The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
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% l9 tl1l9 Lawson Lnat near every
body talking nbout7 What's he like |?
Is Who lis llic7s III &. .5i. si 33;s IA
Il Thcso questions nre being asked Il In
T. Winnipeg and New Orleans, Philadelphia
and Portland, ore. Oshkosh and Kokon1o,
Halifax ana Pugwash, Cleveland and
tucson, Kanyas city and Albuaucrduc;;s
AZ mob only throughout America. but IN
/ London. Paris, Borlit, and st. Pctcrsburg.
4 ySh word, Iii the parlors Of fashionable
q richness, Ill the t1,ar!xcts OF tho globe, on
Tho "Bourse,.t ..tbc street, K wherever;
and whcncycrSincn most do congregate"
there 3 Is being asked who ls this
Lawson !. M s5 8s8a 3l #8s3s
5i85I ,rhe same question was put when; q
Il short, slight man, a. pale lieu tenant OF
artillery came ~ III Il ana tralnpled Il the
a French Revolution 70 quiet.ide and sat
the same time swung tho rabblc IN solid
rank TO his own t er,silp This M !,
y him, wl,o7' Who Is he y ss Said to be.
aon,e s. nondescript from, Corsica, With
italian blood, Z, was the reply, and the
q cultivated, elite 81 exclusive, learned, self
Satisfied society Of the European cities
shrugged ITS shoulders and with depre-
81 ca ting gesture Dismissed the, man with
S"I'oohl Tie presumption. q me fallow.
they "a ID no more attention 70 MN IF
i AZ, Ana "a; In the earlier days Of La wson's
"a "a recr the arstocratic copper stool g svr-
IL eng bl,ie blooded bankers and sleek, com X
F nlaccnt railrond magnAtes Of Boston dis
K missed Lawson Will, the comment:
..Iaawther nerpy Of him. seems 70 me- me-.
What Eiss his idea, nnyWhy
Next Europe knew Of Napo ne ne ", va
Il. II the ficldsiS The peace Of Europe was
v tj,,4on tencd officers suddenly n sslSeu
35t "a TIER fair friends and By ckled on their
e swords even as hoy Lett.
md satIned codger III his corner did not
even have to ask now: " no 10 ttnl6s E!Sl,
poicon 3.tg Napoleon was telling the ~ or1a =
who he was, In deed Of ~ =.
and his name was already dig Son ls \,
across Europe. Napol eon 81. WE $ uo ~,
y tia "a Informing business himself: . Y
E established 4 rules Of warfare and theaa
q i,ctIca " science OF existing Europe we're
"A heirr daily upset and the ablest gem zen .
ernls 81 tins then modern HoT y, I, 80
Y nut as wax IN tho hands OF THIS ins '
& hcant SlleutenantSof artiueTy. ss, y
Believes He Is Napoleon:
\. homas ". Lawson Boston, believes "p
That he IS n apolcon. Lawson peneY g .s,,.s
ilst as truly as did the klllcrit s. wv -.
climbed haystacks In 1S4S DC y,
Nj moment of the Lord was come $W y, tnSy
upon the wings OF AMI gels. q. IS t.a
I d u,son Is the reflcction OF the I'm pres
5s am ia has gained from ahorlou s,l care.
ful. pains ia king long pursue stu .Ey =
gSt "a "a "a paigns OF three men. hese men
NJ ara caesar, poleon and Fl ederick ire
Grca Lawson & optnio q THESE /. t l.F
generals is that they nre the sIea as Z. :.
history with he posslb exception s. /. y =
VI Wan nibal i. He regards HI rnlbal, g trans.
norfa tion of the pack OF IA gnuf inns ana
III hobocx n A cross tho "a lips and Hannipals :;
n campaigns II, italy as one OF the grea test
@ nd most brilliant heyene nts IN q ne
World. lawson takes up Caesar 70 e =
3 st,,dv q purpose and he Illustrate or q o.
how, success must be q rem orseless aatserl.'i
ence to q single purpose: he ake q. "
Frederick tho Great to warna himself ~, =, =
~ nj ~ mower. OF care fulneas and wis
dan: 10 warn i,imselt e that ho must not %
81 0get 100 gay;,,# to force himself to remem M
Il hcr that farsightedness and carefulness
y ara awful qualities to combat, He taxes
In Eapoleon--ah,# Napoleon! Napoleon!
sa 1ie IS Lawson's text book. his primer. flis
Bible, his food. sust cnan ce-lite g = apot.
con answers SO many things 81 rlkee!
strike like lightning! Twist, and before
Il gtha enemy can bury Its dead. strike gain!
Cara r,aught Tor the traditions Of tactics.t
All rules car, be laughed out Of 3court--it
Z the man only knows how to do 1t. 6
Announce 4 to all IA EUROPE that you are
WI Yre pa ring for an expedition against ~.
PetcrsburE and then hust 10 your arm y
4 swiftest possible manner into Spain IS
81 sue hal ICE advertisement that YOU are
II going to do this with the market, 5s Z hen
& move WI III twice the swiftness Of Charles.
pected. Fight many open bal ties. 4 hen
meet the Archduke Charles with his army
b Of - hundred thousand mon and don't
fight a battle. not q single battle Win
him. Deploy your army in sections and
move with twice the swiftness OF Cha rles5
4 HIS army Is destroyed and not q 81 gle
battle has been fought. hat was Ma
& poleon, 5 7lS IL 5yi5s5g 8 .S$ h III .5 Az iis
vi; Mako your gigantic raid Il on stocks
Thursday, DECEMBER 3 l9ol When en- rs
III over, tel them you are coming again. Hut
don't tell them when. They will think u
4 IS Immediately But don't strike tm-
mcdately. Let them become confident
4 again. When they arc nfident, then
strike. That is. Lawson.
Personal Appearance.
y In Napoleon Lawson finds bis instruo;-5
tor, his comforter and his inspiration. On
tte very rtrc occasions when one sees
Lawson at a social function, one sees a
maY,Swho looks to be not over fort tlve,5
4 handsome maj all$yat graceful lils
checks arc rudy with apparent health
Il IIe Is quiet and has the ma nners $of q
Chesterfield, Tho first glance would mako
tho observed think he was % thoroughly
successful society man. KS he les are
Harmed with him. q nd many a. veteran
society widow signs and wishes he were
4 only single, Such AN appeRla nee Is the
man who ID fighting sing handed Henry
4 III. a Rogers William Rockefeller, James
stilinar,E ] ohm Mccall. J, T.. MORGAN a d.
dicks and other OF tho group OF fnanciers
he culls the 4 Standard o!l,Amalgamated.
e city Bank crowd, and demonstrates
WITH their money power es THE systen;"
t3a But to go back to his origin WA9g ~
4 this Lawson? 1 Ho was born In Charles
town, Mass, Ii, tho shadow Of Bunker
B It'll, His father was carpenter from 70!
NJ Nova Scotia and young Lawson, was IN
& the last grade Of the grammar sonool
whom llo started out on his own account,
Instead OF going to school one day, he
tramped across the bridge to Boston and
Senteplng - brokers' office on state Street,
4 got q Job as office boy. brokers on!ee
all HneCla to-. even