The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-02

home. Mr.. Whitman, who had been
educated in Germany and had become
specially interested in Bismarck, came
to the favorable attention of the great
man through having written "Imper-
ial Germany" work which showed
how important Bismarck had been to
the unifcation of Germany. The old
man, then seventy-six but still full of
vigor as indeed he was at so, invited
the author to visit him and with that
occasion began their many conversa-
tions. Mr.. Whitman's last visit was
made on the day that Bismarck died
and he was one of the very few who
were allowed to. see the old man after
his death.
Mr.. Whitman's book is of special in
terest because of the many references
in 1t which indicated Bismarck's cor
dial feelings toward this country and
its people. He was a close friend of
Motley.
Yes Motleys was a sngularly ideal
and lofty character" he said.
But was he not of rather delicate
physique?" i Ventured to ask, struck
by the contrast between the giant at
my side, and my own impression of
Motley's stature
''Oh, no, scarcely delicate; but his
was sensitively nervous organiza-
ton. A few glasses of wine soon made
him lively. And then he would lean
back in his chair, and, with his hands
under his coat behind his back, he
would recall his favorite song of the
student days we spent together at
Gottingen:
" In good old colony times,
When we lived under a king,
Three rOu2iSh ChaDS
Fell into mishaps
Because they could not sing ETC."
"He was also particularly attached
to George Bancroft, so that
when it became question of
Bancroft being recalled from his
post of United States minis
ter at Berlin, Bismarck wrote especial
ly to his friend Motley and begged him
to intercede with the President to all
low Bancroft to remain: and he did
remain. Bismarck told me that when
Gen. Grant came to Berlin he accom-
panied him to see one of the reviews
at the Tempelhofer field, Grant was
not we'll that day, and they had to
drive out in a closed carriage. Grant
looked downcast, and told Bismarck
that II worried him to think that he
was to meet the Prussian soldiers sit
ting coddled up in a carriage like any
ordinary civilian. Never you mind
that, Gen. Grant" Bismarck said, you
may sit here hidden from view, but
our soldiers are we'll aware what sort
of fighting man is in this closed car
rage"
When not defending his title to some
amateur championship, such as
racquets or squash Mr.. Eustace II.
Miles. NJ. A. spends his time in in
structing Cambridge youth and in
writing books. Now and then Mr..
Miles dashes off an article on How to
Grow Thin" or How to Grow Fat"
or How TO live" The vulgar call
MIR. Miles crank on food, but IL he
is he is crank with a system. In
most of his articles he tells how nee
essary proteid is to the sustenance OF
\ the human body and having created
demand for proteid he establishes d
3 factory Which turns out proteid biscuit
in a quantity to supply all demands
The above explanation is made apro-
pos of a book on daily Training
which Mr. Miles and Mr., f., f. Ben
+ son, author of ''Dodo," have together
written. Mr.. Miles does not believe in
eating meat; Mr.. Benson does. Mr..
Miles does not smoke: Mr.. Benson en-
joys the weed and thrives with or in
spite of it, Mr.. Miles prefers a cold
bath; Mr.. Benson takes his warm,
thank you. Now each of these gen.
tlemen lays down in his book his laws
for daily training and. very naturally,
two sets of, laws are presented. The
reader is fortunate in not having to
buy Two books to get two sides to the
matter of daily training. Here are, two
systems presented, which now and then
run together, but which are essentially
different. Mr.. Miles is a living expo
nent of the value of his system, be-
cause he is a noted athlete who keeps
In constant training, he says, merely,
through right feeding. Mr. Benson is
also an exponent of system but it Is
of the Benson system, for he is the
sturdiest sort of literary man possible.
Daily Training" deserves large
sale. It is published in both England
and America,