The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-10-21

i SHOWS what grinding drudgery some
rot his labor In Manila and Cuba was
! But he never Complained. There was
THE little silk nag sewn In the grown
/ ots1his hat
j There Is jsomethtpe in the high
sense Of duty to the respublica that
fEeeps a man democratic! r%Those who
saw with never forget a little incfelani
| that occurred last. winter during a
! Journey Mr. Taft made through Rus
! s1a. &,Et 8a.f,.4et
\ AS he left the .Kremlin. that, huge
fortress-palace in which the Cars
arr, crowned, welded and buried
Srhither he had been escorted by
9ingIIng cavalry and splendidly dec
/ GRATED officers. he passed an aged
white bearded guardsman, lnfirm
and half blind, whose hand came
up in trembling salute as the dis
! tinGuisned visitor went by. Mr.. Taft
paused and. asked how long he had
heen guard of the kremlin.
The old soldier saluted again.
Forty years. your cxcc1encs. was
the answer.
ASK Mn said Mr.. Taft. to m
interpreter. ''if he viii shake hands
| with me-
The old man looked UP In a half
frightened way as the words were
translated to him. This was some
in all hts decades under the iron mill
thFism OF Russia. Then as the big viz
thor held out his hand ne took It and
lifted Il to. his lips and Il great tear
ran down his grizzled checks as he
did so. Tell him. said AR. Taft
that my fltncr was once theiAmer-
lean minister to this country
Deeds like this spring naturally
from the nature OF the man. the souls
or brotherhood to which "a mans a
man for aye that And this is
Nmcricanism too. of better sort, the.
kind that hates the poulp and sham
that often masQueEadcs in the name
OF dignity. afraid unless II be. cheap
ened by the exercise OF that homely
ol'ti- kindly sentiment Of equaItty-ti,at
i9 as much a badge of the true Amer
If lSeF I. wanting 10 'e in the thick
in Cincinnati ana In Washington
those who know tho candidate and
INSTANTLY find themselves speaking Of
the Tafts." This is an unconscious
tribute to the solidarity of the family,
-tIsiKe attracts Ike and m qualities
OF mind and heart, William Taft and
Helen Heron must have started life
even. She has the Same straight for
ward ness, the same direct honesty,
tina contempt of tinsel and. sham and
pretenSP. Her worst enemy. II she
could have one, would call her gen
uiFie." She has no affections. no sur
face veneer, no. "islns..'
she has always rcained the
Sweetheart of her husband; the play
mate and confdante of her children.
IN thu. best sense she IS "a woa.. of
the world. She knows the big busi=
ness OF state-craft and the smaller
dlct8 of society. by reading and
studying she has kept apace with
her husband. till, possibly. there is no
woman in American public life who
Is setter qualified to discuss the real
Questions Of the day. She speaks
perfect French, reads much and
widely. understands usic knows every
detail of the home management and
has been the constant adviser of her
husbands career. They are the tru-
est of companions. When lle was
sent TO the Philippines mot an at
tractive place in those days) she went
with him. He has become ef late
years famous world traveller. but
whether it has been in steamship or
on trans-Astan trains. wherever he
has gone. she has been at his side,
carrying with her the spirit OF the
real American home. She walks with
him in the Ceaseless tramps he takes
to keep in condition. she rides horse
back ~ith him.
At Hot Springs. when he played
golf for his daily exercise. she fol-
lowed his progress around the links.
No doubt at Middle Bass Island, her
pole rested beside his while he haited
the hook FOR her.
1t goes without saying that the
dearest thing In life to her-outslde
Of her childrcn-is her husbands ca
recr. None know so well as she what
It has cost In labor. in untiring patti
ence and self-abnegatlon. There was
seemed to point toward political eff
facement; when the thing which he
did because 1t needed doing. seemed
to mean futureless retiremnt, and
yet when she hesitated no more than
he, None has such a loyal pride in
his past achievement, his patriotism.
! his pure life. and the future that
awaits him. She diSlikes publicity
for herself, preferrinE to hide behind
her, great; Rood-nnturcd husband
who offers her in return. a constant
consideration. and undertaking defer
ence, that speaks volumes for their
mutual success as rome-buIlders. In
the. last battle she is standing side
by side with him. And he will many
time turn in the fight to Nellie .
to see the announcement and under
standing that has always been his.
Perhaps 1t is this association that
thas kept them both young, soft-heart-
ed, and. clear-eycd ana clean-slSinned
For her cheeks are like "a girls and
| tf1t, only limos in his face are the rel
/ les of-habItunI smiles. Life IL good To
| them, and the world. after all, "a good