TITE SUNDAY : OREGONIAX. PORTLA1VD, MARCH 21, 1915.
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REV. FRANK LANDON HUMPHREYS,
AUTHOR OF "WHAT WE OWE TO
France: is a business man,
SCULPTOR .YACHTSMAN.I
NAVAL MILITIAMAN, NATUl
ART CONNOISSEUR, FIN
AND TRAVI
T RtKSt M. SJJEV1LT.
THI3 article Is about an ecclesiastic,
s muilcian, & composer, a me
chanic, an Inventor, tk horsefnan.
a yachtoman, a licensed pilot, an au
thor, a sculptor, a lecturer, a publicist,
a chemist, color photographer, an
aeronaut, historian, a business man
and a boy who knows how to play. JJo,
it Isn't a morality play. Ton might
call it a protean play, with Dr. Frank
Ltfhdon Humphreys taking all the parts.
Recently. In the guise of historian
and author, he gave to the public a
hook, ""What We Owe Prance." Thoush
It ia a historical work. Dr. Humphreys
qualified aa ait author also in its prep
aration, for it is hot merely a written
record of events; it is an artistic and
literary, narrative of facts. At the same'
time this last book of Dr. Humphreys'
wai put on the market he was appear
ing at Miami. Fla., lh ttfe role of the
boy who knows how to play, the
yachtsman and the naturalist and, in
cidentally, scaring half to death the
friends who visited him on board the
Watawga by introducing them to his
new pet, a boa constrictor 15 feet Ions".
"I once had a kiligr snake five feet
long," he wrote to a friend. "That-!
kept for two years, hut this pet is
much better. He is a boa 13 feet long
and has to be fed a chicken once a
month."
to those who know him Dr. Hum
phreys is "the man who gets more out
of life than anyone else in the world."
"Why do they call you thatr I
. asked him.
"I suppose it is because I have more
contacts with life," said Dr,
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the why and Wherefor. I myself be- length, and even may be said to have
came first a licensed ilot, then a the kind of personality that all intrl-
master. Now I hold a master's license cate machines have in common with
for the whole coast. ships. Yet, after all, the horse, like
"We have built several boats, each tne ,jogi is" the friend, eomrado and
time getting gaeater economy of ad- companion. I had a saddle mule once
ministration and greater seaworthiness and sne was a great pet really of an
and comfort. The Watawga I consider affectionate disposition it .sounds
the last woVd in that line. She is a funny. doesn't it? She and my English
houseboat in comfort and a ship in
seaworthiness. She carries coal andt
water for nearly the whole season, hut
she isn't one of those cottages on a
raft. We all go over the side every
morning for a swim and have launches,
slow and fast, and canoes for the day's
sports."
. The Watawga is a craft of 135 tons
Humph- gross registry, is 115 feet long and has
reys. "I mean that I do more things a beam of 20 feet and et draft of 8 feet
and more different things. And that is
perhaps because I have inherited what
Bishop Potter once reminded me was a
fatal gift versatility.
"Coldnel David Humphreys was a no
table illustration of this family char
acteristic in the Revolutionary days.
He was ona of the quartet of Hartford
wits Dwlght, Barlow, Trumbull and
Humphreys. He was a soldier," poet,
statesman, diplomatist and one of th
founders of New England manufactor
iesand pretty good in all his various
callings, notwithstanding Bishop rot
ter's estimation that versatility was a
She has a speed of 11 knots, is
equipped with two Reeves compound
engines and shows a pair of squat
black funnels. Three lifeboats and a
launch are carried In her regular
equipment.
The Watawga was built eight years
ago at Greertport, I I., by the owner,
who personally looked after her con
struction. She carries a crew Of eight
men and can take some half dozen pas
sengers, with room to spare.
Seen from a distance the Watawga
appears suspiciously like a mati-o'-war.
Squat funnels, gray steel super-
fatal gift, because a mat could not structure, white portholed bull, under
aroount to much In so many Ways. shot bow, and last, but by no means
"The first thing I set out to master least, two one-pdundera mounted fore
was musio. because I had always and aft, the yacht looks like a mem
played on something from my boy- ber of some coast guard. Upon a
hood. Tot years I was a choir boy. closer approach, however, inspection
When I had ohildren of my own I nat- reveals the stained glass windows of
bulldog, Cupid, formed such a friend
ship and were kissing , each' other so
often that I simply had to call her
Psyche." ,
I have said that Dr. Humphreys was
an ecclesiastic. He was ordained by
Bishop Starkey In 1883 and was for a
time rector of Christ Church, in Short
Hills, N. J.; later precentor of the
Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden
City and from 1900 to 1906 canon of
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
New York City. His definition of re
ligion Is interesting. It is' "sanctified
common sense," he saye?
