The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-02
HIS IRISH MOTHER.
Marconi and the Romance of
His Parentage.
is ALWAYS WITH HIM
Accompanies Him to All His
Experimental Stations.

Chicago. March The Chicago Rec
ord Herald says:
When John Jauison. the famous Dublin
whisky manufacturer. decided 70 send
his daughter AMT TO Italy 20 continue
Ter musical studies. he became urcon-
sciously maker Of history for all IN the
course OF tine. as the result OF this act,
the girl net ard married Giuseppe Mar
coni;>and to this Irish italian union there
was born a son who now is known 10 the
world as one OF the greatest scientists
and inventors Of his time.
AMT Jamison was In her teens beau
tiful, adventurous girl. Her family wa
vel TO do, and she had everything IN
the way OF education and training that
money could buy and Dublin could cffer.
Her father was the founder OF the house,
so that as the business which still bears
the name was concerned. but her ances-
ytr extended back into the times when
| Scotlands greatest era, and her fore
bears were people Of influence and power
There is z observation-disclosures story OF
who was famous in her day for her in
tellsctuaI ability, and sort Of legend
has come down TO the effect THAI she
nrophesied that che OF her hOnored de-
scendants would become known and hon
ored throughout the civilized world
whether this latter story was invented
since the prominence Of young Marconi
matters not certain it is. the young man
/ has cause 70 be proud Of his Scotch an
/ cestry. sd particularly OF his mother
| For his mother has been Of more actual
( though indirect. help &c him than can
/ lie told She Il was who encouraged
/ him in his earliest efforts. The bay al
tended school altogether not more than
/ thre or four years. L fell 70 the lot OF
his mother TO teach him. and from her
he learned TO speak the English Ian
guage. to play the piano. and 10 get
start in the varied accomplishments
which mark him now as a one-sided man
Several romances might be written
I about the WONG and winning OF Anie
Tamison- but probably none OF them
would be true Mrs. Marconi prefers
10 hide herself behind her son and to be
known simply as his mother. or tho
| courtsElip and marriage she viii say
little. save that the former was a case
Of true love and the later OF pure ZONES
! tic happiness. She went 10 Italy, as has
been said, 10 continue her music under
better instructors than she could have
secured at home, and Il was during her
sty in Italy that she met a dashing
young Italian. The two soon discovered
they had a mutual liking for outdoor
sports; both rode well and the young
man was not lon gin coming TO the deci-
sion that he preferred the Irish girl to
! an, OF his own country. IN addition there
was very happy liking for Intellectual
pleasures which they had shared. The
| young man was OF good family, in pos
| session OF large estate the girI returned
his affection-and the inevitable hap
pened.
From the birth OF her elder boy-she
has another son-AdrS. 1Iarcoui devoted
her life 70 his training. She took him
with her on his travels through Italy,
and he accompanied her on several Wis
its TO her own people in Ireland. WISH
! ing to give him the advantages OF some
| training in English. she remained with
| him fer TWO years in Bedford, where the
| bov attended 4 school and learned his
letters and numbers. The selection Of
proper tutors and instruction for tha boy
was made BY his mother. simply because
| he vas her first thought and care now
| When he began to show interest in chem
fstry ard electricity and to construct H.
| tie instruments. she helped him IN getting
books and periodicals that would guide
him in the right way. Indeed, wherever,
mothers care could possibly do anything
for her boy. she had anticipated the de-
sire and thought 1t WAS not strange then
that Guelierlo Narconi made such rapid
progress il his studies ard became full
grown man in experience when he was a
boy OF Is. Money was spent freely for
him and every encourag cement was given
hin in his work
L IS often true Of parents that the
larger thoughts ard plans CT their chill
dren are SUPPRESSED with ridicuie and pro-
hihition. but this condition was not true
OF young SIarconi He was allowed 10
turn one OF the rooms II the house into
a laboratory. and here he was m7rarch
OF I'll he surveyed From early morning
unit late at nignl he was ulGisturbed,
except by an a1xioIs mother. who was
always on the lookout for any addlticna
comforts for him. Wherever he worked
out OF doors. as he often id. it was his
mother who met him ar the door on his
return and made him change his clcthes
ard get prore- rest before taking up any
thing Else inside
Between the mother and son there IS
: strong bond % sympathy ara genuine
love. Narconi formerly accompanied his
mother On her travels: now he takes her
xieh him whenever he car she sTen1s
about SIX months OFT Ct each vea- in
England. living with hin - L0rd7n vhe1
ne is there ard going with him % one
OF MS stations when his work takes hiu
there
she does not mind tha quiet alrost
! loresy. out-of-the-gav places alc1g the
! coast where tl-ese stations are l3cstei
siraply because sic prefers beng win
her s5a 70 beilg shy ether place il th=
world. exceut. perhaps. ~ he- home II
Italy. Il is the sazle nacthsriT fesii1E
however. that she must take ce-e = hin
and ttat re uay, perhaps, over-oc'z him
SELF Il lsf- alone. THAI pcrsuades her 81
srv with him. Ard TIE yong man loves
his mother and does everyth-1s -e CAP Or
her co-fsrt ard entertainment v1ich
fact she conslLers q sufficient reward
Although 3izrccni IS constantly i'ei-e
i--vite5 . 81 sorts Ct sociai tlae-i1-z
ard RS mother zita hir1- Both prefer "a
I've ouietiy- WITH ehsEsslves 80 % speak
/ ,occazionsuy they 50 Together - ths
theatre g esH on some frsslas g re---
: tives q the family. hut simplicity r2rzs
their course wherever rheE u-ay
MS. aIarcoai IS exceedingly rloi=s- 1-l