Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-11-14


upon which one reals an estimate OF
MS fellowman. partit ularly if that fell
bowman be political candidate, says
the New York Even ing Post From
hearing Mr.. Low speak, one does not
go away remembering ringing period
nor a top-heayy structure of oratory
but he does take with him the con
seriousness of having listened to an
honest, whole-hearted man, whose in
terest is the common interest, whose
earnestness is superb, To the eye
Mr.. Low is a fine, rugged figure of a
man. He looks as if he had just come
indoors. This comes of the care he
gives to his physical being. the walks,
the Inatutinal bicycle rides. He says
an hour on his bicycle in the park can
thoroughly rest him after hours at
his desk, or prepare him for hours
more
He is mar of such methodical life
that there is small wonder ii is re-
Elected in his very appearance. 1t
shows in the careful manner in which
his hair is brushed-it looks as if each
hair had been separately assigned to
its pIace-in his carefully knotted
cravat, in the ancient Grecian-coin
pin which is always in the same spot,
in the lack of wrinkles in his coat, in
the way he has of rising from his
chair and advancing FOR greeting. In
one thing Mr.. Low closely resembles
the late President Mckinley, in fact,
public men who know of these things
say that Mr.. Mckinley alone excelled
him in it. This is in the gracious and
at the same time expeditions manner
of receiving visitors President Nc
Kiniey could see more persons and see
them with more satisfaction to them
than any man in this country. Mr..
Low has been devoting about two
hours every day to receiving visitors
at his headquarters, No. Al East
Twenty-third street. former Senator
Frank d. Pavey presenting them in
turn, and his abilities are, indeed, put
to the test. In an hour and a half
one recent afternoon Mr.. Low greeted
and talked-not merely chatted, but
talked-with nearly $50 visitors, and it
is safe to say that not one went away
feeling that his time had been short
ened one minute fol the sake of the
others in the waiting line.
Mr.. Lows method-if it may be
called method; it does not seem one
is to meet the visitor as if there was
Il 10 md a
had all day at the visitors disposal.
The preface of the greeting is smile
which is more in the eyes than on the
lips, and the extended hand, with its
warm, manly clasp, comes next. From
the moment the visitor begins to speak
Mr.. Low is all attention, and after a
moments chat he generally leads the
way to his desk and offers the visitor
q chair. Some days Mr.. Low does
the major part of the talking; other
days he listens. Thus he varies the
Mckinley method, which was to yield
the floor to the caller.
Mr.. Lows unvarying dignity has
been mistaken for chilly reserve. His
dignity may be called academic. 1t
follows old-established rules of con-
duct and bearing. 1t is the dignity
of his fathers father without its
gravity. This quality impresses every
one who meets him. But the warmth
of the hand-clasp and the intentness
with which he listens-he possesses
the faculty of listening to a marked
degree-dispel any preconceived un-
favorable notion 1t may be said that
he is still president of Columbia; that
he will always be. His twelve years
in that cfice have left an inef'aceable
impress upon him. They have prepar-
ed far more thoroughly for mayoralty
duties than little dabbling in the
law or politics or both. College presi
dents are business men these days.
Problems of buriness as we'll as those
Of education confront them. Not only
have they the brains CT q thousand OF
more young men to attend to; they
have property in the millions to safe
guard and increase and multiply. Mr.
Low carried business methods int
Columbia just as he carried them int
the mayors Office in Brooklyn. AnC
Columbia profited just as Brooklyn
profited.
In Judgment Mr.. Low is slow, bu
never tardy. He considers many things
before he takes the step which shall
be final. after the manner OF thu
skilled chess-player, who ponders
move which may make or mar his en-
tire plan of action. OF Mr.. Lows
breadth of mind there can be no bette
comment upon it than to recall th'
fact that he was selected as United
states representative at The Hague
peace conference, upon which th'
ewes of all the world were centered
This was a gathering of truly dispas
sionate men in whom their govern
ments placed the utmost reliance. ]
ne had not possessed balance ant
acumen he could never have achieves
what he has with Columbia Colum
bia Is a monument to the industry an
ability of this man.
An enormous capacity for WORK
his The campaign VII make deepe