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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SUNDAY CORNING.'. JANUARY 12, 1933
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APPPIV ftliYi f HP- Plf 'tttW not. 'go further than , that, at present
u re f or the President t
Seldom, if ever,' in ; the history f of this
and. His Cabinet
' ,'v.y 'country have official gatherings in the cabinet ',
;.; room of the White' House brought together
'M itt fhlf TVJftitin jtf ltt jJtftt 4f MtM
QzfK curled up cozily tn n Wfatfah matter, as-can Usee there now.
kchayou wen vmteJ by somemtch ill jme these fuorarily or,
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,"rJ?urrt''":r ,v features, now so well known, will become less,
jfolmystvetlt iitir. .
I Put: to the test, most persons, perhaps, . ' ...
would recotl from an opportunity that they . ' . " . , ,
' . , , T , . 7 ous, energetic men now at the head of govern .
mithf? have wished for more than once. - - - - ... .
Let us 'fancy those we know, or. the fam- Garfield; after the change-working hand of .'
cus personages we read about, in their old' Time had begun to press heavily upon them? '
wrlnkUi than by anything alsa. ,v "
, Uka the Prttldent, Mr. Root ' lovaa cxcrcti In tha
opan alr although one of the busiest men In Washing : '
ton. ha finds time to give himself , enough ' of this
profitable pleasure to. keep In good physical trim. In '
fact he la a frequent companion of President Roose
velt on long horseback 'Jaunts Into the country and
they are not gentle journeys by any means. , ,
When Mr. Root retires from fhe cabinet, ahould
no other honor tlx Itself upon him. be will return, no
doubt, to the practice of law In New York.-
. To accept the position of secretary of state fee
left one of tha largest and most remunerative prac
tices of tha day; Ms heart Is In his legal work, and It
will be a happy hour, probably, when he takes hla
place at his office desk once more. ,
. Gating upon the Elihu Root of the future, one al
most fanclea he sees some stately member of the
English House of Lords.- whose aristocratic ' lineage
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Postmaster General Meyer In fict and Exlpostmaa.
ter General Meyer In fancy filter mo.tiy n the froaU r
Ing of hair and the addition or wrinkles that age Is
apt to bring. The Meyer of the future ha. been driven ' ' -to
the use of glasses, as la, likely to be the casa wlta V
any one, and baa adopted a business-like growth of chin
whiskers. 7- ':' ' .; , ', t'. "
. Perhaps be was Impressed by the facial" adornment '
ot soma Of tbe sturdy men he met while at the court
I ' of St Petereburav : v- . -,-v ,.a
- Toungest of the cabinet Secretary of tha interior
Garfield promises to baffle tlme'a encroachments for '
many years. He cannot remain young, however, in
definitely, and when he has rounded xut . threescore or :
mora year$ hla will resemble, no. doubt tha fancied
face presented here. .' ., , -''y -
Jt Is a thoughtful,' aerious face-Mr." Garfield even '
now bears the reputation " of being ; on of the moat
erious-looklng men in publio, life. -..a ;
He Is rarely aeon to Smile; appears to be turning
over, continually, some 'weighty problem In his mind.
But "Jimmy."- aa the President calls him, cannot help'
this. When freed of official cares he Is aald to be
companionable enough. ' " , . ' . '., v
Suspicion polnta to Mr. Gatlleld harboring' lofty'
ambltione-perhapa that another . of tha name may V
one day sit at the head of the cabinet table. It may
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frestfer fooseycL Ab rf rt
rhdowa which futurity casta upon the present. Sbelltr.
