The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-30

hour OF work and he Keeps AT 10. some
times until dawn -Four hours sleep VIII
90 Tor him, but his VIE wants him TO get
five. When overtired ne sleeps six hours.
out tins is rare hasty undressing. a
ilttle look out at the stars and there lies
ooWn 10 sleep one or the hardest worked
and most ambitious of statesmen
NAuam j. Bryan rises a. 8 o'clock in
the morning. He Is a man OF hobbies
ana one OF them is n strict observance
or the Early TO bed. early TO rise coup
ieI Ito gets up as early as in the
summer and in winter fingers under tho
blankets no later than O'Clock though
the sun may not Doe awake and the world
lie as cold as a stone
Bryan begins the day IN most sem
umental way. He is extravagantly fond
OF MOWERS He buys roses FOR Mrs. Bry-
an out Tor himself he wants flowers. lie
does not care what kind. so long as they
are posies. His first morning act. after
very quick toilet is 10 walk among the
flowers. In winter he pores over his wifc's
window gardens studying the plants. SO
absorbed is he in this that he does not
notice the flight of time and his first
inumation that the day has begun is the
summons 10 breakfast at 7.30. This meal
he takes with his family.
Breakfast in the Bryan household be-
gins with grace. said 10y the father. Mr..
Bryan is very religious man. and he
says his prayers and his grace with de-
voutness. Breakfast is quiet for a fam
lily of several grown people. for his par
ents-in-law live with him, and there are
several small children.
Mr. Bryan breakfasts upon soft boiled
eggs and toast, and so forgetful is he OF
his surroundings that he dips his toast
I'm his eggs as often as I'm his coffee
After breakfast Mr. Byran betakes him
self with his wife TO the library. lie
- I'll
he is not under the fatigue OF speaking
he goes to his library and writes. He is
very fond of composition and oratory, ana
with his wife studies the methods Of oil
speakers and gets good points in action
and gesture from the reports of them
printed at the time This is a pleasant
recreation to him and keeps him in fine
literary fettle. When he comes out of the
library il Is with the keen eye of the
man who has seen new things in a new
world.
Mr.. Bryan IS absolutely without amuse-
ments. He does not ride bicycle ana
has never wanted to learn. He has only
one recreation and that is swimming. lie
is not a very good swimmer but he loves
the water Get me to a seashore,' was
his constant cry I'm New York, during
those hot days when men were falling by
the hundred each day.
A swim Is the most important part OF
Mr.. Bryan's physical training. He is
strong young man and needs no calls
themes. II he can get on a bathing sult
and get into the water he is happy
In the water Bryan is as fearless IS
on land. He once dived under water and
saved a drowning child. His personai
courage is unbounded.
After the swim comes luncheon. Mr..
Bryan eats almost nothing in the middle
Of the day. He knows he ought to dine
at noon for the sake of his voice at even
ing but he is not hungry. He takes
nothing but water with his luncheon,
rarely tea. And then he starts in upon
the days work. The inevitable letters
come first Mr.. Bryan is a rapid writer
andcan turn off the letters very fast But
now there must be secretaries. Mrs. Bry-
an assists with the letters, attending to
the business engagements; but the letters
to the writing fends and the personal let
tiers Mr.. Bryan dictates or writes person
ally. He hates this part of the days work
and chafes under It. Some days he Is too
impatient to continue. He keeps picking
up papers and reading hasty scraps, until
the tap of the stenographer's pencil warns
him to go on. His letters are not fair
sample of himself, because he does not
like letter writing.
After the letters come Mr. Bryan's study
hour The children never go TO the libra
ry then. Father is reading His pet
books are the lives of statesmen. He
reads the life of jefferson, Of Jackson, Of
Lincoln and of Blaine. In his reading he
is absolutely cosmopolitan and broad. He
reads everything he can get his hand
upon. Like Henry Ward Beecher he buys
books extravagantly and comes home say
ing: II dare not think what have done"
Dinner with the organs is an early af-
fair 1t is a very hearty meal, with soup
and dessert, but 1t is not stylish meal.
The children eat at the table, and there
are vegetable dishes piled high with pota-
toes. A big roast is nightly cut by the man
who may be obliged to eat fancy dishes
from the oven of a white house chef in
spite of himself.
After dinner comes the hour OF Mr.
Bryan's popularity. Wherever he is he
receives his friends at night 1t tires him,
for he is always under some strain in
company, from the fact that he is the
central figure and must talk constantly
so he wants to get all other work over be-
fore night
A very nice little supper IS served in Mr..
Bryan's rooms every night while he is
travelling, and at home in Lincoln there Is
a hospitable visit to the larder. Mr.. Bry-
ans favorite drink is lemonade. He takes
no spirituous liquors of any kind. He is a
prohibitionist as far as he himself is con-
cerned. He has tasted liquor but neither
~N'A%
allow Il in his home Mrs. Bryan shares his
views.
For a man Mr.. Sewall sleeps a great
deal. His brain, he says, needs recuper-
ating from the unknown forces of nature,
and he gets to bed early and sleeps sound
ly.
There are ever so many things that
Mr.. Bryan never does. He never reads
novels All his reading is put upon solid
facts. He likes political friends. He likes
interesting people, but he hates gabble-
gable. 1t has been said that he has no
friends. He has them, but they are not
Of the surface kind.
At dead of night Mr.. Bryan often rises
and goes to the window. He is an as
tronomer and loves the stars. He is de-
voted to the study Of the heavens in all
their shadings.
If Mr. Bryan runs for the presidency
again twenty years from now he may
be Obliged to take outdoor exercise, to
ride a wheel, to swim for his muscles
and run for his digestion. Now he is a
vigorous. stalwart young man whose
health knows no law but that Of his own
sweet will. James Barton.
MERCURY TAKES A DROP.