The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-27
The Author of !" Li,,le Brooches ''
F, A. Burr. in PhslA.iclphj

Speaking of money reminds mc that l saw John Hay this morning, What a curious mixture of business and Seuti- ment he Is, to be surc Years ago l knew him when he was Semi-uews- paper man Then he earned good deal of money with his pen and he took quite bright and interesting view of life He was Mr Lincolns secretary under conditions which were of grcat value to him if he had made use of them To be sure. he has written some beautiful things and in several ways has managed Ia get himself talked about by all classes of people until he has come to be regarded as a singular feature nf our American life, but if hc had been forccd to work for living John Hay would havo made great mark He had comparatively easy berth aS lln- coln> secretary Aterward he married rlch wife. and then the necessity for hard work was over. Some writer once sad no great literary achievement is made with an effort This may be true, but to get the best out ot man therc must be an incentive That moving i'm put>, may hr ncCcsSitV, or d dozen other things hut the iuipclhng principle must be strong enough Ia arouse ones best energies Wealth and position brought John Hay Il desire for politics and con Srsss \ sort of sentiment prompted him to do the work ot the Tnbrs, dur ing Nhitclaw ReidS absence. hut hr never made much ot d success ut th,>. for there Was uo necessity for his work ing harl Su hy d.erre~ Mr Hay drtted back upon hl~ tender. dreamy
 halt negligent cushion ot life aud a com partNely strong man Was lost to the literature ot our national life If he had never married old Ana>a Stone s daughter. how different things might haNc been Now he reads French nov els, smokes cigarettes says pretty things to th" women and moves ln d sort ot cloud-riding atmosphere. which Is born m every SCnsitiNrs nature. II hn has tho means to indulge u \ gentleman whom met this morning. who knows him we'll. gives nc these ideas of the ln- her life he k now leading
 old Amasa Stou" left him million or more, and all he needs to do now is to look al the world through golden spc, tatles Stone was n curious charat= ter III many respects. He turned Ia the ruder phases of existence, loved trottiug hor~e~ aud the strong natural things ui our American life He had two daurh. ter and one son. The son died. where upon Mir Stone erected a monument to his memory in the shape of college and named 1t Adelt,ert, after him In his Ill he treated that cullce" as though it hnd been his son and gave it full third of hls property Tho balance he gave to hls two sonsin law, John Hay. and forget the name oi the other man ! Both of these boys had impressed them selNc. on Mir Stone so that he gave the property directly to them. To John Hay lie had previously giy"lfa beautiful hous" on Euclid avenue, in Cleveland and other little gifts that are likely to to make man comfortable in this life Naturally John Hay was his pet A bright. manly. interesting fellow, full oi sentiment and ability, he touched th" old man more than any other hr had ever met, so he was very proud of him The other soninlnw iS n n"thodical business man, who simply follows tine beaten paths of adding to the wealth that Mir Stone left him John Hay takes tn" other shoot. sustains the rep. utation of the family makes the night a festival tune. m"rrler even than tn" day, and stands out ar a man capable of making his mark m the best phases of life whenever he cares tO assert himself
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