe to
have a very high estimate of the youns
lawyers) ability. 80 It happened that
In 1 when Mr. Gould was looking for
a man. of especial qualification to serve
aa aa assistant general solicitor of the
Gould system at St- Louis, be asked
Colonel Howe: "Do you know Just the
kind of lawyer I want T To the ques
tion Colonel Howe Instantly replied: I
certainly do: his name la Frederick W.
Lehmann. and I have known blm Inti
mately for 10 years.
Upon the strength of that statement
Mr. Gould offered Mr. Lehmann the post
of assistant general solicitor to the
Could system of railroads, with bead
quarters at St. Louis. The offer was ac
cepted and Mr. Lehmann removed to St.
I-ouLs In ISO. He served the Gould sys
tem about Ave yeara and then began
tronerai practice. In which he soon at
tained a leading position. He became
president of the American Bar Associa
tion three years ago. and Is now Solicitor-General
of the I'nlted States.
Doubtless. If that chance Interest In
Iowa politics had not caused Mr. Leh
mann to settle in Des Moines, his career
would have taken a quite different course
from that which has made It -so con
spicuously brilliant, and brought him to
f II - Large Opportunities for Big Americans That f c if l
1 -Ml 'Hinged on Quick- Making Up of V1
I the Mind to Change Vocation and Location IIl.J
fc-S--v ;. .-V J tit), lit .-J' - It - r.7 1 ' JJK&zr
the eminent position he occupies today.
An Interesting story or a decision that
had a marked effect upon the careers
of two men of Natmnal prominence Is
told by George F. Parker, the biographer
of Grover Cleveland.
In hla first Administration. Mr. Cleve
land appointed WUllam F. Vilaa. of Wis
consin. Postmaster-Genoral. Mr. Cleve
land waa anxious to have the position
of First Assistant Postmaster-Gencrai.
the principal executive ofiice In the de
partment, filled by a very strong man.
lie and Vilas differed as to the appoint
ment that should be made, however.
One dsy about this time, Alton B
Pa riser, then a practicing lawyer of
Kingston. N. T-. received a telegram
calling him to Washington to see the
President. Mr. Cleveland and he had
become well acquainted while the for
mer waa Governor of New Tork.
I want to appoint you Assistant Postmaster-General."
said the President when
Mr. Parker railed.
"Mr. President. replied Judge Tarker.
I appreciate the high compliment im
plied bv this offer, and I regret exceed
ingly that I am not able to accept It.
ii- ft 1 . ..,4 ..-p.4 Kim to take time
to consider It. and suggested that Mr.
Parker, as a gooa I'ptnw 1 1. vuk -.
iIh- w - a&rrlnre for the
KMT WllilllH " -
benefit of the public service and the
party.
,1.. t.a forro of what you say.
Mr. President." Judge Parker said, "but
I have a family to provide for. and In
view of that fact. I should not feel Justi
fied in accepting the appointment."
At this point In the conversation. Post-master-General
Vilas entered the room.
"Parker says he can't take It. Mr.
Cleveland explained, turning to Vilas.
Mr. Vilas received the announcement
.... 1 nn !, Memd to indl-
wnu an , - . .
cate that It was not unwelcome to him.
"Then. Mr. President. ne sa-u.
1 h. rtlare should not
is no w, . -
be offered to the man whom I want.
Adlal K. Stevenson." , -
1 . . 1. - a 7 1 v. steven-
son. of Illinois, was appointed Assistant
Postmaster-General. In which position he
achieved things as tho political heads
man that made him well known through
out the country, and led to his nomina
tion for Vice-President by the Demo
crats In 1S0C after Governor Boles, or
Iowa had rerused the nomination, or had
had it refused for him by his political
Intimates. ,, .
The same year in which he declined
sppolntmrnt as Assistant Postmaster
General. Alton R. Parker became a Jus
tice or the Supreme Court or New Tors:
State, and entered on the Judicial career
that resulted In hla nomination ror the
Presidency by the Democracy In 1904.
Periston That Influenced Two.
"How would you like to bo to chi
eagoT"
Lyman J. Gage, then a youns man or
barely 10 yeara. holding- the position or
Junior clerk In the Oneida Central Bank
or Rome N. Y. pondered over this
question for awhile, and then decided
that he would like to go. That decision
fixed the direction of his whole career
a career that made him one of the lead
Ins figures In the banking world and
ultimately a member of McKlnley's
Cabinet.