His new book, "What the UnitM
States Owes to France," Is hy no means (
his only work. He also wrote "The
Evolution of Church Music," "Medita
tions on the Mystery of the Passion,"
"Carols and Caroling," "Men of Under
Standing," "Clerical Education," "Be
loved of Washington" and "Life and
Letters of Colonel David Humphreys;
A. t. "
Recently' he has become interested
in color photography, and his friends
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why not Say a horse, a pleasant road
and Something worth thinking out?' "
In his spare time Dr. Humphreys- Is
active as a member Of the Union
in color pnotograpny, una ms xrjonua , , . .
i.f .... . t. League Clufe. New YorSt Yacht Club,
r ' J - J Arm SrtJ Voir PIhVi nA K. A
heard from in this field.
Club of New York. He has been the
rurally raised them in an atmosphere of
musio and taught them to play various
Instruments. For 14 years we played
together an hour every day. We had
twd violins, a 'cello, flute, French Horn
and. piano in our little orchestra."
Many soloists of international repu
tation and singers of note have played
or sung with Dr. Humphreys and his
children in- the musio-roora of IJyn
derfy, His country home in Normandla
Park, Morristown, N. J. Dr. Humphreys
himself not only plays but writes mu
sic and several of bis hymns are fre
quently sung.
nautics. Dr. Humphreys went up with .1 elT. t . .Z
t., ftife general eTjaplain of the Society of the
Winter and since then has been en-
the saloon, and the first supposition is thusiastic about the aeroplane, making
immediately shaken. The class of th
vessel is established when It is learned
flights whenever it was possible, al-'
though he does not yet operate a ma-
that the guns are employed for Salut- chine himself. He Is a member of the
ihg purposes only.
The first evidences of the fad for In
dian art that Is th owner's is
Aero Club of New York.
Just to show that a
man With so
Cincinnati sine 1S97, is cnapltf.in of
the Naval Order of the United States;
the Society of 1812, the Naval Reserves
and theSoefety of the Sons of the Rev
olution. He is historian of the Society
of Colonial Wars' id president of the
Society of the Cincinnati in New Jer
sey, also a member of the Ancient and
li." '.JL, ",hJ :fir";, nanlr Tr,ed interests and with So Honorable Artillery.
the SDone.slV kept craft. The bow " P'ay W" IncttPawe Dr. Humphreys has a briSf, clear cut
ot VePWatawg !T.rr "a as figurehead fj""!? "r ct S most out
the bronze head of an Indian in full
war bonnet. The spacious saloon and
the rooms of the' vessel are decorated
with original bronze and hand paint
ings, many of them representing In-
Sculpture is another art in which he dianS. Two models of Indian busts by
Is proficient. the owner himself decorate the mould-
' How . did I come to take up sculp- lng of the main saloon, a saloon which
ture?" said Dr. Humphreys in reply to contains a piano, a large library and a
a question. "Why, I always used to fireplace, over which are Inscribed the
play with the clay when visiting eer- Words:
led the movement which resulted in of life. Here If is"!
the Morris and Somerset Electric Com- "Do aS fiiuch as you cad to help
pany, which bought the public service others- and keep busy. In making oth
plant in Morristown Because certain srs happy you make yourself happy,
residents were not satisfied with th and worft in some useful channel is
service given by the big corporation, necessary to" ail. I agree with the
and the Morris and Somerset Electric psychologist Who v said hat. three
things wer necessary to human hap
piness -TeligioA, lova and work es
pecTalty work,"
tain friends who were sculptors. Then
when I built my last boat and gave It
ah Indian name I tried to find soma
old carver in a shipyard to carve a
figure for it.
Qui descendant mare in navibus
Ipsl viderunt opera Domini."
"I am glad to see that some one is
starting a nautical boy scout move
ment and teaching boys to swim and
What Accessories Wilt Do
it
fi CAN only llv once, and the
"As the search ior an old-fashioned sail. The Navy Department has long
sittst friends suirsested that I do the the only means of teaching students than 20 years old, but still strong and
rapaoie, ana we unaersiana eacn otner
thoroughly. I .hope that we shall be
friends and comrades for many year
before he is retired on a pension to
some rich pasture on same sunny
Southern farm.
"Many men have asserted that their
Company IS a flourishing corporation
today. . .
Notwithstanding Df. Humphrey's
love' of the horse, in order to live up
to his reputation fof versatility he Was
oti4 of the first automobllists in the
Country, and, as in all ether things, he
learned to rely on himself in this pur
suit, thereby qualifying as a mechanic
of parts.
My Old Irish hunter Erin is mo'rt writes Filson Young, the English too.
elist, -and I find upon examination
that the passion for accessories is only
a expression of a passion" for life.
"Not to follow up those engaging
byways of temptation Is to miss a
great deal of agreeable and accidental
information and knowledge of the kind
that makes life full and interesting.
