The Washington herald., 1907-10-09

and while talking with them. Senator
March made HIS adieux and came up.
Come" he said. my brougham is be-
low; let us take a turn together round
the speedway"
Sir Percy liked the simple friendliness
I or senator March'S tone and manner, and
readily accepted. AS the two men passed
along the corridor Of the hotel another
man was entering, who came I'D and
shook hands with Roger March. The
I newcomer carried a satin-llned overcoat
on his arm and his hat fin MS hand. HIS
/ appearance was so striking that 10 see
him once was 10 remember him. He was
OF medium height. rather handsome with
dark hair slightly streaked with gray. Il
thin-lpped. well-cut mouth and ewes Of
peculiar keeness-the eyes that see every-
thing and tell nothing. A few pleasant
words were exchanged and Senator
March and Sir Percy passed on. Out
side. a handsome brOugbam with a pair
OF impatient horses. was waiting. The
TWO men entered. and in a little while
We're whirling along the level curve Of
the boulevard which skirts the river. The
sun was sinking rodiy and the water
was Wlne-colored. in the old Homerjc
phrase. The air was like champagne
with sharpness In 1t brought bv the
breeze from the inland sea hundred miles
away
Did YOU observe" asked Senator
March, the man 7 spoke 10 coming our
lot the h0tel2 Il was Nicholas CoIcgrovo
one OF those thoroughly American tvpes
that are worth observing. He is The
son OF COngregationalist minister
somewhere up ia New England He
managed 90 pay his boys way through
Ia small college. Then C0lpgrove went
into a railway office as clerk. BY sheer
force OF intellect ne has forced his way
upward until be is the strongest man in
railway circles in this country. Not
That everybody knows it--oh no! Cole
grove Is one Of those men who avoids
the shadow Of power as much as he
loves its substance He keeps sedulousIv
in the background: but there Isn't a
railway president in this country who
would Ike to antagonlze Nicholas Cole
grove"
zone sees at a glance" replied Sir
Percy. that he is a strong man"
a very strong man. He shows a sort
Of good viii for me. but as / am chair
man of the committee on railroads. I
don't cultivate the intimacy Of Nicholas
Colegrove. l am a little afraid Of the
man."
There are wonderful and diverse
American types" said Sir Percy, "of men
aod women. who are so distinctively
American that they seem to belong TO
this continent as much as Indian corn
and the giant trees Of California"
Perhaps so, and our friends the Army
tages, for example. are a very distinctive
American type. Armytage himself is
sensible man. good lawyer. and a hard
worker in the House. but he is rashIy
outspoken and fiery tempered. His wife
Is good creature, devoted and domestic
but OF no particular value TO Armytage
in his public life, as she always approves
Of everything he does. The charming
Miss Armytage is the real political man
ager OF the family. She. is a born di-
plomatist, if ever I saw one. and manages
TO conciliate the enemies whom Armytage
makes by this hasty temper and un-
guarded tongue. I admire Lucy Army
tage very much, and often thought. il
ever I had a daughter. I would wish her
to be like her. I have known her ever
since she was { schoolgirl. and often
call her by her first name"
i thought said Sir Percy, that Amer
lean women took no share in public life?'
Not openly, but every official position
in this country, including that of the
Presidency, has some time or other been
determined by a woman. l know of a
Presidential convention where at midnight
a train was chartered, and tie party man
ayers, making a run of 80 miles in 167
knocked up a possible candidate
at o'clock in the morning and asked If
he would consent to have his name pre-
sented to the convention. Wait until l
talk with my wife. was his answer He
went upstairs, remained fifteen minutes.
and came down. and said: No, gentle
men; my wife has the doctors opinion
that my heart is weak, and she refuses to
consent that / shall run. 1t turned out
afterward that the nomination would have
been equivalent 10 an election. Oh, no.
our American women, as rule, carefully
avoid any appearance Of meddling with
politics. but they have great deal to do
with it nevertheless. Just as the Roman
ladies had in their time"
TO BE C0NTINVTD TO-AIORROW