The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-04-10

Home" and REST are two
thoughts which loom large in the
mind of Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans these days. Glory and honor
almost without measure have come to
this brave and able veteran of the
United States navy, and his splendid
career has been crowned by the mag
nficent cruise of the big fleet from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. But what is all
this to him in comparison to the
thought of Home and "Rest?"
San Francisco is planning splen-
did reception for the fleet, which is
due at that port some time during the
first of May, and the center of all the
festivities and display will be the COM
mander whose skill and devotion have
successfully piloted the biggest fleet
over the longest course which the
fleet of any nation has ever covered.
1t will be a fitting climax to a most re-
markable feat, but after all, the man
who has won the sobriquet of Fight
ing Bob" and which title would indi-
cate that he loved the sea better than
any other thing, is looking beyond the
grand finale at the Golden Gate and
sees lure greater than anything the
sea can offer. 1t is Home" and
REST" ~
Notwithstanding that much of the
life of Admiral Evans has been spent
upon the sea in active service for his
country, he is home-loving man and
finds real comfort and Joy in the
midst Of the family circle, which con-
sists of his wife, his two daughters,
Mrs. Marsh, wife of Commander Marsh
of the United States navy, and Mrs.
Harold Sewall, wife Of a Boston man
who, since his marriage into the Evans
family, has acquired large plantation
directly on the seacoast in the island
of Porto Rico, and who has embodied
in his new house suite of rooms de-
signed especially for occupancy by the
admiral and Mrs. Evans, for Mr.. and
Mrs. Sewall are planning that the ad-
miral and his wife will spend the large
part of the winters with them.
Then we must not forget the two
grandchildren, for they come first in
the thought of the admiral and his
wife. Master Robley Evans Sewall is
four years old, and his sister, Miss
Dorothy Neville Sewall, is three years
of age. These youngsters constitute
the one fad of the admiral, and If the
report is true that the admiral has
purchased a plantation in southern
California, and expects after his re-
tirement in August to make that place
his home, there is no question but
that bob" Evans, Jr., as he is ia
miliarly called, and his pretty little
rosebud Of sister, Dorothy, will make
that their home, too, and as a matter
Of course their mamma will be part
of the household.
Bat whether the admiral is resting
under his orange groves at Santa Bar
bara, or in the historic old home in
Washington, where so much of ro-
nance and domestic joy have been
woven into his life, or on the
big plantation of his daughter in Porto
Rico, it will be all one to him, for it
will be home.
Few public men have attained the
prominence that has come to Admiral
Evans during the past decade without
the public being taken into confidence
regarding their family and home life.
Indeed, the silence that has been main
tanned on this score fostered a wide
spread impression that Fighting
Bob" was jolly old bachelor, welded
to the sea and caring little for fem.
mime society.
Possibly one explanation for this is
to be found in the fact that Admiral
Evans has been so continuously en-
gagged in recent years in active sea
service as to have little opportunity
for home life as the average citizen
knows it. But more potent reason
Is discoyerable in the studied effort
Of the women of the household to
keep out of the glare Of publicity
Mrs. Evans comes of an old southern
family and characteristic conserva
tism impelled mother and daughters
to keep out of the public eye, until
finally now that the admiral is at the
very climax of notable career a
pardorably curious public has found
them out