The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-03
ilTHER SMOOTH FACE
Line Of Beardless Presi-
dents.
.,v,,sp,s SIMPLE MUsTAcHE'

tvELASD's SMILE
Three Full reard' and absolutely
. Raid Hcads-Encouragement
r"' Rows of the Country-As
a,ood and Ancestry
r,.,,scroS, March s.-lspecla Tsj Iwfor
Asa ".s Of about an hour on Ihursuay
space - iii he no president of the Unit
thero PRESIDENT Cleveland term ex'
States oon Of that day, and President
az I'LL Iii not take the oath OF Office
hinie! "" or 40 o'clock No one need
aOOus concerning this interregnum'
nsr ror The government wili go ON as
u The people who are always porrow
paL M about what would happen II
'i n'n, else happened ask what would
pe'ni"ss tho government If some calam-
olno =, remoye both Major Mckinley
wsle Hobart before they took the oath
s m Nothing at all, save that Secfe-
Solney would become presioeh', Ihere
VA be no anarchy, no struggle lor pos
u i"n 81 Of the government, no confusion
Lone Mustache.
,,.,o- Mckinley will be another OF the
Na ~ ~ smooth faced presidents. From
. i,ns 70 Lincoln all of the presidents
snno ,vore smooth shaven faces, ana
y two. ]. @. Adams and Van Buren'
.,r,n,e high side whiskers. 1t Is
. S fact that in this country, where
ma;orty of the men wear mustaches
,hont any other hirsute adornment, we
uV n"rsr had but one president with o
'.a"hs and nothing else. That presi-
T. Grover Cleveland. Lincoln wore
mb,Sters and no mustache. Grant,
ond Garfield, full beard; Arthur,
.obs and side whiskers; Harrison, q
n heard, and Cleveland only a simple
ustache F2
~other singular fact Is that we have
-, had a baldheaded president, as the
~ ,s generally used. Several OF tho ex,
nt,vos have had bald spots on the tops OF
's,r nolls but these were not largo enough
attract much attention.
Major Mckinley Is not quite Jap TO the
,ssidential average in stature. He Is bfeet
inches General Harrison Is feet z
1ches the shortest president, next to Mad
M who was 5 feet @ inches. Washington
said 10 have been 9 feet 3 inches, the
Ll]est Of all the presidents. Lincoln stood
Epr feet, and so did jackson. Both were
chi Of weight, however, turning the
pelos at about $50 pounds each. Major
cKinley is said by his friends to be grow
10 heavier all the time, and his weight Is
Ow about $50 pounds. Cleveland was the
ayiest of the presidents, tipping the
cam at goo pounds. A large majority OF
ur prcsidents have had blue or gray eyes,
nd President Mckinley is no exception to
he rule All the earlier presidents wore
Embroidered and frilled neckwear. 81. g
adams was the first TO wear "a collar OF any
brit, jackson muillcd his throat and nccl
black. Arthur was the only prcsiden
Tho thought it worth while to keep III
nth the shifting styles in neckwear. HI
has the best dressed president, while Zach
ry Taylor didn't care what sort of clothe
e wore. We have had only one red hairet
PRESIDENT, jefferson. Pierce had very blacl
lair and eyes, and, so far as personal ap
earance was concerned, is counted tn
andsomest of the presidents.
Another Mothers Boy.
President Mckinley is another mother
boy" In the White House. Though he ha
he advantage of fathers care and coun
e all through his boyhood and early mar
hoOd, 1t is well known that his mother es
Prcised most influence upon his character
This appears to have been true of most {
hc presidents 1t Is odd that so few {
pur presidents fathers lived to see the
ons in the White House and only few
pee their sons well on the road to fame.
THERE'S encouragement for the poor boy
pf the country in the fact that nearly all {
our presidents passed their early life ami
numble surroundings. President McKii
eys parents were poor. Benjamin Harr
'on began his struggle as n lawyer, with
capital of Sl00 Cleveland parents we
IN very moderate circumstances Jackso
pad but little education, and in early Ii
was exceedingly ignorant. The parents
uant, Fillmore, johnson, Garfield al
buchanan were not able to do much If an
'nng to help their sons on the road to su
TESS Garfield was mule boy on the cana
sOhnson was tailor and was taught rea
ing writing and arithmetic by the your
nay who afterward became his wife; Ii
solns carly struggles for education al
livelihood are parts of history.
College EducatiOns.
resident Mckinley is another preside
VINO did not enjoy the advantages of c,
cse education. Neither Washington n
lincoln passed through college Fife
p'esldents-the Adamses, jefferson. Ma
,son' Monroe, the Harrisons, Tyler, Pol
.Mrce, buchanan, Grant, Hayes, Carrie
auu Arthur-were college men. Villa
suu Mary college in Virginia still boa,
'le greatest number of presidents in
anna mater-thrce. Harvard has two. a
aa,saNHpden-Sidney, Princeton. Universe
North Carolina, Bowdoin, DiclSinso
, "s@ foint, Kenyon, Union, Williams a
Miami one each.
r,esident Mckinley, like most of
sa,s9 in the White House, was
,,.o u'er' Washington, Jackson. w. II. II,
Ts Ua ana Taylor were major genera
.", s,or was soldier, and nothing but
n ,sa ~ Lincoln was captain of mill
a. sne Black Hawk war. Garfield was
s,a; general, and Hayes brigadicr g,
a' Vi volunteers. Pierce was a brigad
dIa m.'ai, and Benjamin Harrison bril-
or,. general by brcvet. Grant was
poin. soldier president educated mt W
lu,,a s Monroe was colonel in the Re
Hsvoa ana was wounded at Trent,
p s,.,.w was wounded four times in bait
ca GARRISON was slightly wounded at Tip
And Fierce was thrown from his no
tbu. hurt In the City of Mexico 1t v