Arizona republican., 1901-09-19
SHE SAW SIR THOMAS
An American Girl Who Talked Life
 Insurance to Him.

Dr. Charles Van Ger Veer of the Bal
 timore Sun, who is residing near Phoe- nix, lately received the following inter cst.ng letter from friend who had the good fo, tune to meet Sir Thomas Lip ion last summer:
 Sir Thomas Lipton, yachtsman. ncr- chant, philanthropist and all-around good fellow.
 Upton the qualities combined in the above category are well known: but have these same favored ones any idea of the genera! approachablenesso of the popu.ar sportsman?
 To me, a humble representative Of Amer ica, in a most unexpected man ner, Il glimpse of this desirable quality
 was vouchsafed.
 l was making tour of Lonion. Of l ccuise. Sir Thomas Lipton's far famed charity. the Alexandria Trust, is in- cluded among the sights. Within stones throw of 1t on City Road E. C.. stands his immense place of business. | Thither I wended my way.
 With that effrontery with which the American woman is always credited boldly euteie ed the last named place and | found myself in the midst of hundreds and hundreds of ''clarks" (notice the Eng .lSn pTonunSlalicn). An immense room was filled with then, all busily
 writing. ba'cony running around the room WIS also overflowiny with
 men of all sizes and descriptions. As | looked at their boDbing heads I fell to | wondering what became of their tall
 hats-what a grand showing they would make all stacked up in a tall 1 pyi amid! For the tal hat, you know | is the invaiiable hsadgear of the Lon | don clerk.
 Just then q neatly dressed man ap- preached and asked, What can l do for you. rniss?" When l told him
 wanted to see Sir Thomas Lipton on
 important business he iIrnediatsly sent
 Sir Thomas secretary to me. He was
 very urbane. but inclined to doubt that | important business" I fear. But as
 soon as l told him l represented well i knogn newspaper in New York and that my stay in London was limited he | immediately te.ephonei Sir Thomas s. 1 and came back 10 tel ne that I might
 zee him in fifteen minutes. In the meantime I was conducted to his pri-
 vate office. handsomely but quistly fur nished. No wife, no sNeethearts pie
 ture on his business like desk-simply a
 photo Of his dear old mother.
 I had not long to wait before Sir Thomas walked ina man in his prime tall and well mais. His face tanned
 and Drowned from exposure to the sun
 and wind. features that indicate an inn
 mense amount of will power. When he : spoke there was faint touch of that
 delicious brogue which accounted fos
 the merriment always lurking In his Goep-set eyes.
 1 was at once put at ease by his bon
 homie. So that before 1 knew 1t l was telling white lles-which we all know come under the hsad of tact-witf lightning like rapidity. In short I gave Sir Thomas to understand that 1 was q newspaper correspondent. and if all in- tsrviewed percentages are as kind ana courteous as he l think I shall go ir , for that sort of business with avidity Of courss he talked of his yacht. whici : was then nearing completion. ard h, r said no end of nice things about th,
 Americans. When I, told him that ? was in Boston during the last race anC ) heari a man say. Well. I don't like tC
 go back on my own country. but TC } like to see Sir Thomas win this Iace ? tor he's such a jolly good fsllow." II,
 sTiled a broad grin of approval. Then l said, q bit graveiy, but Si 2 Thomas. I'm not really a representa- l tive of the - - -, and I've ob tained this interview under false pre- lenses. can you have me arrested?" Hi. merry eyes twinkied more than eve . while he gravely replied. That de l pends." Whsn I continued that I want
 ed to writs him for life insurance h r did not show me the door, but listened to my arguments with so much patienc' \ that really cut them short as possible t After I had finished he said there wa P no one he could make his beneficiary l As to taking out an endowment polio! P he said: If I should lose my little a E l know I can always get a good dime ! at the Alexandria Thust for fourpenc
 Eaifps my.
 Q Just then the manager of that plac <. came in. Sir Thomas genially said Now. there's a man you can talk t
 about life insurance; and perhaps yo'
 would like to go through the AleXan