Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27
ATTAIN COLE RESIDENCE

! the inelegant dead as a doornail," D."
we know very little.
SO this, then, is a little journey to
the home of William Jennings Bryan.
Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, is
quiet city of 10000, with more COM
Portable, pretty homes than any place
Of its size west of the Mississippi.
With the combined aid of the Col
lege View" car and a scent piece it
is possible to journey from the main
street of Lincoln to a point on the
rolling prairie three miles east, where
a tiny green shed by the roadside af-
fords shelter for six persons at a time,
also for the penciled names of some
5000 other persons who have been
there before.
Some of these autographs are ap-
pended to brief statements, one OF
which reads, Bryan, president some
day"
The Smith" who wrote this may
be a prophet
From the green shed to Fairview
| is a somewhat uphilly half mile. Fair
view is the name of Mir. Bryan's farm
house 1t is well named. The view
on every side is fair and far. 1t is
circling stretch of undulating prairie,
two bronze beasts, also from Japan.
The beast on the left is Conservatism
its mouth is shut tight. The one on
the right is RadiCalism-its mouth
wide open, and it's teeth show even
more than Teddy's when he smiles and
| thick-dotted with buildings, large and
small, and livened on the west by the
smoking chimneys of the city and the
dome of the statehouse. And the
winds never rest at FairvieW, which
| Is a purely modern house Of Clipped
red brick looking as if it had been
intended for a city street and had got
to its present place by mistake
| In the front yard of the great COM
moner's l59-acre farm stands tall
stone lantern, which was given him in
Japan during his recent trip around
the world. Flanking the broad stone
steps leading to the front porch are
The Middle Course
Radicalism is on the right, you vii
observe. But also observe that in en-
tering or leaving his home, Mr.. Bryan
always walks between the two.
Twelve years ago, when he had saved
up little money from his law prac-
tice, Bryan bought the first five acres
of this farm. To put it his way, each
acre cost him 500 for scenery, 500 tol
climate and $50 for soil.
And it's worth all / paid for it, ht
said, as he bundled himself I'm a great
| coat to take me out TO see the cows
and chickens and corn. For at heart ht
Is a very good farmer and whenever
he has a chance he pitches hay anC
guides the plow, and I'm high boots ant
a blue flannel shirt digs holes for the
new concrete fence posts he is now put
ting in.
Aren't those pollsd Jerseys fine!" h'
exclaimed as he squeezed through th'
COW lot gate. And how's that for I
SOW! She just came in from Illinoi
last week. No, l don't bother abou
taking prizes at the county fairs, but
do like good butter and rich milk anC
there's no pork quite as fine as tina
you butcher yourself"
Twenty COWS and a couple of regis
tered bulls; twenty fat pigs and biz
circular crib of yellow corn-all thi
back Of the fine brick stable, in which
the Bryan family lived several months
while the house was being finished
four years ago Then there are tn
chickens over In a coop, which has
sliding door of their owners invention
and with them a turkey or two, whil
the vegetable garden slopes down to
little creek I'm the meadow.
In this stable, which is modern II
every particular, are the horses Th
first one shown Is General-"the hors
/ rode through all the battles i'm whicl
fought during the Spanish-Americal
lwar," the big man smilingly says whel