Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-03-20
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IS 48 YEARS old

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steps leading to the front porch are
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 its teeth show even
more than Teddy's when he smiles and
says "dee-lighted."
Twelve years ago when he had
saved up little money from his law
practice, Bryan bought the first five
acres of this farm. To put it his way,
each acre cost him 800 for scenery,
800 for climate and $50 for soil
The farm is well stocked with prize
cattle. sleek horses and fat swine, and
the Nebraskan finds one Of his great
est pleasures in these animals. The
house itself is handsomely, but simply
! furnished, with the library as its most
| distinctive feature.
! Like the rest of the house, it is
! handsomely furnished, with a-plenty
of polished oak and four walls of ii
teresting pictures-pictured walls very
often reflect the personalities dwelling
within them, you know.
From these walls look down Lin
coin and Webster, Tolstoy, Bryan
| himse,f-a large portrait in oil-and
Mrs. Bryan and jefferson. There is
also picture of the capitol in Wash
ington, done in split straw by an
| Italian admirer.
: The books on the shelves run the
whole gamut of literature, ancient
and modern, with the emphasis on
essays and economic subjects, and the
! flat-top desk, a massive affair." is
lightly burdened with writing material,
! since the Bimetalist-he is still that
does nearly all his writing in his
office in the basement.
In, the library, as in every other
room. there are curious and beautiful
trinkets, some of them rare and valu-
able, which were given to the organs
III foreign COuUITles.
In the billiard room upstairs are
hosts of queer-looking contrRptions
given him by missionaries here and
there in heather lands. Among these
are many samples of the hats worn
. by various peoples, and in these the
Nebraskan takes peculiar delight. He
. dons one after another, even to the
. weird headgear of the Paree widow
and each time he smiles funny smile
. as if seeking some sort of expression
. TO fit the top-piece.
!. Bryan. when at home, gets up al
: every morning, so as to write Z
while before breakfast, and from tina
!. time until 10 at night, is about a
: busy as any man in the country. AM
: the biggest Bryan is the co-worke
: with Mrs. Bryan, who is his constan
I: companion in everything he does Sh
I: studied law just after they were ma
:: red and was admitted to the bar-nc
!: because she wanted to practice, bu
: because she wanted to be real hel
= to her husband in his work. And thu
: she was and still is.
I" Now that his work has resolved i
" self so largely into writing-writin
:" editorials, lectures, letters books an
" articles for magazines-she hs
" learned to use a typewriter, and, b
" sides his big desk in the office, in Il
" basement of Fairview, is a little stan
" at which she sits whenever he is ther
" taking dictation on the machine
" answering some of the hundred
" more letters that are sent out to hi
=" from the Commoner office every da
" All his mail is delivered to the offit
. of his weekly paper, which is just O
the main street in Lincoln and
m supervised by his brother. Charles Y
as Bryan. And last year 100000 lettel
rs addressed to William Jennings Brya
a with. variations, were received there
es He seldom goes to the office of h
"A paper, though he writes the leadir
nv editorial for it each week and keeI
n a close eye on the proofs.
81 His home life is as simple as tn
IN of the average well-to-do farmt
:. though it differs from the latter
~ most ways. In a coy little frar
Al. house not far from Fairview lives l
farm superintendent, who looks aft
h. the stock ard the crops for "Farme
be Bryan seldom has time from his de
Nv % lntx after the actual running
e. things He keeps close track of HI
cd matters are "cornin' on" howev
ard he knows good corn and whe
es and ine COW almost as well as
is knows political economy, which Is We
n well indeed.
ar. His exemplary life which, in.
ng moral aspects, might wen be accept