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work myself. I did it. It was my first under Us care to be what seamem call
offense, and although I am now heart- handy.""
lly ashamed of it, I still keep it on the With all his love for the water Dr.
fcoat. The next step was most natural. Humphreys has none of ' your salt
As I was lecturing and writing on the cured seaman's fear of a horse.
Indiana, I tried to perpetuate the "In my educational scheme," he said
strons characters of some of them tn recently. "I wouldn't forget the horse.
lasting bronze. Some of the happiest either. A wise old doctoronce told me problems were solved and many litef-
mv li f. ... .ri.n, in th. Tn. .t nntt.'D that fhurir.n va.a ai- arv men and Dublic workers hflva said
dlari country of the Southwest with my ways healthier in families where pets that their best work and most telling reloped and remain unenlightened; but
boya," were kept. Certainly we had pretty periods were worked out during long
Everything that savors of the sea nearly everything in the way of.ani- and solitary walks. I claim hat you
appeals to Dr. Humphreys. He Is a mala, down to a king snake, about five can do the same k:nd of planning on
chaplain In the Naval Militia of New feet long, which we kept in the con- a horse's back and even better for
Jersey and was formerly chaplain of servalory for about two years. you have the quiet, and I may even
the United States Naval Academy. "As to horses, when we are home we venture to say.' sympathetic compan-
"There's inspiration in the sea." says go out riding every morning. There lonship of your horse without the dan-
Br. Humphreys. "There Is nothing is an excellent education for boy and Ber oi interruption as wouia oe me
ether things,, such as the rotation of us, for they know that w ar the Ka They bllv that because we have
crop, and the working of leather. tion of the future. ThrS will be no never been obliged to. fight a serious
"In short, accessories a're the elr -general disarmament after this war, foreign war there is a special provl
cumferenee of th circle of which the for, while financial necessity my dence watching ovjsr us to protect us
thing itself is the center; they are cause a great reduction In the size of ffom our mistakes. Trusting to this
leads and, links which take otf out armaments, the armies and navies that speelat providence, w have negotiated
from ourselves (and at our own ex- survive will he more than sufficient t . series of treaties with foreign powers
h it I agreed that, in case or
spute arising between the con-
For th sincere and honest non.re- trading parties, neither shall resort to
later W should have nothing but re- arms until after the expiration of a
spect. W may not approve of his year. A sort of political moratorium
doctrines, but w can at least admire tg provided which under th millennium
tha pnimiiitanav of the man who. be- miht h. v.rv effective, but which
IF we do not Wish, sooner oy later, Uevlng war to be th greatest of evils, under existing conditions Is hardly
to reckon with th alternative of advocates, neace at any price. But n..,i.t Rrrihn.ra.
yourself very' much about his heeds; either living shamefully or dying glorl- most of our people are In no sense non-
but if you have this interest in ac- ously. we must be prepared to defend reslstera and have the most profound
cameTa and snTyour films tobelel Ending l.f. of th. account for bur, a. at present eon- whJ h
.nlioht... Krrt WOriO,-
if you equip yourself with half its ac
cessories, photography will lead you
far into the sciences of physics and
chemistry. . - ,
"If you have a horse and someone
to look after him you" need not occupy
Urges War Preparedness
better than the discipline of sea life, man In educating his pony or horse. wit human companion, i know ( cessorles and taa a pleasure in think- ourselves and- Tight for our Nation) belief fat th greatness am th might
The members of my family were It gives him physical exercise and de- tn" 1 nay mougnt-oui many or my mg not now im dui now mucn you honor single-handed, for w can expect of ur country. Yet, while they org
brought up on- boats and are- almost velops patience and forbearance; as speeches and laid the foundations of can do toward making your horse no- assistance from any other nation on the" expansion of American Industry
web-footed. The boys can 'hand reef well as strength of will, to guide and some or my merary worK unaer sucn stame a aina oi sunno h. w.h not omy earth, we must realize mat wnataver and commerce, ana m it support aavo
nrt steer.' Naturally we went Into rnmmnnrt. - conditions ot equine teuowsnip. Dring you nearer w mm -uu u nations may say in tiieir nours
the thing scientifically and education- "The automobile" he says "is the "While I appreciate Stevenson's 'A you understand him better but it will stress. In their hearts none of them unwilling to mak th necessary sacri
ally studied navigation and learned best mean of making trips of any Boat, a Book and the Girl Yo Ijvey mak jrou understand a great many like us. All lear u and are jealous of flo to Insur our country futur.
Co-operation.
(London Oplnlen.) .
Father What! Tu want to marry
my daughter? Why. sir, you can't sup.
of oate a spirited foreign policy, they ar P" nerl CB", ' 7. T7 .
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