Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-02

ito write less and think more.' The editorial writer saw the point and fol lowed the suggestion.
 Mir. Reid's courtship was not the least characteristic feature of his ca reer. He was a man of forty when he met Miss Mills, then a debutante of eighteen. The siege for her hand began soon after, but victory was not achieved until after campaign of four years. The persistency which built up the Tribune during its dark days won out in affairs of the heart.
 MT. and Mrs. Reid have two children "a son, Ogden Mills Reid, and a daughter, Miss Joan, who is quite a sportswoman and drives four-in-hand with as much ease and grace as that displayed in entertaining guests at one of the splendid functions of the Ameri- can ambassador.
 Upon being told that he failed to rec ognize his friends on the street Reid said that he made it a rule never to bow to any one on the street, as he would have to keep his head bobbing so much it would leave him with a crick in his neck and bad temper.
 The story, once persistently repeated, that Reid had hand in throwing Hor- ace Greeley out of the Tribune is de nied by those who claim to know the history of that transaction. The real man responsible was Samuel Sinclair, Greeley's partner. The scheme was to make Schuyler ColfaX editor and to throw out Reid along with his chief. Mir. Reid called in his assistants to bid them goodby when there was laid on his desk telegram connecting Schuy- Ter Colfax with the Credit Mobilier scandal. Seeing the significance of the news. he rushed to some of his financial friends. induced them to put up the money to finance the Tribune and thus got control of it himself.
 At the time of King Edwards coro- nation Mir. Reid was assigned to car-' riage with the French and Turkish ann bassadors. and the American was re- auired to sit with his back to the horses. To this Reid objected SO stren- uously that he was given a carriage to himself at the kings special order.
 At a great Republican meeting in New York Reid. then a candidate for vice president. occupied box just un- der one reserved for Chauncey NJ De pew. Upon his appearance the vice presidential nominee was greeted with cheering so prolonged that he arose to acknowledge the greeting The cheers continued until he was about to un- bend and make a speech. when he was frozen 10 observe the audience con vulsed with laughter. He soon dis covered the cause. however. The gen iaI Chauncey had thought the ovation intended for himself.
 Once Threatened by General Rosecrsns.
 General RoSecraus once threatened to have Reid. then q war correspond ent. shot for teIegraphing to the Gin cinnati Gazette that the West Virginia mountaineers were SO ignorant they did not know enough tO cut ROserans' telegraph lines. As the Gazette circu- lated through West Virginia this amounted to a suggestion to the noun taineers to cut the wires. Reid es- caped the ire Of the general by his speed in placing tine Ohio river be- tween them.
 One of Mr. Reid's chief assistants on the Tribune was the late John Hay.
 In appearance Mir. Reid is tan. with 6 distinguished manner. always well dressed. suave and courteous. but with a certain reserve. He is at ease in any company and has the rare faculty of saying the. right word at the right tine. In addition To his palatial house in London. be has rented an expensive English country seat called WreSt Park. and bis entertainments are far and away the most expensive and elsbo- rate ever given by an American ann basss1or. T. A. EDGERTOS.