The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22

about him To suggest the elder Tennyson,
but his personality IS by no means ms t SO
Vigorous. H X I'M 8i5
&s Those who 7 are familiar with the Ten
inyson9 family history will remember that
Lionel, second son. was drowned while
crossing the Red Sen on his wa y home
from India. After that bereavement the
poet could not bearBto lie separated from
Hallam, and during oil the ather's later
years the son rarely left his sid Lord
Hallain Is as devoted 10 the memory Of
This poet father as General ii Fl p. "a Grant
Els 70 n the memory Of his warlike sire.
and considers little poetry wri ten by any
hand but T ennyson's worth reading In y
Memoriam., is Hallam Tennyson's favor
Ute among his ather's tings, .p.Sh "a
because s II was inspired by the uea tn Of
Arthur Hallam,8 his father 81 closest friend
| and for whom the son was nam ed: on
may have read the story OF tho cl1 rist-.
ening. 81
4s8 Lord II my son md IIallam were walk
Hing together to the front. when the latter
asked what the boy nam cfw - 10 be-
I'VE had thought. ans wereedi the S1.a td
lSreate, .,of calling him liam
why not name. him Alfred ~ su gested
the godfather modestly. " 5g8 si Il!
a FOOL !'sreplied the poe IA rotor which III
might perhaps be included u among the
I..'Things one Would Y Rather IN Of Iia ";
/ Said VA 81 III
Italian rennyson .urned out to be no
fool, even II he never ha IS item an y
great poetry He Y has " good by siness
head and served " or some time as q vF
fernor of South Aistralia later. IN 100.
| being appointed ~ temporary Goyernor-
Gene ralSof the entire island to succeed
Lord Hope toun on the resigna ton 9of "a lie
Halter. til is said that the temper AIRY ma
lSture 5of&the appointment was due to his
own stipulation that he should be q sked
to serve for one year sonl HI Ss I M
~ Lord Hallam is q Cambridg &c MIA n.Ss1n
l$1sg78he issued a life OF his IA ther, md q
good one, 3S too.H He also has writ a
l3stak.. ic1 has never been widely read:
Sons from 4 Sta testfie 8 + families.
seq tRrs sens 3 vel Ct We ,n
front are Gener wood s par q hep
| resentatve& Il In Congress-. son OF the la
mented Senator George Frisbie Hoar and
| the son Of iRedfield Proctor, Fl her sDS
\ Proc tor, wi o% Is making 4 tn g runs for the
Governorship Of the 81 reen N1oun tain
State. i fSs sa
m He was. the only candidate before the
and his nomination Is seq " "
alent to election OF course, b Represe ta-
|Etive Hoar was named for his uncle, Ebe-
lEneZer HOCkWOOQ St1OttI WllO " tis y
Der of the II louise thirty years ago, and
served with distinction as q member OF
tie; Joint high conlission which passed
on our claims against Great B ritain$ be-
cause OF the Ala bama's depredat lions dur
ing the Civil War. III n 8s
Oren Root. Jr., manag of the surface
railway lines in q Jew York city, Is not
the son of q q statesman n, III but he lis the
y son OF the present head OF Hamilton
I Colleges n1athemati Teal II department, tho
grandson OF that Cren Root d who made
fame for himself n by his solid achieve
3ments in Hamebon' IS days, and q nephew
Of Ellhu Root. Secretary Of State. since
the death OF John Hay. It Is 4 true rssl
young Root got "a his chance to 60 Into
the street railroad business through his
uncle's Introduction to Presi ent Vree-
land, but after that introdu ct ton the
youngster. now thIrty-two, q ID all the
rest. X 4 " 4.
Vreeland told him that he could begin
In either one sSof two Ways, ale might