Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28

any period OF time Wnlch ne may nave de-
termined. He can take half hour nap and
waken himself on the minute.
An Early Riser.
In Washington the early rising habit is
feature of his daily life He is up at 6
O'Clock and breakfasts with his family at s.
The intervening two hours are spent be-
hind his famous roadsters, Vert and "B.
c. team that cost 50, 800 and which,
driven by the Attorney General two years
ago, lowered the worlds pole record for
gentlemans team to 212I2 and 2-loi2.
These horses were trained by General Knox
himself, and of the familiar sights
vouchsafed to early risers in the suburbs of
Washington is that of the Attorney Cen
eral in cap and buster spinning along the
country roads, or climbing the heights of
the Potomac in light wagon behind his
favorite team.
Outdoor life is the Attorney Generals
hobby, although he declares that in no
spect is he a faddist. He loves to hunt and
fish and play golf. He is charter member
of the Castalia Club, one of the most
wealthy and exclusive hunting and fishing
clubs in the United States. 1t controls an
immense game preserve near Sandusky,
OHIO, where Mr.. Knox and his family have
spent fortnight or two every year for the
past half dozen years
The feat of the Attorney General in lower
ing the pole record for gentlemen drivers OF
the world was surprise to every body eX-
cept Mr.. Knox himself. He made a study
of the horses for weeks before the trial on
the Brunot Islands private track below
Pittsburg. He marked all their pecuiari-
ties OF temper and motion. In these prac-
tice spins Vert was the pole horse. One
day in June, 1900, apparently without rea-
son and against the vigorous protest of
drivers and trainers, Mr.. Knox put Vert
on the other side of the pole. He knew just
what he was doing, however, and the rec
ord-breaking whirl began. He gave the
team loose rein, never the touch of the
n but
with word. The result of it was a
smashed worlds record.
The Attorney General is a man Of gen
erous impulse, who never permits any rec
ord of his benefactions to become public
characteristic instance is related by
prominent and wealthy woman who called
on him IN behalf of a charity organization
Immediately following the great blizzard of
1888 in western Pennsylvania. She solicited
contribution for coal and food and the
response was a check for a very consider
able sum, so large, in fact, that it led the
startled woman TO inquire:
How do you wish this money applied.
Mr.. knoX?"
"They Are All Cold and Hungry"
LAS your organization thinks best. There
are worthy and unworthy poor, 1 know,
but they are all cold and hungry, )" was the
answer.
One of the most striking characteristics
retentive memory. He never forgetS name
or face. A gentleman who had business
with the department relates this incident:
The Attorney General had written to him
months before on a matter in which the
visitor was greatly interested. The letter
was one of a thousand similar ones per-
haps, dictated by Gen. Knox. In the course
of conversation the visitor quoted a sem
tence from his letter.
Il never wrote such a sentence" said
Gen. Knox.
But you certainly did; 1 remember it
very distinctly
IF L wrote those words then I confess
l am losing my memory" insisted the At
tOrney General The letter copying book
was sent for, and Gen. Knox pointed out
the sentence, but not as the visitor had
quoted it.
Philander c. Knox has always been a re-
publican. The only office he ever held prior
to his call to Washington was that of as
sistant United States district attorney for
the western district of Pennsylvania, for
one year, in 1875 and &c. He has never
made a political speech. He has neither
state city or precinct at his back or under
his control In giving reasons for his APP
pointment President Mckinley said:
His intimate knowledge of corporate
law and his standing in his profession alone
have led me to decide upon Mr.. Knox as
Attorney General Grigg's successor"
GA Thoroughly Clubable Man"
Although he is verging on fifty years of
age, he looks five years younger. He is of
medium height, full-faced and smooth
shaver. Phrenologists would say that his
eyes indicate unusual command of lam
guage; they are full eyes, dark and ex-
pressive. The mouth and jaw indicate
frmness the forehead is high and hair
brown, changing into gray. Whether in
court or in private conversation, Gen.
Knox speaks with great elaboration, care
fully choosing his words, though when
reused he expresses himself with all the
vigor necessary to emphasize an opinion.
He is not a society man; rather the At
torney General is "clubable man" He
has been president of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association and the Duquesne Club of
Pittsburg. He is a member of the Union
League and Lawyers Club of New York,
besides other clubs in Philadelphia and
Pfttsburg.
His Washington home is on K street