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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

stumps, in succession-at the noon
hour. All Hawaiians take keen in
terest in politics. The speech I heard
was in the Hawaiian tongue, the only
words understood being beef
trust;;" this the speaker said very
plainly In English, there probably be.
ing no equivalent In Hawaiian. AS
he proceeded from stump to stump,
his audience .,waned perceptibly-
perhaps. from a native Incidence of
temperament which could not cling
very long to one thing. At any rate.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12


back
the Fairbanks
of
Owen Wster fails n
few He writing
lucrative To gather
His he
studied
his native CITY, but
several studying
his love for
reads the Paris
Wanley He
Heis
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
Cause for Alarm.

A young man had been counting q
girl for nine years. Jennie" he said,
one evening, Il read the other day that
in $4,000 years Niagara falls would
dry up"
Jennie clutched his arm excitedly.
why, what's the matter?" he
asked.
why, you promised to take me
there on our bridal trip. Don't you
think you had better be a little care
full that it does not dry up before wo
get there?"
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Whv He Got Deorees.
Giving and Receiving.

Hall porter to person soliciting 4
favor at ministry: "The minister re-
ceives from ten o'clock to midday
"All right" says the other, but at
what hour does he give?"-Paris Fig.
arO.
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OF Two Exila.

You're such a wretched writer, ft's
a wonder you wouldn't get a typewrtt.
ing machine"
Il would, only that would show what
miserable speller I am"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

a. m. tired to death with dancing
and all dazed with the lights. It is a
clover and lavender bath.
"A little bag containing handful of
dried clover tops and lavender flowers
IS thrown into the tub and the hot
water Is turned on. As the water cools
the scent of the lavender and clover
comes out and the bath becomes med
1cated and perfumed. It IL a sure cure
for insomnia" -" 80 -
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
All Beach,,

Wilfred was sitting upon his "a
ther's knee watching his mother AZ.
ranging her hair.
Papa hasn't any Marcel waves like
that" said the father laughingly.
Wilfred, looking up at his fathers
bald pate, replied, "Nope; no waves:
it's all beach."-Harper's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
unhappjiv Alike,

"He has no ear for music" said
Bulger, pityingly. Its actually
fact that he couldn't distinguish be-
tween the air of America and that
Of God Save the King"
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PORT ARTHUR RECALLED

The passing of the death sentence upon Cen
Stoessel is harsh ending to the career of this
Russian commander, who three years ago was
acclaimed around the world the hero of Port
Arthur" The general who was decorated by
Emperor William of Germany and honored by the
Russian army for his defense of the Port Arthur
Fortress has now been tried and found wanting
in courage and capability by his own people.
Even Stoessel's former enemies, the Japanese
came forward 70 say that he does not deserve
this treatment at hands of his country, and Stoes-
sci himself argued before the court martial tina:
ae had justification for his act IN his last words
3efore the court Gen. Stoessel, broken in health
And fortune, accented full responsibility for the
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
AUTHOR LOSES IN POLITICS

Owen Wister, author of The Virgnian," has
been taking whirl at politics. He came out :s
the reform candidate for select councilman IF
the Seventh ward of his native Philadelphia ar
got GAG votes on the cry against dirty streets,
dirty water dirty air and dirty police but his
opponent, common, ordinary, organization Re-
publican, got 3,458 votes and the election. Still,
Mr.. Wister is not discouraged. He did better
than he expected. He expected 500 votes and
he did somewhat better, so he expresses himself
"dee-lighted. His friends were mostly "Inde-
pendents,' in the sense that they could not be
depended upon otherwise he might have come
within hailing distance of the victor.
Wister is not the first novelist to make q
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

he like
mythical m a
uaed from Cornell college, Mt 1884, admitted
Following
1885,
L. Brown in the
Ing attorney for his district
notably
chairman of
rdsa
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this4ep a
practically independent administering
da does without ntence
succeeded possible
OF his may be cartel left
own disputes He now 81 Years
a
re ~
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE
CONGRESSMAN TO RETIRE

