Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-07-15

s and Bryan Leayitt.
beverages except for herself. Each
memHer of the household orders ap-
propagate disheS demanded by the
morning appetite. Guests do the
same.a
NTH Bryan seldom takes a walk
arohM the estate before breakfast.
A cola bath is INDUCED in es soon as
he rises. Then he hastily prepares
his toilet and descends to the base
ment dining room for hearty break
fast os&eggs, usually scrambled, beef
steahaor broiled chicken, hot corn
cakesSand milk fl ssh from his own
dairy; ;9s After this lie plunges into the
work, 5,of the day. He receives his,
mail sba rural free delivery. He goes
over the first batch before Mrs. Bryan
has put her household affairs in shape
to joi9Sh.m' in his workroom. Then
he begins debating to her. Mr.. Bryan
is rapid talker, but his wife, al
thougig knowing none of the estab-
lished Estenographic systems, Is able
to keeptpace with his dictatiol. She
uses agmethod Of authorizations OF her
own cdntrivance. He also dictates to
her most of his editorials for The
Commoner. Mrs. Bryan understands
the political situation in detail almost
as welblas her husband. For years
she yhas:been travelling with him,
the men who confer with him
and taking part in the discussions.
She now has most capable private
secretary and handles heavier cor
responaence than MI. Bryan. She re-
ceives Herself a grent many letters
and all get answers. She also an
swers q great many letters Of her
husband s.. He indicates the answers
and she dictates the replies.
His editorials in The Commoner
and much Of his other literary work
Is dictated to her, and she writes on
the Typewriter instead of taking notes.
She isssa capable and experienced
writer, and those who are familiar
with tkis class Of work can under
stand the adyantage of g having an,
amanuensis who is ;alway Us read with
a word; ia phrase or an idea: this
respect the twvo are5in perfect synlIas
thy, tsaaHst9
fatigues They intersperse this with
attention to visitors and other mat
ters.
Two interesting personages Of the
Bryan household are the grandchil-
dren, Ruth and Bryan Leavitt, aged
four and three. They are the chill
dren of Homer and Ruth Bryan
Leavitt.
MIR. Bryan has no office in the shop
in Lincoln where The Commoner Is
published, but occasionally he drops
in to- see how the paper Is getting
along. This is typical country news
paper office. 1t smells of benzine and
printers ink. Old piles of exchanges
are in the corner, and the man who
gets chair with whole bottom In 1t
is fortunate. Cartoons and prints
decorate the walls, and scraps Of re-
print are pasted here and there. The
flies feed on the flour paste and the
inkwells clog up with ants. The
smoking pipes of the printers are
older than the town and stronger than
the uplift movement in the Office of a
reform magazine.
1t is interesting to Lote that this
is the headquarters of the whole
Bryan movement. There are no
smart head clerks and liveried mes
senger boys.
It is said that The Commoner pays
its editor about 5000 month and
others "get a good living" 1t is a
fairly prosperous property, but no
strain is made to pile up big profits.
That is Immediately plain to any
experienced newspaper man who
watches the way of doing things. Mr..
Bryan Is apparently content to have
it disseminate his doctrines, to pay
its own way and support its workers,
and give fair returns.