Mr. Gage was a native of the little
town of De Ruyter, N. Y. The town
ship waa named after an old Dutch
family, descendants of which were ln
riuenilal there durlns Mr. Gage's boy
hood. Some or the Delluyters removed
to Chicago about the middle or the lest
century, while Mr. Gage's family set
tled In Rome. With boyish enthusi
asm youns Lyman Gage had looked for
ward to a mercantile career, but find
ins a place In the Oneida Bank, he ac
cepted with the Idea of promotion there
as the hope for his future.
Two years later one of the De Ruy
tera from Chicago, meeting him casu
ally, put to htm the question quoted
above. The place' offered young -Gage
was thst or clerk In a planing mill.
After filling this place for some time.
Mr. Gage got a Job as bookkeeper In a
loan and trust company. Promotion In
he banking business came regularly
after that, until Anally he became presi
dent of the First National Bank of
Chlcaa-o. His prominence in the bank
Ins world and his authority on ques
tions of finance by this time Indicated
his peculiar fitness for the position or
Secretary or the Treasury, and to that
position he was appointed by President
McKlniey In 18)7.
H Mr. Case had Riven a different an
swer to that question with reference to
Chicago, he would doubtless have been
a successful up-state banker, but the
ehancea that he would never have sat
In a President'a Cabinet. .
That decision not only determined
Mr. Gage's own career, but also made
possible the career of another man who
has since risen to the highest promi
nence In the banking and financial
world: lor U Mr. Gage had not gone to
Chicago. Frank A- Vanderllp, it Is pret
ty safe to assume, would not now be
president of the National City Bank,
the greatest and most powerful bank
Ins Institution in New Tork City and
In the country at large.
Aa a bank president In Chicago. Mr.
Oage received frequent calls from a
young newspaper man. a writer on
financial subjects, who sought hla views
on the Important financial news and
questions of the day. Mr. Gage took
a strons liking to the youns man. and
Ending that he wrote with understand
ing, ability and discretion, placed the
greatest confidence In him. Mr. Gage
discovered also that this youns man
had not only Ideas, but executive abil
ity aa well. Soon after he had accept
ed, appointment aa Secretary of the
V-
Treasury, Mr. Gage said to the youns
newspaper writer:
"Vanderllp. I want you to so to
Washington with me."
"In what capacity?" Mr. Vanderllp
asked. '
"A private secretary to the Secret
tary or the Treasury," Mr. Gase re
plied. Mr. Vanderllp accepted. His new po
sition befran March . 17, and ended
June 1 of the same year, when he
became Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. Acting in that capacity, he
consummated the negotiations for the
floating of the great Spanish War loan.
In connection with which he became
Turning Point in Great Careers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Great Cooper Union Speech That Made tho East Acquainted With Him.
IPT MADISON C PETERS.
HAKT3SPEARE who sounded the
I hw ii or human shllosophy.
""-'says:
Thers's a tlds In the sffalrs of msn.
Which. If taken at the flood,
Lsads on to fortune.
Thra ta a turnlnsr noint In every
I career which rhapes the future of the
Individual. Somethlns turns up to put
a wholly different aspect upon life.
To heredity Lincoln owed little of hi
.i.finitifti-.inv ti-slts of character. If we
; except what he Inherited from a good.
simple-hearted, mother, who tnougn al
most Illiterate, was a woman or sincerity
and piety beyond most In her station or
life. His father was a weak, irresolute,
roving kind or man, who flitted here
snd there and gave little thought to
tho future.
When Abraham was eight yeans old, he
floated down the Ohio River on a raft
with his father and family, with all their
possessions until they came to the shores
of Indiana. There he helped to make a
clearing In the forest and young as he
wsa did much to enable the family to
settle down In Spencer County.
He grew up here In a log cabin in the
primeval silence of those solitudes, edu
cates himself In the intervals of labor
from a few old books which by chance
came into his hands. At night he poured
over them by the light or the pine log
His education was altogether American,
the Declaration of Independence was
his compendium of political wisdom, the
lire or Washington hla constant study,
and something or Jefferson and Madison
reached him through Henry Clay whom
he honored from boyhood.
At nineteen, feeling the impulses of
ambition to set slons In the world, ha
engaged himself to so down the Miss
issippi In a flatboat, receiving wo a
month for his wages. Afterwards be
made a second trip. This New Orleans
expedition was his first outing Into the
great world, and the broad river with
Its numerous steamers filled with pas
sengers snd the village snd cities along
the shores gave him many hints of a
broader life. It was on this trip too,
that he first came Into contact with
slavery in Its revolting and inhuman as
pect. There was an auction on the quay
at New Orleans snd he eaw the auc
tioneer trotting out young colored girls
and racing them up and down to test
their wind snd endurlns powers ror
would-be purchaser Lincoln was
aroused at the eight. Turning to his
hair-brother, he- said: "By Heavenl ir
ever I set a chance to hit at that (the
slave business) 111 hit hard." This was
the turning point that made him an
abolitionist.