Congressman Robert G. Cousins of Upton,
Ia, OF the most brilliant orators in congress.
where he has served eight terms, is about to re-
tire at the demand of Gov. Cummins. His col
league, Congressman Birdsall, will do likewise.
The two senator's for the state had formed
combination, machine, which carried every
thing for years. But Gov. Cummins resented die
tation and set out to reduce the machine to
scrap iron. 1t was no guerrilla warfare either,
for the governor boldly announced his candidacy
to succeed Senator Allison, and declared war
upon everybody who manAined an alliance with
the Allison machine. Cousins failed to get under
cover. Later he found that the governor was
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12

;; Youth the Tim. 81 Opportunity: ::
Youth is the opportunity to do some.
thing and become somebody.-Mungr.
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MAY Be BRITISH PREMIER

Right Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith who is
slated to succeed Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman
IS premier of Britain, is of the very few men,
9ers of the present cabinet who are not Scotch
Se is near approach to 1t, however, for he is
= Yorkshireman and represents Scotch con-
sntuency. 1t might be added too, that his better
1af is Scotch, being the daughter cf Sir Charles
cennant He is clearheaded, clever, shrewd
awyer and hard Worker He has been in public
>lfe since 1886 as member for East Fife, and while
he has been playing one of the most important
roles In the drama of national politics. he has
been carrying on an enormous legal practice at
the same time.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-06-12
SPITE.

