The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29

bard and cruel ana emphasized the breeding melancholy of his rece. melancholy that countless generations dwelling in the shadow of stern noun tains and dreaming lords have made a part of their very being.
 Coed Sense of Huncr.
 The Governor has a sense of humor. He is companionabie, and loves gooe story. but he does not laugh witn abandon. His laugh Is that or a man whose nature does not break out into storms of rnfrfh and does not feel the joy of life. It is life's sterner cnarac- teristics that make more appear ~ h.rn. :. Minnesota he has made many friends, but neither himself nor his wife cs.e anything for society. They nse M simple style at the most fashsonapie hotel in the city, but they entertaln very seldom. Having no family. Mrs. Joh nson accompanies her huspapd on many of his trips, and for this reasvh' rather than their liking Tor notei ny, causes them to dispense With tne cafes of an establishment. .n-
 s(sovernor Johnson Is oaseoah
 thusiast of the most pronounced type. Every day the league team plays .s St. Paul or Minneapolis the analfs o. state are forgotten by him as ne saes on a bench crecking peanuts
 ..rooting"s with the enthusiasm ol
 messenger boy, He knows the pat ting average of every player m .n country and can call them to n.,s .,.s with as much ease as he can tne naInes of the Democratic chatrmen ih his district. When he is detained py business so 1t is impossible for nim ~ attend A game his messenger IS IT. tritcted to- learn the final score as sooh as the last ball has been thrown. lne governor is said to be able to piay. game of baseball that Wou tane many professionals jealous, and at one time in his career he had a tempeins offer to join league team,
 t HIS fs also very fond of ice skatlhs' ana Is A rapid and graceful skater. The long duration of skating weatner for which Minnesota Is famous eives him ample time for this recrea.lon' and almost any fair afternoon ID VIII ter he may be seen at one or the downtown rinks. The governor often lauahinglys says that the happiest time of his fife was when he was eleven years old and had earned ms first pair of skates. These two pas. times and the theatres are about aAl the amusements for which Mfnnesota chief executive cares. Tne sovernot ana hfs wife are fond of the drama, ana are AFSauehtS AO
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 Should Johnson be nominated by the Democratic party for Presidehe and be elected his wife would De one of the youngest and most charming women who ever presided over the destines of the White House.i N
 syt,' sacrisces Art to Love.
 Eienora Preston, just Sraoua.eu from a convent and while teacnipg art in a private school at St. Peter, met John A. Johnson. strugghng young newspaper man. and sacrinceo a career as a successful artist to mar " him. On June 1, 1904, they were married, and she has been her nus banr's chief adviser and helpmate ever since. She cares absolutely nothing for society. She was made much or hv the social set in st. Paul, but while meeting their advances with graces' she did not respond to their invita- tiong She preferred life with her book. brushes and her husbands in- terests. She is . home-lovfng woman and in her tastes she is domestic Tn the extreme. She does not care for the blaze of the limelight and is very retiring, and although she is. to an extent, public figure in the capital city, she keeps very much in the back ground.
 It is said that she has received but one representative of the press dur ing all her reign as first lady of Min nSsota, and very little is known of her personal life. She is woman or nlea sing personality and charming | manner, and while hot beautiful, Is | considered far from plain. She is slightly under medium height. with a | good figure, and dresses in perfect | taste Her head is crowned with lux | uriant chestnut hair, and her hazel | eyes twinkle with good nature. Dur | ing her residence in St. Paul she has | made many stanch friends, and on the | rare occasion when she ,entertatns she l is said to be an original hostess, and l her functions are out of the ordinary. | She is a talented and finished artist, l and a number of her studies have
 been exhibited and received favor | able mention.
 The governor, as he sits in the elab- l orately decorated office which the | State of Minnesota has reserved for | her chief executive, with the faces of past governore staring down at him | from the frames on the wall. and an | exquisite ivory miniature of his wife | looking up at him from a gold frame | on his desk. seems perfectly at home | in his position ITO be mentioned as
 a candidate for the Presidency of the | United States Is an honor of which | any citizen might we'll be proud. and | it naturally pleases me-" he said to The Post interviewer, and the simple
 eandor of his remarks stamped him
 at once as the man he-=-candfhid and | unaffected