The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-01-10
''SHAWANIA."


Shaw to the Secretaryship of the
Treasury his Denison friends have
been not little amused to find what
truly remarkable man he is. They al !
ways had the highest respect for his
ability and in fact they were the first
to recognize those strong elements OF
mind and heart which have made him
a national figure. But there were
many things about Shaw which they
have been surprised to learn. They
hear with pleasure from the citizen OF
Maine who was acquainted with Shaw's
third cousin, that in his youth, the
soon to be cabinet officer, slid down
Hill in winter. That his sled was one
of the fastest in Vermont and that
one of the old inhabitants of the place
at that time stated that boy who
could slide that fast would get there.
Although the old resident did not
state where he would get. the Maine
citizen thinks he must have meant the
Treasury portfolio. Denison friends
are glad to note that the sliding was
done in the winter. They have never
seen the Governor coasting in the sum.
mer time and are glad to know that he
did not have this evil habit in his
youth. 1t is reported that the gentle
man from Maine is an applicant for
minor position in the Treasury.
OF course it is regretted that the
Governor appeared in Washington
with un creased trousers and that his
hat was twenty four hours old. 1t is
felt that it was better for the Governor
to forget the crease and wear the
trousers than it would have been had
he worn the crease and forgotten the
trousers, but in any event friends realize
what shock it must have been to the
clerks of the Treasury and they regret
it exceedingly. In the matter of hats
Mr.. Shaw must have changed for the
worse. When in Denison his hats
were cabled to him daily from London.
, We give this detail of the Governors
life SO that our eastern friends may
/ feel assured that in the matter of hats
8 he will not as rule neglect the inter
! ests of the Treasury department.
! Gov. Shaw now has an added distinc
tion; he was superintendent of the
largest Sunday school in the world
1 John Wannamaker may have thought
he was some pumpkins in this line
!. Up to this time we have record O
d 1925 who studied the Holy Writ un
y der his guidance. This includes al
n the present residents of Denison, al
+ those who have left here within tn,
= past five and twenty years and gon'
: some to Missouri, some to Nebraska
II some to Texas, some to -, and som
" even to Arkansas
II We have learned also many ney
and entertaining facts concerning tn
Il members OF the Shaw family. Earl
d we are told takes his eggs hard boiled
10 also colored at Easter. Mrs. SHAY
, rises before breakfast, and at one tim
- - Miss Shaw attended the public school
,r of Denison. We are glad that tn
white light of discriminating on
at epterprising press has been throw
ia on the Shaw family even if it ha
le revealed the absence of the crease
% the gubernatorial pants. We feel ths
" we are just becoming acquainted. W
had known the Shaws as good neighbol
~ and good friends. We knew Mr.. Sha
rv as an able lawyer and an intensel
is earnest and forceful man, We kne
be that ordinarily he made success
rk everything, that he was big hearte
o. man always ready to promote the il
" terests not only of himself out of othe
e and of the community as whole. Mr.
no Shaw we knew as one of most kir
hearted and right minded of wome
An ever ready friend in time of net
or sorrow, a woman who was chart
,. able not only with money but with tin
and effort. We have no fear for the
IS. either officially or socially in the
le- career in the National capital. TIL,
an are wholesome, healthy examples
oO the kind of men and women that 10,
is in the habit of growing. We suppo
.a ne that we may expect an endless string
as stories and anecdotes, most of the
In. untrue, about the Shaw family. 1t
as one of the penalties of greatness,
income tax which those in positi
te- must pay to the naiveand not altogeth
as charming curiosity of the Americ
Sts people.
srs
ire A representative of the Lavery Lo
80 90 Co. of Chicago, has been in the c
~ yesterday and today arranging for