. y IRST, picture the energetic President himself
1 in the evening of life. There' are those who
doubt that even the twilight of his days will
ne Mr. Roosevelt down Into the peaceful quiet that we .
ssoclate with advanced years. " x ' m -
His mental and physical vigor ' seem aufflctent to
arry him through extraordinary activities even be
yond the allotted threescore and ten years. t , ,'
You will notice that the artist-prophet has bad.
rather Time deal rather gently with the man who
: ow represents so typically the strenuoua American
life. -..,' 'ie f i Vf:f:,v:"--
He may have been for a number of years president
of Harvard University a future that . many persons
? ave been fond of predicting for him. Or be .may have
occupied for several terma a seat In the United States
Senate from the empire commonwealth of New York. , '
You will see from hie face viewing him now In
prophetic Tlsion a Quarter of . a centuty hence that
he has led a clean,, healthy life, that his mental
activitlea have never flagged, although, perhaps, he
may have slackened considerably the physical Indus
roor that time will be helplesa against. In bis own , ' Victor H. Metcalf, ; secretary ;of the navy, will
way he enjoya himself thoroughly, aa any one who r ouM,e Pnd bl declining yeare not far from the
k.. .... -,.. .-i.i.t. . 1 ,r , i m v. .ad ot the Pacific breakera ae they pound on Call
has teen the merry twInkTe in hi. eye and heard W"',foroia'a, coast '.It is a delightful 'country In which, to
Inimitable chuckle of delight readily bellevea. , await the coming of life's winter, f : ? "X ''- .
There is no reason why time ahould not deal - " Just" as the Metcalf of today la a handsome, self
leniently wrth him. He .has 'none of the vices that
lessen vluilty; bis oven-tempered disposition la proof
against ordinary annoyances, his financial' means are ,
ample enough to ward off necessity for physical or
mental labor that la not underken willingly.
; When Mr. Bonaparte retires from publio life and
gives up the practice of law, vialtors to hla home will
find him, no doubt oftener In hla library than any.'
where else. There are few more eager or discerning
readers., ; '"'(
No one bellevea 'that the time win ever come when -Mr.
Bonaparte will lose his keen Interest in publio
affairs, tfor Is he likely to abandon hla work In behalf '
of civil aervice reform, li least until hla dream of
many , years shall hare become an absolute fact,
woven inextricably through all the warp and woof of.
oun governmental processes.
, For that reason, until he Is unable to travel, at
least, peraona who attend conventions, of those work
ing for national, state and , municipal reforms in the
years far ahead will be apt to gase' upon the older,
gray-haired Bonaparte that the artist has, pictured.
It la not difficult to aee, in the mind's eye, Secretary '
of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou as a dignified
bank president of IS or 70 years. '
extends away back through tha centuries.
It may be as Ex-President Taft that future genera
tions will speak of the' present Jovial, popular and able
secretary of war. And no one will doubt that in his
old age ha will be aa genial and popular aa he Is now.
- But what a pity to think that the present luxuriant
crop of hair will have departed, probably, from the in
tellectual dome. : It sets off Mr. Taft'a; well-shaped
head ao nicely. ... -.
One eeea In the older face the serene consciousness
of a life's duty well performed and the peaceful en
joyment of life's evening that has been earned. Here,
you say, Is a friend of all mankind, a genial, sunny
soul that still looks out hopefully and helpfully. After
all, a serene old age 1s one to be envied.
For another member of President Roosevelt's cabi
netAttorney General Charles J. Bonaparte a serene
and genial autumn is predicted by those who know
him. .. .. '. : : v
,; Mr. Bonaparte possesses a deep-rooted sense of hu-
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try that was such a pronounced characteristic In 1908.
One may well suppose that the tennis games of
v,'t ite House days have long since , been glve.n up. -ilorscback
rides may still be enjoyed, perhaps. In'-.
late autumn of a busy career, but It la a more
',1('iJ road cob that carries Us burden; one does not',
r-cv a spirited animal in headlong dashes across
'. j and in exciting jumps over fence and ditches. -it
may be that by the lime thla prophecy portrait
Mr. Roosevelt becomea real he -will have vlr
. his repagnftnee to automobiles and take bis. out
s id. the form he now rejects as being too tafne. " t
It In rather easy, too. to conjure up a mental pie
rs of Klihu Root secretary )t state, when all of us
? t rity years, or-so older. ' .