Proud Mother-Everybody says the
baby looks like me.
Her Brother-The spiteful things
don't say that to your face, do they?
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AUL CO.. 7TH & L NV.
100 Mass nw.6r. b.21.O0
7th aud Morton.
sto. sta. 30. 80
2s13 NJ nv. Tor. b.20.O
1901 r NV. 7r. boo. 50
1902 D Sc. Or. b. is. 20
COL \ NV. store. 1850
2541 9th NV. Or. w.15.3 30
Rear PIG l4th NV.
Z stls & box stallion
r 613 l. NV. wareh'e15.On
2034 7th nv. so stol4. so
l249 35th nv. Or. w13.O
1900 Brentwood av.
store and cellar..12. 50
1859 Ufomce). 2r. n. IL. 80
6ls Morton. Or. w. 1880
7ls 9th ne. store. 100
GIG La av. basement.
22x75. 10. 90
C0LORED TENANTS.
1850 Seaton NV. Or. b2s. 80
2124NY av nw.5r wlO. 50
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FOX RENT
$225. .311 It'll NV. store
Sl25. The Marlborough r
Sl25. 1881 18th NV. 19r
1925. ...Lenox st. Chevy
Chase
500. 1928 24th NV. l2r
500. 1910 G NV. 10r
500 & $50. 1907 18th
NV. Tor
SIS. 1920 18th NV. Tor
s15.....l729 O NV. Tor
$50. 1911 Adams Mill
I'd. Tor
$65. 1908 X NV. lIr
$65. The Marlborough.3r
$65. 101l n H av NV. 12r
&65. $40 I NV. 12r
500. so. 1924 Biltmore. lOr
$50. 1900 oath NV. Tor
$50. .-1625 14th NV. l2r
$50. 50. 1926 Y NV. I2r
$o5. .2505 Champlain av
s55. .17eo Col I'd. Tor
3i. -1s0S Kal'a av. 12r
SO. 20. The Westover. 6r
$50. 20. 1929 X NV. 1lr
$50 81. 92ll Wash cir, Or
$50. go. 1915 22d NV. Or /
$50. 1919 21st nv. pr
$50. 1855 18th NV. Or
$50. 1924 11th NV. Tor
$50. BIT 18th NV. Or
$50. .1733 Kilb'ne NV Tor |
4S.25. 1921 X NV. lOr
$45.6O. 1908 y II av. Tor |
S45. so. .1419 9th NV. 1Or 1
5. The Pebbleton. Or I
5. The Wyoming. 3r
A5. The Victoria. 5r
$42.65. 1912 s NV. llr.
1910. The Brunswick. Ar
1920. The Miller 5r
$42.O los 5th NV, Sf 4
$40. @. POO Wash CT. Or
$40. 80. 1888 T NV. Or
$40. 30. .20l4 18th NV. Tor |
$40. :. .s23 18th NV, Or |
$40. ..1117 Euclid NV. Or |
SIS. TO-. 1927 Ore av. Tor
S37 20. 1858 9th NV. Tor
&3T 80. The Landmore. 5r
S31 so. 2443 Ont rd NV Or !
e3G. .....1215 NJ NV. Sr
Glen. Md. 12r
So. CO.. zoos 22d NV. Or
For complete list of pro
weekly
SWARTZELL. RHEF
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FOR RENT-BY b. r. s
Ne cor l4th & r. $65. 90
1914 1th NV. sto. 80. 90
243l 18th NV. Tor. b50. 90
l74S s NV. l1r.3b. 80. 90
1883 Park rc. Tor. b. 45. so
512 E NV. lar. b. .4l.W
l71S 18th NV. Tor. b40. 50
Dos Sth sw. Sr. b. sta ~. 90
1901 9Th NV. Or. b.31.D
1924 Sth NV. Sr, b.37.5 so
iii 9th NV, Or. b.35.75
Gil L NV. sto. 81. so
l50S 9th NV. Tor. b.35.0
iii 7th NV. store. 81 90
lG5 u NV. sr. b.. 1850
1922 9th NV, 7r. b.2s.5 so
BIB H ne. 7r, b.. %. 30
SO r NV. 7r. h. . 81. 50
1881 9th NV. Or. b.25.5O
+39 Q NV. 6r. b.. 49,
2l9 X ne, or, b. 30
1887 9th NV, 6r. b. % 30
1924 Ore av. 7r. b.25. 80
l343 r NV. store. % 90
G32 L st. NV, warehou
Storage room. 45x9O. 4 r
20Ol 14th st. NV. 2 70
Rear 2l5l Sth st. NV,
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FOR RENT-15+O 9TH ST. NV: 3-STORY
brick; and bath: newly painted and
papered: $3.50 per month. CHAS. A. FISkE.
Owner, Alb 9th at 5y29-6
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s35. 80. 1902 s NV. sr
So. 80. $50 2lst NV. Tor
SIS. ..016 F, 2d floor
$35. The Wyoming. 3r
$33. The Cambridge, ar
$33. .....l2l2 o NV. sr
S32. 20. The Parkside. Or
<32. so. Montgomery, Ar
$40. 30. The Landmore. 5r
$40. 30. 1913 Goth NV. Or
80. so. The Phoenix. 5r
$32. 30. 90l Varnum nw.7
s32. 20. 900 Webster. 7r
s332. 80. 43l5 B'wood avn
$3.50. ABS 9th NV. 7r
$40. 30. .2l5 LIST NV. Or
$40. 20. .l733 18th NV, Or
$40. 80. III Sd NV. 9r
$40. .l405h 14th NV. 5r
$40 .3404 nth NV. sto
$40. .....sSl5 II NV. 5r
$50. .A32 9th NV. hall
$50. 3501 d NV. Offices
$40. The Victoria. Ar
$40. 1892 Ingleside. Tor
S27. 80. DOS Decatur, 5r
$25. 70. .40l6 5th NV. Sr
S25. so. .1l10 22d NV. 6r
s2a. 80. .a2S Shepherd. CIR
S25. 30. .4O4 SheDherd. Or
SOS. 40. ...2l14 X NV. Or
s25. 20. 1927 French nw.Tr
500. SOB 9th NV. 2r
S25. $50 Quincy NV. II
s25. 1919 n NV. Or
$21.50. I6S Morton NV. Or
500. 20. =. GOA G ne, Or
600. 20. .622 S G nv Sc. Or
$50. .324l n NV. ar
500. ~ r NV. Or
$3.50. ;. $50 n NV. Or
$3.50. 1922 llth NV, 5r
$3.50. ...l622 r NV. 5r
East Kirke st. Chevy Ch
SIT. 40.l124 y J av nw.5r
S10.0. .241sLa 18th NV Or
SIS. 40. 30S Mclean sw. Or
SIS. ..1501 NJ NV. store
SIS. .948 T NV. rear sta
$13. 1927 T NV. 4r
S11.50. -. 800 c ne. 4r
S11. So NJ Sc, 4r
5000. 1902 y ] av. 5r
SO. 40. 1922 Half sc. 5r
SO. 40. .9I6 2lst NV. lr
SO. 40. 1895 Cedar pl. 4r
perty for rent send for
'ullptin.
N A. HENSEY Co.
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LEAVE "WANT ADS" AT
STAR BRANCH OFFICES.

