The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-11-17
". R. HEARST At
HOME AND IN
PUBLIC
information Regarding Noted Man
Who is Fighting the POliti1
cal Bosses.

While his name has been widely cir
culated throughout the country
through his newspapers and his ad-
vocacy of municipal ownership, com
paratively few persons know the real
Mr. Hearst Hearst has been looked
upon as a good fellow and a hustler.
He IS tau-more than six feet high
square shouldered and smooth faced.
He walks with an easy gait and has
the western swing TO him. wearing a
soft hat and a long frock coat His
voice is soft and well modulated, and
he IS quite deliberate in his speech,
having himself wei under control. In
ais manner he Is always courteous and
attentive. He was graduated from
Harvard about twenty years ago. Al
that time be had the journalistic in
stinct In him and was member OF
the editorial stan of the Harvard
LampO0n, the college paper.
ut wasn't much of a paper" laugh
ed ne, but IL answered my purpose
at that time"
After college the journalistic idea
still chung 10 him and upon returning
TO his home in California he asked his
father FOR the san Francisco Exami
ner. then owned by the elder Hearst
The Examiner was then losing about
all that Hearst. senior, thought he
cared 20 stand and he did not fancy
having the expense lists run up by an
ambiti 0us amateur. just fresh from the
+ enterprising Lampoon. But the son
was insistent. and promised 70 make
the newspaper property pay. So u
was turned over 90 him. and the prom
Use was made good. Then came the
venture In New York and the revOlu
tion In journalistic methods. Mr.
I Hearst is not an athlete Ito the gener
; al acceptalion of the term, but he be
! lieves Ia plenty OF healthful exercise
/ AZ college ne PLAYED baseball, but he
admits thai he wasn't particular
f strong I'm the game. He has no
acquired the golf habit as he says fl
takes too long 90 set back" He i.
fond of horseback riding, however
and takes run through the parl
i whenever he has The opportunity
That be Is of an artistic temperament
one can tell by a glance at his home
Am0ng the many paintings in hi:
house az East Twenty-eiehth stree
and Lexington avenue. Is The Vacci
nation OF the Babies" by Dagnan BOu
.veret. who painted the celebrated
painting of the Saviour I'm Mr.. Prick
q -home. Jean Beraud's "CrucifxiOn.
Detaulie's Reconnaissance. GerOme'l
/ Napoleon Before Cairo Lenbacha
portrait of his Grandmother and Mer
sons "Fight Inc Egypt His drawinl
room is filled with choice Dric-a-bra,
and rare collections of pottery from
an parts of The world He has a re
marlable collection of Egyptian pot
tery which De gathered personally. an,
many odd bits of armor and weapons
I Among mis- armOr Is giadistorial hei
met from PompeH that was secured
by Sir William Hamilton. when he wa.
ambassador 10 Naples in 179S, ID hav
ing been presented 10 him by the Ear
OF Aberdeen. ar Hearst has ais
many trophies from the Spanish
American war. nearly all of whicl
were obtained by him on the scene o
action.
But OF all his collection there is on
sem thar he prizes most Of allan.
thaf IS his baby-Ge1rse Hearst--0n
wear and a half old dignihed by hi
father as the professor.