'
When Lincoln was twenty-one his
family moved to Illinois. Here, he
fenced In the new homestead in the wilds
. ...1 .ntit rails for a living, and subse
quently, he was for tome time In charge
of a store at New fcJeJcm.
At twenty-three, he was a Captain of
Volunteers In the Black Hawk war. He
afterwards kept a store In whlcb. he
railed. He was appointed postmaster at
New Salem snd began the study of law
by borrowing books from a nelshborlng
lawyer. At the same time, he turned
amateur land surveyor.
At twenty-five he was a member or the
Illinois Leg'slatcre, At twenty-ioven, he
" I
personally known to the great bank
ers and financiers of New York City,
who were not slow to recognize his
ability.. When, therefore, his term as
Assistant Secretary came to an end,
they were eager to enlist his services
In positions of the highest trust and
authority In the financial world. So
began Mr. Vanderlip'a extraordinarily
successful career as a banker In. New
York City.
Action Probably Made a President.
But ror a quick decision mads on
the spur of the moment In the early
Summer or 1898, Theodore Roosevelt
might never have been President or the
was licensed to practice law. At 23,
he chose his home In Springfield. In
1817, at 38, he was a member of the
National Congress.
In 18S8 the most remarkable political
canvass ever witnessed in the country
took place between Lincoln and Ste
phen A. Douglas, both being candidates
of their respective parties for the
United States Senate. Seven Joint de
bates between the two took place In
several parts of the State. Douglas,
was elected. These debates made Lin
coln a national character. The man
who was fit to stand up before Judge
Douglas and overcome him. too. In
logic and argumentative skill, was cer
tainly one to be reckoned with.
After the great debates, the idea of
presenting Lincoln as a presidential
candidate was suggested. Lincoln
smiled at what he considered an ab
surdity. "What Is the user he asked,
"of talking about me when we have
such men as Seward and Sumner and
others equally as able 7"
'
From time to time before the Doug
las debates, the doings and sayings
of the Illinois statesman and lawyer
had been reported In New York, but
the people regarded them as the ec
centricities of a backwoodsman and un
worthy of serious attention.
Lincoln's travels had never brought
him farther eastward than the border
line which separates Ohio from the
state of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Tha neoDla of the East looked upon
him ss unique, uncouth, awkward and
uneducated. That he was a lawyer
and bad sat In Congress for a term
counted little. He might pass for a
genius and statesman among farmers
and storekeepers on the banks of the
Sangamon, but the East could not tol
erate bis oddities, his want of polish.
But when the news reached them
that be had vanquished the silver
tongued orator, the learned Jurist, the
forensic debater,' the most polished
wit of his time, a man whose name
drew thousands to his meetings when
ever announced, the people of the East
ern seaboard thought after all there
roust be something in the backwoods
man and curiosity -wanted to see him
and measure blm with the standard of
the East. So the lanky, uncouth law
yer of Springfield received an invita
tion to come to New York.
That by any possibility he could be
come a candidate for President had
never occurred to the people, so they
assembled for - the purpose of being
amused and seeing a curiosity. The
address was delivered in Cooper Union
on the evening of February 26, 1860,
with the famous poet William Cullen
Bryant In the chair, and Horace Gree
ley and many other distinguished men
In the audience. Never was an audi
ence more surprised. The address was
scholarly and refined, with nothing
whatever to give offense to the most
fastidious or call forth hostile criti
cism. The uncouthness, the ungalnll
ness of the orator was forgotten in the
diction and style of the address and
the simple earnestness with which It
was delivered.
A great part of his talk was his
torical, tracing the origin and growth
of slavery. He held the vast meeting
spellbound, and as one by one of bis
2r7Z3-2
United States. That decision, as It ap
pears now. supplied a link In the chain
or circumstances that made possible hla
entire subsequent political career.
It was in Tampa, where the regi
ments were encamped waiting the order
to take ship ror Cuba. The Rough
Riders, the regiment organized by Col
onel Leonard Wood and Lieutenant
Colonel Roosevelt, were among them.
