The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-19

was reminded Of those meetings of the
Primrose League which bring together
all manner Of men and Mean
while he was acutely conscious OF
Lucy's presence. although half the
room separated them She was, indeed,
like the jessamine flower, whose Ian
guorous sweet odor forces n to
seek it.
Sir Percy found a few acquaintance,
and while talking with them Senator
March mad his adieux and came up.
Come" he said, my brougham is
below; let Us take g turn together
round the speedway"
Sir Percy liked the simple friendli-
nes of Senator March's tone and man
ner, and readily accepted. A h two
men passed along the corridor of the
hotel another man was entering who
came up and shook hands with Roger
March. The newcomer carried a satin
lined overcast on his arm and his hal
in his hand. His appearance was so
striking that to see him one was to
remember him. He was Of medium
height, rather handsome, with dark
hair slightly streaked with gray. a
thin-iipped. well-cut mouth, n eyes
of peculiar keenness-the eyes that
see everything and tell nothing. A few
pleasant words we're exchanged and
Senator March and Sir Percy passed
on. Outside a handsome brougham
with a pair Of impatient horses. was
waiting. The two men entered and in
a little While were whirling along the
level curve of the boulevard which
skirts the river. The u was sink
Ing redly. and the water was wine
coiored, In the old Homeric phrase. The
air was like champagne. with a sharp
ness In 1t brought by the breeze from
the inland sea a hundred miles away.
Did you observe" asked Senator
March. the man I spoke to coming
out of the hotel? II was Nicholas Cole
grove. n of those thoroughly Ameri-
can types that are worth observing.
He is the son Of a Congrcgationalist
minister somewhere up in New Eng
land. He managed to pay his boys
way through q small college. Then
Colegrove went into a railway Office
as clerk; by sheer force of intellect ne
has forced his way upward until he
Is the strongest man in railway circles
In this country. Not that everybody
knows it-oh, no. Coiegrove is one Of
those men who avoids the shadow of
power as much as he loves its sub
stance. He keeps sedulously in the
background; but there isn't a railway
president in this country who would
like to antagonize Nicholas C~olegrove.'
Zone secs at a glance replied Sir
Percy, that he Is a strong man." i
"A very strong man. He shows a
sort of good will for me, but as I am
Chairman of the COMMITTEES on Rail-
roads / don't cultivate the intimacy
of Nicholas Colegrove. 1 am a little
afraid of the man,"
There are wonderful and diverse
American types" said Sir Percy. of
and women, who are so distinct
lively American that they seem 10 be-
long to this continent as much as In
dian corn and the giant trees of Cali
Perhaps 90. and our friends the
Armytages, for example, are q very
distinctive American type. Armytage
himself lie q sensible man. . good law
yer and a hard worker in the House,
but he is rashly outspoken and fiery
tempered. His wife 10 a good creature,
and domestic, but of no partic-
ular value to Arnytage in his public
life, A. she always approves OF every
thing he does. The charming Miss
Armytage is the q political man
ager Of the family. she Is q born
aiplouatist, II evsr I say one, and