NORTHWEST BRANCHES:
Butler & Field Druggists. Sd and Indiana ave-
Icuis r. CastclI Pharmacirt. 1900 nth st.
Commercial Rank Bldg Postal Telegraph.
Crlswel's Drug Store. eth and T SITS
Thos A. Dohyns. 18th and Columbia road
nur.on; Pharmacy. Goth and sis.
Employs Drug Store 14th and yelling place.
Gcrtrer-s Druc Store. 18th and { SITS
C"Idcnhnrr's Bureau If Information
Herhst's Drnc Store 25th and Pa ave.
Tfoit7claw'> Newsstand. 170S Pa. ave.
1nto-ior Dept. 9Th ard F. Postal Telegraph.
s Kanr Sons e. Co. Information Bureau.
Kings Drug store. 18th and ! sts
Iuptcn's Drug Store. 9th and s.
Pcrtrpaps Pharmacy. 14th and r. I. ave.
Ro4s 6 Nnnfn Goth and X.
Ro'"r' we'ra"r. Newsstand and Stationery
Store. 93n 9th ST. nv.
1ntnd S'at"s Capitol. Postal Telegraph:
Woodward & Lntl'rop. Snperintendent's desk.
1926 Connecticut ave-. Postal Telegraph.
GEORGETOWN:
ODonneN's Drug Store 32d and NJ SITS.
ODonnc'l's Drug Store. 32d and P SITS.
Pride's Pharmacy. 2sth and sts.
NORTHEAST:
Bntler's Pha rmacy. 4th and Stanton pl. ne.
Kenealy's Pharmacy. y. Capitol and SITS.
e. l. krause. 9Th and X sis. ne.
Ianham's Pharmacy. 11th and y. Capifol STE.
MOOradin's Pharmacy :2th and II SITS. ne.
SOUTHEAST:
Rradley's Drug Store Sth and r SITS. Sc.
O'DonnPlPs Drng Store. Sd and Pa. ave. Sc.
~ S Fealy. Druggist. 11th and Pa. ave-
SOUTHWEST:
1lfh st Wharf. Postal Telegraph Once
Snllvsn's Drug Store. 9TH and D SITS. s.w.
Charles S. Walter. 9O1 AZ st. s.w.
ANACOSTIA:
c. G. Lohr. q Monroe st.
TENLEYTOWN. u. c.:
George P. Parton. Druggist, Wisconsin ave-
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So. 30. :. 1866 q So. Or
$50. 90 700 l. -. store
sis.oo. .2io Az ne. 6r
<i5. 30. 1916 Miusots Or
Sl4.oo. .6iS r NV. fiat
SIP. 20 30S Tsvlor Sc. 5r
LONFS Co. Gil l. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-07