On June 7 the order went out that the
regiments would start at daybreak the
next day ror Port Tampa, nine miles
distant. There was a good deal or con
fusion In the arrangements for trans
porting the troops from the camp to the
port, and It was only by taking pos
session or an empty coal train attached
oddly expressed, but trenchant and
convincing arguments confirmed the
soundness of his political conclusions,
the house broke out In prolonged and
enthusiastic applause.
The speech was founded on a sen
tence from one of Douglas Ohio ad
dresses: "Our fathers when they
framed the Government under, which
we live understood this question just
as well, and even better, than we do
now."
"Let us," said Lincoln, "who believe
that our fathers who framed the Gov
ernment under which we live under
stood this question Just as well, and
even better than we do now, speak as
they spoke, and act as they acted
upon It. This Is all Republicans ask
all Republicans desire In relation to
slavery. As those fathers marked it.
so let It be again marked, as an evil
not to be extended, but to be tolerated
and protected only because of and so
far as Its actual presence among us
makes that toleration and protection a
necessity. Let all tho guarantees those
fathers gave It be not grudgingly, but
fullv and rairly maintained. For this
1 Republicans contend, and with this, so
tar as I know or believe, they will be
content."
Lincoln's Cooper Union address revo
lutionized the Republican sentiment of
the East. He had stepped upon that
platform with the people prejudiced
against him and looking upon him as
a freak from the West; he left it with
every one in his favor and all regard
ing rfim as an astute statesman and
1 . . .. .- t nniichnd orator. He was
i now ranked in ability and culture with
i Seward, Sumner and Chase.
The New York address proved to be
the real turning point in his political
career. He was recognized by those
... V. n Mba nmhauaodnra and PnsMPIlta
and his right to statesmanship of the
highest rank was conceded. s
Before his New York appearance he
had little, or no pretension, to political
preferment, immediately after it he
was regarded as the most formidable
candidate for the Presidency. The ad
dress did for him what his debates had
not, it showed him the calm, thought
ful man of all encircling grasp. In per
fect command of the political situa
tion, uninfluenced by any partisansnip
of a heated hard-contested campaign.
The platform he enunciated was so
simple that not only could all K
publlcans accept It, but It represented
the political belief of many Northern
Democrats. It was the flood-tide which
bore him on to political fortune. Not
only his political doctrines, but the
force of his magnetic personality at
close range commended him to the peo
ple at large and caused them to select
him as the most available candidate for
the highest office they had In their
power to confer.
Great as had been Lincoln's local
fame in the West, It is probable that
he would never have reached the White
House bad he not come to Cooper
Union
EDISON'S MOLDED HOUSE
Inventor Completes Plans for $1200
(Room, Ponred Structured
Hartford (Conn.) Times.
Mr. Edison announces that he has
perfected his plan for molding a con
crete house complete, "all In one solid
piece. Including the cellar, partitions,
floors, roof, veranda; in fact, every
thing except the windows and doors,
to a live engine that Colonel Roosevelt
got his men to the quay.
On arriving there he round that ap
parently no arrangements had been
made for his men. Nobody seemed to
Lnow what ship they were assigned
to, and Lieutenant-Colonel Jtoosevelt
and Colonel Wood saw that they would
have to do something pretty quick If
they were to get any transport at all.
They hunted up the - depot quarter
master, and after making a protest or
appeal, succeeded in getting a trans
port the Yucatan allotted to them.
The Yucatan was lying out in mid
stream. Colonel Wood, taking a stray
launch, went out Immediately and
boarded her. He had hardly gone when
Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt learned
by accident that the Yucatan had al
ready been allotted to two other regi
ments, the Second Regulars and the
Seventy-first New York. There were
more men In the Seventy-first alone
than could be put aboard tho trans
port. Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt made
up his mind on the instant what he
would do. Leaving the baggage In
charge or a strong guard, he ran as
fast as his legs would carry him back
to the train where his regiment was
waiting, and marched his men double
quick to the quay. They arrived there
Just as the Yucatan came in, and they
boarded her Just a few minutes be
fore the regulars and the Seventy-first
came up. There was a lot of expostu
which are of wood and the only parts
of the house which are combustible."
