The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

A lis life 60 make his vast fortune,
and now he toiled 10 take care OF IT,
The galley slave led a life OF luxurious
ease compared with John Burlxett
Ryder. baited by the yellow nswEpE-
pefs and magazines. investigated by
State committees. dogged BY process
servers. haunted by beggars. harassed
by hiackmailers threatened By kid
nappers. frustrated IN his attempt 70
bestow charity by -hs cry tainted
money certainly the lot OF the
worlds richest man was far from be-
ing an enviabie one.
That Is why Jefferson had resolved
10 strike out for himself He had
warded on the golden yoke which his
father proposed 10 put on his should
ere, declining the lucrative position
made for him In the Empire Trading
Company. aud he had gone 50 far as
10 refuse also the private income his
father offered 10 settle on him. He
would earn HE CWn living man
who has his bread kuttered for him
seldom GccOmpusleA anything NJ Aao
said. ana while his father had appear
I'd to be angry al THIS open opposition
10 MS viii. he was secretly pleased AT
his sons grit. Jefferson was thor
Oughiy ia earnest II needs BE- ne
would foregO the great fortune that
awaited him rather than be forced IN
to questionable business methods
against which hts whole manhood re
yOlted.
Jefferson Ryder felt strongly about
these matters ana gave them more
thought than would be expected o.
most young men with his opportuhl-
les In fact lie was unusually serious
for HIS age. He was not yer thrtys
but he had done a great deal OF read
ing. and he took Keen interest IN al
tie political and sociological questions
OF the hour In personal appearance
he was the type OF man that botn men
ana women Nke-taN ana athletic look
ing with smooth face and ciean-cut
features He had the Hteel-p!ue eyes
and the fighting Jaw OF rs IatnsI' 40
when lie smiled lie displayed two even
rovs IN very white teetl. tie was
Dopular with men, being manly, franz
ma cordlal iu his relations with lheIni
ana women admired him grea'ly, a..
though they were sonewil1t iii I'LL
dated by his grave sud serious Hls ma
-sr The truth was that he was rain
- dirfdent with women IarBeit oN-
ire 10 lack OF experience WIN the4h-
he had never felt the slightest in
eIiuation for business de rae -
.rfiEtic temperament AfohslS
y-lODed and his PERSONA -, s.rsst
E7rffe iu common with N al F7..IIN
ana rs feyerisu stock Hlanlp ulAtlhs:
When be was younger. ne had
dreamed Of a literary or arr career.
Ar one time he had even thousnt OF
going on the stage. But u was 70 =
mar na turned A4A0a A-e 49,
ace he had shown coEslqeIabio sAll-
as a drauRhtsman, and later Two
Years course at the Academy o. De-
sign convinced him that TINS Vas ms
true vocation. He had begun by MUS
rating for the book publishers and
r1r the MAGAZINES. meeting al nrst
with the usual reburfs and clsappoint-
ueuts. but, refusing 10 De discolfaseat
he had kept on ana soon me zoe
turned HIS drawings began 10 De
accepted. They appeared nFst 20 one
zine then IN another. until one
daV. 20 his great JOY, he received An
order from an important nrm or pun
fishers Tor SIX Wash-draWings 10 %
ussd IN illustrating famous novel
This vas the beginning OF his real
z,,~cass ais illustrations were talked
a bout almost as much as the book.
and from that time on everything was
easy. lie vas in great demand by the
publishers and very soon the Young
artist who had begun Ms career ~
en nothing a year 50 70 speak. InNnn
himself IN n handsomely appointed
studio IN Bryant Park. with more
orders coming In than he could possibly
MI. and enjoying an income Of
little less than $ 600 year. The money
was an the sWeeter 20 JEFFERSON IN
that he felt ne had himself earned
every cent OF 60. This summer he was
est-ine himself a weii-dessrved vaca-
ton. and he had come 20 Europe part
~ 10 see Paris and the other art
een+ers about which his fellow stu
5a1fs Al tbe Academy ravsd, but prin-
.fnslly-aithoueh this he ala not &C
knowledge even 10 himself-to meet
I'm Paris a young woman IN whom ne
was more than ordinarily interested
Shirley Rossmore. daughter OF Judge
Rosznsore. OF the United States Su-
prenle Court. who had come abroad 20
recuBerate after the iabOrs on her new
novel ''The American Octopus"
book which was then the talk % two
hemispheres
Jefferson had read half a dozen re-
views OF So in a g many American papers
that afternoon al the New York
Heraids reading room IN the Avenue
de IOpera, and ne chuckled with glee
as he thought how accurately this
young woman had described his father.
The book had been published under
the pseudouym shirley Green and
ne alone had been admitted into The
secret OF authorship. The critics all
conceded that 90 was the book OF the
wear ard that IL portrayed with d pitt
less pen the personality or the biggest
figure I'M the commercial life OF
America. Although, wrote one
reviewer, the leading character
en- the book Is given another
name there can be no doubt that the
author intended 70 give TO the world
a vi 1d pen portrait OF John Burkett
Ryder. She has succeeded IN present
ing a remarkable characters study OF
the most remarkable man OF hts
time
He was particularly pleased with
the reviews, not only for Miss Ross
nOre's sake but also because his own
vanity was gratihed. Had he not col
Elaborated on the book 10 the extent
OF acQuainting the author with de-
tails Of his fathers life, and his char
acteristics which no outsider could
possibly have leaTned2 There had
been no disioyalty 10 his father i'm
doing this. Jefferson admired his
fathers smartness II he could not
approve his methods He did not con
slider the book an stack on his father,
but rather a pos ertully written pen
picture OF an extraordinary man.
Jefferson had met Shirley Rossmora
two years before at a meeting or the
Schiller Society, Il pseudo-llteFary or
ganizatiou gotten up by a lot OF old
f0gies for no useful purpose. and AT
whose monthly meetings the poet who
gave the society its Iame was prO5a-
bly, the last person 10 be discussed.
Tie had gone out OF curiosity. anxious
10 take In all the freak shows New
York had 20 offer. and he had been in
trOduced 10 "A tall girl with p pale,
thoughtful face and firm mouth She
was a writer. Miss RessmOre told him,
and this was her first visit 10 the
evening receptions OF the Schiller So
elety Hair alphabetically she added
that IL was likely % he her last, FOR.
frankly. she was bored 10 death. But
she explained that she had to go 70
these affairs. az she found them use
RAJ in gathering material for literary