.Mr. r.cwt's face, rio doubt will alwaya retain Its
incisive -cheritcterlstics. Age in him will be
l( more by 'whitening locks and increasing
t, Y"-"Jifnsgst Musis J fu'f ' - '
be .as the bearer of another title that those of as then
alive will know him when bo reaches the period of'
the gray-haired statesman, v . . . ,
: Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of
. Commerce and Labor Straus are the older men of the V
present cabinet ;;--: '-; v. .t,':, ;f.-r"fr..." f $ A"1
Mr, .Wilson has held the office under two Presidents,
and his friends declare' that he Is physically and men
tally fit for many, more yeara at the head of the de
partment of agriculture, which hae become, of recent
tlmea, one of the greatest scientific establishments in
the world. .. '.. .. . t-,- ,v
. What a peaceful, kindly old gentleman is the Wll- "
son of the coming years, as the artist pictures him .
Just such as one would expect to find In some pleasant
pastoral valley of the West, where hla last days will
probably be spent
And Secretary Straus In life's December-what
poised man of alert mind and versatile attainments,
the Metcalf of the future may be imagined aa digni
fied, courteous and clear brained. ,i
The expanse of unthatche'd dome fa to b expected;
aa is the exchange of the Jaunty nose glasses for the
more conservative spectacles; altogether Mr. Metcalf
promises to typify scholarly and peaceful old age in
America,
Mr. Cortelyou wijl alwaya be dignified, re-erved.
more or less Icy, perhaps, In , his manned with men.
He was born that way, and doesn't aee any reason for
attempting to change. If he could, the temperament
nature gave hired ' 1 ' ' - i
Can you Imagine any Important business secrets
getting awa from the well-poised old , gentleman
whom we may regard aa" the: Cortelyou of the future?
There is something about the face, too, to Indicate a
broadening with vthe " process v of the; suns, as the
thoughts of men were declared by Tennyaon to do. '
George B. Cortelyou, the man, Is little known out-.
Side the circle of hl Immediate, friends. Cortelyou,
private secretary to two Prealdents; Cortelyou, first :
secretary of commerce and labor; Cortelyou, postmas
ter general, and Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury
a comparatively ' youngN man who haa held more 1m- ,
portent government positions ( within a short time
than any one else In recent history f; who ' has held
three cabinet place. and. been talked of himself for'
President Is known to the public In bis official ca
pacity Only. ';-yl '-S', i : : 'f.-f';'-
Returning t private life, he will undoubtedly enter
upon jan Important financial career. It is probable the
public mayhotr hear cf him nearly bo much in the fuY
iture. but It is 'a safe bet that In the years now far '
aheaA-the gray matter under his silvery; haJr wilj be
working as lndustriouely and as o.uIetIy--as now.
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depths of .benevolence and love for humanity are mir
rored In those ..kindly, "window of the soul"! . ,
t fliooking backward' w,lll be a pleaure to A man
like that, when the retrospection reveals only an hon
orable, useful career and a record pf duty well done. -
A Queens Queer Journal - i "
FRENCH newspaper gives an account of a Journal
kept by, the queen Of Greece, In which varlous ouea -
tlons asked by her majesty have been answered bvv l
the rilfTflrmit rnvll nannn.n. nf Riirnna '' , . "- '
. one or the most interesting questions Is: "What kind
of people appear to you -to be the most disagreeable?"
The answers in moat cases are very interesting. .
- Thafr given by the king of , Greece Ms 'characteristic ,
w,'more of a woman than a man. for he declared that thev
- person he found most unpleasant was the, one who,
" while warmly shaking hands, salds 'Dear met how very s
. much 'older you look!r' ... . s
The queen or England,' with her usual gentleness, lias
written: "There are so many agreeable people In the
world that I do not see any reason why I should trouble '
V myself over the disagreeable ove y -';.: ,'--.-
But perhapa the wittiest reaponae' of all,, and certainly
the- one that ahows tbe keenest Insight into a woman's '
nature.. Is that made' by a Swedish princess, who aalds
"The most disagreeable woman Is she who, speaking of a
friend, beglna her conversation with That poor Madame ,
So-and-So.' " . ,v- vv, ..
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