The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-09


 Maj. H. B. Hersey. who is representing the United States weather bureau with the Walter Wellman exploring expedition, Is man whose cool courage and love of adventure are not indicated in his manner or physical makeup. When he Is in civilized quarters of the globe he is devoted to social life. and at his club or in drawing room he Is the typical so- ciety man. Small, lightly built, with pol ished manners and good taste in clothes, Major Hersey looks like soldier, an aerounaut and an arctic explorer, yet he is extremely fond of undertakings at which the average man would hesitate.
 When Walter Wellman's tour was be- ing discussed just after he had announced his intention of discovering the North Pole Major Hersey suggested to the weather bureau with which he had been connected for a number of years, that a weather observer should be assigned to duty on the Wellman airship. When he was asked whether he believed there was a member of the service who would not resign If offered such duty, he replied that he knew the man for the place, and suggested himself. He was appointed without opposition An opportunity for a balloon ride across the English chan nel presented itself to Major Hersey when he was in Paris with MT Wellman. Lieu tenant Lahm, who was to race the Amer ican balloon in the international contest, had French assistant. The Frenchman was too patriotic to make the race against his fellow countrymen, so Major Hersey offered his services, and the American balloon won the race.
 Major Hersey was in charge of the weather bureau at Santa Fe, New Mexico, when the Spanish-American was was de- clared. He became a major in the Rough Riders and messed with Colonel Roosevelt in Cuba, where the two became warm friends. Just before he left Washington Major Hersey was at Walter Wellman's office one afternoon packing some guns and ammunition In a long narrow boy. Tt does look bit like coffin," he said to friend but am not superstitious :" Major Hersey has had number of as- signments as a weather observer. He al- ways registers from Louisville, because he liked the Kentucky metropolis SO well during his stay there that he decided to call 1t "home"
 Marry pretty woman to be happy, and a bright one to be successful, says a proverb. There Is one wealthy American who owes his fortune to the fact that he married a good cook. T. A. Snider of Cincinnati, whose royalties for the use of his name on catsup bottles bring him a revenue that admits of his being a globe trotter and yachtsman, was in moderate circumstances until he awakened to tie commercial possibilities of Mrs. Sniders catsup. The industrious housewife made such an appetizing relish that her neigh bors clamored for 1t, and a strong local demand sprang up on account of their praise. MT. Snider put the catsup on the market fin connection with other food products he was manufacturing, and soon the business grew to large proportions. Ther are now branches in several foreign countries and MT. Snider spends his winters yachting in the south, his sum merrs in cooler climes, with an occasional trip to Europe or the Orient. Unlike many wealthy Americans MT. Snider Is proud rather than ashamed of having be- come rich in trade, and is fond of telling how 1t happened He Is an enthusiastic tarpoon fisherman, and finds no little d. version In the Florida Keys with hook and line. His houseboat, Buckeye" cruiser modelled after an Ohio river "stern wheeler" was one of the sight of the Florida coast before he bought a steam yacht. At each anchorage or landing he kept open house and received all Flori- dans who cared to accept his hospitality.
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