Cement men say that the practical dif
ficulties are Insuperable, but Mr. Edi
son has a way of overcoming Insuper
able difficulties by "finding a way
around" them. The typical house would
contain six rooms and a bath and
would cost only $1200, and would give
a man for $10 a month a better home
than he now. rents for $25. The ad
vantages would be exemption from fire
risk and sanitary qualities, since,
should a case of contagious or in
fectious disease take place the walls
would afford no harbor for ge'rms and
could readily be disinfected. Tho dis
advantages are that the house, which
can be completed in four days, must be
built In large numbers and on adja
cent areas, since the castiron molds
are very heavy and must be handled
by a derrick. The moving of the molds
and derrick to any one locality would
be a matter or considerable expense,'
which. If divided among 15 to 20
houses, would amount to little. Be
sides, after taking down the molds an
interval of four days must elapse be
fore the walls set, during which time
the workmen must erect others. For
these reasons the house cannot be
cheaply constructed on a single vacant
lot.
Mr. Edlson'a figures for building 144
houses a year are for each house:
lAbor and superintendence $
Interest and depreciation on construc
tion plant
150
540
810
1--5
lr.D
o5
1 cement, s-u Darnsin, hi ,i.iv
I Kteel re-enforcement rods. ......... .
Bath and heatlns
Windoks, ddors and finishing
Average per house $1,200
These Items are ample except that
for the bath, and the others are high
enough to make the total a safe esti
mate. The house will be prettier and
more comfortable than the wooden or
brick house at twice the cost.
Aside from cheapness and durability
the great point Is the' elimination of
the fire risk. Such a house would be
good for BOO years. Double the size of
the bouse and the cost is not doubled,
and the man earning $100 a month
can easily own or rent, a commodioija
home. Mr. Edison's estimates, how
ever, are for Long Island and New Jer
sey, for he expects to use the sand re
moved in excavating the cellar to make
his riuld concrete. Further, he must
be near an ample supply of water. ,
NEW YORK'S TEA SHOPS
Attractive Little Rest Havens Tucked
Away in Inconspicuous Corners.
New York Evening Post.
1 Afternoon tea drinking is now as
much of an institution in New York as
abroad. Tearooms are springing up like
mushrooms. That they are very much
appreciated, these little rest havens,
tucked away, as they usually are, in
some Inconspicuous corner. Is evident to
anyone who will take the time to make
the rounds of them.
Each is distinctive and has something
especially alluring to offer. For in
stance, there Is one that Is pervaded by
a true New England atmosphere. The
room is spfck and span In Its whiteness,
the tableware such as might have been
used by Priscilla and her John, and tha
edibles are delicacies such as mother used
to make. The reasonable prices, too, are
an Interesting feature.
Farther up the street a sign with
thistle and a tartan plaid lure one up
the elevator into a cheerful room lined
with snow-covered tables. Here one is
served with breakfast, luncheon or aft
ernoon tea from a tempting menu. In
ordering, Scotch Bcones should not be neg
lected. Then there Is that very rashlonable tea
room that Is partitioned into small seml
inclosures, stalls, to be exact; here, once
upon a time, the highbred horses belong
ing to one of New York's oldest families
were accustomed to feed. Each stall Is
named for a famous steed, the china is
decorated with pretty hunting scenes, and
the loft above Is a Jolly good place for
a barn dance. Needless to say. It Is Ire-J
lation and protest from the two regU
ments, but the Rough Riders had pos
session of the transport, and they
kept It.
Speaking of this Incident, a friend
of Colonel Roosevelt, who afterwards
received an important civil appoint
ment at his hands, said:
"I have often thought how different
the subsequent course of politics might
have been if Roosevelt had not made
that quick decision to ' get his mew
aboard the Yucatan. If they had ar
rived a few minutes later, they would
not have got aboard and the chances,
would have been that they would not
have reached the front In time for th
fighting. It was Roosevelt's war .rec
ord that made- him the Republican
candidate for Governor of New York
In 1898, and, therefore, made possible
his succession to the Presidency.'
Mission That "Made" Dan Lamont.
If the late Daniel S. Lamont had not
decided rather reluctantly in 1882,
when a legislative reporter for the
Albany (N. Y.) Argus that he would
go on a mission through the western
and central part of New York State
with the object of sounding political
sentiment there, he might never have
been Secretary of War.
The late Daniel Manning, owner of
the Albany Argus and president of a
leading Albany Bank, was the great
power In the Democratic party in New
York State north of New York City
at that time. Several months before
the Democratic state convention of
1SS2. Manning became much disturbed
by the Intense and bitter struggle that
was developing between the friends of
Roswell T. Flower and those of Gen
eral Henry D. Slocum for the capture
of the nomination for Governor for
their respective candidates. Manning
feared the contest would endanger tho
chances of the party at the polls and
he began to look around for some one
who would be available as a compro
mise candidate. While Manning was
making this survey, a very capable
politician, the late E. K. Apgar. one
of the shrewdest of the younger Demo
crats of that day, said to him:
"There's a Mayor out in Buffalo who
has been writing some extraordinary
veto messages."