AUL CO., 1TH & . y. ".
1916 18th NV. 5r. b.22. 30
I'LL 4th NV. 5r. b.21.5O
2O1 Fla av NV. 3r. b. 20. 90
400 n Cap, Ar. 81 20. 90
312 Fla av nw.2d
II. Ar, b. 10. 80
1890 14th nS. 5r. h. Is. 80
1890 It'll NV. 3r. "a. 90
6i6 La nv NV, Ar.
b. I'd floor. Is so
l245 II ne. 4r. h. 81. Is. 20
1897 11th Sc. Or. b. II. 90
NV. Ar. and b. 30. 50
st. NV. 5r. and b. rs. 90
st. NV. Ar. and b 80. so
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FOR RENT-UNFURNISHED.
1921 Mass. ave-. IL rooms. baths 90
800 Ind. ave. NV, IL rooms and bath. . 90 Is
POI A Sc. 10 rooms and bath ......... 1913
1913 18th ST NV, 1Or.. b.. latroie heat. ~ 30
1925 Sth NV, IL rooms and bath. 80. $3.50
1921 9th ST.. 10 rooms and bath. $3.50
935 ST. Sr. and h.. latrohe heat. $3.50
?nG ne. Sr. and h.. furnace heat % 80
531 I'd se.. rooms and bath. . $3.50
1924 1914 s.w.. ar. and b.. latrobe heat. $50
452 Md. sw.. rooms. ........... 1880
51l NV. rooms. Observation-Disclosures. 1850
1906 10th NV. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1880
!t2S Liberty st. s.w.. ; -...... $50
STORE. zoos NJ Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
APARTMENTS.
Apart 2 the Regina 6r and hath. 800. ~ 50
Apart. T. the Regina Or. and bath .. ~ so
Apart. g the StOddard. Or. and d.. rs so
The Park View. 425 4th NV. Or. b.. 2I.5O
The Arkwright 30s F NV. 4r. and b.. %. 90
The Hanson 1000 9Th st. ne. 2r and b. IS 90
OFFICES FOR RENT.
McGill bldg. 914 G H. W.. 1r.. SIS: Pr. Sl4 ea.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST CON-
PANY. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
au3-d, eSu
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COIONIAT. REACH PROPERTY.

Il nMkR COTTAGE. FURNISHED: AUGUST.
&25: one block north, two blocks west flying
horses: lots 50x15O. $500. cornsrs: er'.~~as
for sale: will be at cottage Sunday. DICK.
HART. National Museum. au1-3ts
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UNFINISHED.

FOR RENT-2o SD ST. NE: IL ROOMS. AMI,
$Sc.5o PIP l NV. W. and Z. in yard SO. 30.
94& Lettie st. s.w.. W. and L. in yard. 50; No.
l Browns alley ne. W. and {. in yard. $50.
1904 South Carolina ave. W and Z. in yard.
$50. 221s Sfh. and Z. in yard SO 80. r..
VI. MCINTYRE. 224 NV. Phone NJ 1857.
Once hours morning only. au3-6t
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FOR RENT
al n Cap. st.. 10 rooms and bath. -. SIS 70
200 D st; nv; dwg pit. 10 rms and B. oo0
lI7 Carroll St se., rooms and bath. 80 50
1928 y. J. ave. NV. rooms and BATH. $3.50
iIO< n Cap. ST., I'd d. nat, 7r. and b.. % 50
9l2 e. ne. Z rooms and bath. $500. ZOO
100 9Th ct. ne. 6 rooms and hath. 80. 20 50
1900 18th St NV. nat. rooms and b.. 1900
1900 18th ct. NV. dat. & rooms and b.. 1900
Nll-tf JAMES A. CAHILL. 1905 r st.
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WANTED-AGENTS.

One cent word for IS words
AGENTS MAKE AN EASY 500 MONTH
selling William Jennings Rryan'S great new
book; outfit free: send &c for mailing: no ex-
perience necessary: give full instructions
The THOMPSON PUB CO.. st. Louis.
aU45.7
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FOR RENT-HOUSES.


