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pager csllsd The Age. ] ~4sA s2enb<r
Of shs ss~yt4a2Szrs, -sa y0sag Blame sBd
Falsex -srs rePortIAg the sess8ou Tor
LhssiT P4psn-
A large number Of the p06le r1en 4
ne present dzy have bern connected
-Ith newspapers. aad many 0ore WITH
Literature. oelAtoE PlerCe, u North
Dakota, has besn 0oth Journalistic sni
literary. ! zsked han " lat had beoome
II his novels. Peggy AID Lachariah.
lie Tephed- ''FeFhaps you ~ili not be-
h-ve ". but I have n9t copy oT either
Of those books, and their contents 1 have
absolutely forgotten both were printed
oy a Chicago firm engaged h. the RAJ
road book trade, and ~ere or5uEl olt
m the series - hlch comprised The Red
Handed Ranger Of Roaming Camp and
Bll, the BiOody Terror u the Trail
OF course, Ia such company. the boozs
soon died natural death. fate which
think they did not deserve
Theodore Roosevelt, another Of the H.
erary statesmen, - 50 fond Il wriring
thai no sooner has he finished one thing
than he Is covering paper with another
Roosevelt Just Low Is developing into a
complete ready letter writer. ocne of
hIs letters are hke4y 20 live ia history
Nothing gives the young civil service re-
former greater delight than 90 ST. dow %
and write sharp. stinging. sizzling let
ter % somebody Who has criticised the
owl service board, oT ia some other man
ner reused tho combaEycness OF Dir.
Roosevelt Whenever a saucy letter
reaches the civil service commission
and ill tempered letters from self ap-
pointed critics and disappointed as
pirauts for appointments fairly pour in
It Is turned over 20 Commissioner Ro0se
Welt for reply He IL letter writer IN
chief 20 the civl service board, and o
most industrious one. Scorning stenog
raphers and typewriters, no sits down
pen in hand. and scratches. scratches.
metaphOrically tearing peoples eyes
out. Often he copies his letter
two or three times in order l.
reach that state OF perfection which is his
ambition and delight. The phrases
about which he is most particular are
thos which cut tho deepest, and these
he turns and returns, each chang
sharpening them, till they are like razor
edges To read Roosevelts letters one
would think him a sour, choleric, disa-
greeable fellow. 10 fact, he is a delight
full companion-vivacious, sympathetic,
entertaining. He has a merry. ringing
laugh His teeth. which are perfect IN
form and OF dazzling whiteness, ne shows
. dozen times a minute. He is at al
times ready 70 run foot race, put on
the gloves or engage IN bout with ad-
jectives and stub pen with any and ali
cOmers.
ingalls, is one Of tho most successful Of
the literary senators. | am told that he
earns more with his pen each year than
the United States pays him for ms ser
wees as senator. ingalls, can sell at
gV0d rates everything he cares TO write,
and he finds time % write a good deal
Tho senator, by the way, was one of the
noteworthy figures in the assemblage
addressed By the chief justice. He is
picturesque, statuesque. Sitting next to
an sasie, he was plainly visible from all
parts Of the great hall. His arms were
tightly folded, and for a full hour he sat
bolt upright without the slightest change
of position. Ingalls, body is long and
thin, his head elongated. oblong, with a
shock OF bristhng, iron gray hair on top
of it. A newspaper man brightly said:
ingalls, punctuated the part of the hall
in which he sat with n breathing excla-
nation point" WALTER WELLNAN.