"What's his name?" said Manning.
"Cleveland," was the reply.
Manning sent Apgar to Investigate
further and then called In Lamont.
' "Dan," he said, "how would you
like to take a run out to Buffalo and
through the middle of the state and,
sound the Democrats with respect to
this man Cleveland?"
For some reason or other Lamont was
not eager to make tho trip, and was
inclined to beg off, but as Manning
seemed anxious about the matter, ha
undertook the mission.
The report that he made was so
clear and convincing, and it so com-pletelj-
confirmed other Investigations,
that Manning was greatly Impressed
with Lamont's ability and political in
sight. So, when, six months or so later.
Mr. Cleveland, then about to begin his
administration as Governor, said to
him, "Manning, do you know anyone
you could recommend to be my secre
tary?" the Democratic leader replied
on the instant: "Yes, Dan Lamont. Ho
Is Just the man for the place.".
That was the beginning of Lamont's
political career, which ended only with,
his term as Secretary of War In the
second Cleveland administration.
quently patronized for this purpose. The
chief treat here is a certain spice cake
made from an old Southern recipe, and
by a real mammy cook, presiding genius
for the versatile young woman who origi
nated - and has made such a success of
the place.
LOVE GIVES BLIND SIGHT
Girl Bride Says There Comes Mys
terious Light Into One's Soul.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Jennie . Boehler, a beautiful young
girl, whose voice has thrilled thous
ands of Chlcagoans during the past
several weeks, never saw her husband
before she married him, and yet she
was his sweetheart for several years.
Nor has she ever seen him since their
marriage. She is blind.
And her husband, a pianist, who
plays his wife's accompaniments, has
never seen his pretty wife. He, too, 13
sightless. But love to these two Is
wonderful, even in their darkness.
"Love isnt blind." declared the
sightless bride In their apartments at
the Hollenden Hotel. "Somehow when
one loves there comes into one's soul a
mysterious but radiant light and one
may see with one's soul.
"Often during the Summer my hus
band and I sit on the lake front and
we see the yachts out on the lake. We
see the sunbeams kissing the -white-capped
waves as they splash rhyth
mically on the beach.
"And wo see each other, too," she
continued. "I am sure I can picture
my dear husband's face as well as you
can, and you have your two good eyes.
His image is mirrored In my soul and
mine in his."
Richard Boehler, who is but 24 years
of ago, has been totally blind for 19
years. The two were married Thanks
giving day, but have been able to keep
their happiness there in the dark a
secret until yesterday.
It was while attending school at the
Institution for tho Blind at Jackson
ville, I1L, eight years ago that Boehler
first met Jennie Martin. That was her
name before Thanksgiving day. Onn
day Boehler was playing a piano and
the girl stole through the shadows to
his side. She saw him with her soul,
she says. She began to sing. The mel
ody wound its way in tiny tendrils
through the dark around their two
hearts. They were In love's web ther
In the darkness. And love's light
flooded their souls.
And finally there came a day when
the little blind girl, now nearly 20
years old, plighted her troth with her
sightless sweetheart at Hymen's altar.
Now they sing love songs for a livelli
hood and live a love song, "seeing with,
their souls."
"Ah, indeed," rapturously sighed the
girl as the interview ended, "marriage
Is beautiful even in our darkness."
Blowing Up of a Mine. - -t
Joseph Husband, in the Atlantic.
It was about half an hour later when
I reached my room, for I had stopped
on the way to chat with the gateman.
I was sitting on the edge of the bed,
loosening the heel of one of my rub
ber boots with the toe of the otherv
when suddenly through the stillness of
the sleeping town, from the power
house half a mile away came a low
and rising note, the great siren whistle
In the power-house. Almost fascinated,
I listened as the great note rose higher
and more shrill and died away again.,
One blast meant a fire in the town;
two blasts, fire in the buildings at the
mine; and three blasts, the most ter
rible of all, a disaster or trouble In
the mine. Once more, after an inter
minable pause, the sound came again;
and once more, rose and died away. I
did not move, but there was a sudden
coldness that came over me as once
more, for the third time, the deep note
broke out on the quiet air. Almost
instantaneously the loud Jingle of my
telephone brought me to my feet. I
took aown the receiver: "The mine's
blown up," said a woban'B voice,