FOR RENT-UNFERNISHED.
:os Lamont 1T 3bS90. 90 l&&4 v.i2r 2bIS. so
1919 10th nw l3r IS. 90 1888 18th NV Tor b42 so
1924 als 81. NV. q rooms. ...........-.-.. 1910
We have q number Of desirable furnished houses
IN the NV section: rent SIS per and up
ward. TYLER & RUTHERFORD unc).
aui-1tsS 80 18th st. NV.
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PERSONS WISHING TO RUY OR SELL.
hire exchange horses carriages and harness
will find II to their ahvantage TO call on o.
AND STABLES. 1622-16os l. NV. ie23tf
COGSWELLs IS THE CHEAPEST AND MOST
reliable place to buy and second hand
traps. surrevs. runabouts. dnytons ard delivery
wagons; $l5 up: harness. 81 up. 200 18th NV.
,r1-
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weekly bulletin.
SWARTZELL. RHEFM & HENSEY CO..
au1 d. eSu 727 18Th NV.
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ILLS. COS 9TH NV.
w. 4 rooms. bath. .S20.6
23l6 Chsmp'n. Or. b. 1870
Fit. 300ia Bryant nw16. so
81 Jefferson. 5r. .-.,2.So
anl-tf
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FOR RENT
S15. 90. 1000 ] NV. store
&35. 1920 18th SO. st&dw
$2I 20. $40 10Th NV. fat
SIS so. $50 10th NV. fat
<25 90. .6sG Ny Nv fur
S22. 70. .5i l. sw. Or
au1 Ct .eSu LEWIS a
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-02-14
HET1Y GREEN
She Has Her Millions, But
There's No Sunshine in
Her Life.

II you have been part Of the hur-
rying throng that daily jostles down
lower Broadway. you may have seen
her. Such n lonely little figure! a.
withered leaf it seems, strangely
tossed in the great financial current.
Follow this little old woman in rusty
black and see her enter the Chemical
National Bank. She Is not the scrub
woman. The Scrubwoman has no
clothes OF such ancient date az hers,
the alpaca gown that has weathered
many seasons. the black WOODEN cape
that has shaped itself to the shoulders
as they have bowed through the last
10 years, and the tousled bonnet with
Its little bunch of flowers that fided
with the millinery of many summers
past.
Yet she has made no mistake in en-.
tcring here. where the atmosphere is
crisp with the ways of the business
world and metallic with the sound of
money. For 10. office boys and clerks
and men higher up stand obseeuiously
aside as she enters. The bowed gray
head turns neither to the right nor
to the left as she walks straight on.
With assurance her hand rests on the
gate that leads inside beyond the
BRASS barred windows of a mahogany
roll-top desk. This is her office.
The shabby little old woman who
has just passed from view is WORT,
$50 900, 0oO-even 100000. 900 some
estimates say. She is Hetty Rowland
Robinson Green. greatest mistress of
finance the world has ever seen. Seat
ed atop Of her huge yellow millions,
wrinkled old woman, the financial
limelight OF continent plays about
her as she directs the destinies OF
men and OF corporations There Is
power in the penstroke of her aged
fingers. the thin old fingers that are
busy, busy ali day long cutting cou-
pons and signing checks She has
more ready money at her command
than any other one individual! Wall
street waits on her Golfers. To the
old fashioned mahogany desk comes
procession of bank presidents, nat
in hand, railroad magnates bowling
low, and rich directors humbly maxi
Ing obelsance. Even the city or New
York in need has brought its plea
to her. its richest citizens. Soolly
calculatingly. she listens, balancing
want and entreaty with grim nice
| ty of Judgment. Then abe drives iier
bargain shrewdiy,
They get her money and they pay
her price.
4 So rolls up the fortune from which
isha has long been famed as iiis ~.
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promptly decided on an education as
the first necessity and set about get
ting one.
He went through the. public schools.
then the normal school. then the Cum
berland University, at Lebanon. Tenn
One of his, earlier schoolmates ac-
companied him to Lebanon and real
to him. He was valedlctorian of his
class and one of six who were gradu-
ated with highest honors.
When he left college he went to
Jackson, Miss, for six months to
learn TO read with his fingers. He
even bought two books in Braille
type. Longfellows poems and the
constitution of the United States. But
getting his learning through his fin
gers was too tedious method to suit
a man so eager. SO fairly covetous of
knowledge as young Gore was.
The two books for the blind with
which he supplied, himself then have
not grown into az library. He never
bought third-and he's not very GER
tain of the whereabouts of the orlgi-
nal two. He has n library all right
enough. but it isn't composed of boks
for the blind.
He. cannot read one word in the
vftah.es and which he has surrounded
himself; yet he knows their contents
with a thoroughness which would
make most men seem. in contrast, TO
be strangers to their own bookshelyes.
Not only does he know their contents,
he knows their outside also As he
would recognize the face of n friend
by passing his hand over it, so he
can recognize his books by mere
touch.
He loves to have q book in his
hands. Whenever he is being read to
he wants TO hold a look himself.
When he is getting his ideas into
shape for speech, he goes off into a
room by himself-but takes n book to
hold. IT may not be q book from
which he Is going to quote. hut It
viii be book he cares for and a
book, too. that he likes the feel of:
for he Is especially sensitive to GER
tain bindings.
His wife says that books are his
one dissipation. He neither smokes
nor drinks. But he goes to a book
store as needle to magnet and al
ways succumbs to that one tempta-
tion Of buying more and yet mere
volumes.
How does he make himself master
iof their contents? There's where You
have a hint of the man himself.
No man who was not thoroughly
iikeabie could ever In this world havD
managed to do what Senator Gore fa !
accomplished. no matter how much he
might have wanted 1t, Never. that IL
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think he must be in need of enter
tninment, which they proceed to sup
ply.
And didn't have any time to cogI-
tate!" will be his lament later to his
wife.
Not that he doesn't want comnan-
ionship. 1t is only when he has a
speech on hand. or something of that
sort. that he objects to having his
cogitation interfered with. He is a
good fellow among men and is also
by his wifc's account, fond of the la
dies.
But his one Unsuitable passion is for
reading. Science, especially the sci
cree OF government, economic sub
tects and, above all, the Bible and
masterpieces of oratory, these are the
things he cares most for. But al
though he loves to hear the Bible
read he is mot much of church
goer."
Through his hearing and his speak
ing he does all his work. He never
writes anything himself. He did learn
TO use typewriter, bHt never liked
1t and depends altogether on dicta-
ton. He can sign his name, but II
Is not triumph of legibility.
Ears and n tongue seem to he
enough for him. Every morning his
wife reads the daily paper to him and
anything else that he needs. His
younger brother. Dixie Gore, is his
private secretary and goes through
his correspondence as any ones sec
rotary would.
Even people who are not blind die
tate their replies just as Senator Gore
does. The difference is that he keen,
in his mind, always at his command
hundrd times as much exact infor
nation as most seeing persons keen
In their minds.
In his home town, Lawton, Senator
Gore goes and comes without any es-
cort whatever. In Washington. how
eyer, he has not begun to go about
alone. There are wide, automobile IN
rested driveways to be crossed around
the Capitol, whose entrances also are
arcnways. swinging doors and preoc-
cupied pedestrians.
He has the subtle sense OF percep-
ton which is not uncommon in the
blind. Sometimes when he Is WALKING
alone he will sense the nearness OF
steps. or wall, or some object.
In his home town the telephone and
telegraph poles are along the edge OF
the sidewalk. Often when walking
with his wife he will put out his hand
and touch one of these poles as uner-
ringly as IL he had eyes TO see them
| He says that it is something he
cannot explain and something that he
can neither control nor depend upon
IF should try to feel the nearness
OF objects.' he says, 81 could not dc
1t. l can't depend upon feeling it
anyway. might walk Off dozen
flights of steps for once that woult
know enough not to-
1t isn't to be wondered at that Sen
ator Gore is not an enthusiast ON the
subject of outdoor life as il Is ex.
spopnded by tho President for in.